Reading Observer 12-1917

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the ~·ar by
stocks of the
saved can be

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IIIN'FS' 'TO AttOTMENT WORKERS.
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War Bonds,
th the- State

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SEASONABLE TOPIC!;.
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W,tb ""ch change.bl. _thor, ¥ dunng jtbe
post few day,' the hlrd, wiU' need Ivery attentIon
othcrwI.e ~y.
IOOIl go Wrohg. ' Tbe great
tro nble wIll oome tbrough the birds gettmp' we~
nnd then when they have to
in the damp
trollble ,. sure t~ com. .On. nf'the I10fm guards
agamst .11 'l~, ,. to keep tho 1!oUio' PFfectly dry,
then tb. httW on th,lIoor :will ' provide exercuoe
101 th. b"ds by acratChing amonpt it for com.
A good roof :b ~tlal I:Joca.UM. when thus Jeab

wiJl

.loop

then trouble is sure t.o foUow, but the Jloor ca.n

oth", "a1" I.b;oagh ,the lJ'OiM~
tbeliOil .....Whta... Itoll.. Btihd.
tb. :/Iround It i. ~O!.ibJe III 5fi~h '1f-o
, urd'. dry jj~ ~ ~an): ~1'. lOciD~d
earth lloor, wh,ith IS a h""",,,tmout • iOOl" and.
the frame Jut stood on the ground,
then tha
can ho ole_d out .uit. _011111. Tho ~ t.lleons'"
B'Y \that fowl, P!!~ on bor.rda or Tit Will <>au""
ch~p, wh,l. .. oomont "". bnck Jioor WIU. do
tho ,~m.. :\\:9 'tloubt thio ;. oorreot if the birdo
,topped on tli. boards, but when they have plenty
of jlt~r on the Hoor I~ 18 very seldom th.y .....
only "1' the bare board,. M ..t breeclero .... ~ow
fullr"",!namted with tho need for litter that ,uth
advIce 18 not necessary.. bot they look uwu the
get "ct

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Tea with
Flavour

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lerable.

No matter wh.t tho bottom
essentla.l that-it be k&pt cbr, ;~tblea

~d, ~<.is

several waters, r emoving fnt
pnrt!
Put it lOtO 3. pfln,
bnn~

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StraIn 011' the water. rlDle thorou,:!h\,..
the prOCCS5 throe or fom' .. times
tripe smells qmte sweet Then ra ..
tho. rtnsed pan wIth cold ' " t\~.tr to
slo" ly to the boll , nnd _mme'tt
f qr

tl'ft to t""eh'e hour", o r unIt)
perfectly tenMr . It CllIl tll£n be

vn.r~ous

TltIPE

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-Take two

poun~~

of hoih'd

pmt of sauce, two OT three ' boll~
nnd ~alt. For Lhe !!aUCI) tllkft
ounce of margarlOe. one and
of flour , th re e C!;llls of t-ri ue
and nno ~nll o f mIlk
Melt , the
adrl the fl our and cook for: o.. £6!lV

Add the hquor nnd Ibrmp: to tho
Cut the trIpe in pieces, and cbop tne
R ehe a t In .the SfLuce for thJTtv -to fort.v
Senson well
Sene 'l.lth siPvel..
The addition of some . cook~d hnrlc!>t
a more subatan ti.l dish.
two 'Pounds of b oiled
ounces of flour with ~a httld .
Stu In about I'l gIll of mllk
liquor gradually, and be.t well till
makin~ & thick coating batler.
Cbt
in pIeces, dip it tn the ba.tur rr.-,d
deep fat. until ori.p ' nnd brown.
paper, dIsh up, and serve hot.
STBW -Mince
a ' carrot ' and BU
lry 'together In one ounoe of fat. wpen
coloured add I half an ounce o.f llutll'.J
whj~, th.~ add holf 0 pound .of t.ipt
,.ri.rip!I ond cover wIth water: saOS01l
flDd salt, and stew, till tender,
London aDd mD.D1 other large
is pOSSIble to buy the trip. alroady
thus avoidlDg the necessI ty for the
pr~e!s; but eTen then ' it is
to ,cook for a. consIderable tooo. 50
may b~ perfect11 Lend.r J
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needed to
tum of .~gB
varieties.

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QI,good
our
the II""'t.
answer to thO!J8
structkm . ' I)atriqQ~~~~_

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how
(}~vem'l'~4Fp~l1\
...ts
-.old,er
"ith
f:~::~t~~oouJd.before
b"'(. hi. ""'"' de.lll-With.
part· --of "
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cam. when he quotod from,.the .reports of
~;~~Ii~~~:~~k";set
up to conaider. tho· be&1th of
is ,sold in 71b. bag 2 /; by:
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.AI the resUlt 01 one' set of .",.
Pt'J'Iment., the reduction of women's' working boun
(rom fX, to 45 per ......k resulted In the in"",... of
out!?ut IrOm 100 to 158; bOY" ' labout"Of 72 houro,
prpduclng ~oo O\1tput, when fl\due¢- to,AS. gave
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a~ output' of 158; JUen whose. hours were ,reduced
from 58 to 01 \n~ ~h~it: outpftt, by. 39 P'l'
cent. Since -deoreue of hours in ~ laDotii meAns ~
~ but 1ncr..... ~n natIOnal PNiluco, . Dr.
===:i::=",;,=====:=====,,",,~ .1 Addi&on rightly hol d. that on. of tb. ll,nt
towards ' natlonal heoth should ~ to":R;;rLen
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ameUy lon,v: hour. or work WhlCh '!fe ,uulIng the
THE HARD WORK OF OUR efBeieJ1ey ~of md.uat.ria.l ~ork~, :~ .

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E:' SMITH, 350: Oxlo~d Road, Reading.

L1VERI ,E Ltd., Griinsby.

BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER
REGIMENT.

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Ltcut. E. L MamoU
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duty

Sergt Spong and Sergt Walght.

dutt" at the Raute. Cpl Shnttock
GIbbou!

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be ClUTICd out durmg'
b\ P latoous under thcir P]atnOIl
tn D.CcoldlUlce WIth the programme! dra \("u
tI::llniog Will

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,y.·-F'=,d. at ~ 30 11 m , drill order..; d:sm!S
Band wdt&ttend
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- A musketry target prach ce will be
BrarlfleJd all sanda,., 9th Inl5t • tor I.boee

alld C Sections of .-\ and B tmpanK .
completed part 2 The
rty Will

...ttal,oo Headquar{er-s nt 930

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DESTROYERS.

A and B OOMPANfES.
rlo100 ... Nos. 1
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for week .ndiIIg D.eomoor l ~th, 1911.
week L",ul H. S. B ....y.

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the command of the ASSIstant AtlJutRnt
tra.m to Theale Havel15ackratiOIl. s}.1) I J~
Men are remmded tha.t to quahfy for the
complete thel.1' musketry cOllrse before

"V.-1."'JI for'efficlents, recrUIt., and H otchkiss

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Among the .ubJects di8CUlOed in th. finely illu"
jtrated Christmu Number of the " Wmdsor MagliofLDe" 15 a naval. uitcie containing II!Ift1Y interestl11g detalls on "Toe Destroyers and their
' In tbe Wu," by H. O. Ferrr.by, wbo "Y',
amongn other th~g,;-

" N9 men-\)f·.....r lD anYllavy h ..... boon 00 hard·
worked during the war as the del.troyen. They
'" ere the 6rst !Ships in a.ctlon, AD4 ev~ aort of job
has be"" eqtr9Sted to jthem. Wh.thv It was a
uked
D,e<l!lnought or an ....-m¥ ~wler
t o ntta.ck, they did ,t.
Ther hav,. landed ""1'Y
corp! and they have ~ atrafed submarInes. They
have escorted troopships and merchant shipa for
hundreds of mil .., and th.y ha..e • barged &l)Ou~'
- Ul the blun~ -pbraae at Admiral BeAtty-in . any
Bond everY ea How many hundreds of tbe.te Uttle
unarmoured aWlft·.t.Oa.min,v: cralt ha.... 1ieim C<lIlI ~antly enga,ged tn wBr-like operationa of OllO~ lOrt
and anoth... It .. impoaible to ut,ma.te, lnit ""!"Y
navy has found goOd employmen~ for each op.
that could bo built.
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" They w ... d"'gned onginally, A quarter of a
century ago. to deatroy the torpedo-boat, 8D~
throughout tbe War t.l(ey h ..... hoen
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BUMBLE ' UP·TO·DAT~ . . , " . "
Bumble ill moving with t~
Jre h""
gra.sped the fn~t_ th&t /Women'. :1f.ork 18 '~ convenient.
and cheap) su¥.,tnte for ,that 9f. meni' Actllllf on
the great prm..ple th.t " ....om"" - -,l?!< ~,tod
to do ..
'job ';l.'b~1f I1i!'p'&Y, Th~ Wa~b,om.
mittee of the Exeter Town ,Oouncil h .. tU hon.ed
th~ Chief Conatabl~ IQ engage • ';'~Dlan enquiPy
om ..r lor the detective depott~nt· ·of. tIle :t'ood
O",,'rol Local. Committ.. , the ' sal.". to be tho
sam_ .. that paid on ilut lowes!. BCaJo' 1>1"a con·
,t&b1e',

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ill,..·.

On.

they"""'"

i481 m~ .eqUlVr~:t~o~,~~~~~

destroymg
bent,
ths auMilo.rine. ~y'
1,.. b...l dsvill'd by ingenioul
Id eas 10 ICYcral cana h&ve bMn put
form- but ...I,..y, the naval authorlti .. h&,••,:IOULIlCl
that t~ey hn.d to co",. back to the destroJu aa
dead\ie.t of the enomi •• of tho nndOl'" 'rest

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mOISt i1lumlD;.&~g

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U!>.htni!'gCougb Cur. ia the
a.nd Golds,

are immune there are
Locbar and Ken's Pink.
tlii. ye.r to hold it" record
it
recommended. tbat
of tbl. · kind .t.ould, b. IOwn
"Uotment botde" .,.,bo sa"ed
take &pecial c&re of tube"l'l

DR lJlDlSON ON HEALTH."':'
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This week ha. Men ' another oonlenmoe on
hoalth-a meetmg of tho lacully ~r in.ura.nce,
on November 24th, at the C&1~r&\ . Hall, W~st·
min.ter. Dr. 'AddiBon, ~he MiI)lJter lof Reoon.
otructIOIl, \ddresaed tba meetipg, ....4 ..Ii:t!d fQr ~to
jn ~olnn.g a compreb~~&l":. · national
L~_O'~O of hoa1£b adminiatration.
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The need lor ouch .. Icheme .,.. pla.\Dly .hoWl!,
h. "';d, by the mdhon defective children in our 1:cJ;~.uJ~d
ochool., tlie quarter mi1li.1) uruIeoe....-y .child,
de&tlut .moe the "'r, the fOllr niilho~ inothon
chIldl"6l1 Btill hving in ·.ruln distriot.T
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'!'be question of h..l~ ministration waa n
neMllected: it I 4.~ being '&,I)fuaid.
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strudil\D>tb~"6b~
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~n:~at~~....~0~r~k~gl;'T~hte~~~~~ of tk.
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Cough., Yi.ld to V.oo'. Lj,htDlng
Cough Cure.
Illcomparabl. for
Hoarse.... and
of

The first dose glvet~ reliM in orouuny
5e_vere coughs of
atantilOg ore
th IS most popularr of cqugh ,remA<hea.
and lO5ll of voice Veno's l JS unmatchcll
effect 6n the hninga at tbe throat awl
Irritation, and r pstores clearness aud

Th..... i • • ' iitt1e unobt"'~'" bi~ >rf WF ....""k
which ea.n ho done b1 ,...nen tvinil- ih tho oountty,
and i~ ought to "ppefJ. to m&ll~ .vJ.!,'t!"l iI.~ ~una
or •atrong .. nonih -lor mch atrenuqU8 ·OOC1ll'aijOIl.l
u .munition maJrmg
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Enr.Y ooVntry ....omiII> '1JIOIt ia..... noticed ~~
the ' dearth of .mall biido, poo;t4rulr.rlr t.be ~
...tmg va.det.lea, . ""a tho cona<t<i..iiont iri'.",.- ~(
caterpillan....nd lMeet peA. '(>I f aU ' iiDd, ·,Th.
abnormaJly laard winter undOubtedly killec,I;-OIf
ononnOUB n"l"bor of ~, .but ,moth.. form liI'c!a-

wet &or lfittlt.·!y fowl to roost much IOOner than
, It Qultht to, do, litco.u&o the birds ilnd no lllQaaure
" in -trying.to I&or&t.ch onr & heap of manure. ETer.1
house Mould ho lO(con,tructed tba.t It h.. a.n extn.
covOl'ed run attaahed. or' the hOIlH big en<mah to
allow room to,1ICT&tch, on the Iloor. nu. is where
the intanaivl.t h .. the advantage, lor all hia bij"da
are In the dri•. no matter what ..rt of ......\her
outside.
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" flO .".~, 10 juat .PT!'Jl0'" :,f,or, aU pch ~encl"
, hr IIavin8""a,!!,!" Euc&ll'Ptua oU ,liandy, wIU.b ....~
·tI.. ..
nbabril, beglD to, run ...., be ""bbOd
roUl"" the fr.ce "Ild he&d_ to k ..p tho b ..a.t.hing
oTg!-'\' clear.". Put • fowr CIropa in the drinkUljl;
"!.ur, I!() th~~~ aeh. hirJi must ha~ IOma, and tHe
pm:h.. 111&1' 00 ·rubbed with it ....h.,.. tb~ I'"QOR
tl\lllk-.t;, It ''';11 ' 11>''' ,ev&ppri .. and the blrdo
l1)uat breathe it. intO ,the.:body. All the I>ad ~o_
should haT.. .. Uttle put down the tbroat on the
end of a fO&the.c, but never 1110 each feather mOIle
tha,q onoe..
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Cough>'!.re soon cured by V~no" Lightning

THE BffinS-

oute:ida. l If y,oa. want eggB the birds .roust be kept
dry ltOth on the_~MnJ and tInder the feet,-.and a. Board of

Coughs

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!"'l1. ...rel y

Boon booomoloul' &nd nnh.aJth'l rbr the bmh -'l'o
concre~ a hou.. on the' Fun level l8 wrong, be.
cau.. if olightly hollow 1b the middle it will aure
to C&tch the water I have .seen hduaea covered
all o...r the Boor from thlS_
Now alt-iJ1in"ga considered. there la nothing
better than .. boarded floor which ... iIl adlXlIt 01
tbe . hous. being. atood up eight or nin e lnohe.
fr~~tho ground: for if only ; .. brick 11 ulied ~.d
u~ tho end.!it will prevent much ...... frOm
soO.king up into u.. Boor. When.' thi. i, dOlle
and tho ' .,cIeO IIo¢ waterproor th_ io flUte a
_ h i e ""-!Of haVUlII tho .door dry Who",
stock Ill' k~t on tho intmsi... prUiru.pl. 8.1.01>. thia
dry JIoar 'U abaolntely , _ary, otbennae" th ...
could not Ibid ""P~It" to ICr&tcb abQut, though
when tho binIf ... g.vtn .. free range there
<ome- -ro1md. cort.ain daya "1m ' tho' bird,
muat he kapt Wide awlnlVto tho _t and oold

the tripe, "'ash and scrape it
"atcT,

So;,;.~,:q;.,ik' II~R~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~

csn shelter underrieath, becaule ~ will &lwa,..
be foupd h.,.. an cold IlDd windy daya- ODd I.h.n it

n. vAlutl~e nrhclG of diqt, eflpcdn:U ....
o f \\ enl: rhgeshlin
It re'lUlfCS very
pr eparaiIcn and thoro\1a:h coo}..m3.
then be sen cd l!l n n!':lety Cf ~ '\TtI.'y5

cold

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w,ll set tho lioUle on tI!e groqj1d ";d then fill up
the mw.de
whicl:L .in.Ie any
caM will
from,
tho with ','OO1lcrete, .un
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d~a.W' up a ?,rtai.n. amount of ~p from tb~ soil.
No matt.r 1rilat 18 u",<Ii if it kaa '&>ntact ,."th the
ground there , i. the..f~ tliat some amount of
mo<sture will rlJe . .. I do not hk"~. hooae which
.ta.nd, ngh". up from tho po]II1d 'where t.h'l bird.

And Sil\-OUry D!!!hes/ ' Issued by the
Ioed L e:lgue (Scotland), wtlt meet

with

Dornm:lttee,

~~~1iE~~~f1~t~1~~~

ng&.lMt
all rules
of the "oldhard
school
1100"" but
In pr&otioe
fto ..to

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keel'. the bIrdo ,Off tho bo&rdJ.
Of ooune

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We ~t to acDollnci"'
on N~bor 26th, q1 .Dr.
Beott~ WOIMn', H~}~ ­
.plendld -.ork ,in S.rt)l& an~ 'J.u..,.,
...11 he f.lt wry deeply by all who ·'.",v'AiI" Wi,ba
She kad jnpt .rnved, with· the
of the B.W.H., fro", Ruul•.
p..;-ti"uIalrlld to her death are ltof. lf~ .to hand,.
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-Old, fa.hioned

nnd.,..toOd thedig 'old '~""" into tho
Ii..e th<OLr nlu •. 'but
. tim. to de<!ay it i. nal'llrau~r
fore - thQ .oil
that •• lu;'.
nlan. is ~ to reduoe all W86t.c honest to
burning theD\ in the ki f.ch en staY.e.
al!ouJd . ~ ._fully !'Olleeled and
!!pr~ • .t oIl th. 0011, wh~re th.y form a .al:uable
pqtMSIC manure. A9 this "rnlnure is prJt.CticallY ',mobtaillabl. it is ....n worth lib. little
tiol\bl. ~ taken' to obtainlit -

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