Reading Observer 01-1918

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the New Year
lweI) with a 'box of

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in your Medicine Ohest.
This !magic herbal healer

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8uit that will
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protectio\:t against germ-infection and
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bUfl\ing that
skin make.
#rritstion.
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remedy
for ' the
withblit ilamaging the delicate

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lengths that

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for healing
Cnts,and
Brni....
l,.te¥s,
Poisoned
.WoundK,
' Pde!',
Il~Jing ,Preparations is eo rem:u-kable
fi'dence lU io1fenng a. free .tnal box to &.Drone
pelow.

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WORKERS' EDUCATIONAt I
ASSOCIATION.

lectu rer a.nd the ho~ that the members of the

W E :A, might hear bin} again ' /
Replymg, the lecturer "''''.rked tliat ' ho hnd
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been IDform~d that the hr..1l m whlch he was speak·
Ing ha.d been h onou red by Charles Dickens, who
h:ld ParhalUenttl~ 8mbltlOn ~ , and who had becn
a. membf>r 6£ t.ho Prcs:s Ganery o! t h e H QUEe of
c..:ommons.
C!!:J.rics DI cken s ass~cH~tlOn- with
R<ladmg and t h at p3.rtH~u18r huddlng gavo, addI,
tionn.l intordt to the pleasure he ha.d uad lD lec·
turmg thcre that e\·enmg.
The Si:lc:retary n~n'J0l!nced that the l~ct\1re next.
There was & large gathering of W E .A. members \Vednesday ( ~anuarT 30th) wodd be hl..-en m the
on \ Vednesday at the London·st.rt:e t Pnmitlve Unlw'" tv Cillego 'Hall by Mr A, C n artholo·
~Iet.bod I8 t C~ch to hear the Member, for Stock· meW' M A, Thc 9lfbject of the lecture is "A
p or t, Mr Spence r Leigh H uzhea (" Sub Rosa " l, 'four' t.hTOU~h l')~le5i,me " , The." lect ure would be
Iccturo on :' The Inner Life of ParLia.m ent. " Mr ,lhlStrat.ed by l~&tern "ow. p'tpared Irqm photo.
gra.phs trudm hI
ecturer. t
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Mr. A. J , MarrIOtt preslded:
The lectw:er s'po~c of the
IiIe of Parlia:
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!ncnt as It was in ~orma.l times. Mr. L eigh Hughes
has been & member of Parhament. for about nwe
TH~ATRE.
yea.n, and for eighteen j'cais before his entry as
&n M.P h.6 had been a n observer o( P a.ritamcntar)
HfD from tha ;Press ltallery .• ,The , ddress was of
ra.cy character and
kept the audience eont.inu.
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ously amueed, but there was a 8eflOUS vem
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PARLIAMENTARY TYPES.

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LECTURE
BY' " SUB ' ROSA."
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of the prel!cnt and
the future.
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The l ec~ure was much enjoyed, and the Cbairm 'I.D expressed tbe thanks of the meeting to the

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CA'RIlU~CLES

5i.ND
Boll~ tmd- 'Cllrbuncles &r~ an

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ease caused by & gcrm calle d the l Stnphylo.
coccus tlurcu., whloh lB ahovays p~sent upon
the , skm And a.gall.tflt whIch HO 0 a c\cr nCo
,>"tabl" '1 qUIres n~y inunuJUty: Some person are more
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Sll!coptlble thim others to infect..Joo by these
microbes. ,Every u'n protectcd woun'd wIll be
infect.ed, b.YI OO(lI1l. no mn l lp.T 'how vigorous ~od
healthy , Ule po.tlCnt ma.y b e. Docfor Geo.rE-a
D CUlv~ 1{ h as l pi.1bhcsl>cd 0. studv 9f sURcephBenn;"tt, who · sat ia Liberal for ~he b1l1tV ' ... to tnl ! form of mfectlon
Youl1g
and who Invariably voted
chtldren rn.rely ha.ve balls; nnd I nen rly , 70
interelts. of tlie Trade. VISIted POlt· per cent Q f o! rm.md betw~r.n th,o nges of
" prohibition." found twenty and forti' _Men nnd women n.rc n',ollt
dhu;~~:;~~~,~i~~
t1mes
ba d as III equally 8ul'lcc{:l ble , thc lorger ndmber ~E'Oj)
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town:!.
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A groat .Uraclion
i. promi.ed
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~be Royal
ComIty
in mcn be ing accounted for bv tHe commonI
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fa.lthfully,
nes s of bOll~ <n the back of m bn 's necks,
Tbeatre next week, when Arthur Aldin will present
A. J, HARRIS.
which f\l:C offen shaved bv b arbers, l n~lCl wher~
tha.t delightful romnDtic pl!lY I f Wqd ;Heather," . Bristol, .1>n",,~1
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the 8tubl)ly'1 l~ i r s n.re- 5 ubll~c t to fr IctIOn by the
dIrect from the Strnnd Theatre, LcindoD .~ Th e play
!!Ihlrt Gnd coat coll::\r Of 216 fnrl1ncJ cs SC \'lmty·
Iii wrItten bv Miss DOlOtby Bra.ndon, tho writer of
'1"0 wf! re. .01\ th c'J hC:Hl, th'cntY'5!~ of them
Rev.erul' no~ble pln~l'!. The stol'y 'is as f611ows:belQ$ on th'2: fnee ; fort\ onC' \\ ere
the neck.
Heather Boyd, th~ ,eldest daughtor of well to do
t\\ ci'lty*s ix bc in ~ on the ll ock of the neck ;
ptuenL8 , ~ns IJlt home to go liB ,ste ,vurd~ on an
thutY-!'t:l-e n \\cre on the body, thirty on t,h"
Am c rl(~l1n lin er.
In AmcrJ(;tI. Hhe
fl :woalthy
upper hm'b ~ .' Oond s.e ".c n~ c n on the Ipner 11mbs.
man mlmoo. O ' Rourke. who, wbeu
d$t.tb -bod
DCj) ctor CuivOl' exonera:c!; b arbcrS of hillm e
ij em'Js for H enthet and tells her
to make
for hods pn th o f:l cc, a$ the Slxtr exnnilncd
oecnrr~d , lin fort.y three pnticnh of whom
her Ius" ifo 10 ~der
millions
under h er <'.are. and
over to
twentv;onc '''er~ Illcn n.nd twenty two '" cu
TlC/Jnen.
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Ellglanu pud find out " here
look
alter '
the money
by him
and to
g cntlenlen of
treated
.iN IROXING HIXJ 1+1

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pigeons, ~nc omon. ant
two ounces of dr i.pping or mnr·
a.nd p ep per, a. fe'"1 button mu ~h·
half a. pInt. of bro,' n , s~ u Cc .
smge, nnd. trus~ the pigeons,
Do saucepnn, nd~ the baeo'l c u~
the pigeons un til n~cely bro" II
:::lnri c ut l~to 101O tS. 1'f'€ 1 ,
chop fin elv, ftp-' the m In t hr>
Pour 1'1 the <:co:,;{ n('rl
add the Jomts of pi~c on Ollft
Brmg tb thc bOll, :1.1,,1
ah,out three}qunrters of 1''' 1
cooked m n. cnsse~olc 'i the p ::; onll
to Lablc III the casserole

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(a rt as an a.ijen ImDl.Lgrant, the lecturer p roceeded
to expa.tIate 00 thB difference 1Il personnbl and
m ethods between the tu~ C hambers of Pa.rliament
tho Lords .1J1d Commons
The H ouse of Lord ~
was a. dIgnified assembly, ther.:! was a.n atmpspbcl'e
o f soJemmty. but tho .speeches were usually o f n
high order a.nd the re WCle memora.ble oeca.sions
wben far' l mpre~:llvCne!S and brilli:::l.Ilcy tbe House
of Lords W&8 ulprurp,<tssed Of1ywhere In furo~
Yet the fact remamzd t hat ~ cen tre of import;..
8noe ~nd uilluenCQ was the House of Cobmoo!.
The locturer deacnbCd that part.
the l)hlce of
'V~tmmBt<! r WhlCb 18 given o'f'er th the P ress and
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to which 240 J OUl'n tll~t.s ha \'e rrg~t of a~ss . The
first ca.u.se of pal h a.~ent:u·y r epor:timg of " lneh we
h ave tyCOrd wns in the reign of Henry
Thoma.. Chaucc.r~ son of Gcoftre::r Chaucer
F atbe: (Jf Enghsh :Poet!'y) hade I a. com p~a lnt to

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A lII '\fe llt, on. Many wcre
Ings of o\.hen though unable to
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the POleOD8 out of the body:
with Powerful drugs. TheY
temp.,o rarily, hut they also do
~.~~~:::~:!:;thiDg'8, They remind one of the
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who. when poSl8!lSed by Do del'il,
to catch the first, only to find

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disaohing in plam
:ep;.:'i:'.~~,;;'~bi.Y~lm~lerelY
of allia saltratel'o, which

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final good-hye to .ny
and irppuritiea in the
di880lved, neutralised
when visitors drin,k
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No
sufferer can bit to
Dr. £aB~ll'lI Inlltnnt Rolief.
all Nillurf", Auro a.s scieucc.

1st BATT. BERKSHIR~
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V~LUNTEE~

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Sir ,- The RcpresCnta.tion
creates new constItuenCies .tIl

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to ordin.l ry llver sttmulants
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we$ken tIle hvcr by forcmg
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All Without the dUlly dose.
Relief strength en~ the hvcr
to cnre 1"~C'1f. 'l'hel~ (: ure IS
Take :pr' I Cas3el1'~ Instant
biliousness, tOt pid
"~b~;:~~eobt~d"~~
specks before thc
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,l\cidity, henrtburn,
h envy feelmg which lIS a
tro\lulce. At>\< your chemist
Rehef and talce no snOOtlt ute..... 1.:.:.•.
all Chemists and StOles. Dr.
IS tho compamon preparallon to

Ltbclal AsSOCiatIon s a.rc belll g r~()rg' n: <ecl
mg to the new aleas Vthlle
pomts of det.:ul, tohe conditIon
practically the ;same m all cas:es
~'riuclples ,15 the only COollO,ilIon
All men and woman,
ha nd workers a'nd bra.m
fa.vour of the ,~ppltcat lOn
the Go\'ernmcnt of the COUUOl')j.,
"ccome u.s m embers of the
boos Loca.l sccreta.nes ".111
any ono '\llIlIlg to Jom Hi n~~'%t;i~;e ~:i';,;
bel s of an ASS')cHl.hon tlrc u
13 theIr constituency lmder J:~S;~~~~,~;~7
to the na.me ' and add rcts of t
new Liberal A ksoclatlOn , I , n..o::;
, will be very glad to pbce '
secretary, If tbey l\lll
thi S a ddn ::;s.
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ERa~TReq~ B LE!

taking strong medicines ,whiqh

for 0. week or two. & tumblerful
hot water.
Probably
the
beet
try drinking
before
brea.k-

the p~cFmd

p ~ pp c r
COOt I In 1\ £l ll t).' 1
pnrt of th e !itov<; for three :In:i
unhl the ment i S1 te ud:'I' Mo ke
up Inlo balls a.1Id ~ry t\l c m
DI sh
t, sklll\ the S(\U (, C, strnlll it m er
serve the bnlls rou c, It.
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:A..BO~ APPLES,

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slowl;y. bO Ll \ up, !lnrl "'kIm i
stuck WI tI clO\ es; II ~ r b~,

the end by eighl de.ila in.tead

to members ':M.~ fi CtjtlOwt

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abundn.n c9
most whole~1Be and which
prellsred in', n. v.c.~lety of "J~~'f~::~;fo~
Often tbe ' Inmples t modes or :
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have very httle ' mduenoo or
bers of tan ' made verl?al !lips
& bull. Some of the

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and lit 15

the orditu'l'Y member of Parliament.
grea.t gulf fixed P'rlVa.l.o memben

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the rn.bl}1 t ns for ~ fl'l cossec, dry
pLeces
Put th el fnt and bo .on

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luunent and ' could 'tben t!lke hLa _seat 1t. W&!I not
.urpnamg · thai. freaks entered Parlia.ment. i there
were freaks and oddltie. out6ide P n rtia.mt nt, and
Pa.rliament was a
in stltutldn. Par·
lIamentn.ry bores
thus : the ,moon.
ilCIDUS bo~ the
bore and the
avowt'!d and
ae8lSed ITl common =

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9laim' that the apple , contni05 &1
IS1'geX" t perceptaga ofl phosphorus than any
ot;,tler )rult ) or 1vegotablil, and thIS phosphorus
1.8 ) admlrn.q.ly n.dapb~d to renewlOg the esseo·
no,itm,••. 1 tial Inen.otls mntt.er of the bram nnd the
8pm~lr
For pcoplc of BCden't.ery ha.b,.lts,
whose llv'ers ar~' sluggtsb 10 a.etlon~ the eo.tlDg
ofj appJe~.~ ls to- l;le particula.rly co~mended, ,as
the ~cids of , .the apple sene to' elur.uoaj:.e from
the ' :b Odv. ' no~i'ous matters ",'bleil, ~f retamed,
woutd ~' nltl1ie' tllc bram hea.vy ana dull, ; or
all out ' skiQ erapLlvu!:I or 4tber alhed
"'o'"OI'lS, ' ' . _ \
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mn.Jc, IlCl ~ of r ipe apples . e , thcr cool"t:d,
or 1m'l, neutulisc& any excess ~f phn lky matter ,'engcndcr'e d by eating too much me at.
N'itt9r~,{-~h~ ' Wl8Q1 physl cn.n, mdlca.fes tillS 10
the,. 4:(l'~ "«).~~he nppctlte for apple
wit.h :p0V' or other rich meats
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There IS 'bo. frmt thnt can be

dunng a " lUCId penod II lDight lie elected to Par.

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true Jour.na.hstlC lDst.In eb." D ea.lIng wlt.h ~ ¥.IOU!S
typeS of M.P:s, the lecturer ..remllrked that 'there
,\\ ere 'llome men hite the la.te ' llT Lecky a.nd J ohn
Stuart Mill, who seemed out of to1(ch w ~th Pa.,rha.menta.ry life. A part from these Wrcxr.e1y In·
dependent I members there were the frccik.s and
odd iti611
Tho · lecturer a.mused his audience by
quotmg Blackstone to the effect that a l lunatlc

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ou nce of flour, Iba.con rl1Hls In (
onion (pec le d ), a ~un c h of hc r h ~ .
of a l€mo,n, two ~ Im es, sn it and ,

If, S()tl; Iron y~)Ur Inces or
mbroldered
nlull1iDs " ~n' " B, b~aTd covered with several
'tbiokJ1"It5e1 pf ,flannel , and no en-heo cover
over ~ ~hey will IMk ml~h nicer th D if Ironed
on an ' ordml'ry ~op.rd, al....!he finn el H gtve5,"
'04 the r,aiilUi .wor~ .I. . .oul far bc~~er th.n
if nOlle \n the, u,ual wa.y. \
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the Ktng beeause certain lord, hod made note. 01
the pro~(hngs of t.L::c H ouse of Commons Later.
Dr S_muel J,.ohnson U~d to .I~ tn • g\>.rret all
I'iect.-street, where he r ote accounts of deba.tes
WhlCh b e never heard; he thu s disp la.yed .. the

themselves,
tempor-d.ry «ljy~ d:irig line bet.",·ecn old
hers, the former ad6pting a.n..
d eseenBlon townrds the la.t.ter. "'''','een
Bench D'1::ernber.t- at. present.j.83 In

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wlme ' ,)[ egg shhuld be q sed III )soup or
poached in a. ~up.

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by trle ndditioQ
th e yolk of a:)
mt.o lt e. few millutes before SCI'
mu s t be take n Dot to let the JnUf'6
the egg has been a'd r.ed, or It \\111

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