Reading Observer 09-1916

,cannot .preserVe th'e natural beauty arm
A-LADY
youthful softness of her skin without

of
Da.ngerous, becanse
ClrcumatanCM this
tension or acti'tJty~

adopting some toil~t aid. And the best aid ' is
Ven-Yusa Creme-de..Luxe, because it is OiL natural

breakdoWil of the
.. too hIgh a ~oItag.
blows out the fUJOl
in oonfuaion I and

preparation•
The purl(ying and vitalislng oxygell which Ven·Ynsa
contains Iitcral1y bathes n~t only the outer skin. but the
".,!ues undern~th. as the cream is gently rubbed over
the fi1C8i neck or arms.
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It is because Ven.Yusa acts beneath as well as on the
surfac& of the skin that It yields unIque benefits. and
creates a beauty that is Iastmg.
Ven·Y~
ideal face cream which eve1'l'

)I"..~ ..,..,., .. ""I N I_Me ~Uf!g.a.
lIupplied "Wlth that cell.
bu\ldlD, element th& lack of WblCh ia alone
r .. pons/bl. for all the trqoble. Th18 element

They must be

In the /"o.t .... Iy dlgestibl. and convertible
form la fou.nd 1D pure b,tro-pno.ph4t6-the

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WORK.
A.~ui:~h·1 I .ta~me.', Ur Mqntagu"

m l l ..t JVHl' o,Iid !IZ. Gull •• ••
the ~.. l)eputUion t.Aat "the,.

tor"",w J,Dd 'DJlIltt loona\4.er woman
plM\lf.~.all::r "'kte," no qoe can
.u!rage baa m..r. gr<lt

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OonfereIlc6 prom1&el •
difficulties whtch will Pleet
throughout the country," Nothing
fitt lDg thin tha.t the unit,.. of the
be e:lpr'ealed 1n Ion :!.greed meu\ll'l&
tlie fight of VOt.1Ilg, wbltb 1& the
",embe"hip of tlie no.tion. It 10 pol'

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' ~ Poultry Heuse

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ENSURES the ' very beet l"e5ulb Ul healthr
stock a.o.d , 1&)'108 ca.pactty ~ are many
tmltatioJl.l of t4it tuoces6ful dell~, but 110
C:} W - It rem8,UlS ~e cheapest &J;'d belt house
ever yet ofterei! to the poultry world.
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Sm4 for C~'; '1 B ......... d .L~
.Por1~)14

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and lergea.nts
A. C Bond.

undfti'

Iworken,

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G. HORLER'S EXPERIENCES.

arrn.ngemen t of £!ugs, b~ting ... ."
receiving a p precla.t lve comment
......
Officer commandmg A S C duties, Ald.
Me..... Si monds (Reading). A.Iln.U (IlllldleHeel •.' • (Reading), Colebrook . (Re..".,.),

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WntlnS' to Mr .R J Matthews, th& aecretarymaO&Jer of the ~ading Foot.ball Club, G HorJer,
t be R Feldt back. who .. In the R A 111 C m
Mesopotamia, 6&y' " Thanks e't'« 10 mucb for letter reoei.Yed" U
IS hQt. out. here . &imp1y &owful. It waa. 120 degreM
m t he shade the other day. eo TOU (8.11 )uct
ImaglDe how hot It)S. Pellows fall ACt ltl hundreds I am Dot feeling qUite 10 wen, but hope
to be e.ll rtght. 1n • feW'~ day. It 18 such A c.b.ange

Wood). McIlroy (Reading), and Bal.
'·).in!i)l~"'1

.""ted the depot b,. "",.",\18 land

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B ad cock

graclo~lft "resented

after ,he sport.
F.:ESULTS

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resuJts of t.he l raemg an d compet.Itlons are

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the Cflcket Ba.ll -:-1 Sergt.. Hooper I
Footl¥'l1 -1 p,1e Slad$'. .
.
Out - Pair 1 (equal) Pies. Curt",
pI.. ¥ Iddleton ana W. Middleton,!
B rant and yvebb J Smgle . ' l~ Pt.i: Hoai

2 (equal) P te.!. Cummmg. ..,d Jan'll ~
we.re diattrtct..!F credlt.a.b\ e. and the Judeq uestion
_,
Fl>t. - l Plo Perkiru. 2 Plo J
H armon There were eleven star!ew yazdi diVldod tho _
b e

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Raoe. 120 Yp,rd' L)\() ftighl.O -1 Corpl )
'",~~~:;'~~
2~Pte.
F erm., ~ Pte A, Col.. Ine
~
excellent eventl, and the hal .an
H anOicap. over 45 yean" :(:A...iJ- for
PI< Edmpnds. 2 Lce.·Cor
Pro.·
Wornbam A good mid
ltarte",

ran well.

..../..

2~ Sgt.

Pto Dltolla,

3 and Pordi
Whit.2
;~~ir.~,51~:~~S
lnt.erestmg and
Bo~

am~.·

Tu~r, 2.. (equal) hio
Y ard. H . nilic&p - 1 ~ Beret
3 F.rr lBorg!.

P&I,lrey

useiul ha.ndic&PJ) won

be a Parliame.t eI..ted by
of ~D UK! ..~a.

-_&led

It

indeed.
wbicll hao
moot otroDgly
!f.1-p.ater It 111 obTiou. thllot 'Women
many I.flll.ti... alf..tinc tho red...

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TROOPE~

BOB A.YRI~.

DEAD OR A PRISONER'

The .er.iOtUne8~
drink was ag8m! em,phnoj"d
Polt~ Court ott
B~tler, hconse6 lot the
ham, WN summoned
liquor to metnbers of
.eeoniJ olectiOn, .6.", alX or M'teu
pltal treatment, at
Bergt J . H
Bear Wood,
Government h.. honoured Idl8S
two lotdlen
of' the Sc.otti&h Womeu'. nosroom of the. " W'elc,)m.
. ~,,,,,di,,g to ~el' the decomlon of the
&Dd n&!g.11l1 ber Offloler de glau of beer m
1'lIlIuructio~ PubliquIO et Be..ux A.iU. 'JlUa II one act of puttmg an
~nOD can beatow on thoae Wltneu questIOned
served the men
them.ln. In art, IClence
Ca.lIed by ' FranCe II the- krucht ot how they ."t the beer
pity throu ghout the world," !11M them He laId It 'lVM
~
her gift. ot eloquenoe to plead the his prem18e8 He
do s.nythmg for Wltoauae of ~ Frencb. aDd Sorbl&n wo~ed. IJl D8Q rather than he
the matter
Cro... examlDed by de~,"d&1lt Defendant .oId
.,metblng to the effect
the men had no nght
WIth the beer, U It was
beer. H e 8Md he wu
men'i &lid, as lIr IIY1lnR'ham pcuutA

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M'ASTERING THE

ALL EAG-ER. TO GO
"'Who'll como ea.vesdropplDg wlth me P n S&ld
the heut.en&nt EveryobOOy In the shop Wflnted to
go The e xpedlt.lon he suggested IS not devold of
dll.ng6l', as I wIll s~ow, but one gets tired of the
~tu.l clani'm g o( machtp-ery a.nd the etuf[y,
grlmj7ha.md a.tmosphere of the &hol'. and tbe
~a.n,e of a.tr does ODe good "Tu vlendr8IJ~ toll
le ohu8eur," I3ld the 1leut-enent to me. (f~ I am
an ez:-41 lb1ue-devd ")
II Bien,
mon lIeutenant"
AocoroIngl,Y, In the la.te afternoon e. ltgb.t motor
lorry, ca.rrylDg 8 large wooden case, a. hundred
y&rda of light ca.b1e, two ",tout loon pegs, the heu&n Interpreter a nd myself, started a.long
& &heIl-PItted. ~ towa.rds a. tmy Alaa.tio.n villago
"err nea.r the front lInes. There the car wu
~dd'eD ID .. clwnp of trees In a. hollow, and the
In.~r and I unlce.ded. It U Don't barge

Of &II

Mihtary Pohce,

WItness, gave corrobora.to the glo.asea m~ntloned
l!Ioldiel'1!l ha.d two

daY:J:.P.

.moe

The wnter of the following &rllcle 1.5 • French
&alelier who 'Wu orlcmaUy in t.b.e Cha.eaeura ~ Pled
Be was wounded In a. hot ensa.gement and after-""
warda transferred to the A.rttUerie.
He IS now
employed aa a. radlO t.elegraphi6te, and some of hiS
8J:pene.neel are related ibeloW' _
.. Who'll como With me &nd dQ some ~TeSo
droppln8' P" .aId the lleutenant
HIS words
drifted tbl'ough the din of petrol eng1D8S into OUT
numbed ears, 88 we tlakered about In t.he olectrIcal
shop, cba.tglng llOCumulaton With I JU ice," tor
lucll 18 the nICkname French engineers gtve to t he
electnc ourrent they produce Wit h Iniense tndustry
for the muUtfarloU8 needs of presont-day SCIentific
F&m.lha.rlty breeds con tempt. and 10
wa.rfare.
f Plte of the dlSOOnocrtlDg and ofoon lla.mful ahocj£:a
that tho II JUlee" vlclously deala out to unwa.ry
rumblen, H JUice" lS lts dlSl'e8peetful name, and
II lUIce H It wIll r eme.tn
The lumtena.nt 1.8 a. JOY for ever. He haa a. hap
&ond no figure a t a.1I He trolia about on a pair of
ba.ndy Jegs WhIch WIll not bend a.t the knee, a.nd
when
18 not lispmg, he wh1.8tles the first few
ban, of! U 81 tu veu.It fairs mon bonheyr," o, er
and ov~r ~galn. JLd hb We call him II Margu(U'o
tt.e," for sucb
t:pe 'Word that. co.mca n.f tel' ., bono
heur" ]n the 6ong. That 20ng IS tho equlvale.at
of the Brlt ..h I, Tlppe.ra.ry" Every Fronch soldier
hu ma.roh~ a.nd €oven charged acroS6 .. No M.an s
Land n to Ita tune.
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GRAVE W~ltNINIGI

N &tlon, n u the influence of women Ie
on Membera .,.,11 belpn to teU
that thelr e&r'lr emanotplLtion
11. WIll not tell if that mUit be po.t,.

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thIng about too much," IlLld the heutenant,
'Wa handled: the box, .. It'a dehca.te"
Then
started .,mllt.hug, but checked hiUl6elf abruptly,
for th& Bochea were only a. fe.,... hundred y8l"ds
ttw •.,. &ad It 111 not safe to rouse thClr attention
Tho r lDtf4opt'e~r 18 a. statwa.rt A.lsa.tian, l\lld We&r'B
the red.. II cboohla" of the Morooca.n troops, In
.,.hich he ha.s served In order to Jape becammg
a. Germb l50ldler There IS no love lost betwoon
hun and the hBJteful Hun, but hLS knowledge of
theIr language often prov.es moSt useful to us
Between u.s we carrlln the cue a.nd Its Pl"eCloU&
cobtA,nta. through & maze of commuruca.tlo'l
trenches, tho lieutenant ..tumpIDg on m front, till
we finally 4'6a.Ched. iJo .. post d 'koute ."
Woe t were only .. !COre -of yards a.way from the
German ~reDCh Peepmg tbrou~h a. looph.,ole we
could see; beyond our 'WIre entanglements•• long
line of yellow earth whIch looked as If It hod been
qwte freshly banked up The two men On duty
t here t old ua wtth ha.ted brea.ths th8;t tndeed. the
u 75's II had been at work and wreCKed the whole
hne a tew houre before"
.. Anything unusu.l
to-day beaidet that?" whI8pered! the. ieuten(mt
.. No, 1111". except a falnt nOIM of spades a.nd bam
me",
I expect th-ey've. been re,P8.lnng thetr

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THE MYSTERIOUS tX

~80, emplO~I'II
huililing

gr/IDad~•• WI~h long br... rod" were plio<! lR n•• t
h.ea~ by the I&lde ot a.( rl8e wlthl lummoUB rughta

Dlght-lnlping. A large beU hung between two
updght posts. It. h&6 been taken from the
l'1l'lIl\ Of .. Ilelghbourmg church, and nngs the
alarm when the lullen gal w~ve 19 seen ourlihg
BOro. from the OPPOSlte trench, I all 8OOJI. 8& the
men hea.r It tbe.y po'UtlO& upon the1t' reeplt'ators
and turn themselves Into c.rea.t.ures of wonderland
lD the tWlDkling of an. eye. •
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Night had fallen ' ~he lieutena.nt now loo.ted

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n:~ll::Ci~;~1~f~jyl;~~.Jj~~.~::;!3;~;!t~1
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lISten to the enemy's tele phonic COnver&&t.lona
These ea.n be ~~ very plaJ.nJy, for electrically·
conveyed f1bra.'5f ~n.a a.re much more Inten&e tha.n
more 8.lr Ol' earth vibratIons, o.nd much more per
ceptlble to a.n e1ecbl'lcal receiving Il.ppnratus Very
often the rehH'n cirCUIt of a. field telephone Ime

SImply COnsiSt. of the earth, which 18 connected
up to the a.ppa.ra.tu.s by means of n. met alllQ peg
driven mto the ground By fn nkIDg ground-~gt>
In different spote In the ",icimty of the telepho~
station, the current tha.t rutl& In the earth 115 l,d·
napped, Be) to spea.Jc, and bnnea to the ea.rs at
properJy outfit ted ea..vesdroppers any oonversa.tion
tha.t ma y be ta.k.IDgJ pla.ce WithlD a. 'Yory wJde
radiull. As fer those telephone statiOns that. 410
po!I8ea u. proper return liM, t.hey can be heard.
faIntly of course, :t.y mducilOn Wl.th statlona th&t I
have no Tetum hne, 1f (}U'C\uta of both kind&. eartJi.
and 'WIre, happen to be braneh.ed on to tlle same
a.ppo.ratw
And then tho best. Iud linea wJiI let
cUITeut leak out l mta the ea.rt.h through the In\
aula.boD, when the latter lias become suffiClenUy
fr.yed, or soaked 'wlth water. The merest Whlspe1" ...
straymg In the earth! UI magnifiod ... hundred.~
after It. pa.ssa.ge tlH-ough the appropnat;,eq..
named amplifier and becomes Intelligible..
As luck would ha.ve lt, we were to hear not~ae
more \.nteresting that night tha.n sundry rema.rb
a.bout the wea.ther, and enqUlrJe8 as to who b.&d
le.st receiVed. .. parcel from home. But .ometl~
tblS 8Clentifio ea.vesdroppmg hnngs forth a. neh
ha.1"Vest of Info.rma.tion, for lQsta.nce ",hen omeet'a
are heard d1&Cusamg the prospecta of a. comlDr
attack, or the dates when they are to be reheved.,
and the number of men that are to OCCUPY' the
trenches, a.nd &0 on \ Any BCra.p of inform.a.tion
may prove '!IO valuable II.n lndlca.tion of new mOTa,
or of detalla that bad. eeoa.,ed ob6erva.tlon, 88 to
be acted lupon. WIt h ~t po86ihtht le8 of~ llUooe8a
for our

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GERM'ANS'\ LOST SUPERIORITY.
Some people keep on drumming 10 ou~ eara ~b
the Germa.ns are superior to u& 10 everything COD~ 'WIth "t;tl5.0 ",arfaro It may have bee1l

true at first,
fore &41 our labora.tpry lnventIveneM had. heen eomma...D.deered. for the pr8(ltic&l
purp06e8 of we.r But now) who Will ia.y that we
h tLve not caught them up In a.Ll respec ts, and eYCll
trurpassed them In so~e ? Out' guns Bre as good
as tQ,elI'8, our aircraft ue bet ter than theIrs, we
are constantly

Improv~8

upon tho a.lready aston-

16hmgly clever devl0e6, 8Uch 8.& t he one we had

aeon s.t work that DIll' 1.1 which ij.,I'e helPing us to.
wa.rda VJ.ctory, &.nd there lS n o reason to behcft
tha.t we sha.lllose our lead Such were my thoughtt>
as the time CEUlle to psck uIt our pa.ra.phernalia
a.nd go back the way we; had con: e•
...
Wo left the cu.bl08 wb'erc they were, for fut ure
refe rence, &nd- c.rawled hack elong the "boya.n,"
past a fresh paIr of sentrles, and nt. break of dawn I
we had our amplifier sa.fely tucked In Its C3~
IÂ¥>oa.:rd the ca.r .00 were bemg Jolted home at
top e.p&ed. the lieutenant sta.ndIng on the step.
clutchtng ..t the d8.l!lhboard a.nd whlsthng " 5 1 tc
veux f8J.l'e mon bonheur " for all he was worth
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FARMIN.G PROBLEMS DURING AND
AFTER I THE WAR.
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Th. hoole....t motIoned .. to Open the e....
Inaide Jay a. kind of oblong box,
me wha.t sunila.r
tn .tha.pe to the 8Ound~boJ: of a. ho~le8s patbephone
It was I oovered wltb mnumerabj. 8wltches. and
plugs and cIampa, which gltDted m the fading
hglLt We also took out a battery of dry cells a.nd
a. ~le of liatemng C1IPa, the k.i.f d ()j' thIng that
t.erephone glrls wear OVer their ea."r,: when at work
While the light lasted ..e mod. ~1 the nece..ary
conneotiona, and fitted a filty-yard length of cable
to one I of the poles ot the battery, and a.noth&%'
length of c.bl~ to tlbe Oppq.Ite pole of the .. amp.
liller," for lO '> our aound-box 18 ca.lled.
Then we
'Walteci lWI it was dBl"k 9J1O'1lgh..... to sta.rt the real
bull1e11. The two 86ntries ; were s:UU crouchmg at
t\Mllr loopboleo, .,Ien~ and '"ten~ WIthin little
mchea )11 the Bide of the trench ,.&. number of rlfle-

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M,..'

A FRENCH t ENGINEER'S
THRILLING STORY.
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faotlOry • ~tiOUf DllJU,mum
aDd. ..uo"'Nl~ ADd DlG1'
......hich OOZlCtU'tl women no Jed.

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READING BOROUGH ' BENCH.

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DRINK.

E~ii:~:f::~~~S.IN

toO 5&;, II WeU •• ~'t you he ....aythIng'P U when
the .Alsat.lan, holdlr;r ~ h.i.s li5tenera t.lght to h1a
ea.re, Signalled Wlt.b. a. nod .. Now!" I listened
With all my might Men were talkmg In German,
laughm,
One of them began 6lng lng a. tune ,
beatmg time WIth a. spoon on & tm can or some·
thing, when the others r;uddenly eet In With
.. Ma.ul... :loU, maul ru, dar Ra.uptmann I ','
Just.
then the liehtena.nt ana.tched. th& clips off my 'bead
a.nd listened In b18 turn. I hea.rd afterwa.rds that.
the .Qerm&n officer bad been preacinng to hl.t:i men
for the good of their souls, m terms whioh, &8
t~a.n.slated by tho A.Isa.t.UlU, 8eemed -rery f OrcibLe
Indeed Then oJl was Silent aga,lD, save for too
everlasting IKJ'tlDd of gun·firo
But the rea! purppee of our ezpoditlOn wa, t.o

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10111.

SERVED.

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t::~u~~;I'..;i~I;.~~bou:r, t.h& rHllode1linc of our 811-

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1C()rpo~ l~ 100 Yards. H aadica.p (. y:ard faz:: A "

Lee .CO..;\f. l l....ti4ge. 21"'-'-'U L...U.

P~;::!'1;"!~":hicl1~~i~h"aDd
to '~aI
Wlth tho di1IIouIt
aoci.aI .... . . . - . ,

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Dever grumble . .. a.nyt,bing lD EoglADa.
hlte .. wa.lk round'" Tileh~ aaw. pr a.row on
Reuhng mUit be lootIng glonoua DOWlOrry.
the
&00 ~J&DeI. N~er miDd, I ahall enlOY blacballth
the Yillage of " Polhn,ton, dear
Corpl Cohn
I t al the more whe~ I cOme back. Remember me
Sn&1th, m YorbhltO. She 11 the oo1y daughter of who wa.a WIth
to .u . t lleadlDg. _i&lly Mr. Blandford."
the Tillage r.&Okamlth ru:d haa repla.eed her
father's ",or ltD, who bu Joined tA6 ArmT. Bh,e
"
UoeI hone., "fP~ all kind. ot !agrIc-,utunl 1m",-to. ~ ,yory
~r father! to m.lr:e
thirt,. lip,,", ooa for th~
.. Oftloe. From 5 3()
a m. to 2 p m. Ihe 115
gaged I OD GoTernme.,?t
work.
The~ abe tackles flie needs ' ()f the loCal
SATU1tDA.Y -Detore Hr. P 13 Pa.rftt9 (in. 'tlte farmera-m ·.t1fe w ..Y of repaU'B "H ho~oelng
cb&U'). ldr JL K. Wollia ODd IIIr Go. B Joebo •.
rouND WANDEBJNG.
'l'he name.! ot three Il~istera AlIaopp,
WIlliam 8Duth, "",ho
b.ia ..I<Jrea Eubr aDd , ~yte-have appeared In the oaici&l
U St.a.plebul'lt, ne&.r BedhiU, n ~ wae
charged WIth
of ~ti~, under .the ~ lleadmr It Ofioen
bemg fou!:Ml w~ng.on the Ke nnet. aide, aod
the D~ of thOl& nonee who
d....ed to be & lwiat.ic. on August 24t h -P C.
abroad 1Il Prance and
Artbur Yo~dopooed to tteelDg pnsoDer w&Ild... ha.~ died. ow It .on
Ing about Ul .. d~ oonditlon near the Rennet'. Egypt haoVe , uly appea.l'ed amOapt the oflioera In
mouth.
He .po~ . j.o him, asking ,him & number the Roll of Bonour The CanaduD nUl'lel, we
of qU8lt..ions, but could get no reply~ HoO thereupon ntformed. ~lve .. higber honour cUll, for the)'
brought· hlm to \ohe:- poli.oe atatlOll. The sum of
1ijid. ........ found ~ him._Dr Purnell II&J.d be e:a;- wear on their untforms the ltan of C?..,1Bocra and
amlaoo the pr'18opor and fOUD:d him p89u{lM. bu.t a.re eatltled to the .&lute
he could "!lOt come to tbo oondwuon that he was
. .ace -A.aked by the Bench wh&t he wae (Sowg
Pitty
are employed by the Blfmllllham
In lt6&dmg, prl&O&er'. who did not,a,ppear to reall8&
ro.d workers
Tbe,. are chlefly
hiS poIJ1tioa, replied that he 'WM DOt 10 ReadiD.g.- CorporatioD i
Pr...,.er .... difobarged and adrlo«! to .1.&... ~ed In t~anng the rqadl :or tar ..praying
Ilea, hng .. ooon .. poooible. and to mob hio ..ay
bade to h 18 home'
The J ourtl~l of the Central ConuDltte& tor Wat'
MONDAY.-Before JU. 0
Field (Ib tbe ehOlr). Indust.rie6 of IPetro~. m lta ' lame tor June 2Ot.h
ilI:r E J aoIclOn. Mr. A. G. Weet aod Mr M. H (N.S). d.isc~ng the great Jnore~ of "omen'.
labour tn. f ,onM &ltd worM In Rusaia. smoe the
F Sutton
wa:r, llltat.es
t In the early days of the mobilia&TP.JT BY BOYS
Hoorbori; a...rge' Sborler, aged 16. 24. Edin!Jurilh. tlOD the engp..gement of women to iiU the places
roll,d. wu 1 ebar,ed WIth bemg concerned ""th two of skilled. m t n wa.a retorted. to only by .....,. of
otllcr ~T" Ln .!.eallDl: £3 .belongl~ to Robert
StI let, 138' alld 141, Oiford-l'Oad.-Gla.clys Wil8on, expe:runeni . but work ..t the 'YB.r1OWl machinu
be ao ounpl. t~t lb & .hort tnne
G-reat XaoJlys.stzeet, a c.uh1Ol' H1 the employ of " .. foun~
Mr Stiles1 sa.id- abe p!eced a eum of £13 l3I 5ld )1. waa poaatDle to fill up the oacirecJ of traJ.ned
In the •..re. The ~t morDlng _be found the key womoo·workers Tbe fifat women fittera were emcf t he aa.{e-- .... here she had Jelt It
The door ot ployed In .tpe a.utumn of 1914 ..t .. well~lcnown
th.o safe was ~ r but not locked She found
three £1 notes mI8S1ng.-D.C Pope g&ve evidence pn,ate workf In Petrogrid TlJ-8n women beS'an
of UTe'Bt.IDg Shorter, wbo.,. In r e ply to the ehuge, to be eh;.ployeci at. lathes In Qovernment work6ald . .. I waa t.bero I d id not h.ve anJ' money
and mcn ta-k-lm rrom dnlbng, planing,
I waJted outaida.. " La.t.er the other- t.wo lfya were
and .ot~ ID6Chlllt!& were more and more
Arrested, and t hey s&'d >that an thrf.eo. were ()()n° quetly replni.oed by "Women 'Wlthout anT
e"'rned In the ~..tter hlld thaI, the money wu
equ ally divided --The t.bree defendant.. pleaded. pl~t. being: hea.rd from the employers &8 to fto
gmlty, aad were ordered to be pla.cod under the duce produetdvlty of Id.bour. At We t IMe of reprobation oflker for three yean on ~he cof'dJf.:ion porting
I four to five timea .. m&ny women
tha.t eaclt pa.id £1 towards the £3 whicb wu stolen ~re hemg
ployed)a faotoriM and J worbhopl
from t..be proseout.o:r -lii was stated that Shorter lD Petrograd as befo~ the war, the tot&l
h ad 6Crved e.lgbt. month In the &1&1 EnglDeel'II,
but baa been claimed ou~ 'bY bIB mother &Ild dll' belDg est.lDl&ted to exceed SO,OOO.
charged on aooount .of hts age.
In GermJ y ,
.ppea,. to have &
TUESDAY - Before Mr. J. ;r Cooper (0, the liking for femBle la.bour, for... an artlCle In
chalr), Mr A . H B ul1 , H:r E W Ridley. J4r Socla.hs t ... rwZlgcr VoluzeltjuDg n !i'l't'es
W H SmIth &Ild Mr 0 E. H ewett. I
of th.lr.e~ln... WIth whICh Getman =l>.loy·
..,N ABSENTEE
era have a.",ailed them,solTei. of the -tempora.ry lIU&Thomas Jarr~'t. of M:,.tcbet t Camp, 1a.nt· peM\On of the la.w forhIdding the e,mpToyment of
; lxJrough, wac charged: Wlt'b. helng an absentee lfrOm
femoJe .laboj r 1ft th.
lJIdud.ri~.
t he Sou tb lA-w.::..lurei..:Begt smco Auf;Uftt 2200 P C Wheeler atated the f acta, and the pneoner ,
I ..ho pleaded guilt,., .... ordero<! 1<1 be d.t&ined
In East ProSII& muCh fema.!. labOur '" n_ em·
for an escort
ployed In
wbaJ( wae I d~1ed. Itt the
'I
R_an.
In, SUOSI. ""IDen IlCtuall,y
\VED l\~D..lY ___'Be(or_
e }{r I P _ CollIer flU tbe
mduatl'7\ strong OOIiDplaiat.
eh3.lr), !(r.. Do' .BIo&e, He W. Pou}tQn a.nd SIr
' that :mot ~ ",nl,. young
Percy So¥,!",,~1 K C MG.
gIrt., whQ. anI.oarceJ,. mor. than.
TO .""WA..I.T .AN E8(X)RII'
to do tbe; bMTle,t ltitKIci of work
Lanoe-Corpl Alfred Woodley w .. cb~ I"'th
carry br",ko UpOlI lbeu
beIng &l absent;e;' from the 3rd Bat t LlDC0l.ni~:lIT'e
, In BlImo.rekhutle
Reg t . st.atloned . t. ' v,;illle.1 damp, &rlmsby, IUl06
:\ugust. 26t h - He WB.& ordered to be detaIned. for
In the CQ~..truQtlOD
a n eseor t
adIn¥
i.ko.ti"e
b:~~~~
I. Berlm apd .t.
LIGJlTING 0~CE8.
.
~
lb building , tho
May P u.cb tt, 92, Blgbgro atreet, '1f'U cum·
dr,olllloge wor;b, aDd on
moned fo r &n olfettce under e LIghting Order on
~
•••
,
.
~••- ha.T6 been
A.UgU5t 26th -P C Bone I t ated t.hat the front door
was ope ~ and & on ght "belt of hght was thrown
a.cro ~ s t.he road ..l."Defendant ~&ld that she had been
a.tlendlng Lo an l11v&hd a oo the matt.el' bad slIpped
her a.tten.tlCJ.D. _~ magntra.ta ai.id. that Uit. -clalS
of offence .".&8 gejwng oommon, and they mu.st fine
t h a defendiDt £~ .
Gurdo Vljl& Ol&ry • ••t.mIent .t the Unlvemty
College, of 14, ' endrlek-T'oad. was .charged 'W'Jth
a slmt!a.r oft'enoe, and on the evidence of P.C. Bone
he \Ii &II fitted £1, or tn de f&U1t 5eV6n
lIDprif
50nment
_
\ _ ~
AN
CYCLE

r,rks

of yard!
•
W.lltin~ Race. balf·mUe -1 P. Tar-

Slade

for 'U5 beca.uso we are DOt aoclimatiMd -- NeTft'
mlDd ''''8 mu.t ~ake thb best of it
I think .L.
..hall ' he got:P,g to Inch. 1n \& lew d",wJ eo I WIlt
Write ;)Ou from there, but '-by letters that a.rrlve
here Will be forwarded on to me. I
.. The war 1& prorre&a1ng favourably,
It WIll speedily termln&te, and t.ha.t. we
come b'fk to tbe old game &ad enjoy the P!':~ofl
of our rrieDchJ One does not know ...... h&t.
country Enal&Dd J' unt.il ~' &lTl't'6 m
"I~~!,"
a.s this . tMn orut'- begms to re&I.i.ae the !
of th& Homol&nd-. a.Dd jf I do 01l0e _get.

n .. er

Yar •
-1 Pte. Milne, 2 P\e
Cole Milne ran .lrengly. winnmg

QUIck

.. Be led hII r':,,--"1th p . .t

~~~~,~I~~~:~:~~,~":~',:'ln Votes
the present
at&i;e of
f~ w~men are

,

w.'"

tJy

wb.e ",er . Pf'Operty~ qualifioatlona ~
a. meuure tha.t did Dot ~emove pqaltlon, he
pop""a! ""0,1 .... 1"

READINq FOOTBA.LLER
IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Sergt.

PlLhnen' Faatory, where he Wa!!
all Be took .. keen lDterest.
a. fine hookey pla.yer H,-9
hw. department, and wap
assumed ~ tha.t he must have
The Azmy Counell, through
t"'r, .rl~ tb... .ym),.tby
&entunent m which a.ll who ltaew

Berko Regt

pi

Lieut . Thorne wa.s

tpe InvolOe department at

Ultim_t'~r

but tUDe 18 preetO'Ul, and
ahoufd be made to l 'lITn,I"rJli.TI"lC
to vote .t ~.. D6Z.1:. election. for

Fuller, . nd Corpl. Stone ""d 'con~
In excellent. st,.le
Tho
and depot preml...
eII ....l.el,.
by Lee Corpl GIbbon. and Pl.e Grovel.

t.h e needs of all

l!.eJ\.

every etf'ort.

<1

at

00<>(.".""" .. 'the IlU]lplest 8Cheme

Buil<i•.,. of .,1 kind< - F....

... _ ..... ES ' SIDE,

damty teas bemg served m two .,..moue
ltindly lent by Meson H. _d G
Readmg The P !OV Ul101D
ku for
700 of thG men wI t h their relation. and
'W U cArried out reg lment.allY in the- ~!I
w herll a. 1t.a1J

he ;.....

was to ba.Te
but he w ..
.The official
ilUffrllCe meU'll.fe mI.,. be reeom-

& LILLY. Ltd.,

-very credita.bl,. clOllO
caterer. W..t..atreot.

I

27th

be .....

wry uiilike 1ua l1'r~nlJble &elf.
With qUick
geetures he MOwed U8 .....Jyit thera was to do. ';rhe
Pox ~ lifted along . 1 narrow dra.m trenoh rlght
,nto our.
entattgleu:1ADta. The l1eutanant
crapb
out, 1oo1r:6d; ~ rourid, and "tided
Wlth
qf thingS, ).took the lOOGe end of
a.nd art Iron peg m lOne hand,
open. ~ Slowly the c&b16
t.1).e ledge of the ..t.rench.
-I . f~yI shght lera OD. the
I~l~=~~ waa;~~ng Is,!re It ...a.a &ll
I
the oilier end <lown
Pre-

the hench. -agam.

H~

8.p-

I

I

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An lnte~ng artlc1e on .. Our Food: Suppl,.
a.nd the Wa.r " m the Sep~mber II WlDdllor Mag&zm6 U cont.a.lns lliome r B1uab1e statist iCS, estrm&tes
and 6Uggest~ons . In the course of hiS theme the
wnter, Mr B a rolJ Sh.epsoono, . nyc>- _
.. By mnklng our gra.s.s la nds. ara.ble, and by the
mtroduotlOn of more SCientific m ethods of farm109, our food prdu.otlon c ould undoubtedly be con~
slder.bly augmented
But hcre Its value. would.
d epend entlre.ly upon t he mtroductlon of ma.ny
At. present there IS con~
muoh-needed reforms'
Ildera.ble waste, and local gluts a.re common. ItI
18 useless ra.uung: vege tables and f .. wts, only to
find they a.re a. Clut.. ~ n ,tba ma.rketJ and are only
valuable as food fol' cattle ThIs wasto .and theeo
glut& oou]d be a VOld1 by beLter orga.nl5a.ti.on &nd
dlstrlblltIon H ere , again, It IS 8. case of Govern·
ment a.td
The Ia.rm.er €;I:\.n do no more, and tt
18 a case of aSSistance a.nd gUid ance from tho

authoritIes ~
I
u But whli ~ admlLtmg that ther& is room tor

va.et Improvemonts, m our prese nt methode of
fo.rmlDg and 6t ock.ra.ISlng, and that a. much bIgger I
yteld per acre could be secured. It 1& oertainl,. A
very moot PolDt as to whether It would stIll be
for
~ grow all t.ho food we need. En· I
on thiS quest ion S06m to overlook the
first. and f.orcmO«t. a. grea.t.
a nd It. 1!S oft,.en 6. matter'
for gratn and whea.t. Tp-

th."iasts

Ius

I

that ,PQmt which would
foreIgn 5upphes .. could
of our m&-nufae·
fol' the reason t,4a.t
land
That oome
Impetus be glVenj
as a. res).llt of
o

I
I

of the H W indsor Maga,...
lUst.ruohvo
on .. BoW'
"

work hirhlJ81f. for

VIvid

ute:!;)

the-oppo.:!~~~~~ltle~n;gth ca.b1e
in

, of
mmutes

to . . get
out.

pelf

~f<)UDd W&8

I

food ,to".. of

~h.

lu Edgar Wa.lIa.ce't
stones and Ha.lh ....ell
a.nd Ethel TQrnel"

JJ,

childcharaeterist100
life In w&r~
:~E~:~i~~~~OfInclude
Fred 1I
1de:theson,
Robert.a, -

1~~]~~~~;~f,~~W~
ri

Ed ith

~p~rt."t · Altogetho:letterpr...

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