Reading Observer. July, 1915.

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W-JtJ. tho ~bJect ,\f

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Ch1II"eb of Emgland Waifs e.nd 8tr&~ ety a
dra:"mg rootd meeting was held tt ..u
ld H&ll
(III Satruda.y fitemooD
by mVltatlOD. of 'Mr and
Mn A R&dford NotWlthstandrng the InClement
wehther ma.II.Y res dent. of \he n~hbourhood ac
eopLed the nVit&t on Ito the gathepng

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take. by Mt RAD"IIIJ) who n
18. d that
elpe<! Ily that 80ci0t)\ . 1"'."J~ go to

mt.roducmg :t8peak~r for ~ a.ft.e:rnoon

the ch Idreo
fonn the b
bone
th s count lY1 for wb ch
we were nowl fight-m
r
.An m~~mg addreaa on the "":ork of t he
Society w th:. apecal re/ereuoe to t~ ca.re of 801

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diers children 15'18 then gtven by the Rev R J
Keeble (Orga.mSlDg aecret.a.ry for the diooell6) who
.. d they O!ht Dot to let ..yt.bing ~~d rn the
wa.y of War Imch 1103 that. of the soc ety which
• med at pre ent Dg ~hildren from being brougbt IIP'LiDlin." • .
p n de9a.t on ~ t was far betf.er to put a.
fence a,1, t e p of
cl ff to preve~people f om
falhng down !.haJj. t have &moul ces at the
bottom t.o Ftck the up
The 8
ty enabled I ~~~,,~i,;::·-i~~

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ch Idren to $Tow uP LS6lf respectmg
wo~cn

,,~~ so npo rw~ a.t t~e pre&ent tune
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a15 a. cb d w t.

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God fe&r ng II

No other philan rop1c work
What was Ilbrol.he,l,,""l."
chance

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'Ve were all ",greed t~t everyone au ht to ba,; c a
fa start n ~he race of life to haver So chance of
eLL ng to th~ top of ti e tree many qallmg Ihcre

e e at U to ~ found children w tbouti '" home and
tbere ," ere thbllsands ~f cb Idren who ~81:ed n S()
c I ed. homes where t~ey euffered ?"teIty and DC
)o:lc
and le~med et' f) kind of l~Plora.lity and
c ne.
Ih
"'ere and ca.poeci p&ytS cally and
ncnta.lly an "hat~n!l wont of all apmtually
J be ... had no had a. anre of lea.rrun~- the old old
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y of the 0 e of J ~us Cltrillt
tD Bp t.e of a.l.
ba \\ IS do e for C Ildreo by the State and by
J h lao thropu; bod es here were 50 000 we. fs and
I! rays n l! "gland-a. larger number! than
n anv
et h er COUDtor\i:
I ~a.s very sad ~a.t a.fter af
these yen..rs
Chnni n ty t !\louldl.be necessa ry
to b e!iU
a bod &S the Nat anal S oc ety for
the Prevent 0 pf
elty to ChildI1fo

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CASES O~CRUELT1'
In 30 ye4rs th at Isoc etv ba.d d a.lt w th no
ffi e r ban 2 150 000 ~ases of cru~a and n eg lect.
1 bere as cd h ng I k so much cn1e
aod neglect
of children ~ atbe c unk es
A w~f and lItra.y
f t VIl.8 oo~ helped dr fted n1.o tb;e streets a.nd
became one of the 10 og and worlJjleu poss blv
of the cr n nal cia ~
It vta8 calcu]nted tha.t
each crmunal cost the nat on a.t. leaa~ £6lJ Do yenr
while on the other b nd each soldier was wortl
£800
But t was a gber mbt ve Qlan the {'I es re
for economy that mad them want to ibelp ch Idren
lhey could never forget. our Lo~ command
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.. Suffer 1 ttle ch Idrenr to come unto Me
'1 ha.t
mear.t
G ve little h ldren a. ch ce
Pro
eeed ngo to ~scr be the ~ety'
work the
<peakec sa d t .... . .llu-ted by Mr. Rudolph tbe
present., secretary 33) eMrs ago Wlt.q tha eancl on
of Archbu!hop Ta t
[hey began Wlth a. home of
e gbt ch ildren and now they ha.d 117 h omes two
of wh ch were n CanaQa. and 8 x 10. the D oeese of
Oxford
those n the ne ghbourhood we e a
a boyll home at Read n~.
g rill home at Cold
and another al Cavenhaw.
'Ilhad 4 700
chHd.ren under the j r e and 19
h ad pa!U!Cd
tbrough t.be r ha.nds ] ey sent a.bo
150 ch Idren
to Cana.da each vear
1L W8J! foand hat If a ch Id
wa5 allowed to go
to ta old
ooodingll It
w ouJd probably dr f1. downw&nU
The ch Idren
ent. mme
who w~t to Canada. found empl
d a.:.ely
'1 he sOCJety employed & mad to vet
them n thell' s lua.t ODS and see tlia.t they ~ ere
well treated
Eve~ child sent. to Cana.da. was
do ng "ell
Then tl1*SOO eLy had ~ve barnes or

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ntamed aboqt 2S cb Idren

that ea.ch rece ved t e wdividUBtI Bttent on that
was Impou hIe In a 1& ge h ome
RESULTS iF THE
What. were the results of
8\"e per cent of t he children
through the bomes were d o ng
were doubtiu l and five per
fa lures
Over 600 old boys
Army or N a v ...50 bavrng
lJo1.Il&d an contmgent
It. was ~~'I~:5ritb~~'n;
very if;: 'V except one people ow
t.he SOl: ely as libe I v as before
fin;t two mouthe of the W&I' they ~Ot ~OloUDIe
300unt n tbe orrellpondmg period

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year

They bad &<1m tted to

cb Idren of me

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ukoo them to take harg-e·· . .•• ,._,.
then ron drunken mot.hers

been cr t c sed for u k ng the
to the ~UI po t of Lhese cb ldren
that the separat n allowa.nce of
not ufficlent to br ng up fl. cblld pcop"d •.
soc:: ety took Qhildren from a ll
from v \l ageot all '" el as t.owns
ng a ch ld fo~ a year wu :916.
A the con IllS on of
meeting a l.~Uedion
m ade for the ~und8 or
Societv
With donations sent by
unable

~OTICES

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PROBLEM No 1032

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where two Toad.. meet

Street Corner. II. re.J J'fdlgo blue 5el"6e suit to mell5ure at 40/.. tbe re6u/t
II !or.taD.t. purcbne 01 aerge -tome months IIgo You really ougbt to
IIlId s •• tbelr CU/~l "'blle tbe i "terl"t Illst s

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TO PROBLEM No 1931
By S LoYD

Koy
BO:~U'TI()NTO

oC hlee
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and the folk don t gnn but say smart chap

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J anl.,on ct Sonll

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food thai

His mce blue su t he bought

p rocured from

Tho chall

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proud of (so he ought)

r,beredthe onecottage
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other cottageR WIth frontmg gard ! 1IVT'6&tbed IIond
gn.rlanded b) creeper r o"e and woodbme
8ar1lcn
swnes are &et a.t corners wardmg wheel. from pro
4ject ng <U1gJC8 of old barns where the road bends
r ght and r gbt ag& D
The wall. of one. or two
old cdUages bu1se between the t mbers and
betoken com ng d 880iut on
ON HACCA S BROOK From the ha.mlet il ~n pathway lCl1tda out. to
the Bngbtwell road and almost 0ppO.lli te II a. It Ie
at the (!ommcncement or the m Ie long path wh ch
reache.a Bagboume over open fiel ds
T he pathwa.y
enters Hagbourna near a. 80rd d fl\rnlya rd and
by t qne L me 10n wh ch • fronled yet by the
empty Yrame of the e gn whI ch tokencd tHere
ndeed fS a e of Berk6h re III lovel cst v lJa.geI! the
sce ne f past act .. ty a.nd the present. JOY f
art sts
the street II pIcturesque u stand ng by
the v lage cross ODe v ew& the w nrung roa.d and
the geijled thatch of cottages aJ gnlDg tOne
D ore (lObstaatllu budd ng w t.h deep colourlllg of
r ed hn9.k and leaded wlDdow pallell!l makes a ODD
tra....t• ..,th a. bwlding oppal te wbere under one

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long hIgh roof of thatch coU"ge ODd barn

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a.1 nost l~perccpt bly and tmy Wlndowa are hall
hldden ~der deep eavet of stra-w

ECHOES OF THE PASTFrom the stepa of tbe crou one look. back on the
church the tower a.ud low p f..ched roof of w hieh
make a fme ba.ckgrouud to another vuta. of cottages w t h creeper covered walla Set on h gber
ground tba.n are the cotta.gcs tha church s a.ppronehed by low stePII gtvmg a.ccesa to a. pathwa.y
pa.ved w tb eobblest.ooea
The mter or showa
ma.ny '" gol of Earlr. Engl tb work and some of
N onnan the panel ed roof-now lowered 0.8 the
ma.rka: upon the tower show-haa lOterestmg earv
ng and remmded me of the spIcnd d roof of
Hard) 8 K ngebere church
The grand tower
l5 surmounted by & ruche where ba.ngs or d d
bBllg the sanctWl bell n uae a.a luch no longer
Â¥ot speaks that ruche tself M do otber features rn
the church of tunel when our Engl I h nllage I fa
was far more v gOl'OW! 10 number, and In faIth
than I the case to da.y
THE RUINED CROSS'west of the v 1l&g6 lit the I tHe clruter of old
t me cottages a.t Coscote
Here at the braoch1Og
of the DIdcot road the base of a wa.ya de cross 111
set on the ha.n.king of the lane unnute yet eloquent
dda.p1dahon
Coscote ~ofJSlble ma.y mean the
cotta.ge by the cross
t~e termitlal -Syllable 18
gu te common lD Berks ptir.cenames &1!1 e g
n
Rodeot Buscot and Aacot.
Near tbe ru ned Cro58
IJ a. low st Ie where beg ns a path wh ch runa
through orchards on towards Upt.on 'O r oue may
choose a wmd nit la.ne BOd thua tbroup:h the trny
ha.mlet of Welt Hagboume strike upon the 210 called
RQman Portway at a wd.ygile mn aod thence reacD.
Upton by that b ghw4.V
By tbe la.tter route one
passes many Clpnng! wb cb OOZlllg from the down
Jand Blope J.r ckle .slowly away a.s streame to )0 n
the brook Wh1Ch runs through Blewbury and More
tone to the Thames at. WaUmgford

WHERE OLD ROADS MEETThe Portw~y from tbB mn to the r&il.way brtdge
at Upton 5 a gra.dual 8.5cent and one Heea tbe
1 ttle hamlet m the holio" lust beyond UpOD tbe
left
One wntwg of an t nerar;r from West
H agbourne nto Blewhury atatea that
t lS
hardly worth wb Ie to turn u·de from the higbwa.y
to reach Upton
W th whIch ata.tement I moet
cord any d sa.gce.e
Upton certamly 18
worth
wh Ie v for any who find charm D old-world scenes
&Ild all the'y tytufy
'Ihe church aloDe UJ worth
a. spec 801 v. ~ If but to tee the eVldence of Nor
man IUld some Saxon work
Ihe hamlet 1S a
g oup of cottagea sUlTound ng flU"ms
The MC cot
and tb~ modem hero are close all ed for from 000
fn.rmyat:ij w th baJD I and cowa.heda green w th age
ODe loolh out on a ra Iwa.y I ding where atand coat
t ruck! ugly and ocongrupua. The tortuous llUlc8
sbow ev deooe of floods and moch IJ erumbl ng to
decay but Ueton even so haa many ebanna a8
art sta know The hamlet too 18 mtereetrng aa a
mcet ng place of anc ent rOads the Portway and
the Ickmeld Wa.y CODyerge u~n It both from
and west a.cd probably a. Br b ah trackway
them F,th nea.; here connecting Smodun
C YJ'chelmslaw
At Upton too there Ie an 100 at
which a chat Wlth the venat Ie m~tron who gives
.trangers welcom.e-and good fare IS ccrt.a.in~
wort'S: wh Ie
I have a memory of that lad •
nit.erest 10 old furolture and of the PaIOS
e
took t.n eett ng me upon a. path whiCh led to
ChJlton

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WESLEYAN BAZAAR.
A GIPSY ENCAMPMENT
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To MlUIIt the funds of Lowor CrLVershD:m Wesley
Church a ba.z.aar under th t tIe of
A GIpsy
Encampment w&I held by k nd perm 55 on of the
Trusteet!l at the Queen B t:oad Wealey Church on
WedneadaY' afternoon
.At least £120 II urgently
needed by C''VcT''8bam Church to oover the debt on
church pr:em sea and to meet current expend ture
and Hi 18 alaQ hoped to make 0.. generoua contnbu
t on tofthe o.retJ t {1ttI.d, out o~;tbe proee;ed6' 01 the
sa.le..
The encampment W33 arranged 10 the
Church groands where the gtpey tents the cos
tumes of the lu.d.i!. and the d~Ol'at ODa made a.
very pretty llcene±
Mr G W Good n pretnded at the openmg cere
mony on Wedne ay afternoon which was per
form ed by the Mayor (Mr L G Sutton)
11r DtrnRAN stated th~ at Lower Ca.veMlham
Church they bad a. debt on th&- church prem sea of
£70 and thetr current expend ture was grea.ter
tha.n the r current mcome a.nd the.v therefore had
to make some effort to clear off the current account
As a trWlt they were ndebted to tba amount of
£85 llod they a lsu w shed to benefit the wu k m
a de the church
I be CIL\IRJUN jDtroduced tbe Ma.yor who he
8&1d bore an honoUred name m Readmg He WM
an act ve partner m that :firm known throughout
the ~orld and also a.dded a. great deal to the lIoctal
8 de 01 Cltlzen life
rbe J..UYO:R. Bald that DOW that Reading and
Cavenham were 1D one borough he was_ very glad
that they ha:d come hom Cavenham to .Reading to
try to get eome help out of thea Reading fr end!!
It was difficult a.t tlilt tIme to dissOCiate them
selves from the terrible Ct'lS II
1'he ChaIrman had
one l'on at least who haa been 'Wounded and there
were others present who also had eon8 at the
front but t waa thelX duo/ to keep tb nga go ug
at hOQ)e
The Prune J,1 n ater had sa d tbat they
mWlt study economy but they muat not etudy
economy too much In the good worb that made
England what It was
P a.~tor ELUOTl' proposed a vote of thanks to the
Mayor and also to Miss Sh.&ck1eford for her orPll:
salion work..
He stated that M:r Durran had
st&ted that be would gtve five per cent of what
was paid to the truat account from that effort

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busmess man to study the
quahty of hIS pnnted matter.

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All kinds of commerci31

Mr WATSON ...conded tbr tbanks which were
adopted
In tb& evenmg the sale was 0P:'ned by & number
of children m glPs.r. costume who ga.ve a. pretty
presentat on called !'be GlpS ee Hol day under
the d rect on of Mias IreD" WeU,
The bazaar was aJ:so held on Thursda.y

and General Printing
Undertaken at the

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My !hort stay In the hamlet brought. VIVIdly to
m nd a. COnVertatlon I had WIth two ~bourers at
Blewbury- on & former ]ournl!ymg wpen one of
them dilated on the gross defjClcnc ea of
men
Those men at Blewbury-fine epec mens of
Berkerure labourers bot.h-found much to Joke upon
n the dialect of Uptoo folk
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