Reading Observer. November, 1914.

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THE SCALE QUESTION.

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The ~IOD ot the ecale of relief to be JT&Ilted
to fam illel In BeadlD( d Uitnaed owing: to the war
came up agaJD for d15C\lSlIOn at. the montbJy m06j.o
log of the GC~ eral CommJtteo, .... hlch WM held at
tbe To'IIrD Ra.ll on !lo nday uerunr It. _111 be remembered th.t at tbe luL meetl nr tbe ComDutl:ee
fi:ud a IOal-e of Tehef, but IIJ1 nof1 then an ' Or5claJ
mcmora.ndum W&l recel"t'ed from the N a tional Commlttoe In wJlICh "111'' gwen & t.yplCal ~e for t he
gUld ..~ of the local comml tt~ The memoran·
d um lIt.aled that " Co na:.dera.Qle ,.arlatlo n elidA
among ~ repretlent.sLlve eomnutt~ In the
,I Vlnfr of 'r&itef out. of gta nla from the Pri nce- of
WIJ.I",,' Fund and local funda adttllllJ..ltered tD co-opera.t.1On "III'1t.h ft
Many requ8~ h&l'e been reo
C6lVOO f rDm ccmmlttOO8 for guidance With regard
to ta o acale of rehef to be adopted... It baa there-foro) b&an decided, at a 10lD t. m eet.i~ of lhe Gov·
enune!lt CommlLte& for tbe Prevent ion and Rche.f
of DlAll'OM. and. the Executive Commltu!& of tbe
Pnooo o( W-a.IC'&' Fund. to recommend eoale. for
tho gUld ..nce of loca.l commltteeA. Thue seales~ are
to be regudoo u tYl'l..mt &CI. J('II , and it ..nil be
wlthtn toe dlBeretlon of the ' I~I conuruttees to
d e:tcnnme 'll'h "t.ber any rumo r mo~hfic.llorw Ihan be
mt-roduced to meet local 'VanatlOM of circumrla.DOeI. It ta to be un deraLood t.hat, Ul tbe a.pphca.t.lon of the 1C&1e which 11 adop ted, the pnnclple
mUll. be obaerftd that In eTC!M' cuo relief gl'Gnt.ed
ahall be a.p!,l'fIoOl&bly lower t han wagN
The fol ·
lowmg are the tJ'Pleal -6C&lea reoommended Out.lde
London.
Londoo.

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therefort pl'epared

pnces to their present
awarts the inspec-

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mornIng
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One adult
..... ... ... .. .... .. ... 10
Two a d u l t e . _
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Eti.oh addlllo!ULl .dult
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T'wo adults. and one child
15
Two adult.. and two children
11
Two adu lts and t bl'e6 cblkirfln 13
T wo adulUl and foul' chIldren
20
Dna a....Iul t. a Dd OM ~h l ld
11
Each addlt lonal ehlki
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Maximum fo r one houxbo'd
20
°Le.. , 6d per w.. k' In r..peeL 01

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Mr WaWter Edwm ~ ~
.. JIerUhj ..." Lodg. of Oddl~
place WJ t.b p&:Inful sudde.D.De. .00

at his remd__

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the best. oq lm&Lt.h (or tb.
tlwo, ~t his deatb w", t.otallJ' ~
Cb.a{Jman wu .:it t.be meetillil of lob.

mloy ot hers may nol ba.v& any idea. of the mnoner
In " blCb the peo-pl& of -:'bls ,country" wera once
obligoo to pay ~eed to t.U kind oj t.l:lI Dg. ellpaclaU,..
"Oft ttle approa.c.b of llartillmlll, N"oge mbel' llLb
I n Tbe agea 109-S past, whe n fJ:t~ab ptOV1l10na were ,
Dothln'" near 60 &alily obt:un .. ble aa n Ow- til fact
a.lmOit Impo!.lLble tal' tho poorol' o14P--lt ...,.. ..
Co);llmon pnctlce at Lbu penod to kill cow. and
Olen and olher ... nl.Dlall.
'J. be meat ...... t.ben cured
aDd itllraJ for :.be oommg "'IDt"3r
So b ard. wue
t ha urnes blltona.na wou ld have w. beliore, t..-b&t.
If a man \'fore nb le to purchl100 an ounce of ten be
"Quid cmd c.U'')11l' 1.0 c.oncul tho facL from hit uelghbours With the Great.esJ, Jealousy.
Same of the
bum bler elua wou.ld JOID t.os::ether and purchue
cow for al aughLcr. Tbe pntlallil of t ho IUnma1 bum" Ix:en tilled wit.h a k:LDd or puddl Dg meat, oon.
&11"u n g of blood, suet. a.nd cro&ta. were t.h.eu formed
lI,t., sausago lInkll and boiled.
Yel In SPite or tbo hlLrdlh.ipa "hu:h appa reoUy
prc\luJed we ..re gl't'en to \lnda-stand that. Martin·
1I\ai;,
or St, :M.anlD'. Dc,., ""hkb I. abo .t"led
t1 artllmlLSllO, wu an OC'C...lon of festiVity.
Among
t he: no rthern people the da,. ww p.l.io known at
.lIart loaha, when t,ft1 drank bealt ba to tho memory
of St.. l1artl.D u did our SUon a:Dd Da.niIIh an·
.J,108ton
EYldenoe or t.be fetltIVlt.i_ On.. lh ll umJu n ary III to bo found &moOng the &t!ICOUDtJ of tbe
churchwardena. \of St. l!~ln OutW'lch. Lo~on, ...
, l lH:h ILeUll; pron " lS11
on l5fly,t. "'brtll~"
na" for brad &nci dQnke for t he '}jIII'eR. .....
l set It.'m to e TOM g:Lflandi, brede . ....
nd. ale
on Seat Mart.fn'. D a.y, :nd. ob" ·
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On the CIOntment St.I Marlin'.. D&y ....\cekbra.t.ed
With grlmt reJoicing'.
Wlne..,u very liberall,. COD·
.umed. . &Od • Sood. dol ot feutlDI took p1.&o6.
Tb i. pract.1Ce ....... alm~t aenel"8l' all o't'er Europe,
&ad ...... resJUdod ... belD, TUY a:aula.r to
a.nc::lellt. At benlan' fesU ..... Obefned. til IbOZlOur of
Bacchus, 'UpqlD. the eleveoth, twelfth aDd t birteadth
da,. or. th~ montb, Anthoatenon correa~d ln, wltb
oar No,.ember. Among t.h& de lC&Clel that ware In
us" .. a. ef\!lry lable on tho eontineQt. wu \the fat.ted
OOS3, which S. aaDClat.ed. With lit. Ki.chaelmaa
''1 I,n EDJland, and whicb il
i.u. tbe
ollowlng lines ' •• To bell,. :cbea.re yet on06 ",aJ.pe
Karlin
more ' eDClme.
\\-'hom aU Lho people '!I"orshippeth
tb
ree.e ..Dd wine;
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ma n open makeI
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correspondlnc ~oek of 1913
.• The sche me for employment. of 'Women at.
MONf"5 ),J"c Il roy'l Ihop allh ."'lUta defiPlLe .. nct.lon
from t.he Gove r nment . but we bave hea.t d that the
!<Cha me h.3.I IsM n l'e<'Ommendcd t o the ' Go,.~rnm ent.
by the ~ntra l Commut- ot the women'. employ ·
II:.(' nt The worlcJlho!' II pnctJoC;\''1y ready to open
Ill:.

the offYna l 6Rncbon IS gt,.en.

.. Me t.a.l-work Clw -A gr&nt ot £..'to hAl been
recruvM for t h.IS sr.home at the UnrnTSlty , cO llc~ ,
!!cadlng ~ ",bere }ouths 8.Dd men caD rooerfe tn.
itruct.IOil In ha nd,-7o'0rk, ILJId b'! p:ud for t he ti me
of Lhelr , al te ndanC6 allor t he fi...t. tLree leseone
1111.5 c l&£l!, halt d _B.rted , and so me 11,.0 or IIU: m o ~
Ilre 10 aUendlnoo t.ht'C(! nl ghla: a week for t'llfO
hOUri, but. there II :room fo r ilnGthel' Iha to attend
SUlt..a.ble CMeI\ fo r
'1h e~ 018Me8 a1"e
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SOLDIERS '

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COU.NTRY COTTAGES.

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THE FIRST ARRIVALS.

QUESTION OF ECONOMIC
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or RMdlDi ...... held In the SmaU Town H&ll
The qu-.tlon o,f t'URl hOUSla.g'CIO:U.~)led ,the
Monday ' att.ern.oon. Th& M&yol' (Mr C. G.
We &IIIIOUnced thl'M ....-. ..go that ~ ..I nod Cb:o.n Cba.mber ot Agncultul'e for some t llne
i"Hlld) p rlll idecl, l aUp-"~
J , Brain .rr4ngementa wero bemg made for the reoeption OIl
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Gre.:Sat urday , when & meetillg was held at the

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!-"?oun"". dmouMlon by obacl"VTIl£' that. smoo

Foquet Sutton, Mr. and Mn!. Vernon l(~~;·~:~~:,~~~.;;~jli~
Mr. :E P . -COllier Mr. and Ml'a. Bartholome ..... Aln,
Mn. W. J . Bram, :Hr.
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-MM!. K,ug .aid :- " It i, t h ree yean aince
!)ban'. pilla rid me of kidney tronble. Uld

,The a.nnU41 g:eneral meeting of tbe QueeIl
Viot<>ri. lnaLitui<> fOT nunrng th. licit poor

L G Buttoq , MI. G H. Moxhay, tbe Bon Mrs.
...furd,
L. H, R.
ID .. A. E Ern.nl,
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A L Stove
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tban praioe them. (Signed) "A, King," , ,
On Ootober 14th. I91~tf' thre4 yecr,l later

AT .BERKSHI~E : HOSPITAL.

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",hat I h ..d read and h", .. r4. abont
Doau'a bacl...... obo kidney pilla I thought I would
find relief from them ••0 I tried .. box, I found
tbey eaaed. my back, removed the dlUiD68I, Bud
made my hl'lad better tbNl it bad been for yean.
I ltill use DOUl'a pilll when I feel queer, tbey

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ANNUAL MEETING.

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men~

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of .....1' a R u ral H0U81~ Bll1 bad been puaed
oy P2.I'1Ia.ment. and had now r eoelYoo. the Roy&l

~~ht.

Bet did not. h er,v l to wha.t extent the
b-Widen of cot.Lags /Would &"'&11 them!lll"f:r& of. t.his

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1 hut he hoped It would not be too Iony con..

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re£errod to tbe
Cb.mber had apfKll.D.U<i w lf
matter of T'\U'D1 hau.ing i'hat Comhold onl1' two meet1D~1 but they had
of .alua.bla ulformatlOD , &lKl he
who In~'Cd. to avail lMmAct. ...-auld take advantage of
howeyer', . nticl~te that mueh
t be prloe of ~I.ldini mater al.

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ordin.,.,. c:oodlUolls ot ~ployment. There
ctal1fl6 wbleh .aid tha t the U\OU1lt or rebet
be apoprec:iabl,. below th~ OId in...,.
adO}ltfng the _ 1e prol)OllC(\ by the
e l :1.U&e would be ea.l'ned out.
In
where
di;~~!:dlf~it~
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to get) Duty dlZZy. turns o.a
there
be lomething wroug
I wu quite convinced at , last, for
paina,aettled actON my back, making

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were bound to

lile 1ft'8tched and mieerable for

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liT W. E . Cou.ma aeeonded, aDd .aid. he thoJ{['bt
tho tvPIC&t ac.a.le .ent down .... prac:tioa.lly
obhg&tory upon local oomnnt.tee. to adopt yet, at
the IBIDe tune, m exhOc..tion. could be IntJOdueed to
'qIeet local elf'CUIDltaDCft.
The modlficatioDs ! d&TIlred wflre 'WIth regard to lanulle. of more t.h.an
(our c hHdreu, and tb o feedtng of the IIChaol
children.
He tboulZbt It
apDS1'eDt that It.
would be a bord.blp In \rhe cue of very ~&nv l&rse
familiM Ii DO a-.Jslanoe .-were cnen tt\r ohl\dTeil
uDde.: four 1(t&D of qe. but .t. the ltL~e t~ tt
did not. accM r ig ht that. the,. .bould paJ In rehef
a greate r amount tha.n u'e mall coald ~a:rn under

I "81 .ubject to con.bnt
kneW' how I bore it for '0

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t"lf'inltell, lumbago att.acJa, or dizq apella. Tbe
qladder '&ot:a too of Len , tbe:re may be lIfIClunent,
g ra y e1 or e10ndiDeM of tbe water.
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• When 'be kidne""J're 111 oidintt.ry meWClDfIS won ' ,
do . .. t hey OMI1'/;ol; ole.n.ae or l'e lion the kidne,.! .
D o" n'l Backache Kianey PIUS are 801ely 10l' tbe
kidney. and bladder • . Tbey relieve the kldDo1" and
urlOllrl ayw~m .like ordlnlllTJ' meruclDM relieve the
bowels, They take out une acid and othei' kidney
POIIlOlU' , the great ('.atl&O of .tontl, lnfl]mmatiOn of
the bladder and rheumatisM. and they drain away
the II.conmnlated wAtf'r in dmPIY. A Anal,n·.
~6oa.te that tbe Pilb oontaln no POI8ODOua drag.
or hanriful1Dgradlenta aocdmpany 6YCfY bo:x.

t rades

:Belmoor Pal'k, Ct.'YerR

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110m.
ot th18 poISOnous W't;Ite in the blood .lId it geta
~nied to
Pftrtl ot tbe
Ii man. you
tNI dull . beary and dTO'WlSY. your baok Ll bad, your
h6l'Wl had; c1ropeloal Iwellingl may .ppeal In the
Qnlclea or about the 8y8ll, YQu may get rheumatic

Exchange, t ho icner a.l
the number of tnaured
employoo oomg 155 R8
reepooo 1T\1 '91 ock of 1913.

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""'lE-r rrom the blood.
Bat when the kldne,.. are weak, they I_n

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. U~o amd .~d POIIODOUJ "..te are always gettitlg
lDto the blood from yOOl' food and from the WORt aiui
tur of thl'l bod". But. the kidney i ruter it out aDa
keep tho bloo4 JUlrf:. E,.ery 24, hOUri they remcwe
ahol,t 500 g~ of urmolU poUoIl8 and 3 pm.. of

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poison

GRAlNS OF

The Do• • BEe. (Mr B R WhiUey) prutbted hw
report, whic.h, among oLher thID.I, .~ted tb&t the
gTaDd total aent uf: from RMdiOg to the (}eoeral
F'u.Dd 'WU now £4, 15 1&.' 1d. For the week end·
Ing October 31st 107 c:aeu were rche.. ed neoe ..
lltatlDg a.n erpertthtu.re of .£JS 91. lld
The totaJ
Junotmt. expended U1)()n Tellef m ~he tow n to d ate
\\':1.8 .£24$ Iii\. 5d , ind the number of pel1tOD& reh eved 706 '
The repor~ continued _ " Amlted by MzI
of the Le.S -who haa

t:nlllIlW.red

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URIO ACID ia .. poaou that aUaokr the weabat
part ftnt. A brain worker will have DM"e trouble
or rheumatum. A strong. healthy-looking ~n
W11l be lia.ble to gro.nl. or ItoRe. Mart troublll,

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.ug rMoQlutlon _.,

Vih ! n our goorl hOll&ew,...ea ab LhIJo JleUO D of the
1 94 - Are CIVlD: &ttenLIDn to ,.arl oua It.orcc and
ot her prcpa.ra.tlooa for the W'JDt.er , and t.hb~ f:.rme r.
&:-& b1.:~y. In a I1ml)ar ma.nner TMJ)eCtlDg rodde~
a.nd o....t ho r ..rra.n,&,ementA lor the. c:.omfo rt ot tbel!,
a Olml.1s for l b., coml0g c.old weather, they aDd

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GENEROUS :DECISIO~.

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carried

OYER .£240

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to enab16 the ,.OJk. or relief t.o be ca.rned. on rOl'

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