Reading Observer 11-1917

reported by hlO

SAIbOl\S· & SOLDIERS'

fe ~t
MOl\ and
-though He

.j;> ,

f,R£E BUFFET:
CONCERT AT THE TOWN HALL.
It "'ould be difficult ~o .mgle out any particular
object o:.1uhnd ,fn conneetltohD wltbh tlhe wb. rllwhlch 18
more W W;lJ Y 0 support a.n t e ree \I ate. pro
vl ded a.t. TaJ.l", ay 8tlltIO n s and other sUitable placeI'!
for the refreShment of IHulon and 801dleu while
.traveUtng from one· dl s tr tct to another
T he
BerkshIre Women 8 Volunteer Corps , under whoso
auspices II. veQ" succe!Cul concert was gIven at the
T own B nll on t""Ldnesda.y cHumg for the object
already mentIoned could not fall t o be gratified
With t.he ellorts ""blch were put forth by all con
cerned The hall Wa.8 w ell filled, and the audt
cnce Included & con61derable number of wounded
eoldlers who seemed to greatly appreCInte t he cn
t.erta\n:ment
The p rogramme was distlDgtll8hcd for Its
and for the sk Ill of one and
oL-the perform er&.

t

It 'should be . toted th . t the .utbon ty which bas
made Itself :r;c~ns\ble for securing f\lnds for t ne
free boffet, l ~com poBe d of a. strong committee ,
'Ahlch has for Its chaIrma n that breezy versa.ttle.
and gental t owDs man-Mr Coun.p llor E ig hteen,
who IS an Ideal pel son for th iS l\ ork W h en Mr
Etght cen IS out to raise money for a. good cause
l ike t he buffet w ork he IS m hl8 element an d h IS

wtkt

W1L8 to b& preaohe<1 t o al\ the wo.~. met

It should be addod t hat

lrlr E Ighteen has an able treasurer in Mr Tom J

W aldron. an energetic secretary m Mr J . mes E

B easeley, and an ex~cptlonall y ~tron g and repre
lentatlve comm ltt~o of ro mrl.i,.ement
With regard to t he entertRmment
t he en
g meermg and smooth ,," orklOg' of the , a n ous Items
o n the progra.mme pasged t hrough t he hands of
Lee Caryl J Mordecai A S C. as stGSB man

such unequal sUccess 9 What were the NalIonS

for the f. i1ure of ChrlBtlOmty

in

Persl •• wlille It

was making good Its footm g m Spa1n 9 Why did
Athens reject what Corinth received" Hok came
fore igners to a.dop t v. hat bad been repudiated by
t he na t IOn to "hom It. had firs t been off""-d? In
....
terpretlng the past by t he pre<:cntJ 'We ner~e lve
'Y

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tem, f or he
He codtfied
and the hope of
did HIS Wtll unto

ready to die for HIM
It' was not ..tiIS IS) S
• nor HI. law for
delightful example,
after death, If ono
enta.ngled nalpltat

mg huma.mty a.s m

were culUi ma.ny I

and Kods many
8ona.lIties not a.
thll5 Influence,

ove t;oJ>lllng per

The lecturer

The Presuient (Mr A. Rowe)
a
audience on Wed.u.esday,
J p. lectured on • City LIfe m W.e.t,ern
durmg the first four centQnes of
Era.
I !
The lecturer, m the course"of hIS a4dresr' saId
Blown by the wmds of the Spmt frQm It'l natIve
the East, the Chrlstia.n RaIth dro'PQf d upon
coasthnes of Southern Europe and It 90k root
the most van ed fortune, For centupes Its
was mconaplCUOUII Its a.sp ect nbttthat of
The grounli was already \obcupled
W llB unwelcqme , the a ttItude of the
R oman w as one of contemptuous ~ndifIer
It was under 8uch cU'CWJlstnnces tJ;lat tlie
struggled on, unt\,l. h avmg ~apted
to 1t 8 enVlI'onments It. be gan t o s:p
and
p<)J:ses8lOn Smce then It. h a.s hved In the
changtng the fa ce of Eurqpe, and It hq,s outevery Western competitor
Sol much I S
acr08S the p age of history
}Vere
of the survival of a F'llth Wlt)JJ 50 few
advantages? Why has the ~Gospel

an

bonhoniie .. IrresIStib le

Iti~Ji.<Ia)" A'm,,,, 1 tho world all

cordially

HINtS FOR ITHE

thIS LIfe
all

h" m

t erestmg and !lcholar1ly lecture.

THE WAR

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-1 r CAMPAIGN I

SA\ VINGII ~
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'l'O TIl! EDno"," 0" TIm " UJ.nma. OBSBll't1lR"

f

Slr,-Wlll you n.ll 'IV' me to appeal to my
townsmen for their enthus13.stl& support
new'Yar SaVings Campaign to which tho Gc<vem·· 1f
tnent rrg~ s the whf/e na.tLOu to contrIbute?

The past history Itf the world supplies no

cedent for such ~titnDlc. struggle between
prmclples of auto c cy and opprF,slOn, on the one
hand ~nd those of eemofracy a~d liberty. on the
other \ &lid for an Farly and complete VictOry . 11
the a.vaIlable reao ces of the EmplIe must be
utlhsed
It sho d be esteemed a. priVilege t o
assist m the. tnuI Ph of C1Vlhsa.t lon over bar
banty
Ihe N avy the:AffmY and the Mercant ile Mande
have each pla.yed If~ WIth mcompDJ'able gal
lantry and self dev:otlon, thousands of p reCIOUS
I
1.
hoe I
fi d
h
It
f d
tvee ""a.vmg
n ,acn ce on te a ar 0
uty
a.nd for the future peace and freedom of mankind
But to non combatants falls an equally esscnttal
sharp In the struggle t.ha.t of supplymg the finan
CIa.} support by which alone a. .sa.tUlfactory VlCtory
can be won
I

~ TO CLEL~ HAIRBRUSHES
If CGrefuU,. ",..hed, good halrbrushe. ought
to Jut tlJr •• vcr.1 year6. but It washed care
16"ly a-nd Ul an lmproper manncr they very
soon 'bo<:ome u5ele~.
For Inst:ince, If the
water used 18 t.oo hot, the soda too plentiful,
or the l'tnslng hnppens to be neglected, th e
back of the bru l5 h 6pecdlly parts compa.n)'
vuth tbe brllties, the latter lose aU po'~ er
bec01'OJng qUlte loose and 50ft, &nd nothing
but a pOOl" wreck ot a thing lS left The mot:t
]~dlelOU' Inethod 01 clenn slng IS ns foll ow,
U.e lust 6ufficlfOt water to covcr the brlsiles
Qt the \:lntsh, and put lnlo tt a smp.lI quantlt)
of borax, l\qu~d arnrnODlo., or soda. nnd when
ltttle more than lukc\varm dab the brush up
and do,,\,n, now and th en USing the fing er In
orde~ to extrAct the dirt, ,vhcn thoroughly
clean. rlDse well by holding bhe brush u nder
a rup.rung tap of cold wo.te r, then ahake
brlsk)) to ge t rid of 8S much o( the mOIs ture
a. posSlhle. rub [sently With dry clotll. and
hang the bru!hes up by the handles In n cool,
airy place-or. In the open air, lf pos"lbleunhl,l quite dJ'Y
l
........ -,~ .... ~
.... of.".......1;.: ~
,!HE N£ED FOR REST

Readmg took ~ worth.. part In the bnlhant
Ager woo wa. largcly respon81blc for promotlDj!'
IL8 ID the par'lhle the good , eed needs good LO&Il CampPJkn earlier m the year
Over &
the concert. Mr J Monta.gue Po" eU r endered ground and the ChrIst l:aa l b COUlS a.rher, dred War Savmga ASSOCla.tlOOS ha, e been

add trn)1lesl to th , r work . nd had t herefore all kmd

more thnn seven thousand wo.r savmgs
ba.ve been Issued, /whlle the local a.ppltCa.t IODS
war loan reported to the Bureau amounted
£1422533
N o'f the hour l or a. further effort

Such a Widely d,iJu ••d rceeptU'I+ . not and I trust that hiS great Borough
Every man
t ho p rofess Ian n.I nl r eontidence and skIll on th eIr confined to one r nce or City' must havJ been tho as loyally all be ore
51 de

I ndeed. the t hanks of t h e Comm tlt.ee nre due outcome of n o, el cOndttlOna

to Mn :M A Simmons, of the Palace T h ea.tre.

for the Rervlces of Mr Perry and b us plamsL, M r

:Emle 'Whitmee nnd the comedIenne who appeared
" Ith h Im, Mesth Atherton and Hyde (dancen.

p ast and present) and Sharp's Famolla: T rombo
nears, who8o perfm;mances were a wonderful reve

l. tlOn of the effecl! t hnn cnn be produced b ao
compltslicd 6.'Cceut mls on t hIS class of mus lca.l In
S~n1ment
Thank'J nre also accorded t o the
" LIttle BIt of Fluff Co
of t he 'Roval Countv
Thea.tre for t he SIH'V lcel of M lss Wlru{rcd Izard
an~ :) :1-18, N elite }3oWDlJln who IS 3D exceedmfl'Iy
vn OCIOUS art lltc Yo It.h 0. clever conception of bIt
tmg the audumce an U IC Tigh t. way H er mono
Iogue tum Wit'" It, smart piece of creat tve l\ ork and
mterpreted WIth ~rea t. effect
Sbe tickled t he
fanCles of the 8~dtence Immcmsclv by her "" Itt
Cisms whlm 5lcp ht\~s. an n ~he IOtultlon With whIch
~he ~ntered mto- t he spir it. of t h e tum s Rnd objects
of th~ conoert It was ~ood portlculorly m these
tlm 83, t o h,ten for :t. whIle to I'nd to watch t he
calm, c;hgn died prelenC("e of MI' H a.rrv ' Va lker 8R
h t'\ ~a'fe us 1ft hiS map'n lficent tenor " The Death of
N eb .Ql'I" The snn~ IS ",1".,.. grcat b~ca u se of Its
, ery slmph cltv but s.omOOo\f IL seems to move us

The old t ribal ex

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GARDENERS' ASSOCIA

To "

was an affront Bu b ~t-ween l
aloofne!S stretched fer1lle zonea
aW:llt mJZ' the
n atures
the J ew The
what was the

more to d.y ,tban e' er ....hen t ho ..~ loom. 60
l arv.~l y OVQT our dati) breflrl It seemed very gr2nt

th,.

and IJIlpreSSlVe t oo, on \V p.dneRdA.v aftem oon be
cn.ll S~ It was so eftstl v a.nd beauhfttlly expressed
h v luch a sm gfJP PS Mr 'Valker A mRSSlve yet
h a.nd~em e figure or a mn.n he seems to be {1 lmost
come ,
l ike s. lIt.att»J as t here IS nothm g of gesticulatIOn
at last, but
of them
or atte mpt At. mo\ ement d out h m I n short
t he air of t he pn.i6n h ouse \''''.I ole re
' n othmg m oves Wit h hIm bttt thf'i fi ne mooul atf'd g lons had been waISted , cnt-too Cl tv popUlations had
v OIce which he p06$eS~a aDd artel notmg t he 001500 u nder the yoke
Nor were thei6 pull
. trikmg &ppea.rance of t ho l inger hi mself on. brutlah &a' ages but the most cute and arb.t"
soon tOt'get s ~vrythtng but the swect mUSlC wlth of lmankin d H ence out of these ca.lamities ,qad
w hich he en ch;nns us m the perfect enuncla.tlon of nnsen & new relatIon between master ana slave
the 8tory of Nelson', death, and the whole p IC The condItIOns of 86l'Vltude had ~wn nulCler
t~ seems limned out once more before our Vl81Qn Cruelty to a. 81a.ve was rep:roba.(,ed
CommerCla.l

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un der the spen of onell>f the IDo.t cho.rmmg tenon po.rtnendup. between capitalist owners and their
pQI!!slb)e t o lu;t.en t o Nothmg but pTll.lse ca n
b fl l;oven to Mum M Rry Anderson (MpI1ln o) for her
Rt'se. of Plca:rdy
httle Miss Coome S t.edm M
~ cJ"ver ...hlld N:ttJonnl Costume dancer and Mr
W 0 Jlvde (b!lnt one) whose "Bo sun S Lament·
W :l !t one of the popular hits of the afternoon
Tho eoncludlJ\g Jtem was desCTlbed M an extra
speCH~1 t urn By
Eighteeb. Makers" which
t ake. a htUe apl~llll1l g [or the penefit 01 our
rea.rlers wh6 " ere riot present at t he ~on cert Mr
E lp:hteen e.s n.lreadv sta.ted I. the cha irman of the
committ ee promotmg t he concert an d he ho.d
plfl(ed hIm self 10 reserve J Wit h Mr A J Maker a
membe!' of th at comm it tee t o ~'lVe n. turn on their
NVO to .till fu r ther sWQll the fund I!. of t he B uffet
Committee Mr Eighteen with Mr Maker. then
produce4 flo m odel of 1\ bndJ.!e constructed by a.
wound.a Salomk. spldler whICh w•• put UP for
<:aJe ~ )fr El ghte~n prefaced hiS ' t um
by a.
fc\.,. Simple hbmely words by w ay of askm~ for
mnre monny for so j!ood a. purp ose He 8poke of
saIlors Nld Koldlen pasllUg t hrough our town s and
Chles at all hOUri hunO'rl, cold an d tlrerl and how
plea.lant I'ln d good a. t hmg It w as for t lie.m to 1'f'!
c'l.e a ht tle hO.l>1h hty on IUch OCC&lllon
He
It

!SlavesJ or freedmen were numerous and l~cratlve
In ~nnumerable lDst.ances the relA.tJon betw:een lord
and bondsman was one of mlltun.l ~specf ~nd even

IS

IParadISe
Lost' The storv of thLS &lmo,t forgotten
orde r so mart lculau, but 80 JmpoTtp.nt to the

"" Id peonle called them • Tomn".s." but. he ad

dT.. ~ed tJ:tem as I I gel\tlemell and E nghshmen
(Hear, beM, a.nd cheen: )
Mt- Milker t hen dfl'senbed the model bndge Ul
a eta.I1 afw:;r whIch !tir E u:rhteen said £16 __ u
wRnterl for the model VanOll! a.mounts were.

l\anded 1m to the Ch.. rn,"n until ,t ws.q
ih jt £~6 hoA hoen reol lSed
Then
l'I ~i'd he would ~l, e £ 4 and ft.S It
t he one who subSCribed the l&rRest
have t he nnVll ege of purchasmg It
elected to be the purchaser A.nd for t h iS
11e gave £ 2 , 08 more, 80 that In all t he
brou.Q'b t In £ 22 lOs
A b. lI fnllow.d 10 t he ev~ mg and Wa5
yery enj oyable wd sucocssful character

WA~

ITEMS.
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DEATH OF SEC ,l;IEUT PHILLIPS I
Much sympathy will be felt for Mr and !tiro
George PhillIPS, of 41, Mi!UJter !!Itreet, Reo.dm g,l m
the death of them youngest BOn. Sec .Lleut E m f!Rt
Ar.thut' FhDlips, who was killed In a chon m
P alestine on November 2nd JIe belonged to

Royal Berk. Reglm~ht, bu t W8.8 attached to
Bedlord .b"e Reg; H . was only m h.. 2Hh year

DEATH OF CAPT STOCKWELL
Captam George
D onet
kIlled lD n.otlO n
sons of Mr and
narvon road, Readmg H e was
chester And ~ubsequently went to
States where he occupied a hlcra.tlve

miUlager of s. rubhe\' plantatIOn

H iS liCl,te,lant ,

colonel Writes -" ~e w as one of my best
and hiS place will ~e very h ard to fill
He
Wit hout fea r and ever smee h e JDlned the
ta.hon 10 1915 he had done fin e work H IS
pal1J WUA devoted / to hun
H e has 8et a.

tuaJDple of" pa.tnotlsm "

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WOMEN FIGHTING FOR
HA!PPINESS.
mel> you get mto a framo of mmd thM

life 8eem one tireloIqe duty after

,

iUfectlon The outcome of this was a IpI4f.ile daas
about which the claSSICS lI..l"6 almost I!ul ent Poet
n.nd philosopher have usua.llv l~Ored ftbe vulgar
rea.htv confront mg them
What "- knoWi1 edge of
lIeventeenth century L ondon does one' gl~ from

Sta.te has recentl y been recovered from ~t9j tomb
stones ThiS class b ad.-a paSSIon for epitaph and
In t be form of ePlta:phs they have left thousands
of records of thelI h ,cs suecesses hopell, habits
and of the clubs to whIch they ~longed
or gUi lds. were umyer~o:l. & d18tlnqt.ive note
tlDle, expres!5lons of lts soClal mstll}ch and

To these clubs freemen.

h'~

a. l OOd

feature of ~e e emng was an mterestmg
t.lon al j a.nd pm tical demonstratIon m
makiilg by Mr
Fenner. of Me8srs
Sons, iReadmg
demonstrator made a.
commentar) on hIS work as he proceeded,
1 bl
i
I
d
muc va. ua e II orma.tion was g cane
comP'!t1tlOns an results w~re .... follow
£lowe+. a.rr;mged Ifor effect, tWdOty mlDUtes
for ac~ent 11Jt prtze, Mr T Martm
hCLm ro a 1 2nd) Mr G Tovey, LeI~n
Gard~s , 3rd, llr
Goodger. Stone
\G&r<leps On. llidy s .pray and one gel"tl.'mlm·~
bUlit0fhOle, twenty five mmutes
range ent 1st, Mr H W Sopp
St P ter B hill ,2nd Mr A. Sh&~e
n.venu~ 3l"d. MJ;' H Goodger I he
In ad tlon to others contrlbute~ b1 __'
Janes l'Iownscnd Fulker, Forbes, Webb, J:).,!""n~!
E Goodger and '''llson, were sent to the
Berks I HospItal I A collectIon was made for

ThQ

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PIll -ThIS II an ancient
taken from an old book
.scald and soak the head and SImmer It fO!'
half an hour lD a vcry httle water, wlth 0.
large knuckle of voal, the rmd of f\ l emon
two ODIOnS, .. hJl!!ot of p arsley amI wmter
"":"1(1')" a few whlte peppei'col ns, a.nd two or
three blades of m&ce TRke out the head, aJld
Yiben eold cut Into bIts of dlfferent forms, the
fteehy part IDto round , llccs, the thIck part of

the cheet; mto small dICe, the thm on the
Into long strIpS and the peeled
tOllgue lP.to DIce square bIts
BOll the broth
In which the beau wos slmmered WIth a. few
chips of lsmgla.p ttl1 It IS reduced to a strong
Jelly gravy Put a lnyer of tilln shces of lean
ham In tHe bqttom of a pIe dish, then some of
the he,ad £ and tong1,le mlxlDg fat and lean,
~d fo[pemeat bp.llB made of the kurickle, and
,dd b.rd 1l.Q1led eggs cut m two Strew ahove
each separate layer a sea.soDlDg of whlte
fprehend

Fdl

liP the cjll,h wlt.b the g..vy Jelly. and bake the
ple ThuJ ple win keep good for a fortOlght,
~nd slioea of It ma.ke a very neat sldG dIsh or
aupp~r dl8h from the Tanety of colours and
forma
,
BLAOX CA..P PUDDING -Butter .. bastn and
put a tablespoonful of black currant Jam o.t

tile bottOm

With a slightly heaped teaeup

(four ounces) of flour mlX a httle saltJ and rub
In

a p,eca of butter the sIZe of • small egg

( a~out two ounces) Add two level t&blespoon
fuls (two ounces) of sugar, and a 810&11 quar
W teaspoonful each of . blcarbonate of mil.
-m.a (jr~eml of tartar Beat an egg, add a table

ppponiul of milk, and

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WIth tbe dry

It1Sl'O-

menta
Should any -dry flour remaIn, a httla
more uulk must be stIrred In
Stea.m for a
good J h~ur ln the basm covered WIth a double
fold \'f gr .... d p ~per Bo,led CllOtard may h.
acned Wlth It
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TO CLEAN FURS
'reshen &nd cle&n up fure bran WIll be

M
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUP

rt

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~£~~;~p1~~~$1~:~9~~ilr:;'~:~~~! Imi;WT;,ho;!i:.;i>i..

That they did

more w as perhaps n.s

l

91 ~ I oss

wood .nd anj odd p,cces

that "

E. SMITH,

not bc wlmtc ~. I ~ 1'1 qUite an 9conom c~l CI C'
fhe tr en~h sl ~ ould be dug r~1l1i m g Hart h ar. I
"outh and for eholCC ab Ollt l 2!ft acr o~~ n d
"ome good SOLI should be put at th e bo tto r:)
Th o StrtP3 o~ wood nrc laId l;IC 05S the moul]:
of the trcnc
nnd over till S any odd s nJ d
ends of glass ma.y be bud
ops of \a rl O Il~
kmds can be gro\\ n In th e e]fch tlnd \\ 1 {' 1
the weather JS very cold, It can b e pro tcdcG.

Ie

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lVlth old mot 10g or sacks I

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'The fA.Ilurc of frUlt trees tq bea.r ",",cll 15
')ften caused by the roots gOlng dow? ko
d{l"'ply mto th e SUbSOlI, only isapp} arm,lh s
beIng produced above glound, nnd no l ~ tro llg

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Mody gro.~ , lorl the forma lOn of frUI t In
such cases, f~o~ruDmg IS n cess&ry
f illS IS
carllcd out by a deep trenCll 4ft Or l5ft 11\1 n}
from the tru9" bemg made. ~nd .11 the roo ts
met wl~h must be cut a cr~ s~ \ Ith a shnrp
knI(e, at tbe Isame tIme cutli r g III und e rn~a th
the tree 8S n.;uch as pOSSible Wlt.h bI g trce s
It 19 b<>st to Ido only one Side of the trec at
one time len.~'V lng the otherl for n p-xt autumn
If the SOIl IS poor the opportumty ('an be

1

token when lefilhng the tr' j Ch to odd Eome

manure

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wt!iere the ~rope of parsley Ihave been abun
dant It IS well 'Wot'th whIte
mu.ke bfre of
drymg and storIng some for the wlnt.e
In
many cases t he sett.tng at I~ew PÂ¥81e beds
for the "mte~ IS consldered foo much t~ouble
but as l'.1rsJer IS Buch a usef'lll addltlo to so
many dIshes, It IS deSlrabl1 to hav~ f! me 111
reserve The largest le.nes should be plucked
\\Ith long sta k St and these sho uld b e ti ed to
sether and h ~ii& 10 8. \\ arm, dry place ~n t \\ 0
~ three lvee~ s the ] ~ n.l'es arr dry eno gh ror
ItorlDg elthe 11\ paper bags or for
utilng
a .. ay 10 ltDa or All;'tlght bo1ttfes
If prOp.1 r ly
dried, the leaves retain tllnt fre6h I green
colour whlch 11s such a.n nttr ~ctlon v.:hen the
plant lS used Ifor ftavourlDg I I

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Ithc na.mes
and .... hat IS
la.rgel) to
of useful ness
Now the

was the
80

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P",!I~

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'I~ DISDIJ.

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801)1' -Well wash four parsDip.
and ,~(ape them Fry on • •onlon, cut In shee••
In butter. with lust a hltle .olt &nd then put
the places Ulto • .aucepan With a quart of
whlte dOck . . or phUD water, and 'before It
begu18 to boil ada the scraped. parsnIpll and
two tom''''a .... In haU Co••r .he saucepan
weU and!;' leave lt at the SIde of the fire to
sllllmtr ~ently fer two or three bours men
the vesetallle. are qUite solt stram off tho
IIquer, ~ret~Dg .he I.t"" agaUl to the
IOucopa. ti> boll. adilllg ot the ..me time hall

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As It is rather lIkely thn t11ere "Jll be a
of runner benn 6eed 'pe:s:t }enr It 18
best for an gardeners grOWIng tins plant to
gath,er the pods they have allojNed to hang for
3ecd befor e they get frosted and thus 1'ende1cd
useless
Those pods which \ cont.al£ In rgo
ICEds WIn be more hkely to traduce stron"
heavy croppIng plants than s eds fro
sma ll
and more or less Immaturel p ds
Th p' orl~
should be spread out
aT ' dry
to
dry, nnd tho se aJrea.dy dry elljough I sh \l Id 1 e
shelled and the seeds put
10
IDS or
other alr tight ve ssels
~horta.ge

f R":C

aray

•

I

Cauh80wen are

too v.lual:) e a crop t o e
allowed to be lost throujIJhl ftost
The r o' \ {'
shoukl be gone over da,lv I fmd th e outn
(elves -turned over- the curds 1 to gIve pra t er
hon Those thOit are fit tor use n.t onc sho Ild
he pullod up And e,ther l3id
co I , hed
or hung up by a strmg ra stcn;ed to th roo l s~
where they Will 1 eep fr esh ~or ever I dl) c:
When severe (rost I S expected tho a wh '" 1
have JllSt commenced to turn 1
m may e cnr p

1m•

tully lifted With a good Iba" of ro Is

1

I.

rollt of "" egg and

OD '"

",J

!)1n.ced toRether 10 eold frames or un er pro
eeLlon of some sorL
•

A warm south bordel' protected bv a , .. tt
or fence IS a good SItuatIOn 10 wInch to m'Joit:e
~ sO'llng of eu.rly peas to stand the 1111"'r
11' the 1\011 18 not fl\lrly light nnd fn ahlC' I t
9hould be d ug dc cp1v nnd so mo rond "wee')
togs and Jlln e rubble mcorpor::l. tec1 1'lth It
\
~ood e arly varle t" should be ehose n a nd 00
rare SO\\ 109 the seed should be mOi stened find
rolled m red lead or soakea
n fc,", rtlln11tCS
m ps.ro.ffin to keep
I il~
((rtIl should be nbout
th e !'> eerl
mus t he so\\n t.lllnlv
VlIth fl n e
sod \Vh en t he scedhn c:s
a oust
lUg of soot around and
"ill kcc ~
n,.. av th e llnwelcome
slugs nnd
oth er tn S~ct.s
SOlan
be pI nC'l'd
agBtDst them to gI ve
th ey nr c
rea.dy for the larger

lot of mAn,
a neglect ed
more m tpr
looks 11ke
" her e
,\ ('C{ls

It "h ere
and th C' n
1n Tld f'(,s

frost fi nd

a pint?of aplk and a soaaorung of pep;per and.
.a.)t~ ~
the ti{De of eenmg beat mto the

It put tl!e

lBrusscls

Orlpin ,gto~.

largely kept

over the world

to penetrate frcelY~to the r o Ls of
the plants, but such contlUusl est s u.s I at her
JDckc&s, surface caterpll1ars. Dnd 81u s a ro
glven no r est It IS best n($ to hoe I
' .. e t
weather , dry 8unny daYf3 l 6liOUld be chosen
whenever pOSSible

10 n. f

)If

the v llll ge
other 19 k nown

aIr allowed

,

age

a:r

I

In

ot.s each An award of merit. was glwn to
G T qvey the Gn.rden8 Leighton Pa.rk for twelv.e
dillhe /llof frUl t., the most notlceable bemg ap"p 1ee
Ble~lm Kmg of the P IrplD Besspool. Cox;s
Ora.n , RIbston S aud ~e LoUlI!O pears T~s
excel
col~ctlOn was by fe quest of Mr C 1

I

!I~ns

A method
gu.rdenmg W~l1C~l IS pecollli ~
tncr(,,3.6Ingly p,opular on allotme nts HI tl at
A good Dlnn\
kno"n as tronch gtlrdenmgj
gard ene rs thIsl year d,o not fe~l fnchned to p 1\
hIgh prices for (ram es or o tll c~ fOl rns of p I)
tecllOn aT! d as thI S meth od of ;g nrdemng 0 I
lm olves lhe Duym g of 30 ( C1 rough strip S of

excellent I Put some clean bran 10 a
the oven, le&VlDg it untll lt IS bot.
but not burnt
Rub thIS warm bran well
tt'lbut:lOn Tho f xhlblts were not 80
Into the fur tlle wrong way until all the dIrt IS
18 US~allY tho ~e but of first rate
1 hIS se&son hae been such ~ bad one for all
r-emo'Ved Then brush out the bran WlUl a
F T wnsend tne Ga.rdens, Htllslde,
For ltght fure, bnds ot Insect pest3 that It i s bes t to gn e
a. firs class ccr t Ific&te for five h ea.ps
cuhna ry fairly hard, clean brush
extra attention to the rows of1 sprmg ell~ bn g<;s
apPle1 (Dlenhelr Orange Pea.sgood, Nonsuch Em I!Ihgktly damp the braD, a.nd rab In With a I phmtcd out some time ago H oe ing S b ~lIld be
peror Alex. nder. K ent..h FllIbasket. and Lane . p-lcce of fla.nel When dry, rub In dry, warm regularly carrI ed out betveen Ithe hnes, for In
PrlOc Albert)
The fruits were of remarkBb~e bran to which. 0 lIttle powdered magn~sla has tb .. w.y not only are ~ ee d~ kept ldo,< 1 nnd

funda lof the mS~ltut1<)no. and th,. Will .nab;e
AasOCUl.tlODI ta Bf nd the sum of £1 ",,,,s as a.

It 1& a "' Wlse plnn, espeCIally In ~mter. to
sene ~oup It supper, &8 t1118 reduces the Ie
qUtred qua.ntity of m.eat, then, too It pI a..c
Evan. sent to the Care and Comforts Commltt4. t}CA\lJ>; !:M~ n~t to nothmg
All the bones
and betuok Itself to manufacture ' With the usual for tbo benefit 10[ the wounded enld,e,.. Thn!.. left-o,er veget~~le . b,l. of bread. &C. should
result of cha.nged. outlook and ' softer 1Danner s dlshes of pota.toes and one of early Snowba.11 turrup go mto the .tock pot. .Ion~ \\ Ith an the
Ca.ucasus to the Atlantlc dense urban were ata.ged by Mr A. Sharpe
I lIquor In WhIch any vcg~table-not even ex
ceptlng cabbage-has been bolled. or rlCe, or
frm~ed the. inland" se.. IIV\DK under
! I
Dlacaronl Add one or two ho.ndfnls of lQnhls
the
lnsbt.utto~s and as re
~=========
and split peM, and enough wat.er to equal the
of the ~Emplre wheth er
I
depth of the .pl,d.. "rom.r for five or SIX
or Briton •• usmg cOUSIn
BERKSHIRE HOME FOR
hours (a ha;y b9% 18 lDvalua.ble for th18, but
• pl'Ob.bly mutually
elgbt or nine hyllrB .hould be .1I0wed) Strmn
of l Ravenna.
SERBIAN BOYS
01 the liqUld, add any :B.avounng likedwh."'.er In
•
obop1)ed carrots, ceJery, green peoa tom&to J
nelgJl oourfl.
&c 1Jf It IS too thin thicken With a little
and1 colleetIve
pea :B.CUU', anet If }t. reqUlres more ftavour~t
MUSICAL .. AT HOME."
enteTprtses were unheard 01
C\tles of half
add a _poonful of some good meat el!l6ence sub
a.- m ll hon souls had t o petit.Ion
Emperor for
stltut.e or a soup -square The !!Iolids may have
leave to Estabh. h lire bngo.d.. ~he get •
I
ghmpse of town p opulatIons aU of one ~ype, their
On ~turd&y a Tery mteresting function connec~ more water added, and be stewed once more
balls make a nice addltion to soup
ltbertle& gone but able to ,glory ln the na.me of with the &bo<re lIome wu held lD. U mvenlty CoUege Foreem.eat
,
Romans, a Society whICh h ad chfLD.ged a.nd was Hall I The fir.t part of the programme w .. devoted tn
still cha.ngm g lts out look In wh tch cIa.as dI fI,tmc musical Items, the a.rti8tes being Lilmu Green, IOprano
LITTL}!: R~SOLUTIONS FOlt ALL
h ons were weakened ,. sOCIable... kmdlv. jt a.lkatlYe
(No~cb anI) BlfIomgh~ f esb vals), RbodA &l1&8on,
To love a little more and hBte a httle less
pushing, but apt to cra.wl to It s w ea.lthvlmen fond
To th'ljk 6 httle more and dream 6 bttle 10. .
of p atroDlsm g Its poor , unmora.l, but no 10D,26r controlto (Midl&ud 'F..tivalJ) and ""\hur Cooke. the
To appreclattt a ltttle lI\oro and CritiCise a
mnooently lDlmon.l , aW8.re of lts wea.~ e!lses It e1llU1ent PUlDl l t of Q~ee.n'a Hall, etc , all of whom
were
eJ:cellep.t
form
Misa
Green
wu
Ul
fiDe
1'Oloe
" prob., bl. t hat the dady life 01 the provlDclal
little 1e.s
'
To do ..ha,,"~.r .work I bove tn do-whether
housebold /!lave was more toleraqle 4"~ had more a.nd h er rende: 1Dg of Montague Philhps' H The En ..
creature comforts and p ernutted mare self respect chlU1ted Forest" captivated the whole audience TlnI it be was}nng I diahea, palntlng picture!, r or
than d,d the hopeless drudge",. ,or th~ Geo11!lan songs flf MtM RoUuon also mot WIth warm approTft.l, building brldget-:ID & manner • little nearer
ronndsman .and the mdentUre.d null clhld before and tlie ~entua of lli Cooke wu never more obriot15
to my best polISlbJhtleSI' and to be a liUle less
t he F actory Acts At Ito worat city Ihle under BUJ rendenng of a £ bopm group waa a &beer deliabt .~ly, contOlit With m&ke.hlft p.rformoncss
aud
e~
cores
were
demande(}.:
after
.n
hi&
sol08
The
the Empire bad WIthm It the ti"egmmng. of "BOCla! I'lltire Iprogramme was a mUSical tre6t Tho &rbiut.
To !!l•• lip a Mtle more cheorfully when
effi clency" Men's sympathies Wel'e no lO{lger con Iboy!
e,..,~ giVIng up I sholl be necessary .nd to de
aho rendered N &t10na.\ Mugs
finod to the f wtn 1). fr aterruty was np lou jZtr
Dl!q ng all mterval tea. W8.I served by the boVI. after mond a httle Ie .. praISe and gratItude for my
bounded by the CItY' wan, lt had overslicpoed the whiCllj PrtuClpal Childs lave f' Ihort hiSto ry of _the pro" good deeda
ltm lts or race Ci tIZenshIp 'WU open by mhent- gre!lll ,BJ.nen by the boy8 dUMg tholr stay m Roadinr,
To 10... my .. mper a httle Ie .. often ond be
ance or pureh.... not to I talian" alon. but. to dating tha.t th8ll\ heA.dlD8.8tera a.nd professors Wl!Ir& • wee bIt kinder to e verybody
A SIa.tl C8 whtlst the mmor prIVileges
of gUlld 6Qua.ll& pleased H E\ also mtrodueed 'Mrs Ca.t'rlnf{ton
To amlle a. httle more and frown a. bttle less
Wilde, whoSB \Votik for the BerbuLll Rehef Fund 18 so
fell owflhlp were acceSSible to the sla.ve
Tc add a h t tle more 10 some way to phYSIcal
~own
In
II
verymonnJ.?:
IIpeech
IIhe
gave
a.
good
",ell
T o Impena.l R omc at Its crlSIS came the Cbt'lst
effiCiency, and to squander a hUle less health
modl fymg lts structure from basal co\l;tSe to cap ldea of the work aecompltllhed and pleaded that the aBti .,tahty hy 1' ••100t and .bu •• of my body
stone At certatn tlm~s, and over 3j sen es of Cltizell' of Readmit would 8UPpOrt the SerbuUl ~1'. u
To make a ~ lttle more u.Ilo\\ ance for the
venrs an d In partlcul a.r dlst.n cta, thel C~ls~lans the central CowOllttee were finding It rather difficult other fellow's faults a.nd mlsto.kes, and a hltle
tn
carr)" on all tile departments of their work !tin!
i had s. ,hocking life hut the &lIIII1U. ~galDst the Wilde
that the .moll ~ift...ere needed and she Ie.. lor my oV!'1
Chnstlana was n ot pohtlc.d
:aoth IstOICS and
tha.t three Scott11h Hostelll were now Mlf·
To 'urprIse myself & little oftener by my
CVDlCS preached povertv BJld &bstmence )n an age
IUSicess 1D n'i stmg temptatIons, and appl\l
;uI1~'~~I!."an~~d
wu
needed
of gross materIalism Some of thQ nobles.t of e ach
1iiy.. lf a httle Ie .. frequently by my selfish
sect arew very n car to o.ne another a nd to the
neai'"' and weakneM
apostohc t ype
Musomus taught fo~g~vene&S of
To open my ~ ars a htUe more freely to my
mJ urles gentlcnes!S to t he
doer, and equal
nellhbour's lI!:~~reats, and concentrate & httle
virt ue 10 man and
Ie.s paos16ntttlly on my own
To be ho'l~'~ with myself. little mar. fTe
prot
ested
a
jla1nst
H}'1~:~~~:~P"~~~;'
were at the b. ,ght 0
qnently &lid 101keep up fe",er ptetences WIth
my .oul.
tdled that
Tbese
the
a. (:onsldernble

bel

al

CALF'! HXA:D
Seo~tlSh reclpe,

pepper, •• It. Ilutmeg. and lemon grated

(0 1

,V

• teacupful of stock or

rabbit I. eookmg

i'

To mnke sure of getting a c rop of hront'i
bca.ns enrly next year a SO" In g may be ma Ie
no w of longpou or
musor beans The po!"'!
hon chosen should be a 6hellcr ed one and th ...
SOil must fir st be " ell tre]:ched
1he S('t'" I
shoul4 be SO" n on a dry d f\() m double r o\ ~
Sm ap art With 0. space of H2ln between t h o.:.
rows It IS bqs b If the soIl IS cold and he ;]. H
to prepnre 0. l Ight compost ~ndJl ace a. lad e
of thiS m each hole where a se
I S to gro \
so t hat gcrmlDatlOn may be ~qUlCk
Sill ~
must be looked for or they Win ~ nt off all the
young bean tops o.S soon a s ihe appear nho e
ground, and protectIon must
glven If t h c n~
are slgns of
Crost!
f

e.rher than If . he had dealt more ... "ely WIth

Add

0

'H: o.ther IS cJf course til e " orst tIme O r
trenclung, which should \\ Ilene' er l p OSSI blt:
be car ned out 'VI hen I tl c " c lither IS dn

freedinen and Size nd colour. many weighing from 14 to 1~! been added, then brush clean

were e h jlIble nor were these last excluded
fro m o ~ or dem ed Do vOIce m ItII councils. tbere
were many women members
Thus 'lVere caste
btl.T11en lowered If dub!'! were one of the feaLures
of city h fe, CltV hfe was I~lf t he feature of the
a~
T he C1VlI w nrs h ad :rluned the yeoman
cl.... and the popul~tlon had IIdcked mto the tow:n

orgamsatlon
th e j~~!rUl~~~~:~\::~
lea8ure In It when ill .. hoo.lth scem_ to take
propalt.nd. asIntothm
lofty
foy out of lIfe And YOll worry oYer thinge
t hev mcIuded any kmd
~re not wor tb wonymg about, then your
Thul was gomg t oo far
",y stelD 15 beeommg ~aU!lted and you are app"",c,h_\ world of men
Theil"
n ot he under t hiS reJlrol.ch
mJl n eurNtbema
You h&ppm ..... worth fighting lor. ana red
henmts for the
18 YPOI betlt
I t 18 " hopeless w 'k to flY to
them worked at h \s
.tore
while your blood II de'liClent
th. n
another

•

The usual fa mghtly 1l\eetmg of the
AssociatlOn was Iheld on M.o nday evenmg
RecreO.tlon Roomf Abbey HaJl Mr A H
presulBd over
a ttendance of

hi

rn

drolnn ge h e lpl llg loh e waLe r I) m g on I I c ~
to nm a'nay ani! It e nt ouTages deep ICOl!
by maktng the SOlI fa Do lono ¥o ~v clov: , of
llght and frI able a. chlnl a ~ter as p oss tb l~ "

lIlo.tter how I.oqg, nrc nC\iCr half long cnough
nnd 80 thnt hour s rest, fi O much needed IS
19nored) or at b est compromIsed, nnd E'.ome
dom (! sttc duty 1S don e dutIng the 1;0 ca.lled
hour of rest TIus HI pul e farce It IS pIo.y
l~ fut and loose. \\ Ith th e mn t.te.r and the
woman who only allows herself thI S scant
apology fot' reler!Cl\h on IS simpl) foolIng her
sell nnd she 111 fa lrlv ccrttl.ln to grow old much

With a ght suet crust, and bake
ove-n fo one and 8. hn1f hour
Stand 8 be!!tn of water: In the oyen whl1e the

f'

1 r enchmg IS ! espcci ally beneficto.l on (
501ls for It .fi9d!r " a rm t b b) aHo\\JDg t.h e I
) llls:!lon of an to parts wlllch have been 1 P
den from th e f sun
the year It ;'h~ t

Very few women lenny grasp the true m ean
of rest Th ey feel the nced of J ~ that I S
qmte 6qvlOus, the y Gvcn admit tl e lI!lpor ta!lcc
of It but th ey grudgc the time gH eJl to It
Th,e re 11:; so much to bo d ODe Tho clays no

the mel\,t

I

As plots become vacant th e) r~ho1l1 rl
tre nched :lot once that 18 t.h e} 51 ould 110 d
to a d e pth of t wo or even threc f, et ec;p('f
all) wh ere tnere lR 0. , c ry Ita d SUh~f 11

l11g

w.o.tc~ cover
1p a 'ateady

youth a nd maolClep can lend 1a. hand
children m our schools can help
The

c1ustveness was go ne or going, where It :surVived, marches forwllJ'd ?n t he feet of ht tle chddren
J udea. Christ was rej ected One recagmses t he blessmgs 01 "pctory wtll be more valuable
a. p la.stlc fe n qu m ng spmt WhiCli m Its
candour and absence of dogmo.Llsm, was 11 soIl future generilot lODII than to the Ipreaent
The War Los. '! Sa.vmgs ComDUttee has
SUIt able t o thl} New :balth
1
..
a.n office a.t No
Broad-street, when) War
endowed &lid regrant Churc!ies lof the a.nd W n.r Savmg Certificates are obtamable,
A ge!!! wb a.t trem en dous mstltuttOns were where full mfor ation wdl be wl'phed
Y et tho m ovement froIn which thev w ok
May! Readmg rOl e ltS pa.trJOtlSlD by a
rise was a L1vmg \" orId flo human hfe Sin
n.n d resigned herolcallv. and the pr ,mary response
I a.m. yours very f8Jtbfully,
of the h istoric J C..,U8 ,vas neither In. creed
F A. SARJEANT Mayor
a slst.em. but a. Spi rit and an lropuhle A,
g
we can watch It permeo.tmg t he !anclent
penetra.tmg decph sl'rendmg WIdely but
success rejected by t.bose lure tlie
~
whose outlooL was hmIu d by the
n tual , tmd -repud Iated alsif by
EADING
Buch as the Ielsuure::~dl~;~~:).~~~~=f.=

t he Grove

manure on sotls ]s to r c In t"r
which nas been tn hn
to Improve the l pI \ "' I
of the 5011 r ein' I!~Qr al
bact ... na and al tog elh r
the s r o und
,"\ hen pI
10 601i for "orne Itl mf.;
/
plant fuod a n d 1£ t.111 ~ IS I
dlsenses soon bc co m ~ pre\'nl Cll l
mulhply c-t an alarmmg ra.te and ith e 1 \\,. t
fi ned crops cannot r eSIst I th em lIt l ~ I
e~on omy
to spare manure, n. little nJ l),~pcn t on farmvnrd man ur e IwhI~h con t.:l!n!i
the c ss c n~lIll s of pl nnt food I 01" O!l .some ~
ar ttfiClal fertlll se r I S rctu1 rfle tl a goou n a
tlm es over dU ~ 1Dg th!c growmg sc.o.sfn I

herself
I
.K4DIHT P UDDlNG -la.ke a rl\bl'It clea.n It
and cut Into Jomts, place lD a deep baslO With
hi\l' an onnce"' of ~rlppmg cut tn plcces
J'lC!pper and fmIt, Bnd n teaspoonful of flour
Cut up an omon ~ery finely nux It \\ tth hnlI
a tea"poon!ul of sWElet herbs and scat ter over

l
i e

va.lua.ble l!ervlces as aSSIsta nt stage m,m ager, nfI d
Ih
be
d
h
I
Mr A E White had a. hea, v o.fternoon 21 work wou a.ve en even wono reCeIve T , t so arge
as accomp8Dl6t~1t. to t he artultes themselvc8 It 9. proport ion of the Roman "orid was prenBred to
'It as ob'lous t hat
hey 'vere 'of t he exper lcnced receive Chnst 8 message mdtcn.tes a. diflt,slOn of
type., who hM e red the foothghts ns those born spmtua.l aptltudcs new to the h}! t ory 1:.)f man

TJlE \