Reading Observer 09-1916

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[By DAVID DEVANT.]

EFFORT.

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bon! in 1867 ;n Ihndon: 'My fathl>r.
Wighton,_ was al. Edlnbultgh a.rt'iJlt. I first became

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.aid "Th. Y.M C.!,
the War."
out.break of hostllitle.<l
Londun and pr(l IJ ~ d
?e,chtrat·i. n of war, \\'ere

intereated ' in con,\lripg wben I I~as sixteen, a.nd
I ' ~""'_ my tirs, eng&geme.n~ (as an amateur) -.rhEIn
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'eighteen:
Profe680r H bffruan. the w.tl~

~~;~'~~x1~~:~7i:::~::;":::~;
writer on conjl}J'iD~. w~s yresent; a.t
,tating porform.nce. imd a.t" tho c~nelu8ion. wheIl; he

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. appeal waa
to • furth.r
witbara.wn.
. Crown mn,
his eMf) ~d..

thle

opprol1' on

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gratuli.ted me, I was 60 elated WIth my 6UCC6St5
that I slapped him
tb. back a.nd bold bim. what
was qul.4.e true, tha.t his books had made me a.
oonjuror.
Unfortuna.tely I aJso knocked . of[ bl.
epeotaclc8, and tb~y 1:)roke.
My first p.rofessional priva.te enga.gement

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were opened 11th
OUr forces 'W6re

until" With t he new
ov" ,.,,.. I· !o,rce. t be Y.M (. A. "

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In Grell t Rl ltaJll

arnall, is ,n t h<1 ut It!

a. house in Camden-square.
I cannot remember
O,uo·rd·1 wha.t tricks I did, but I recollect tbnrt. my feo we..s.
- ..."".~ . , ha.lf.a.-guinea. and . that I had great dlfficuU.y in
refr&ining from eating the entire supper which
Ply kind host pla.eed before mo.
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My first profession a.l publio engfl.gemcIll~ wu
tho Old Albert Palace, Ba.~teraea Park..
After
tha.t enga.g emcn~ 1 appeared a.t Wa.t:wh's Dime
MusGum, whk h was on the sioo now occupied by
Fra.sca.h'IJ Restau r,ant in Oxford-street. Althougb

case (that of

of the l!l. rgIJ C( ntt el
of Y.~!. C.A

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of t hese {l IC Within
and arc eon!m 1..l<1 11~h'
t~e Cent.res Il~\':'
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,,""OPO'Ol''''', iO 1I I,tll
A ~ SOC-:ll.tl ' l l
M alt..L a In 11,11

F rom th,~ I\ lll '
is being ;::-1 \ ,'11 ~
nIl sa:> th,!\, to do
is

in ('olH'('I;;t;'!e
S t,tle

W"der·' ;cc>,·,t.,,,·, uf
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in'l; ~ p e>" ",b ' e . nnd he

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itlO ns H la ll<:h of

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fi n f0r th&
every n ece~li l l\' at
profit ncelccni,dh'
Ifor t he dI rect b~ n eG I ~ f
huts and bl: J\ c.i". rz~ aN)

acco 'n ",o (l~t ;n g sohh cr s ",nd ~<ll l l)n
met , a nd tl\l :~!l 11 0m

Y. M C.,A. hil ls, ll hrr\l l

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.":;,tt;:;'h.lf;~~
.ach II
day. ,

as a

tbree dependent.,
station at Wan-

let. He
Wol.h) on

Dr at Wolringham,
Sydney Brain ap-

'GA~D'N NO!ES.

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'l'lIl!l FLOWER. GoAaIDEN.

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'!'lIe p~t U. the ~ t;"';' to 'm-t Cl>tting&
aAndenonii n.riega.ta, 'Whi~n is 110 U&O&! fu1 for bedding a.rrangmnent6. giring ) 6 fine> con" tnet to Geranium&. In all the aouthe.rn part. of
' *II<> eount.ry the cutting& con be dibbled into ._",

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in pots

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NEW M.P. FOR NORTH BERKS.

COMPE~I~lqN.

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MR. A. K. LOYD RETURNED.

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For :h lyers of Border €a.rn.. tioDa, }in. pole U'&
UIU&Uy large enough" and if they were put down
.t the eq.d of. July they will not be .fit for pottmg
o~. Mix the soU" thoroughJy, and pot firmly. The
pots should be stood on ashes in a cold fr~e .
Water. the Pla.tltfl:~
' mediAtely. ~nd keep them ,clo1le
for & few daYA. Aft.&r thia "give. them plenty of

ex· Kirkman Loyd, of the Bengal Clvn S orvlce, he
and
ma.rried in 1"885 Henrietta., da.u~hter of the la.te

OIlcee •• •

by his
Martin
repreoented Mr.
with 90 per cent.
country.

e.,,,b,rn,,,,.

-loam. hili • put 01 le&f.ntould. & &-in. potful 01
old morto.r or cr1.l'Shed. oyster shells to & bUflhel of
lOil, &Qd' wt1lci~nt und to make lit Porous.

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Yr. A. ,x.. Loyd, K,C., W I&8 a.t Abingdon on Tue&day returned unopposed for North
in suo...
eeaion to lltieut.-Colonel H. G. Bendena who rosighed the sea.t on his appointment a.a miHtary
secreta.ry tQ> tbe Duke of Devonshire, txoyer-norGeneral designate of Canada..
Mr. Arehle Kirkman Loyd, D.L., K.{J" of Dom:l
House, EMt Handred, Berks, and 21, Cndoga.nsqua.re, S.W, (a. re lative of the late Lord WB.n~),
was born in 1847. A son of the la.te Mr. Thorno.s

Berf

them growing ..Dd tlowanng till t.he l end of the
.....,n. ( 10 "ill .till be' adva.nt>ageous tp IIp!'&y
them o..erhead la.te in tqe afternoon
-e.eoing of
fiDe daY'll. This spraying doe& no hurt ~ fiowers
1n the lea«t. lIo6 in most "V&r'ieties tMy hllng dowllwarda.
I It Sa time to pot up the la.yere of Malma.ison
Oa.rna.tion&, which ebould be well advaD~, if ttiey
were put down At the right !e8.80n.
They ~
usually strong by no,?", .and 6() should repuire 4--in.
pots. Use a. oomp08t. of thre& pam good iibroUIJ

~.l'el ttred·

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- Orders iShould
placed a.t ono& tor bulbs of
DaJ!odilG, Tulipt'!, Crocu&eI, Soillu~ Snowdrops,
etc. Pl60ting o~ potting up fOr ~arly 1l0wering
Illll,. bo done iP:4nediately. Beds ea~not; , be IDled i""1"tjlol1l
till October, b~~ J~rdera in many ca.aea &re a.V&iJ~
able, and the pla;nting of bulbs in grua mlty &lso
be donf)'. Ea.rly ~tanting is of gNat a.dvAntage to
the bulbs.
Chin. Asten Me adva;J!cing to the fIow&ing

)fro E. iL. Clutterbu-ok, of Baroenhuis h, Wilts.
He waa ca.tled to the Bar in 1868, a.nd 'Went. tho
Midland CircU it.

'Mr. wyd was l1r~t l electcd M.P. in July , 1895, in
to t he late Mr. Phllip Wroughton, of
WooHoy Park, wi lO hnd bti!n returned by large
me.jorWes in 1885, 1836 D.nd 1892. In 1900 he wItS
~!.c!,~;:::!~s:;r; wanted
to keep returned unoppo6Od .• On July 20th, 1895, h e gamed
ma.rried, with a. m.ajori t.y of 1,045 over: ~he lat-e Mr. Charles ~.
Pryce, tho ,A,bmgdon soJJ<;ltor. The fi gul"C8 were:
said that she A. K . ,boyd, 4,064 ; O. A. Pryce, 3,019) ma.Jorlt y,
pr<'m"~ .. to do bard work. 1,045. '
In October. 1905, Mr,' Loyd a.nnol.mood hiS
and was"" widow.
not. to hc ek re-e!ectlon in consequence- of
T,ib'"n,o' refusing any decision
iJl-hea.ltb; and be was succeed e<l m t.he representation of t he division by Captall1 (now Lleut.e nnnliColonel) Harold Henderson, of K l te.mOI'e H ouse ,
Fo.nngdon. tbe eldest. !'lon of Sir Alo>::: Henderson,
M.P., of Buscot Pa.rk (now I.ord F artngdon).
lIr: Loyd has for m8.n~· ycal's bee n II. leading
member of tho Oxford Dloces nn Conference.; &,nd
his services aoo alS() m1lch \'n.!ued on t.ho Borbhlro
County Council, of wb l.ch body hE) is an alderma.n.
8Ucoe~on

FOR OUR SAILORS.
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otag•• and or. v~ useful for potting up

LADY BEATTY'S APPEAL.

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Palmm- Pa.rk:
Ta.ylor, H. L.
Factory: C. A.

A.

J. Rogers (akip)

If DorOU!r'~~
' ; Lady ~'11. E«>olla, aM ~b.l"II
'of that clue , are not crowided, tl)6 old steqa8 need
not be- cut away. u the leafy, lIower~ .bo;,t. will
,bk>om _
year·1
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Take cuttings of choioe varieties ot Antirrhi~
'Il~ which it
dfl6ired t.o ~. a.nd d~bble
.' them into pot. ,
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TRI!H!I!lUllT G'ARDJI1N.

if the layeriI>gj o~ ,Btra;"be>rry "'1"nenl .... over-

to do 8Q noW';
dnjI, bub if
~ will ~ve
11'0IIDd ohould
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IIC<lJa]'B:8 F'>.~. act,ivi'tY··1

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dU:l tn ct ar~ hein !\flk~d t o p hl.y th em:· part 1Il tht~
grea t ~or~ a.nd to T~lse a ~ Jarge a. SlI m AS p (l<~I!!I~
,t o a.<;SI~t .IP tb miLlOtenance of t ll is mngnifim t
",:"ork W e hH,V no dO\lbt t h at our CI LI Z('11S "liI
~Ise to t~e oc sion a nd ~how ,~hCI [, pn l n oti~'n
10 the mOl t pr et lc.'\l wa~. rememhel' iJ) (T dWI th~
kba.kJ Iino in
nee :md 'F la nde rB is t.h'Q r€<l l bu: ·
wark of Erg 1a.n , and th at. th e men who an' fIn
to face ~ith de th deseljVe a ll t hat th.... ~ c ,It honu
can pOSS ibly do 01' the,.

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'~d 2nd COMPANIES.
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e ndin g 'Sept-embe r 91.h,

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Orden fo[' Week
SU'lld'a.Y '-Com~any p.a.rado Arrooury , 2 30, fa-.
drill a.t. C~ntra.
ro und .
Mond3.y,L S ho l ing, Nn , 8 Platoon . AlrrM ~ (. ~rt
ETHEL BEATTY.
!lWm g6, 6 .30 to 8 130. Rec rU i ts ' c1 !\S~ -\ 1nloltlr' , 7·'J
Aberdour House, Aberdour,
J;l'ife, August 26t h, 1916.
c('
'1'uesda.y j-Shoot.iJl g, No . 4 l~ia ;oo n.
street Ran ge, 6.30 to 8 30. Class ior ". C u. \ ~~
which recruits and nny f membe rs wll n1 1l1 " 11l~lr l
b on ,roILY at:..tenp, Cint ra. Gr ollnd , 7 15~
Il~l]ti
pr..a.c tlC6, St. Giles' Hall, 8.
FRmT GROWING ' IN MANITOBA.
Wcdn~a.y.-aompany pa.rade, .>\ rmn ll r '·. 715
Thursdar..-BhOOting, No. 5 P lnwo lI , (~ I:rf,1
street Range,
to- 8,30. RtX' I'{JI (~ ' l lll ·; ,
Mo~ tha.n 1,000 quarle of strawberries · ha.ve AnnourYJ 7.30.
been grown this sWson by 'Mr, A. Wilson Oil a
Friday.-Shoo'fling, No.1 Platoon, Alfr,c! ~t~rflt
third of an acre near Port age 1& Prairie, Mini- Ranjf6, 6:.30.to 8.3(). &ecinJ InStructlOlI , A r lll{1,I;\
toba.. He 'Was able to d ispose of t hem at 2S cents 7:15: Shoottgl lfo. 6 Phl.t..oon, Earley Hall:':;", 1)",ll
.. quect, p.nd as the pielnog was done by him.seU tlmce. ShootJna'~ No.2 Pla.too n, lillrrMl.s. 'J 30 I"
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and bmUy. there would b6 a. return of over £50 9.30': R&.J:l8'8 ~r, Colyll. Newma1l
The
.~ Oxfo l·d-road R ~ II ,'!E'~ ,1 f(l
from tJle third of fIon a.cr-e, The berriea a.['e of thoe
DunloP V&l'lety, and &re Ja.rge amL luscious. ' Altohers f :~1.4~.5 ~a;~:I.;~" l'b 1 c"S
gether, l\Ir: Willilon fa.rn'l4 156 acres, all in fruit Or 2.U~ to' aJJ
'"8'6tabl,., crops.. He has \.en ,' acre&, of cucumbers,
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Acl;i ll ~ C() IIJ.n, I1Jdolit.
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10 a.crea ·of ca.bb&ge a.nd Ca.uli1l0W'61'8, and 25 acres
of potatoes, and witb all hi. crops he is equally
iSUCOO6&ful.
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I ing, Caieofl P~·k R a n£I', !1.1
o CJUU& on W'WI.
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SnodaJ"'-Hee at ~~ Armoury, 2.30 p,m
THE 'FARM,ERS'
ENTENTE.
oat.ine'. Oakot. P a.l'k lla.na-c, 6 30
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toW8~;Y
p ....,
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.ui~ for foro-IID~"*,,~
dug up with .. trowel cxr fork.
be

mwn8' _ ~W' pl&nt&tiou. The

trenched
up: The''....a
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aIuillld beI>Ofore
done 1'~~~~~Â¥~~~~:~~~~~Q~~~~~r:;5i~~~j~
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fnu. ;"0/ -Ii plantidg
!>Oft· I can.... : II Pa.ni~~.f9r: •.h.• ·.,mrnooa
,;~:Eb~:~~~tj~~r'
tboIr loot ay.tem . 1I\".01ly

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autumn raino, &lid: ...hile th.
GroyDd ' from 'Which. Peas
have been c l _ ..ill lUit

EDITOR.

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et.ems t..hati:.'te Dowered m ..,.. bow be oommelleed..

..;.;y ,yet ~.=

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all' TlD'l .. llEAD~O OB8BR~R."
Sirl"...... I a.ppeal to a.U 'Who a.rp a.ble to give ,somo
t.a.ngible proof of thei[' admlratlOn and a.pprcclO.Hon for our fallen }leroe s. It
m:'l.in ly on bcho.lt
of the cbtldren whose fathers [o ug ht. so fiplendidiy
a.nd lost th ~ir lives in t-ho Ba t~le of Horn :Reef, on
May 31st, thnt I a m ftslong f~r help.
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I think tha.t wo call t epay
some measure tho
grea.t na.tlOnal d ebt We owe qur ga.llant me n by
taking an. int erest In t.heir chiJdren end by g iving
thBm 3.11 education Wh l Cll W
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l fit t hem to r the
batt le of life. Not hing fl.p!lco.l to us more forCibly
than the helple&mess of th ~ poor ol'p'ha ns who
DO lonter hav6 fath er s lo 6upp,ort them , a nd I a m
.sure tJi&t we are, one nnd l all ,l only Loo wllhng to
do our '1J!tmoet for them .
To-dily I addren m yself . to all kind friend s m.
every part of the Kingdom .
No cause could I-..e
more 'Worthy of ou[' SLlpport., and I fool oer ta m
tbat~ thls appeal for h elp Will ~ U<:h a ll those whose
hearls beet. 1n SYUl9athy with t he NR,\=y and With
the (l8(ll~e .of liber t.y for Wb lO t he whole count..ry
is flgh'tiog.
All sUbacript.ions ,should be f r warded addreRSerl:
La.dy Bea.tty, Aberd<1I.1r Ho e, Abcrdou~ FIfe,
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Hi&na. Roses he..,., gone out; of 1lower'in most cases,
ou>d tbe ~1Ii out or cutting away I0/ the old

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the slt uat Inn 1~
nnd in some places
r~cre "'tion r ooms, etc., have been
tholl!Jand s Iupon thousands of bard·
"llmitiion m~~['8 iu·e being fed by d ~\'
rccClvlIlg the ca.re and at ten tu\l'
keep: t hem fit nnd mcrease tl.J~
~·"n;t;~'n8 80 g reatly needcd.
sailofll nnd marines of our Nan tho
going Oil. I For thG best of T ea~l':!l.
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of thes-c Fcn tres can not be mon °
tJone~. ,but L~y J el1iCge a nd Lady Bentty , wh~
&ro g.lVlrtg their own I persona.l ti me and at.lel1t:ou
to thI8, wo~k, nre .loud in Its pra ise.
In blileta nnd III t ralJlO g c<~mp~, in the lJasr' ,
de r!ots and rest ca mth , on the hnes of com mun i.
eatlOn, Wi t h the ' t r,msp rt , with the Armv Ortl
nan.ce ~p s, ~vit:h t~ .flymg ro c.n. W I Ll, lpr,
IndHl.ns, CMadmns , AJ slra lilLOS' and the men
from the home country . toe Y.:M C .A . i~ working
thr~mJ?:hout : tho lE mpi ra and in the fidil s of W ,l f
In thIS organisati on, w icb b'Ol.4 been ~o eff('ctl\"i~
and succel!~ful in its eff~ rt8 for the I'! old l(n, lIlen
anti womcf . of .all, crec~s and clas ses are gi\ Ill;!
tbemselv,-:s~ban~ thet..r re~ource8 to the work l'i i
teen mllho pieces o[ S~r.tlonery are given to thl}
troops by the y:. M.C. 41~ evcI-Y mont h, Onl' r(
the .larges~ cater mg , bll~/nea"es in the ~'oTl d hl~
been devel.oped. Con cc~ts by the soore of t hou.
sa~d8 . hfL~e
a rran «ed. Services of all lip,
SCl'Iptlon In ~ lk~ numbe~ ba\"c be ten hel d.
Ten
th01ilsand l~dl.es ~t the presc nt ti me Ilre g'm&
~rsonn.~ ~rvlco m th iS lwork , a nd t.hrec-qllilll ul>
of a. mIllIon, sterling hBl1 been alrend .· 611bsellhc6
by the publiC n.nd expcn1d ed by t he Y.M. C.A "
READ~NG. PIlOPJ,E Iinp.
It co;o;ts at prell cn~ £600 p er dny to rn nllIt :un
th.e work (less than ~Qs, pel' cc ntre per dRY), 1m!
wlth the CammllJldm g Offi cers . prC!;l'! ing CH!'\'
where for m or.e huts, ~l~h a know}edge o f Olll' new
grea t Anny Silent ly wnltm g in dI scomfor t tor lhe
aecommod ~t\On ~~'e cn.n g ive, the p C<lp le In England are "I.ppeo..lt d t o for continued an d lIl crcnsed
support 10 this patrio tic effort.
Fi el d M.. r~haJ!
~ord Frenc~ in one of hLH letter'S bo t he .l\ ~;;('I(,1.1
tlOn has St1d " f peopl ~ co uld tend one tent h {If
wha~ tho ~en t.henl se1v9s say of your work I ~lll
convin ced ~hey w ould ~ p t for R. seoond Jack ,lit \"
necessary PUlldi~
1 g." D\lring the pen od .'\ U).:ll<t

30tb to Septem r 9th tpo peopl. of Re"d ; n~ "",I

• displa.y .in the 4onserva.tory or greenhouse. Plante
int.eoded for this F.t.t.ing up should be well w&.tered
the) day previousl to potting.
Qu.t a.way 50me of the old flowering IIhoota 01'
Vio1a.s, and givet the beW!I \. good watering.
A
sprinkling or , gfod. compouDd fertiliser ma.y be
given previous to wa.tering, and this. Will encourage t1lo grow'th hr the sueken, and prolonl'
diopIay till quite l la.. in autumn. Oattings may
'a ,ko 'tHf inaert.ed, using young t!luckers about three
AI' lour :inches long.
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Farly and Ja.tej-nowering Rambler a.nd Wiehu-

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the request of the
Lloyd George} ,

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tubs ()ut.doors abould be fre-

quently f$:l with lIrC8lc liquid

My ee.rliesb experience was ga.ined on the
.. halls." My first mUsle-hall wns Ithe Parn.gon, m
tho M11e End-road, b ut though my .. trial shCI'W"
was quite 6uecessi111, t he manager thought I wns
too yonng to n.ppe a.r. H e rou'ldn't say that now.
Aliter that I secured ongagemen ts wit!} Gatti's
(under the :o.rC'h1l6) a.nd G :Ltt i's (\II,Testmmster
BMdg(H'Oad), and Im t bot..h cn,;a.gement!J tbrough
not send ing in my, " bill matteC''' a.t "tho proper
time.
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For two years I toured wIth a. 'collJ?le of midgets;
we had two shows a da.y each last mg two hours.
I lectured about the clid gct:! a.nd also conjured,
a.nd when the midgct6 came to London, I ca.me
wi1h them and· apnearecl. a\; t,h.e. Aqu-a.r:ium, tbe
Canterbury, the old Mogul, the Marylebone. a.ud
severaJ. othel' halls. TlIcy wore clever people; 'lhose
midgets; somehow they used to owe me a. quarter'1'I
1'I81a.ry.
I WfI.s never able to cure the m of thLQ
habit , so at last t left them .
[Mr. David I Thn-ant Us to a9pea.r at the Palaeo
Tbea.tre, Rea'dinS' , on I Mondav ncxt, September
4th, and during t.he week.
Special ma.tinee on
S.turd"y. September 9th.]

WIN: ITHE

IIOU in • cold frame. In the l4i.dlands and North
: tJae;r ahould be put in1Jo &-in. pot. or ~I'I, BO tha.t
!.be,. can be tra.nsferMd to .. greenhoulle in winter.
Pentatem'oD8 mate t.h& ,best phmta if propa.g~
110"l . ~ , they can be· pinched N lOOn _
rooted, &lld. thia will oa.uae them to form a. number
\ of cr~)'IIm.!l or shoots th&t will ' llowtk next IUmme.r.
',! ney ma.y be <tibbled into pots or OOftle, IIoCCOl'ding
' i ~ convenieooe, &DdI be rooted. and grown in a. cold

fr&;:,,~1l . the.' beginning of April.

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