Reading Observer 04-1916

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FOR ' SORE. '(IRED FEET.
CORNS AND ALL FOOT
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rec01rIl~.er\:d"d .... a r• .,~nl~.D"
I per cent. ,
f OI the
tbes:e wu a grea.t
Wbl king clUI!f.8 were
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any class at the prelEmt
and it
6<1, then the Corporstlon employeell
e.mihg mn", ••A'e15 'fhat :was one ot
the effects of the wa r they hnd to face, lust M tbet
hAd to fa.ue uthcr etl'ects of the war He dld hope
that
who we.. feehng the ne"'''ity . nd OIffi
\!iIII, rJI noduclng •• pend,tur...ould reah .. ",bat ,t
must be tor men who only ca.rned £60 or £70 a
:rear iDBtea.d. of thnusands

The 'MaXim' worke~.

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VIM _does the I maxim.um amount

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THE CARNEGIE TRUST.
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L,eut. Llewellyn Grace 110ran, Wellh ..R611ment,
only Ocln of Mr Wdll.1II Gra"" Moron and Mrs
Of Clement, Queenllimd, Au.Lraha, .at
m.med to Fran.,.., only- daughter of tho late iMr
G D Lucat and of Mrs I,ucae, at I"ana End
Ronee, 8htnfillld The brtde'8 dre81!1
of 1.. 01'1
• at.in ved~d WIth ninon of the a&lDB .bade and
t.nmfAed Wi th Qea.ut.lful fine guIpure ]I.ce lU potnt&,
The bodIce WM enttrel~ CQmpoaed of nmon em.
brOldery WIth seed pearl. The nmon was caught
wlt.h .prayl!l of ora.nge blolJ!om The tram was of
..tm Sbe "'019 a tulle •• 11 caught WIth pearl. '
and • ~t.h of ora.nge blossom, and carried •
lovely sbower
of ea.ma.tloD, hilel of th.I~~
v&lley @ond wh\be
WM attended b:r
two brldMmauu,
and Mtjl No'"
W!~h.all. ,.Q 'O . ,"'U", P~: 'Y .,OOI')UI"id
full and qd•• in~ly
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da.l1uI • fulll!ltr 'tam"

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IS hIlS gtlevanoe P He JeUI UI t.b ..t b. roe·
find a conlSClentlOUs objfci;dq In &adlhJt
tblltt it '~ l " against tbe wbole IPn'it Of

THE TOWN,
OF MEASIJ!S.

" to 'tef'1se pattJOJp ..tiOil ~fb attl,", .ar,

&f lI~ep1UC'Ulate "SophIst rIes I f
Why
K..ton l r.gretP
aaI.t_nt lIlUIe.

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mad. Ih_ .....,.nd for ••mpelhng •• duty on a man 11h& hymns sung
whom an Act of Pa.rhament m th6 plalM.f ot
word..!J el'?8pb from a. compuleorr perfortQ,.a.nce of o'er Eden" and U
waa At the' orgail
It ·nu~t. IA an out.rage
If ltfl' Keeton, ngret. dGel not. A.1'11e front ht' presents ImaR'lDfLtlon that hlB assistant
off the legal
Bnd.grooa> to brid~. 1 di,.m"nd
track, "h&'t. IS It fTom P
It M.n only b e tha.t h ll
lett~t' IS hts DOD.-eoUl'aI OOU8 Wft... of say mg tltat
Bnde to bri'l.groou, ~.
In hi. -oplDl0n It 1, • CaM of bypoerloy, or u ntruthfulness, or eow.arillce, .. otherwlle
wby
u em8.&CUlate -sopbrlstrlef!." P Or II It \'hat Lbll
Headmaster thmks i Readmg' School & .. cry Unl5Ulliable establishment. for the b&b1t.a.t of & eon&elence for the period of the w.r? tha.t, in fact,
It 18 " agn.lntt the whole ffplr~t of t.he place" P
PIt$. If true! bu~ th, sta.tement 18 untrue'
The record a some 900 ,.e~ of ReadIng !chool,
WIth Its long lIne of talented &OnIi, II one of which
we are all p'rolld but oa. pride would be hMl'lly

admit that eODflClenC8
must not l'a1l.o6 Its bearl there Agamlt Ute .... bole
.pmt of the place I Wha.t. splnt P The mlht.,.ry
from IbIS E MarIe,.. splrlt.? It there II auT. publie ichool whl~p. b~
WOlDen', ~atrol Gom· In Its long h'8toJ'1 oe..-lDIUci Iltt1e of that IPlht,
In Mr Keeton'l lenae, it Us Re&chng Sebool
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sobolaTtl abd Ita muterl maYe ~ed out to be(]Orne JlI'lIat .tat.elm.n, JOO1'1II
:..1 authorIties,
authon, rtlathematlciB,nl, &nd II 111
fre.Quently groat diVi nes But of ioll
Jlubhc ,enlce,. Budtttl has never -;.;. -r-;-' -,0
b on to produce the rreat eoIdl.r or
satk>r
I speak hiltorlcally, of course,
fIl1 It.ateJl16nt u n1a,
necu........,; . . &!1~ ftuHt.l.ry pos1tlon of dSltlbc.
_ n t HeodmOtlto; h.. perlonally
NlJpoleon W'" & aoMlel' of distinction,
"'fen NlI.poleon a..dJl'Utt6d that 'I the elann8 or
Sta.te end I",here the cla.lmB of oonaeienee
dllCounted If ReadIng II f:o

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DON'T APPLY THE VIM DRY.

IN SPRINKLER.TOP TINS

OF THREE SIZES•

LIMITED, PORT SUNLIGHT.

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"::~~;~I~";l; eBpeOl[~l1y upon working women 1'1.C
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tbe clI.reflll hOUI81\'lfe, _muou, t-o ' do

n~t NlgaflJ' lftble to mdi~rv aervloe.
As:'\
eon8CleD~us obJector he IS by .peOlt\o ~naotment

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paintwork, tilework and enamel with it. Keep
your knives ever bright and clean with it. A
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little VIM on a damp cloth is all you reqUire.
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We would welcDm.e some t~Q'lble )'Iroo( tbn-t tho
Waf honest m It s a.wocaey of thrift
urged frol1\ Government platform I
g."U"m.m lfi flloultlel6 at.tlre upun the working

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Brightness follqws its use in rapid sluccessionl
It's very deadly ion DIRT, RUST ~IJd TiARNISH.
Try it for your bright metals, clean I all your

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ilhsola tkly uQ4U)ted from. . . the ~
I ~tl-on (It the
Compulsory Servloe Aet, Just. • muoh and ... beD,a.hne
toque
oequaJly JlS If qe wjr, ~'r m ilitary 8JC:8j "or a woot.acbe
mlnllJber of Ii church
man over tnlhtary ..,e With black featheMi
The In.bUlty of • "nbuntLl or m tbls c... of
some members of It., to !)el"fofIh the lmpodlbl6 her boiher, La.eut
tB.Bk of recognISing' a OODICISDCfI wben It i, l pr~
se!\t,ed before them 1ft th. 011.1, way pOssible II Vicar, Wood)
the RevWMIl in"

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work in
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the minimum length of time.

Mr. J EIGH1'} Jl:N ~('..oll rled, Anrl the I!chame , {""I
adopted Without an,. furLh el' i:hsClIlSlon by 29. Jotfl!'l

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for her country, cudgels her Qrams 38
bow beat to effect. e~oDomle9 m the ma.nagement
her househould Wlt.hout detMment to t.he genera.l
PO~:Sl bl),
11",·.Il·ti'in.· of henelf and her falJuly
correlpondence Ib the' Dl\Ilr Ne" s "
mterellotlng 8ubJeG~
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women make
'jI " she elperlments In thiS directIon a nd
th~y can, and what IS mure, t.hflt t.hlly
It better and hheaper tLan the bakers ca u
Her enthusiHsm IS allghtly da.mped,
upon heArIng t.hat a certnm falmel Ie
2 tons 15 cwts o( stille bread fro m

B&I.i,buI"V PI,in CAmp' lor hll lllg.' What con her
economies do, she IS t-empted to ask , I1l t.he
of "uc~ !lcllond&lous wrust.e &II t.li18 on !;m.: h n
8Ca.J&-ftDd by the l very 8outborttlell who urge
upon hot"' Nothing daunted, she turn s h er
4tten.ion Ul other directIOns The prohibitive IJrlce
would laster t.he Ide.a. that t.he Govetnment
thiS artICle 80 luxury Yet fat and su.'!ar
out pnDolpe.l he&t and ene rg) formmg rood!:',
Il.S most children dislike the former It lS eseep
thn.t they should not be st mted of t.lle JILtt er
frult leMon wUl Boon be up on 1H!
House
will require sugar for preserve s, and the
q"vemrpe"t must .u to It tha.t the ijm..!ted quaq
whlc~ we Are at present Import1O g are ulth sed

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Unt,l recently
of sug8 per yeAr w alO u sed for
now thiS glga.ntlc t otul h a.e not
reduced
ft:lan we not , even at loa
t~ke &. leaf out of tho. book ,of our
and effept some sa.vmg In om huge
U1"U".', drink b,li' If we may beheve tb. RU, .. an
~~'n18~r for War, the effeet of prohlblt.lon on toe
prosperIty of t.h6 country

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the effects of tb ~ war a.t. home It. 1. t.rue
EnglllRd .dvocate. of Ploh,bltlOn have to
formlda.blo OPPOllltlOb of prtvate mtel ellts ,
political mft.uence wblch they cm brmg
&,lomBt any a.ttempted draattc t.e~pernn~e
There , rema.m. Itoo the apecioul argu
the D ean of Durham ~hat. by drmkmg
Fran06 alld wbll1ky- (rom Scotla.nd "e
-'_., ~ --r'-' a our ally and fo.tlring home ma.u ~tuefl
an arr-.ngement lea;cres out _of accou nt. the fnc~
unproductIve consumption 18 alwa.ylJ extrava
WIth the no.honal
to economy rmgmg
ea.rs we prot.est encrget.lcally aga.lDst thIS
£0 tlab manufMt.urera of a. luxury a rtic le
to be ha.t1J1ful to jour na.tlonal efttctency, Lo
t.heir profits almos.t un ohecked

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of Scboot Bo&rdA wera banded lover t() tb.e COll nt,.
CounClln , to which women could not be elected ,
wO~fln loet their rtght to eat. &1 elected mfllll berJ
In 11683 Cou nt.y Co un Cil 8uffmg6, but not ell!;1
b'l~ty wu s p ro'ided for qua.hfled unmarried women
Tho tint !;lep towlwd, removm~ the dl!UlbliltlC!J ()\
m¥ued _ot1l~n was token m 1894, when Urlll l
and Rural DIBlrlct SufTlage and EH81bdity " li.I
prqvlded (or Iluahfied woDlen , malrusd or U OJII l&.f
fl ed
J he Ac. cst.a.blt!lbtnC t.he!'!! bodle. fu rther
, c.A.oved tbe d llA.blht.y of married women to vol.
for IPoor L aw OUflr<han~ a,nd provided tbat., In ad
dltion to th'" electors resIdents should al so tvolLg-lble fot elect ion, but. It. deprwed women of thl'
l ....,.ht to " ote 8.1! ownen!
In 1900 t.he I.undon
C~~I n ty COllncll Flcetorn Act removed t.he L l (
au rage disability or married women , whi le t he
COl I1ty ':lI1d Em ough Councds QualificatIOn Act. 1f
1914 fin /lllv nlDlOved t.he di~R.b!llt leti of maTrll'd
WOY1ell uu l"lde the ] j C C l!:hglbl ht.y rOl I ()\\ n
CounCils C6ulI ty C01lncI Is mcludlng tbe I t tV
and London Boro\lgh COlln clls WAI! confel1"cd lin
wo'!'l en b, t.ho! Qll,tllfic\t\on of Wonlen Act of H107
flhDj lftia l dll~ a bdlt.lcK of ,'omen L1l local iovernm t l,t
ato lhcl11g rouled one hv one- t.he last enem, t 'l
ove rcome IS, as 11 sunl, preJucl H:e an d COmen<l.t l8 11l
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NiEH\ S h lS JII St. been recei ved from Sal ontkll Ib lt.

MI Sj H arle) , who after mure t.han 8. yurlS !;(' n l("P
r ~t.lllnm~ home has heen de oor'oI.ted by G encr~ !
Srmatl wlt.h tbe CroIx de Guerre
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::10 lIt.orv t ol d of Florence 1\ 19h t 1l11.(' <llp.
reply to ccrtam crItI cs who aCCllllod her of deS11 111!::
t.o go ,md nurse Iwldlf!rs Ilt. the [rou L melr" 111
Older t.o • co.tch tbe husband ' wbo was nl t fl r ill
COITIlpg a.t liOmc In a lette l t.o a. friend -he \\/ ntf!
10 bll ter scorn of thclw. a.rm ch uu cnLlc!'! \10 ho fr I
their chIldren on t.he fut of t.he land un l! dll hr I
them m purple and fine Imen" wlnle tlu II a ll "
of her (F lorence N1::tptmgule sl
chtldlt n 11 \ C 1
the br ttl cfield s of t.he Crnnea , clothed III I I g~ ft.: r I
mg on salt rnw beef sleepmg on Sl l ill (I f \lnl
Vtere lucky), «yms fOH(oLten, uncal"'ct fnr
B it
I,' F1(11 ence Nlght10ga le "roLe
eht11u ('11 1 rt f
get I " Y et It seems that ofhc lllldnm h is fo/ c tt t'1\
1 he latest ne\\ :i from Mesopol \101 L I C\ e.lI s I ~\ It I'
or ~ff,ura ll ~ ~hllstly ns 11Il)tlllng "bI d .! fil t l lll l t
durmg t.he CrImenn \'o a r \V£> he,ll (If I nJ.. 01 h ...
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a.ccomrnodutlOn
{<hOi t llge flC 1l1r.dl( 11" ~
ancnstihe t l c~ , dreslIomgs bundages I.ll fnet. of • I
hospstal eqUIpment One lotter from tbe bp nt \" 1
of three medical officcn; III chal ge llf I 000 I •
" ouoded men With pr,ld lCltlh no dle Sf! lIlg" (.1 I III I
Bgel:l , and ha vmg t o p elfOllIl tHJt g J(~fll opr l i l l 1
"Ithout auueathd u:s
~lI n lh e l
COI rtSPll 1I t1
Wrtte8 that a. ~m g l c nurse "'lUi 111 ch rll g l' ( f ... 00
cascs mo stly UUllIlLILLlUntJ " ILh onl y ( t Ul h,~ til
he lp hel
Mcdlcl d Il.Il ltuge lucnls ali t 1\l l hr I I
nro 8 tul to he un del the Ind lli.ll UOH l"Il ll1 i 111 l nfi
t he ,V.lr OtllCf! w lI;hcs It~ h Lnd", of ull Ir I 1
blht) f(lr t he " uundrd Olf (' r~ of \,)1 ~I' qll111 11 '
of hO' plta l li upphcs WCle ma.de t.o Ihr. all tll 11. ~
three month" ngo, and at mtfl\fIIlti ovel "111
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of \10 bl ch " cre re fu lled Now at. lRllt. l ilr I 1 11 ~
need en-n no lon ger he Ignured, large "LI pp IIt
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bemg sent No onc CIII te ll , bo"cv r r \1 h ('11 thl'
Will c.rrl\e , .md meanwhile ollt soldl el :; .l't
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lllg a.nd dj IlJ g for lack of t.he m
'Mr fnl'\i'..\11 11 1m
wnting 1n t.h e" limes' of .March 16th l.. ,,1J:.. UP' n
the authorlt.y, w~ oever ~(l be "ho III le :;p ( nsd Ie
for thll~ O'flmm l~l mllladmlJllHtlat.lUll, to 11I1t]; £: \\h.t
n.mends he cun by cnllin g In t.he various ((rg' 1I 11~ I
t10~8 &nd co operat.mg wlt.h them '1 hen 1((' ~ III
get all t.he SOOl'e8 n.nd doctors and nut st's I It II ;'I re
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wa.nted for our gnlhlnt Army in t he J l!:'t
hlm not be &rrald of sendmg nunc. the re I hjO ~ r:c
that bas fa~d t.he brutalities of the G Clln all S 1[1 r
t.he ret. lr ement from Mons. t.h~t has \\ 01ked tln . u/-! h
t ypbus m the Balkans and endured t.he rq;;(Oul' flf
the Serbmn relreat . Will f!lee the dangers rrOlll 111Ik
and Arab With equal fortitude f\nd cR-lm
n It
cor<ll&lIy endorse Mr hn Malcolm's conciUhlon buL
'H !J~ that. the I!ilatement or tbli Fmancud RCCII:' l lrv
to t~e 'W ar OftlCfl 011 Mltrch 22nd that hili Depllrt.
ment 18 fully 'Ilhvc to tbe greCl.t debt. ,\ e o" e to
the nUr8mW' staff gCllclally, co uld find m (I I'C 11I ' r.
heal e:xpl"es~lon Porh al1~ t he dt',clslon or t.ll t " If
Oftloo ~ l\: Itbdraw the , 1I0wancel normalh I .. ~u{'d
to n hT'sell I1t t.be frout I I • novel form of recO~III "11l ~
thCl~ "orth 9 COnlltdoM1t g tb..t the nl1 rse~ h 1I It
prov~ded t.hClr DWn cIQ ~lun", and have c1ou htlp !l
bfle~ P\.l~ to great oxpenre (..0 "eep t):aenuieh e ~ , lltt
ou,t"lmpllt 01 the.. ~11 ....an... lI..-dly ... no '
]ult l~ able , eVln tor the 'r'a of elect.a, all allnual

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