Reading Observer 01-1918

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~ !'('C nT fou r da.ys
P( rrIlltted to

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W'aJ'-if wo due be
""" . , &\moat. iDcIlnod $a

notes In
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or ~ _ t y of ..., to I..
In'*"'! for a time The
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.. spoil It,
c.c. ler or even

pr:operly when we

who prep6l'e It for on
then we blame the butcherJ
the

" or boof or mutton

and

gr&ZIel'

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the form of lomte, chop' or at.ea.ka,
r \ ~n In a. common or gatde.n haah. Any old
('d OIlough for the a.ver~e Bnt.ish ho"se,wi.f. <>r ll recognUle
:-I n OOOk ,llt woWd aeem.
They d elight
very delliaio"'!
ng a Jointbeef to . ""emdet', or nearly
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tmderdla.--and
H

done

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and ret1re~t from
att,mll,,a by Dr Ho\>e and Dr
In at a 1m r stage
the 11\
'lteatmcd $0 a.ct1ver aF~ bright
a very protrad.ed illoe!!, for he
to us a.s g8.11y
~ver
concert at he Town
blS d.ath
Mo,~-we have CBlled inf.I' BlII"
W8.8 the wa.y ill W~lyJ he was
ad,dec,sed>
s}lok e n of, not If
fa.rmhar

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\pEECHES NQT TO BE
At the presenl.at\on of a
'tonda,yj
In Readmg Mantel-pia"" Oil ~

the

morely

wnod and pl'OpOl'ly bested
, II don&-l,lOti

a.t t.he
lruldence
;:~;:t'~.tt·~::;;~~~:;,:;~~.~p;:~a.ce
wnere
he h~d
hnd

.,.a.s

'" i\. &bould a1_Y3 be
htly

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Mutton &bould
88 tOO saymg

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9f the Pre&a, who
h .. t all the ammal ga.ees of the meat .re aVllnora-' were mfonned b~ the &l.J,tliontlet!l

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-d &lid WI. In tho oven-but It Ii u6U.lly
" th. ta.ble mo... or Ie.. In a faint red
d
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no won er young peop ell ~ many
ps, too, tum up thelr nolle" a.t It II.Dd
don t like mutton' "

We

were to be reported A. It ballpetled
" ere dehvotoo &&ve a fe.,. word. of cqllgr.tjJ,lation
to t he recIJi~~t bf the meda l by the
the presentatIon and the M a.yor
qUef!tlOmn~ the Wisdom of the _,,, •.,J..' auth01'ltles
In IB.'lumg such &0 order t.o the PreSS' we must. con

not
m:LO.y people ha.ve really caught the true

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hlrefmg

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SHOULD THE 'pRESS BE INVITED?
If thls IS td be th~ ni le 10 th(" futllre It eee1ns
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l]loglcal to InVite J"cf'r€!!cn :l.t.l\ e.s, of the Pr~M1 be
ca.u!':t: the ml'ltan Mlthn 1t es ca.D eMily transmilt
to the ne\\ ~papt'rs t he Simple a.nnOWlooment of III.
p~nt 1.lon
It IwIlI be Temembered tha.t th e
pubhc presentat Ions of those jlleda.l!! 1& b" the
Kmg s vw.sh I Can It be that 'ft.is Ma.Jesty s ml h

hur wg It a t t.be cook exclaimed

away

haunts

cooks! Only too t ru.e We forgive that doctor
Think gentle rea.der before :vou say you are d fs
gusted at IlUcI:t oonduct Tha.t man had boon bn
hiS best lJehavlour for bours In attendmg to peq~le
who were. not endUrJDg the tortures be expenencpd
a.s a dyt>petlc and on gomg to h iS t.able hel 6.nrs
Mother leg of mutton cooked! not to hUi lik~ng or
ta~te, but to the ta.5te and lIkmg of mv la.df' the
cook Cooks and h ouse-keepers have B
lof
dbmg Jomb their way, not j our w~y They knOll
they Will have them In the kItchen fOT t hemselves
and their pala.te a.nd Ideas are, of course, ~ th~,r

knlCk

..t,m.tlOn, of far more Importancel tbn YOr

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"0l1CO, eti0 9:"
t he....

T h ere
f th
ht
d
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mc ups a.n -we
some 0
em ml g
named
let me dow ns • ao direct 111
thesl~ In action on the consumer

as every man of t he world knows

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(we

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&&y.l "pre war

tH. tre..t .",.
. I who.. n""'e ,"Ppoors on the board
Ilnnouncmg hat It 1.8 the new lute of the church

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repet~tlon d08e~ and eo thus In,,v,'e
a",IV ,v-ould khow
, l ~ow to nrropnate
d dcontl'lbU~lOns "Dent
h
ted
to binI I If It 18 no mten e to preserve t e
fa tled as a. plC~ me up TIt much vaun
pahsadmg. F h;Ch 18 0 e~ceptlonal de~ngn (and In
w is 80 lbeloved b) the Amem:a.ns, were, 1ikr "IDost
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of the other l a.lcohl'hc dnnks favoured by out ou r oplhlOn thiS wau l I
a Plty) Mr Fle'd lflU
still knQw now to apply any (lon.tlons that m ay
l mted Sta.te.! fnenda, fearfully a.nd wonderfuJ, Jy
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T sold at 3. pnoe which WfL!!, the great 'be sent too m In conne 10n WIth A..Il S&lnts
made, and

cout'30gmg

"open

t

bi.o grea~
15 a ditlij
",ho

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bet~1

o! Rou6-

novelty about)t becaule It mad e t he consuler
rea.lise tha.t It mmt be scarce.
There were of
ootme ma.ny other kinds of so ca.lled II pick e
ups whIch t.he glIded youth were a.ccuRtomed to

nd<lled

call for at pretty early hours befora t he pre:rnt

ground.

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ban on I tbmgs ;tlcoho' ic but consIdenng tlielr
scarcity to day to sav nothmg of thCU' coAl~ e6S
' when they
procurable) we wonder bow I 80
manl of t.h.elr former patrons are abJe to Cfl.llt
'l\'lthout. them Many of 1.hel!e young men h&v~!o
doubt duv'..overed ~ber a.nd more refre!bmg
drallgh\s SlOC8 the\ have been In the !\:r m) and
e,o;pecla.Uy those on foreIgn servl(~ and It; ~s p06
sl~le they ma.y. or wlll have lost. their ta.t.tel for
their f&VOurite lIt.tle and oflen
.IIhort
F nooc
don whi ch tthey took With such Tegulanty lor
U'reguJ.a.nty"l) a.s their mornlOg
mp' or lw<L8 It
n ot m ma~y m);tanoes a. senes of DIPS'"
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are

d Ilf'IolX\O"" .. ..
SaapICl<><lond
oqr .iIploMr. I BI,lfour,

his pen.tral.-

n,",.""",_

t"q,at ono
he does
~and

co1Ulterlfoo

,~,.,~:tl~~~.b7.:"",pen.e
elf
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to lnstif, ••
After the
to be opd
, no
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iPtlblie 'fleW""
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APPETISERS But we did not lOtend to enIorge

upon

L:AL:l:~::~:'

houlehold furuiture aUf} cffeclA at the Corq E:r:change
on Weduesdu.y he:x.t a.t 11 0 clock
MRS. P R STUET will ~l'lI ft,D address at the
lUg Sptntual 1\hlllIOI1 on Sh~day monnng. a.nd Yr
B Deal ma.u IWIJl llpeak: III tJi6 eveDIng-

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w~k

The
has been ven
th18
alcoholic pick me ups when we .)ptted d01'lll the
a.s tbe follOWIng ~adlflg!!l "'how Frldn.y 11 Ide
headmg to the preceding note We had I in! our greet! of frbsL SRturda) 8 Bunda\ 2 Mond&y 1,
mw d qUIt.e .. d lfi"crent t.ype of
a.ppetlser
1.0 TUe$d j Y
Wednellda) 12 Thunda.y.5
(hat Jar which manklDd plead ISO strenuoulliy at
WOR'KEÂ¥S' EDUCATIONA.L ASSOCJATION
the bar lust before luncheon It h as been saI d that
A lecture entitled ' ls a. 'Member of Puha:n:umt a.
the man "ho mvent.s a ntW Muce 1A deservmg of nelega:ttl?" l S to ~ given hy 'Mr W~ M Child" . M A
P nn Clpal ofl Unrvemty c.ollnge, on \ \TednePo<lay n e:r:t In
Imml')rta.hty by his fellow men
Looked
the UDlve~lty ColleIJo H&lI In oon IQCtion With tI c
l'fIC<l lIv..tlllS statement ma.y well be oJ'9wed t o Raa.d.iug Branch of tha lforkers Ed uca.tioual Aucxlla.
pa~ m t~ d a.y J If 6uch 8. sauae wtll hel;p WI to lion
j.:rL through our war ra.tl0 tu
Ortenhmu our
" h portlon h R.8 needed the filltp of an added
LIEUT
I OVE
fia, ouT' to stlmulAto Its passage along the a.hmen
News was recelved on Sa.turdny that. l.lleut G
tan cana.l and " e confess we h&ve resorted to the Marcus Love of the R o, al N auI D rvlslon of t.he
la.to firm of GregaI') tovc and Co IS missing
aIr! ma.nv time1! of a. fnend l) pIck me up In a.pply
Love, who was the seoond lion of
n,z It. t.o a.n extra. bad turn of wll.r me?t W e are
C1ra.rlee Love wa.s educated at. Read
At the t ime he enlisted he was
n t Jrlghv.med by the evll forebodings ~ hlcb
the Reading Grocers ASM)clatum
m11l\ people IRdul~e m on t he a.11eged deletenous
took '" keen lllteTeet. 1D the R eadmg
rntcts of saucee and other con dlm t nh
10 our
Commcroe
~<I <: t ronom\ca l ..Torld upon the. digestive orlZans
'iii u are old r a~hlOned enough to beheve and suffi
Cl{'n t. \ modern to daclare that ? hat ODe enJoJ !l
he d igest s .Man has sought. out man) inventions
n thQ cul~n fu'Y art a.nd much 3! we apPl'OC'lll.t.e
\\. hilt he hff already done for 1lI 1n whetting our
J d cl appetite we are ~tl ll an t he look out for
f\ <'ll another new de\lce that shall a.dd zest to
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diu l) meal a.nd thus for a. tune, at lealSt, help
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1.') forget t.ha.t we are ea.Gng wa1" rations oom
r ~L' d of "ery va.rymg qua.httea of bread and
( f t,; :::r.~r m%ts t hat too frequently euggelt, both
to oue olfactorv nerves, as well &II to our not
~ rl\\ too su"cepllble palate tha.t much food that
r 3rl,..s our palate hM undergone a process of wha.t
1\ knov.n il8
doctonng' Were
not for
b 1TTr.1er. pick me ups hke aa.uoes to WbICh we ba.ve
t .... ' .. nei:I we shonld &ea.l"Cely be able to t.ompt our
J'I r)r appetites to ta.ke I!l1fficu~.nt. for Ida.ily aUMen

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Seo Lleut A G Sutton RiJI~ Brigade wlo.
W8.8l killed In actIon on J anuary 2nd, aged 19 WM

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Ha.ll for <to weE'k"s trial but
we thmk for Readmg he ! r e'BIll Moo!! of Readmg.' and did not

fortuna~lv

m""ped

the bu tchers' shops
18 a.n Improvement

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under oonSIderatlOll

Tber.

the supply and a.lso In t.Iae
dlstl'lba+JOn of cert... un o~her commodIties par ..
tlclllarlJ margarme and a matimal dlmmuti on m
t he scanda.l of queues
On \Vedncsda.y eventng
several bullocks ncro brought. Into the town a.nd
It 13 expected there WIll bo a shJd:lh Improvemen t
III the Bupphes of beef thIS ! week ond
A food
ITIspector has been sel ected {ot' R ea.d.m g, and the
a ppointment MUlts the confirmatlOn of thD Mull....
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ENTERTAINING WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Since the outbreakf of wa.r the ~t<3r part. of
h iS servIceS hare> been devoted to entertammg
wottbc:kd soldu~rs at the War BOSPl~~1 1S andl on
l llWlch outmg!!l on tho Thames an~l .. t liar
alone he 'Sang; no fewer than five h dred s nga
to! them
H e W~9 & promment me her of the
Favount;,6 Concert Pm whteh as
sp,eclB.llv formed to lentertam wounded lIold en
Anyboay who has ....n B,U M""" I amongl Ihe

ROYAL COUNTY THEATRE.

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A grand fa.rry pa.ntomlmo, "The Sloopmg
Be.....uty. 13 the attractIOn at the Royal Uounty
Thea.tre next week~ once mghtly With m&tmees

on Wednesdny and Saturday, at 2 W
A ltoyal
Dlvoroe" 11 booked for tli. week ("'lOWing

R+adU\g

wbunded sold iers wlll agreoe tha.t he W M the IJ.QeaJ
eritertalOer for such occaSIOns Whether 10 [boe
p ~t.al concert room or on boa.m la.vnch ghding
ttirol1~h the lOve1y re&ebC3" of the 'Db ames a.lIlld
bGautlful t~nery a nd m brllhant 8Ull!5hme he Wa.I
always Ul ecason With hI! efforts to ~use and d~
dne to h ght hl9 aud lenoe W~ hELve seen 1m
the
la.un't:h especially when he h n..o; htera lv been the
in
.... The
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mg Ida Bnd soul of the <?utin g
The ve~qel haA been
medlcsl pack ed with a. la.r~& contingen t of WO~ded dra.wn
With the
all sort.s
from the varIous / hOS'[lltals There
BQd condltlOD8 a1pong them
Ma.ny of them a re
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fnghtfully wounded too a.ppaJh1)8' for w ords
TRA'DE
AND INSTIllUTE l
On Tueeda.,
put,. was given at the '!Pcse a.re ca,rrled on board mlllus n. hmb, rolllUS.
two 1Itnbs and 80 on They &re ObVlOUSly still
a.bove Instlblte
tea We..! proVIded for 180 chil
Sick
rhey a.re pale worn and s&d and
dren of Clntl membere Afte r the tables were deRJ'ed
the children were enf..erlam ed by friends Among the
entert&LDel'l wu Mr Trelea,.en (ventrJloguet) Mr
a.nd
some
case,.
too verv10sad
at heart
Gnffith (C(lnJur(lr) MUll Doe WIth her da.1 cmg mldJl;et.,
n ow they find
a.nd tbe ever popular Punch and Judy ahof bv Mr
h... d. of the
Smith After fi ve hqun pa.cked With }oyoQ& fun, the
't'IJ1l never be
chIldren on lea.vlDg were &lcb presented with /a. toy anil
au oran,a:e The a.nangem e.nts were .. bl,. c.a.med Oltt
Sl'O made and fk:~~I~'~t~~;~~~lt
tWhIS
Wtl.t' It 18 • .
by the Wlvee or ml$mben LIlIlllted by the offiOials of tile
the
Club who enjoyed tl\emael'l'f18 by Wltnealilug the plea
aure of the chIldren. 1

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:~~o~;;,,1:t~d'b~:~;~~M!1~~ P<~'D~~"~I'~~nlh

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B fuV K..

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VAUDEVILLE ,ELECTRIC
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The ever popular CharlIe Ch&plin IS to appear all
the 8creen at the Vaudeville E lectriC Theatre on
Monday next and two days folloWlllg III a. F/m en ..
titled 'Easy 6treet' A fine detectI"e story.
Hawk/9 and & capItal film, I f H er
le~~;;~,~tu~~~ Pauline Froderlck as a young
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Dumber among! th e ma ny other
ltems
the progmmmc On Thtri'aday. Fnday and
Saturday a very fine 6creen adaptation of the well- 1
knowni farce ' Are yOIl a M880r1 P' WIll be exhIbited, 10 whloh John BEU'rymorOt the celebrated
Atnenoan oome(iIan . and Huott. L ookwOOd. wtU
represq,nt the Two Masons IAn ~olR.I war pIcture,
"With th e Australian F Orce..r.~' "Merelv Mrs..
Stubbtf," a. H epworth pho te roma ee l and episode "
of the ~el'lal8upreme, I P at.rla (j The Deception " )
are mbluded m the week end It1ms GommenClrlg
on Monday. J anuft,ry 218t, 8. spews l offioial war plO ~
ture, ' Our Naval Air P ower, •
be shown twlOO
dally for one week only
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The DIreCtors of the London COll"ty and \ Vest

after makuJIk proVISion for
The tenth hlit of IJ\lbsCnptlon8 In cn:i~~'~ mmster a.ak Llml
WIth tbe Appeal Fund of the Royal ,
bad and doubtful Jdebts rappropTlatl~g £l.I6Q 500
to Contm gency Fund (w'i 6l5tments !lind fore Ign
HOSplt&.1 a.p.h a.r on the front page of this UIl!Iue
recuntlOS) and :£lOQ 000 td Bank Premises Ac
sCtlOOL TERM"
oount have declared a. djvldend of lO per cent.
The next term of R~&dJng I:;chool com.mences on for the p..t half year (I... Iljcome ta.) maitmg
Tuesda.y Jap 2:3rd K endrIck Glrlll School, Jan 16th
a total distribution of 19 r.r oe.nt for the year
Iko.dmg Coll egaLle School Jan 17th Ren.dIllR :\hhey 1917 le.a.' Ulg a. ba.lance of a.bout £184,600 to be.
School' j JI.D 16th aDd Malvern Houae Bellool, Ja.n
earned forwaro
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LQndon Oxford

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we beheve tb.t Mr C G Field

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las

:~~:,t~ ,l.i.rlU:~::e. ~:!,,~''::il\ b~ :'~O:lrl

beca.'-

man~~ lyears

humoro~. Side appArently slIltmg hI! ~ Ihtles and
temperament Bilka h e specmlu;(!d In t I~ branch
of cnt6rtBlDment wlth a. SlICCQ9IS whIch I made h im
not.hlng leJ39 than a. uDiver sal fa, ourlU, "herever
h e went.
No wonde r he wag &hv,,"ySl 111 de mllnd
b"i all lbnds of ch1l.J"Itabl ~ an d other som~'ttes who
wanted a. full house and Bill Moss
be wa.s
put on the plncard9 ana In the pro~ ramme n ever
r efused a desorvmg obJect If be -ba9 n. vacant
d",\a He often travelled long d ISt."lOces to f ulfil
suth enga.gements
We understand that some
yean ago he' waa approached to appea.r a.t the

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a.nd on Sa.t9 r day a qu Ultlty of frozen m eat. was
reqUlsltloned by the F ood Cont.rol..,Commlttee and
dlstnbuted am ong va.nous shops 1here waa a
somewhdt Inlpro'ied supply at. the ReadinlZ Market
on ManUa} when fOi t} <: 1)'; head of cattle were
ojIerod for s~l~ but the qualItv for the moot pnrt.
wrM mdprerent S lteep were In plenttful suprly,
• BILL MOSS VOCALIST AND
but veryj dear Seven head of cBt.t.le ~e!ELrecened
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trom Bndgwater on Tuesdav Lord Rhondda. haa
We have Illrea.dv mdlcated that lie wa.s the '!;Ieen urged to r(llea.~ meut for Ithe n eeds of Rea d
posseso~ of no ordmary ",oCAI powe~ and tho tng A re-.arra ngeruent of tbe days for dOSlDl

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matter,

do not know where the ~ndy is 10
•• pIace ! or th 056 whom It
UM very. we II ih t~
Tn many case.s hd"ever, tt h ad t.he kn ack

for

wltb M r Moss for the first tune iI~d a.lmost
the Walto nlan spmt
hIM
was a
! patient gentle Aplrlt a.lwn.vs blithe I and merry
With a fund of 'l\ Isdo m which brouglt l happmess
to all who had a nything to do W I th u p-m fact
I t:he compleat angler '

Idlvme

THE Pft'ESERYAT ION O F IRON~ WORK'" Ml nv t hmgS ha.ve to go by t.he boe.rd In W8:r
time but IL ~s a Pltv to see good matenal beautl
full y faSNlOTI{td as IS the Iron paha.1.d mg enc106tng
the n ew
foI" All 83mh' Church
showmg
5lgn~ of corroSion It J.S n. mOlt effectIve pIece of II""=' V"
ITon worle ahd does the church a.uthorltles or lts
donors cred it for er edmg BUch &. 81ght.ly en
olO@ure 1But tmleae It 1& attended to prompt.ly
we aTe , fra.ld the mcurnons of the wMther and
the 8 tle~t. slow mroadA of old Fat.her Tune
ma.k e
~avoc With the work t.hat not only

perm it of 1n war tIme m make no apologles,.to
AU Satnt&' authontlU l or callmg attentlon to thl~

T~am~a

ltIfe

afy

the b.blt of C<ln

sa.y how far dama.ge h as- been done In thus d lrec
h:m but It I S ObvlOU8 it. requ u"es thorough seal
mg a hber&1 coat of OXide, and 88 ma.ny fim s.h
109 coaLs of l other pIgments a.a church funds w1l1

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MR. LEONARD SUTTON'S
YOUNGEST SON KILLED.

tbo the fact that h e caugHt fi,h up to 12 1o, thiS WID
There was a. SIgnIfi cant. sho\.tage of meat In the
ter H e waJ. a. t h or ough a.ngler and
b ody who
l, t wF k-end T he supplJes of home killc4
IS mtcrosted lD the sport a.nd ca.me ,nyo contact meat were practically exhausted -on t he Fl'lday,

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God .ent the food, but the devil sent the

P1CK ME UPS _
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There .. a great dIversIty

~ here people are

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THE MEAT SHORTAGE.

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Mr BroYiD

the yOl1Dge.e~ sop of Mr Leona.rd Sutton Hillilld.e,
Reachng
H a wu educated. at St Andrew s,
Sou thborpug4 and Repton
He WM In tram lUg
a.t O:dord Officers Cadet Batta han lost summer,
~celved hIS comml SSlon 10 Octobel, and w~
ofl the ~dlDg W,llom.. Anghng I dltib the abroa.d to Jom h 18 Battahon on Deoomber' 2nd
oldest Rea.dmg FUlblIlg Club a nd hiS r rvlces and
advJ()6 In connectlOn rlth the proseculton of the
gentle 1l.rt by anglers In Readmg ~nd the... diS
tr ~ct belng much sought a.fter
Tha.~ he was a.
t he ! d evo(oo of t he- pastime to t he la.st 18 ~Vld e n ced b y
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tary a.dVlger6 are really cogmMnt of thla order
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glanel a.t the underdone DntllTe of the cooktng he tha.t has reached
Rea.dmg preclud mg !peech~
rang the U In the meek~st wav and on t11e cook from being reported? If !to t.he pubh e woul d be
a.ppeanng askpd 10 his qUI etest tonet!
Ha.ven ti l more satisfi ed If thov were mfor med of the $-son
askt.d "i Of mflnV times to "~o the mut.ton \\ ell ('\ which I S behind an order whlcb as It sland" now
'that It IS Just brown n ght through ~
'Yes S ir
ma.kes t.he presentation of ml lIta.ry medals on l)
rep ll oo the cook In the most matter of fact
qUa.!'h.p)lbhc and not pUhhc In the BeMe mdl(:ated
ea.llous m~nner, Ill1d wa.s about to make her
by H rs I'[
h
he enJ oIn.a t bov were to
I <lCJsty ~ en
~ hen on callmg her back the hl gh] ;- po liollC~'
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be bestowed In market--pla.oes a.nd ot.her COnsp lCU

phYS'CIan! known for hI> best bedsjde
suddenly '. m.ed the underdone leg of mutton,

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1m MOSS AS.AN ANGL~~
a.re: rather antlcl~atlDg our narm'twe AS!IO

t
hls bUSiness
had engendered lU blm the
'W~ angler's lme· of sport a.nd 80 It c e a.bout In
~:~e;i~e;~~~~kg
procesa ot tUlle that he WM one of thel1most n oted
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pice fishermen on the Thames, many large specI
mens bemg secured by hiS 5kIll He WM lfound 6T

some yean ago wall a martyr to

alth ough f very fine and even mlllta.ry a.ppeal
anoe H.j never W-ore hiS liea.rt. on hiS ske\ e He
had t be best of
bed Side ma.nners
and wa.s
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,~e U groOlped agreeable polIte a.nd eun dab e
man-out lof doors and to h iS l'atlents But wbEm
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he was a.t h orne be conslUcred he WM, In hiS
He had ordered a leg of mutton for hu; dmner one
da:t' On puttmg the knifo mto It a.nd .-.pthng Is.

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The fun eral a.1Ta.n ~ment~ were carried out.
active ',,,° ; " _•• and left his handlcraf~ IfOr others
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Messrs Lo\cgro'\"'e Fno.r .street ReadIng
carry
this mea.n! he W M ab1e to rendt r
yeoman 8ervU>e to CNrJty cause m thel dlBtnct by
hill natu5a.l glns a!l a humorous v;;da.hft of no
or deT and his scrvtces were In aJ n;lOst con
teq\1l!utlon for l!Iome obJect. or oth~rl

tho officer m.y be who makes the p .....nla
tlOn and howev~r uaefu.l It may be, for the publIc
GOD St:NT THE FOOD. THE DEVIL
SENt THE COOKS I woal th at hie remarks ~hou ld be """'ported n o notice
~ PhYSfUlJl Wi th whom we.. were acqun.m~d If mu.st be t.nken of tbcm b\ the Press
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t.hem not coof never more than a smaJl proportion 'of the public
lentber m the
present dn Ui'ese occ&Slons (notlob of such events
cHrla.stmg eVil irymg pan Then she mdulger not bemg .ssued for th&t. purpose), nnd the result
In nate langua.ge when she pays the butcher poor would have been nrul Will be Ul the fut.ure accord
l1\&n' I
I to th~5 new I'(!gule.tIOn, that however pro

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had .bated I and Ivhllo Mr and
C Mo,,:Afr Moss Mr and Mri
of the galety of Itf. left King Mr J St L St.llwood Mr H J b aaClI,

cil~Ulm8'~ntCe, permlttmg retire d from and Ur ~v -nTown

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wpll attuned t? ImUSIC he 1\Ir Geor.sre T a,lbot. Mr \Vdl

:::o~a~~ ~~h~:v:"~~p~~t;~r:~ee~~:yW~UI:o

much pa.ms over cooking a. Jomt, a.9 sa.) she
does over her beet blouse or hat As for chops £0 a nd Itt ~ou ld of course have been done m a
and steaks of cou.r'5e she Will not hear of grl l ~ public pI
10 a pubhc wu.y m th a oert&l n num
~.. ber of , he pub he pl"'C.8Cnt
But there 18
mg them , hut prefers to
ki ll
them by making them as tough

and M... J
ReadlDg Walton",n. Mi- :"i,1 1I1r1
LewiS andt Norman
Readms , PhIlanthroplo
Instltutlon, Mrs Kn ight a.nd 9:rb~ Ml J 8 t L
Stallwood Mt' F L L ovegrove, Ohj~f Con.etable,
Officers and Iyen of the Rendnlg Borough P ohee
F Oioe L J
Seven BI'Idg"" Brewerv Company
Orlcket. Club, ['ed and Mrs Hobbs n I sla.nd Bo
herman Club I' Horry' Me "'1d Mr. B,gg. and

Ronald Mr and 'Mrs T Adams, Co..versha..m Can
stltnt\ona,l Club Mol!P- 8 , Ltd Ml' f. B Awmack.
a. t erm of endearmert--was ~ Cavershnm SOCIa.1 Club Mr a.n~ Mrs S A Freeand proprl, oor on the m lln, emplo~ of EMtS Boot BUlldUl~ 00 and
where he phed lu~ tranc for Mess rs E E Langst on and Harry Trealea.ven t
brother entcrt.nl~ers
Wile mal) bow ~eJ' before
100 rnOl1l'Tl....erg were Mr and ~{n Poter SmWt,

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not p ra:ctlcable
the ordmarv home, but even tn men It I S mcomprellenslble to us If t he officer
t.he modern ran ge It. IS poo~bl~ to get good l"CsulU! making thf presenta.tlon had. been mo\,ed on thus
If the housew\fe

Bert Ilnd
and a few

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cooked
of
properly
Of
we lil"t'l
a loss to understand
It NoAs
reason
are Welsh
&ware mutton
tbEl i deal
way o~l dOIDg' ctther
beef we
or fegs
for such
a.n atmstnIctlon
WM vouchsa.fed.
lay
mutton JS befOl'tl a. wood fire on a. la.ck That UI

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lart

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death OIl Frlda.y m
"\ftek
~o.& at tho age of 170 Ybf'
short lUneS!, a. mat~; LL. a
f.P.B'lf,di.aitia being the lDlme"lT" cause

ooldom cooked ngM,

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the soci&l hfe of ~a.ding

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Th. world famous Bandal .. 10reheotra a.nd the
g"",t loha.raeter ballet IS to IJe presented .t the
P aJa.ce Theatre nen week b) I Mr George AI""
ander, and It Ie certam t D plol; e a. great. a.t*ra.c
tlOn
Mirth maglo a.nd I dahcm g ~ IU be k:on
to the. programme by Franco 8 Midgets.
ent ertamers, and, a. new: and novel
a.nd herculean gr.mnastlc act IS an

I·n,)unced to be given by MaggiO Chfton and p alt
Der ~nothel !pecml fe ature announce<l IS H owu,ld
F lynnl and Elsye Hayn80n t.ho oolebrated com
poser pIanist, and \he little Il lld y Wl,th the big
VOIce lIn OrIgIna,l song creatIOnB featurmg famous
lDel~d\es F red Keeton the' aopular OOmedllW IS
also t~ appear, Stella. Spence and Harry J ocelyn,
CODIedf: duo, and Fl<yenoe R attra.y, soprano
v"ocah
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The whole of the proceed. of th. entertainmenL
to be g iven at the P alace Theatre on Tuesday
.nd '~edn "d 'Y January 15th and 16th at 6 55
a nd 9 p ,rn WIll, by the kmdnese aDd gener06lty
of the DIrectors and Shp.reholders of the P a.la.ce

Tbate!1" Co

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the ~pen&e&) be gIven to ten. local mstltutlOns
and j letl61
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UnitAriall Free'()hurch, on Sunday even.
half· v.....

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*~, ~:~nr:.idl~;:toJ&IIO&ry
be held29th
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ASSOCIATION
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\vas held at the UD1Vel'Slty Col
ennmg. when an enJova.ble
Rowe, prendent gave a ahod;

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PURE WATER SPARKLING WATER'
" r t ng of b~rerages remInds tlll of a sood
that WlU'> t.Olct agam'llt h imself by a oele
hra'ed ... it and JOll1ua.hst ",ho has gone from ttl
1n h ;I, ~hlb one day tbe convers&tIon centred round
th .. ':lr\otls qua.htles and bouquet of I .. different I·dia!i'!0>edj
bof:.\c ragel!
H e. declared he could ~cnmID.te
~ qua.lity and vmt& ge of aay Wlnefl, , ?d 8PJrIt.S

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.. '''~mllled to hIm
Of conroe f~
to

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t.hem only and not to quench •
e~f':J t lUi!':" There was I!Ome .:ort of .,.,a,er on
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-I I In At al1Y ra.te blIndfolded he ~, and at.
r n r pr')eeede d
to IIlmple a.ceordmgly:
Every
d ,.,J t'i1lllr)H
wine., 8plnts a.Djd hquau~ were lIn
I rl d III tne list and each tlIn~ t.he dllcrlmiila.t..
In", I l i~ af t he connollleur WDA 'fble to pronounce
<I. rr
ect Jurlgment untIl very nf:rly towards the
CI 1 of t he. l a.rllnl; the &ampler heclt.&t.ed, rolled
the l Ul:lclOu~t nuiht &eVaral time8 oyer hi.. !-Onra.~

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