Reading Observer. December, 1914.

and Lockiure to Want.q. th6l"O 11 .. rn- track
which mal'b the abortaR. route fram WaIlt.ep 1.0

BASILDON HOSPITAL.

---

PATRONAGE

READING ~CONCERT.

<.-

pALATIAL ESTABLISHMENT.

1

CAPT. MORRISON'S GENEROSITY
9tmda,. a.ftcrDooa'. ~ of the. 8U11ida,.
800ial Conte~ bold ., Ille Tr"-: VIII"" Club

!f J..t
[Sncu.L TO ~ .. RuDmo 0BsnTD.·1
Situat.ed 011 the C!'eIt ~f a . mall prommeoce
"hlcb nstJ by ~ual rtare.a from the nyer
Thames, commanchng lilon~ newl of the Thames
V&lJey , e njOying • IlLlubnou. atmolphere and
ha'wg &6 I t . unmodiato surrounding. a buut iful
,.nd well wooded pvt, B'a4lldon Pa.rk. OttUple& one
ar the most ra'lOUl"ed ' PO&JtiOttl In the Thames
Va.!leJ or thIS dittnet
If«;lt & sta.Lely m&Dllon
bwlt. III lbe lod1&D .to,.'e of ucluteeture, of ..ustere
out"lf'ard .ppea.rancc, but of ocnnforlable aput.1Il6oII~ It h.. been t he t.reuund home Of);WeUdOW-u f&l:I1Il y of M'OTTlaOD for 1e&t"I, but
I DOW
t.h ha'en of Teat for lOme of England.
oded
heroes 'nI.e hoUI6 ..... bwlt by Eir Fran
Sykes,
.bo "&8 for ma.ny yean Gonrnor of CouembTLsu,
»eng&.!, uxh ... Ute fro n t faclD&: aouth a.nd t b.e prinCi pal or gra Dd &t.alrcue hemg on t.bo out.6ide
J t.
lat.er bec&me tho property of t h e Morrison famllJ,
of the firm of K Ornlon. Dll10n and Co. now
bown aa the Fo ~cet W&tehouae Co , E tJ.
Wha.i.eYar elJ6 is rem6lDbered t.n yean t.o C<l me regarding the world'. great.eet WLI', It. 18 cert.a.:.n that.
fut.u:re generations of EngUsbmen Will look back:
WIth pride to the m agnlDoent way \D which a.1J.
cJl.'I!II&IS gavo bben.l1y to I1Ml.I\t their countr.)' 10 t.be
great struggle With lI'b..ich abe was collfronted, but
no more 61Doel'C .or generou.& enmplo of tha.t. ~ye
of hberallt.y b&a been rorih<:oaung th&.n that which
(Apt. J A :l{om.lOD, or Buddon P a rk:. ha. pr~
fld«l
WIt.&. a I"Yllh hand he baa iitted U, t.he
.pamOlla butkhng W'l t.h ev~bing neeea8ry for tho
eet.ablisbmeot or a eomplete h06p1tal, and It '- ""e
to .&.y tb .. t nO more perfect InstitutlDn of lta kiDd
could be found m this country
A COSTLY SCHElIll
Soon afler the out,break: of h cm.llitiM c;..pL:Iln
Mornso n re}olned hi, lepmen t.-the Grenadier
Guards-and l.u eyer &IDee been, and 11 no ... . on
a.ct.mt ~rvloe
Tbroul'h haa agent, Capt. H ~ c.
Du Cane Noma, he bu at. the ame lUD6 bt.en

b,.

preYent...
Be ... cou't'iDoed

plt&h.t

,Dlirab.

a\U'TI't'e

fa~h!.h 'f.be.=u~ ::~ t~! w"rk=b~re

10

DO W:Ly n.pon.llbl & for the W&J' was pot entlrel,.
true
The worker& of ..bat town might lUll. lUI

lhot Ibe work ..... "'hild
for oxorbltant
1_

to ~ prepa.r«i .. .. Connlea:ent HosPital for

r ...

....

I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

p'_"'-C:- =-=-ii-'i
aDd

to
THEsr~

I. lb ......"'......... - . ~
. . ~ of Ib, Cotbma.~a.\, wbo Ji_ •
'tI.e ..... 0&0. aD aIeop . . tho prem_
11\....... LIoolL.c.oI. P. _
. l!edlOll I!upor-

• <'Do

!oIIo<r\OC

--c.m-

Iq~ Dr. Tribe , lV~n. K* D'IlttOll.
IIU1''1011i. siit.r. PrJke. Woodward aad BrfllD1lI&r.

:JlI:t

at.....

ti1

u.

IG. W _ _J
wtr.) . . . . . kMp6f,

per &.DnUlD
t..:r:ed natloD lOT
ohlt.ele to the
that. t.he ma.nufacture

handl

Mter enlarpin< on thi•• ad other bNaclu. of hi.
.u.b)«:\.. lIr Broadie, aid 1n OODC.'-ion that. the
wor'kClr& muat JILllIt that our fol'elp polley Ihoa!d
no longer be bued on the illuaory bala.aOfl _ of
power theory. but on tho oonoert of .all the nation,
<Jf Euro!)C and t.he tettlDi' U]> of an Int.ern&tlona.l
CouIlClI, whoae de.h~ratlona aDd deeialoDl should
be mad e pubhc, and 'Who .bould aim a t tlHt crrea.tion
of de.ftn.lt.e t reatin of &rbl~&lioD lD.t.er,\"tlOn al
court. for tbelr m terpreLatioD and enforcement:
and t.hat. Great Bnt&in .bould p1"O'pOH . . part of
t he Atttlemen t a. drastic and UDlverul reduction of
Armament.!L, aDd u
a meana t.o '"' that 1100 tbe
natlonallAbon of the manufacture of umament..!
LAND N.!.TION.u.JI!ATION,
Great Bnt aJD
be naUonallaed

.....
w-Id
d
8tandlDg, and nma along th. aidea of.u. on a.n
Riddle Hln. Under the latter liea .. eblU'wug and
aeeluded hollow In WhlOb ta 8hee~ Cot fann ... The
eaatem track rullS lD .. hoUow from Hill Baru 1.0
the Fort.....,.
For BCeneT'J, ;h.... estern tra.clt

In

m ..'

near

b"'t'e

~;~~~~~~,i~~

t.hiJ do~b'. act of v&Ddalllll1 91U b... bu,

little

mpeCt. for nat.ional
for :l1ia nmgb.boun'

monumenta, and even
I..
1.ndtna.rb, for Fa:.:
Barrow ia the lD6Oti,itg plaoe of tho 'botuada.riee

Compton &nd Blewbury.

~]~;::~t.;~.H~;:~d~e.eTYID~

DID YOUR CHILD WAKE -

d,,!~;'iO...

UP CROSS OR FEVERISH? 1
Look, Moth..

,I II .T...,.. Ia c..aJ, ~

•• Calif...la Syrup of Fl. I. to
CIMD tI.. Bowls.

(A-pp1a.U80.)

Ll:ilf A. H B'qIJ.. (Cha.u r:nc.n of the" o.tdl Com
m lt.tee) UJd t h e lIn or and to .... n m gh t btl proud
of t heil' reae r\le poh",& t oroe , and b tl! do.'ihcd, as
ChIloIr1D::lb of Lbe Wa.tc h ComlD l t.LCi:, to e:tprclS hiS
th:Lnu to th e m nJl fo r the a&IlSLanea tlU~\I Well)
rc udcl'l n g to t.h e reg"ul q r force
H e (lid n ot SIIPp O!le t.hu.t ml\ny or thcm reu.IIBo.:l a\ t o-:,cl hel v.:h,t
!.boy bad d one
Up to a.hou t t en <UI)ft a go the
",elf; and, ctOlllnDg Uie rlUlway
Churn station, 1'01lCO had auch addl t.10 U1L1 uuLles th:l.L t h~y W(: IO
ruQl out to
the 11a1ey Compton ro.d
Thill" dono out of ' t h e one dllY 8 rcr.t. lD ~ \ cn wh ich
tr&ek
IOl'OIIIl ChlK'D. Bottom through the
"'118 eata.bhabed ror their good .!Lome l~ ) £DU :lgo
c:amp and ~ DUT Curncl Pili,
that ncccaaary boon .... oulJ '0, r HSlored,
m &y
been & Rdtuan amphl.
unfol'LUlIlI.te ly, like t h o l1a\'al . al~ a lm y
1'0 CIlurn BOttom alao there I • • Lonw
alwlLya haHI t}mt '1' h o
' 1" I'i":'~cl'; ~Ilihire b .. ' only t.wo}. t Beside the
e ser'lcel£
I'
pu t nthfi.ve
lllg h n
worda .. GM'a Ditch " on the a.eoompany
1101. Ver,) ple a.st>.n l.
map .. Fox Barro.... 'Which in p-.rt haa been
C<luld not So lo t.ho
destroyed &ad the m&terlu used to till
In havlll; lin oppor
to t heir King: aud
• part of GJ'lm'. Ditcll Wboenr 18 relpotwblo
t-o t ho Mavor of

the

I·!,~~~i~;;~~\~'i.~~;:~;~

glYlng

ahould be tabn.
~
WeIt.1ord of Riddle Rill ta .. tr&ckW&1 which
0l'0Uea the ~n Ridgeway aud Jlv. aoce. to
Compton an,d Hamp.d;ead Norru, aDd another
Chum Hill ."'8eSa eu". to the .auth·

~.:i~f~In·
~~~t~J··(~~tr~:f,";~~:lh~.~'~~Ih~e~,~~r~~ml~':~h;~!~1th!f.iir!

I

burglMW).!! oomLllg forwa.rd. to bdp tho town In tha t"
wly
It Ipooht .elf sa.cnrlCI) to 11.11 of t heUl-It.
mellot the
u p of lellure a.nd NSt:. afte r t.ho
rla;r!l work, and It. Wigh t. mean eyeD danger
He
would lIko, a.s M ayor, to eX!.'lrCII8 ho hl!:h ap pre.
(natioD of tn& .. 8.':; In which lhey had come for
w.lrd and to aasuro thom It "a.a a ,great. ~e'p 10
tho Pollee Foroo, 8 l1d the Ohler CoD.:;t.a ble appro
elll.t.ed theu a.cllon very highly mcl eod
Ca puLln
HeDde~n wiahed hlw to say he ...: as e xt n::mcly
sorry not. to be there t.ha.L evcnmg'1 but ho wu.s
obli~ed t.o be lD Londo n to seo a. b rother from t.h e
North ",bo WM ' on bl s \\ay to tb " flont H e llhe
M.,..or) was glad t o think lb lLL C~C\ .) class of Lfe
WaB represented m thoso \'tho hlld \ o~ \llIl ce rc(] 1!.5
Ipeotlai eo D5t.n.blts, a na t hey ntll ll bcred o Ct " nearly
400, a:Qd t ho Blora t heto wec;) the h:;hler, ot
course, would their duti es be
An o n~ th om he
was g lad to hue a. eoUcagu<Q on t h ~ 1J ~ nz'l 8. u(] IU
the t.;orporatlon, Mr Hull , l\ ho had dC:lO IKIrne
active IterVlC6 duntlg the who lu of tho past .... cc:..

"

I:~t~~~~~~;;n~~~:;:

(A ppln.so )
~1ie Clerk l'4r
t.b,olr ntliR
thB new

Sure},.. luch •

are t~1&Clai
'remote Chilton running
of from
protect.lon.
the Ridge ... a,. ADd _
t o the ~ortwa;r.
now uaed

.n ~~ _ . ~

&I •

farm road.

South of

running aloDi t.he edg. of
Panu 18 .. footpath

t~.

JI't'ing

the portion ,eut of the wood

t.

MoL'ter I Your ohlld Unit natnJa.lly CI'OIt aDd~ ..
l.h , lSef'I lf the tOIJ Klle
coated I tb~ it • • uro Slln
tNit lta litUeltomaeh, hver &lid bollf.a MtId ..U.n.t:o.
Ilt.once
Wbao.

.,

PRESENTS.

the oboolu..

1Ilt.1 had been UlatalJed The, ~oua .1Id lmPQ6reception. hall Ilv. eAa7
~ to aU the downcompleteneu WlLb
Per:t' oomlort aDd nec...
the pnnclpa.l of
• dlDl1l1
cao
of tbe oU
I .....

/

From l.Aaton

£360 000,000,
the Navy had

p~~ ,,'mp~l'~

wounded mh of lobe Bngade ot Guards-tho Cold· 1 ':r;''":;:!1.:~.~:r~;t,.!:::;:..:~~:;
'the maD· I
had t.b.an f~en unoocupled fb r abollt thr ee
Jean &Dd wu a evold of .U furwture
Man1
rt.ructura.I .1t.eratlODS aDd renotltions wue ncce.
-.T1, practically the whole of the interior needed
re-deeortLin" CO'f'6ted paauqee we ra mi.do bet'Ween
t.be boue a.od the two wmll'. there wero 110 hah tUll faciliu.--.uoapt. by 1a:mplo-t he whole of tbe
d..r&i:naIe bad to be onrhaule(f. erleDded &Jtd made
J"C!Od. iD fact., It Deeded a UDall fortun6 t.o put
t.Oe:-houle 1ato ooD<lillon fol' a h O' p't al RegardJua
of l 00tt a deserted. manllon bas OOcn converted.
lDto wbat. m llllt be properq Lermed .. paJatla'
ba.pit.al
Electnc bghtln( hw been ID.I}!Jled
tJiroUI'hout• • Ipcc:lal renen.t1.DQ' plant haTlDi' been
.t.&bf-.b.ed. In t.be park for t be purpoee, hot.-waLer
appar&t.us hiu bocD put. In, aeceuary flZTIUture, in
cludUl:, bodJ; .nd bedding hOi beeD !)rotlded, aDd
Herywherc an ..bWlda.oe. of all lhOie thJng.
tIIIIIeDiial for .. ~It.al. and much btWdOl. bu
been aecuitd
Oredit redound. on llr PeDdle
b\ll'J', the est&t.e 0101'& ofrworu. to whom the work
01 renontloD .... 6rI truited. for the oompl6tA "AJ'
UI which the wort h .. been CU'Tld:l out
A VU!rroR'S IMl'&E88IONB.
On p&1U1( a Tiait to tb. hOlpital
the put.
week, a repre.en!&ti",.of t.h. . . Beadin, 0*"81' '' ~ u;,••:
wu hoaplt.&blJ rece,,'~ &rid coaM.eou.a11 t.ab.D o"r
the buildlDJ by · Lieut,-Col. Prank Bataoa. tbe
Comnn.nda.n t.. Dr peT Tribe, Medical Supertnt.v.dfO,t. a.nd llisa Dutton, ll&.tl'OQ
At t be

whlc~

rue""I.,., I Icitnield W.J O'fer the ChilLema
-:~~::!t-:!;~~~:e~~::~~
Tirrald-'&!ld. A.at-oD. "Optborp there
01
are road approa.c.b.el to tbe Port...,. &a abOWD, &nd
.beth Uiele foa.D are oont;.inued. aCraM
-.Dd Up the . Iope of tho DoWDa U grua
LoeaJ. trAditiOQ 1n Aaion UIQe.&t..ea bot.b
tracb 1Iflth Ulo Da.ra.N; and Aahdowu, aDd local
a t,adiUon In remote 'riltag. IJlUBt be credi~ With
at. lout; .:lID. elcme.nb of t.nth, lndeed, It II , at.
timtll, a det.e.rmtmng faot.or m .,1-nlll problems of
liO-Called UDrac.onled. hiatory
Tbfle t.raaka diller
In character The wanern one I1vea ftDe Tie•• of
the A.1lterna aad of the .lope. West. of Kings

be

POn

DO_

t':!!n'-" ""~-'-'. j'~3~~~~~;
~

the GoYeT nmen t.

be

It.rta.ma, Gren~. h :iah and BeotA

""tool one """lei DOt t..11to

~ elther .t Little 8tok8 01' South
St.oke, from bOth lpf wbllth polnt. there are tra.ek.••,..- NJlD1Jlg ~oDd the river Ul) t.o the great.

well "J t.b.&t bad. not ... ked fer Corporation em
plo:ree- to be uM&rp4id and ove:rworkr.d, o. fOr
nOl'M!olloul eb lld ren to be underflld, or f tr t.b., etomentary cl .... e. In t,helr Counell
to be

t.hougbtiul of th... wbo h.,e . u4'ered ID the
treocbe., ADd gaTe inatrucl.lollli for the mansion

dunn:

&'1".

",'t'.

and ImUtut.e lIr Arthur BrGadle,.
&n .\le
and. ult.ere&tlng ad~r_ on ""far aDd the wo.o;.....
Mr Jamcs Wnght. pnJhded, and In opemOl the
fe rence r eferr«l to the ke6D. &ad .m'el Jlltereit
taken
lIr Sroadlo:r 10 the c a . of ItldtiStri&l &l1d
aoei&l progreBI
)ir BIlOADUT dnlt. m hia acIdrea With ..b.~ he
.regvded u the chlot aDd fuD4.amea.t.al contrtbut.oq
O&UKII or the "ff'U, &nd the workers' attitude to'Wards It. &Dd thell' l"MpOQIoibility: In o rder that they
nugnt. e ndea.our to
far .u ... humanly
poMIble, the recurrellCOo a! lucb .. worldwide caJam
Ity .. the present
.&&
that. the
.orkl!!nl had httle or nothing to I'&ID by ~hiI or anI
other 'War, but. they hod t.hingl to 10.& by It. \Tonh
<bON 1.li~IOld or ~"er
Sb"oUld Lhe German
....U' lorda
Dquer &,Iand t~ y "",ouk) . till be IlUb
Jeoted to
dOmlnat.lon, but plus the most
SCleDtlfac, potl'erful apd &lTOpnt D111it.&ry t 1r&ll."l.
the world bad eve.r teen.
II. 00. t.he oUier han •
Germa.ny wu aubduod, there 'Would b& the ..me
C3pltalwt domJn&bon. but:. faced by .. nlb.Llvel,. freo
people IlckenM to death , let them hope. of &eCret
dip-lonla,,., ",r-1DOngcnnC a.ud milItarism.
To
allow PruIllU&a. JoD.lr:eTl to
nun aDd then rule
ua did not. me.&J1 t.b&t a more 'Irtie, lOtellectu.1
a.Dd worthier people would
to leed th~
n&tiooa,' but. that. tne ..roe t.yrantA 'Who had per~­
outed, tmpriioued. and hounded about tb.u- Ge~n
oomrade. would trlutDtlh over Brll.lI.b democ:rac,.
and. Soo:..Jwn. and Wlth- thelr polLoI &.Del philcaophy
of the IlUlht of the I'WOrd, would eruab down unGer
tbelt' U'Oo. beet. ail fI.,:btCln; for freedom and redu ce
Uiem to the eo'O(ittlon of the be.lota of &Dclen t
8p&rta
'that. Pru.o.bnsteln mot'l6~r, I.~ German
military macl1ioe, threatened DOt m6f'el,. CUT Em
p1t'e, but Lbe tel")' life aDd .oul or t.he Germaa com·
moo peo~d.. t.ha aoc:1&l &nd~tICI.l r~

SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
!

tho 'l'bUl..
former artJclg, .. A. Sbort Out,"
for .. d.criphoD of th1J t.nck). Th. . . .tom po!'BURGESS~S.
tiOIl of un. footw ...,. Ibo1m on mal) De1ood. the SELF·SACRIFICING
road. at Cholaey w itnowu ... the PapiU" W~l ...
name which 11 in th-a.t ~ p&rtaa.ce MtOCWLted
In ad<htlOD to the finot- eOIlLlngeat. of Spoxlat
with t.b., rued mOl)MWN:1 of Cholae,.. which,t.ood ConstAble. for the BorouGh .... orn m .allle weeka
at tM oomer marked.' X; on the map, aDd Whidl ..go, a. furt.hl!r contlogent of about 140 cltu:eOl
".. probably destroyed b,. tbe Dan_ Ul t.b.e.r lJold prMeDted lheml l!!hu .. t. tho Borough Police Court
of 1000.
on Fnd ..,. en:.ung In iaGt week to be .. worn In
It. ..,U be noted that the Y&1r Jlite
direct The Justl~ present we re t ho Mayor (Mr ;r.. G
to FAist !WeI from.JChollel ' I '!'bet. " -"----_1 Sutf.()n), Mr A H Bull, Mr Edward JUC:,SOIl and
tha~ ita cou.rao from tho Bldie" .., to Yr W H Smlt.b.
mara an &.Qclent. road living approach to
The M.J..10lt satd he 'Willi proud to $ceo r.o many,

..

ah17 .......

Ta.,iOl' .

FOR - DAINTY. DESIRABLE
DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS t!n:ma. I