Reading Observer 02-1918

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Ibe ~ol.d a
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reported from

womnn was oha.rged with

a"'~I<"" 'om the Women's ' A~ilia.1'Y

•was. sta.ted

that during her' ic&vd 900
.she would not be expected
re~urn.
hurljand, a prlvate, who has been tw~
Jounded., adlnitted I beIng \ a.bsent from hIS " - t .
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Her

ried, and

ment. Both Iwere llOion

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over to escorts.

THE RESPJi:CTABIUTY! OF DEBT.-

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'rag ha.s told

Mati~ee Wed" Feb.27th, at 2.30.

MciD4ar, Fe. 25th,

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OBTGAqES AlmANGED npon l'reebo1di aDd
~ Proptrtid
tl'OlD 5 to ~; per
(lent. intuMt. Fund, claw aniJable: .£1,600, !lJ~,
£1,300,.£900. £15(J, £600, £300. £ZOO, £SO.-~,...

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'1~ ,.rrr,K BOY or

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BOB ·MORRIS.
Harry n ..."gem.
WesNood

LOUGH,' wiDdoor, ~ or Diotricl.~ROUSE
wanted~ medium abe, tumiahed ~ ontun"bed:
« Part Roue DOt I. . than .·6 :nM)ma; near Station pn
Great W~ or- Great Oeatral RAilway, No ..tteoo·

reuoDable: wo~k guar~t.ee41 Fort6llcue Brol-. I
Ltd .• 1, West Str.eet. ~!ng. I

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Honse/'

e&re

VERA

,uppliod, Old RoUcrs 3it,ubbered, charge.

Woolwich, S,B.

A R T 1 N 'I

In. "Soma Chime... II ",nd A Rolllcktng RBog.

MATINEE , TUESI)A1 woY,

Rood, RMdiDg.

fOl' Sarvi~o)
ANTltD
HOUS1'l o. APART· M
Twyford.
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MENTS; four be4roo'lXle. ; neAl' Station.- Wnte tion for "'1 a.ll·rouud
kitchen
H , Cooper'a Laae, GroTe Park, Kent.
of

AlrlED 10 Buy. HOOSE : Ca• •,.,bam H.igblo
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prefmed:
£400:
"'Tly.
-Apply" Tnoooe, 0"1.1 Rood, C.....
H.ight! .
~C"bout

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possesaion
bAm

WANTS; Etc.

CHARGE

POB

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PREPAID

ADVE&'l'l~B­

tm

Pre.W~

COlPlcer>t

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m

~treet.

of £5 and has ~n given <l. nl UIlt.b'a
,.ed1t rIf they are of a. phil otiOphll:a.l loUt n of
qund they will probably be surpn sed tb RL ~u ch
compa.ratIvely obscure persons as t hcmsch (' ~ Cl lll!d
bave obt.a.me,d sdch a. constderable amount 01 ..:te...L
for s~ large a STlm
IL IS doubtful whetlre r an,.
t radesman In, Reading would ha.ve been wll I n~ La
lia.vo boon creditors for such an a.rnount, and eff'
t \linl y th mr suffermgs In Oxford gaol would tl<"t
Ha.n helped them III t.he mattel'. App:lt ('111 ! lh r.

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Freedom.

Phope Vlc~ona 3291..

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SUND4V.
Y, FEBRUA RY

J?OT.'\.TOES. - Enr11
SEEDScot.
Exprese. Jereey: Rr'lynlfl,
Arran

e&n
11"e yoit be8t nlue ~ money
1 Gent'S
Bicycle, B 8 A.. fittings, p"lmer t.tre~. eompler.e
'.,.ltb. all accesaoriea. full. j{Ulm\uteed, '£10 . hlghC!l t
qUllllty, lowest price.-F'ort!Kue'., I, West , Street,
Raading.

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BOOT

Wonted, .mart YOUTH a •
AIli... taaL, I fllao BOY for Erranc1e., etc.-Free.
m&.n, Ha.rdy and WdlU, 121·122, BroadtStreet, Hend·
leg.

TRADE. -

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ARRtER5 froln ' M ., G ........ 4•. 3d., 00JH>& 2•.
10d., Front Mudguards IOd., Spann~r Id~, Bell
10,1 , Seatpillar 21. Gd•• ,Obin 51. 6d. , Toecbps 2~d, pUll';
-Fortescue Brpe" Lttl., 1, Weat Street, Reading.

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Enicurc!l, RR.rly F.elip!le,
Sh/Lre's
Dr .tid} QueellS,
Grea.t
Chief, KIIl[!, Bdw(l.rll and other
'Briet.le!l, dircet from Scot.ll\nll n.nd Lmcoln8hll'e.
Choice RII.m ple8 whIch buyp.rs should pnrehas6 lmmedi·
B.tt:!ly_- SydneT Ga mmon, 14, Queen's Road, Re!\dlllg.

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ANTED SHOEING I).nd .JOnDI NG SMITH. Apply Brooker, Tl'r'yford, Berk!!,
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ANTRD. nn QFFICF: 3.1Id ME~SENGER BOY.
-Apply B&~kWl , Ce.vel'sho.m ltoad, Uo"ding.

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ANTT~n

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ANTED, YOUNG WOMEN

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'W!'Luted for Oo ... ernment Work,-Apply
W. Frome and Co" Greyfriara Works,
Reading.

age e.nr{

B alter,

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-Apply Sutton, and Co" , Timber Meroha.ub,
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Office, Rending.

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WOTk:

BnI< rVloi.~,

AILY GOV.EI\.~SS , wanted III April .t Pang.
hollfne for a Rirl age,l 11. Usnal .uhl·ecb~ Ann

gnmea. Must bfI )'0111111'. bnght · and , muaicn. Good
IInll\r\' ROil" 9,30 to 4. except Stltuid8.VI and SUllll"ye .
__-""pply hv letter, ZetA, % SUcate, 8, Berle Street,
Loudon, W.C.

Bo:r. '4228, ., Observer:"

OY. jUlt lo!\vlng school. for
e, - Stll.te full pa.rtioulars to
ffiee, . Rea.dIDR.

THE
NAVAL AND

~NTED,

the AD RESS of W. WATSON, du,·

cha.f'f:ed soldier

Laundry~ Sooth

Reltding.- Write Snow6a.ko
View. tv nue, Ca.versb"m.

S,B.

twp
W .4..NTED,
DRIVERS,

PRIOE

9r three SINGLE BonSm
~ eligible for tho Anny. -Apply
P. Pnlmer, 28, WeJcott. Road, Wokinghattl~
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Le~.I{inll. (W.. letPl'OOf). 31. lQd,-Forteacue Bros •• L td .,

TOOLS, 8A.l~rnNT'S Tool 8I.or .. , 43 a nd «,
F ORWelt.
Street. , Proprietor: Frank SaTjent (ou

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ANTEU. a

an~ RClRRf)lL~,

Sheffi eld
Stores, 43 a.nd 44, Welt Street.
SalJent (ou active Ber!icfl).

ftn ..t

Frank

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WllilUg

ANTF.D Two FURNISTIEO nOO?1r~, modclnte

Rea.'Onl\bl!t pncea. nuu ' ea8Y P=\YUlI!IUt.J enn be

Write for tel'mJ.

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O·U RE .PARLOURMAID wanUKi, TUirtllle of
?Jareh. - ~]'I:~ly by \.tter to MrA. Hill. '~be
Knoll, St. . Feter'! Hlll, c..:"onham. , '

H llIlBERT'S

W ANTED SUPPLllMllNT.\IlY TIM CHEll, In·

faula, Church of En!?iIBl .d, COllnt1y Sr:hool ,
AOme expe-rumee
Slllary Berkshire l C,l uCH.t':oH COul·
tplttM Sc.e.le.-Apply The Correapoudellt, S. Sebustlll.ll" ,

Wokiugham.

SELlldT 81'lRVANTS' "AGFlNCY,

9, CnltIe Street, Reading. e...tahUaberl 186A,Aood Sitn.'\.tIona noW' 9P9n tor Cook'll, Ladies' 'f,[lud8,
Parlo1inurJda. HoueemaJdl, NU11Jl'ls; KItchell and SOul·
l erymaids. B.tween !laid II and Oe{l8Dl8. Alao aU
clule. of Men 8erftntl. W&lUuK RoOme.

EEUS, LTD.,
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·tilted .
CHASE of SECC)ND·HAN,])

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TNNEB. :l'tlB!S, complete with val",es. 2s. ;
~ Covell t aU 8'*. 3•. 8d, ; Tyre Repair O"tfl'I, 3d .,
B,p&lr B,!UI.~' l,d., Val!el &I .. One ")frnuto pat~rn
• Tjre LeteH~ (th ree) 3d, set., Pllft(!turo Prqo! Sa.D<lI
~ . ; 3d.-Fon..e.eLle1-, 1, Wei, Street.' n.eadUlI.

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' , .'OAJhNET MmR8
COAOH
• 't BUILDERS requtrM·11 .... n'tly tor Airaaft Work.
_ApPly.S: lIllioli ••d' 8oJ" (Uea41D') W., Alrcraft
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CIOlU~.

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of

!.hI, P.por

Adnrt.ieemellt. In , tb...

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, lor the proceedinga as he Yle\ved th~m

from tho Arcade. He infem:<! that the County estimation that they still think it

"SIMONDS, READING."

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LISTS OP SEllDS FOR THE FARlI
P RICE
AND GARDEN
free' on applica.tion.
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time 10

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how not r.o do thmgB Many
complaint.> IU'" tnade of poopl. ,vho af",r waiti ng LETTER.WRITER CRANKS.
for houn have \"a.d
the mortification of oomg In¥
There are cranks 10 every genera.tlon who fin d
formed t.hat their cards were not. ready.
a, mean.s of easmg an addled brain by \lilti ng
demonstration

KING'S SEgOSMEl'f,
RFl_ADING.

IS

crease t.he number of deliveries, Poor sonls I " 6
offimals would h&ve ID/lDaged busmess fa.r dlf·
wonder 1f they pester the , 19ca,1 Post Mlistcr \I Ith
ferently, fWd we' .IfC aat\.sfied tb'e y could not ha.ve
their trouble, or ra.ther Imagmary trouble ' P ~'r .
cOnfucLed it witi' more ineptItude, The Alde r ·
h a.p s they spare him . and pass the~ on to )Ir ~
ma.n wondered why schools or simila.r bUlldmgs m
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IllmgwOlth and hLS prIva.te sl3Creta.Cloo aL St,
diflorent l'arts of the borough had no~ been re'
No doubt they have a. short.
quisitiond::l for distributing tIle.. cards, a.nd we Marlm·le-·Grand
way of dealmg with such ooOlDlumca.tions there
could only leave blm to bis wonderm~n t , as we
11ft; t~oso ma Dy hundreds of pa.tlent women 10 th6 m these. war d8.Y9. OfficinJ courtesy, of c uu r~,
there would be, hut we should he" 8UI'Jlrl!H!d Ii !'; uch
10ng queues, who must have asked themselves a.
complaints ever received morc than the baxe oJ1iwu
grea.t; many time$ when the ir turn fould come?
It was a. Is iddening specta~le and \Vas a. pathetic ackIiowledgment.

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letters to all '9OrtI'J of pubho offimals

W. A. A. C,-

magistrate&,

.,piefa of polioo,

post

'MiI\ OIi

m""t,rs.

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There are a feW"'point! in the recent ease berflre way offiCIals) and others in rcsponslbl~ p OSit IOn!
the Rea.ding Borough Bench which we fa.il to know only too well the style of epIstle " e have
understo.nd Two young w omen, of very respect.- in mind as we write. It is often so cleve l h and
able a.ppearance. one haihng from Bradford, in pc4\tely worded a.nd usually come~ from R r"i~ t lle nt
Yorkshire, and the .ot.heI: from LondoD l joined the or.. independen t mcanlJ, hving 10 oomforl<l blc ~\Ir'
Corps and in due tl.Dle found themselves in the roundlngs, that until the officials who arc t Ilt> 00course ofj their duties empl~y,ed at St, Pa.tricl~:fI ject.s of these epistolary effusions find t hclr be,Ir
HaJI, Reading, In November tbey left ,theIr em· lOgS} 80 to spoo k, t.hey are frequentl y 'Pu t. to' no
ploymebt,
.were ·subsequently arrested, lod~d littlo trouble and annoy&noo In lOyeetlgat.lll~ the
in~ Oxford gaol jorJa, w~ "On rema.nd (no bail beibg question9 lraiscd, Anthony Trollope, the 11 0 "\ li st
offered) to await the military b~ing in a. posit,bn for a. number of' years wns , engaged 11\ t ht: POf L
Sd1'UlIf)J.Y. FEll. 16, 1918.
to prosecute. They ~[LVe
been fined £5 e~ch Offioo, and 1S said to ha.ve been sent. out 011 , lit' of
for desertIOn under t.hc Defence of the Rea lm Act... these mi ~sion8 of enqUlry. He ' had to go a con
The mlhta.ry ~prese ntatl"e did DOt think & week sidera.ble dlstallcc into the coun try , lind t o l' l~ k;)
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A
/LENT' •
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on remand 10 O:dord. gaol a; very seriolls thmg fo r 8. long story short.., a{t~f being royally en terWlle
No .""l ••ia.tieo1 admonition. are needed two young women, agamst ..whose character noth. by the inveterate g rumbler wfo had \\ I tu<,> n
!bi" year to call us to the practice of aue·
lUg ia alloged except the .cf.a.rge of leaving thre ir shea.ves o~ letters of cobpla.int to the ro"t n~:d('r
tet iti e~ in Lent.
Those who have the will
emploYPlent. At t.he flnt bearmg, Mr, L. IE, General, a.nd finding it ImpOSSible to get h: ho}t .'
tt) feast have not the means, The business
Quelch l ono of the new l magistro.tes, appa.rently to come to tho question whioh had btought hun
of ou~ spiritual leaders now is to urge upon
thought it a serious thmg that- these girls 8ho~ ld down, be called at the VIllage post ofl~cc (0 11 hIS
,us a ~igh{ attitude towards Our necessitiee. \
be lodged in 'gaol for ~ :week, pending the rri!ral way to the etatt'on to ask a few dlplomRi Jc 'l ues
POSSibly w • • hllll reali.e /Doro Jully the inof ~llhtary , documents, but: to Oxford gao they tiona about the gentleman he had seen. Th(' lilral
junction of the'" prophet that we are to
went/ t.he Imagiptrates expressing their reluctahee postaJ oflicia,1 was n.ble to enlighten 1'roll\)j)O by
f, consfc rate !- fast. !'. The most obvious w~Y
8.8 no assuring him that the IUX\lr1ousfLlld gental b,l d ·('i(lr
l
c\f doi ng that) for "those ,,,ha make no p~e· in- making such. an on\8l:', ' ?ut urging
ba.il waa p:o~~red , th~ ,had no choice. The who lived the lifo of 0. cou'?try gentl E-man at. t.be
t ension
spiritual rigourI, i&
face the
shortage of food without grousing. II rfhe curlous thLDg IP.. the ca,:,e to our :mind IS that the big house yonder wro, e &Imlll~r letters to pn'H~
well every,body who W/l.9 anyhody In that p,\1i 0.
mOTal value of n taat accepted from n&eea· recognizanooe of \lie~ ' yo~g , people Were
t.hougl1t t.p be , good enoJIgh ~ to save ,them ~
the countty, a.nd those ~" bo knew /illm, \\ IIl ' c hl.mg
the tndlVidun.1 well en~ugb, h ad tong lil<::legal ll('d
,with'
" a
be very I!I6veri days .duro.pce e.t Odord, but they
'.rhat
roulitless
•. is' face,
why ,can
the Woetern
l
the va.iue 1of his htcrnlr effusions , The {!II.~-e tlltls •
•• leots ... the G,\&p.l for the .jint day d,lntly , ~~' tI,noulJh fOr bhe magistra.tes
them to:the- _t.eftt:ot :S5each,.jlor they are aI'ojo'.d 'l tratea many such IDstanC'Cs to-d,w Some I,,·('ple
oI . '-'~n',' , the call " t'p ' anoint our faces and
pa.y .their tineal
find a. r~atlOn , uJmost a. mama. for letter \\rl .. Il~,
appea..r to fast. ~ On the whole, we be· one mohtb l in ~.whicll
and they know well enough that a 1?fg Cor!"or'1 t lO~
the' nation hu,tal<en its privotion. in tbe Army wiU\ 1'fOti: ,employ them aga.m.
!3p'irit. 'l'bene ~ are inapy Imiling are
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to ' get a
hke a. ra.ihvay company or a. Goyel1lmel1t dep.'ll L'
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d to
in: bxford
ment likJ th6 Post Office, ha.s nClther a. h!1 \
ma1:ga.l.rine,queuel. ' No doubt it
~~nBidered
be kicked I nor a. soul to bl) sa ved So they bcl,\bo\if
H"~~~:l:ec~.~~~y to
NI. Food Miniltry

now

NATI(?~AL

pun.

FUIlN1.
TURN .. nd. to lend a. npfmellced reprn·
I.ult.o,t.i.ve to
I\ddrMs for that purpnae,
Purcliis.&ee ar., eutertained for th e whola of
the con Lent. I Qf a bouse, or in .tUMI
qlUloDtit.iee. I

iTOURN ALfiix. l,. ~ . o~.nhlg for • WJIlLLd ~ EDUCA.Ttn "YOUTH to learn JOQrna.U.m.Ap,..)'!
tor~1l. O'oltl'Tert:
Office. Be&dinC. • ' .1'"'; ..
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Rea.diJISt. are pre·

to 1'let{otio.te t or tho

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huildmg Itself m Br a,d·atreet Any C')Illp l,llnt.
unsatisfa.ctory method of Issuing rationing
a.bout tho la-ck of acoo modation of that structure
The formation of queues is most dls(!t'edit.
13 Justifiable, especlaU, when you have a. difticll lt.\·
to the organis~ng abil1ty of the a,uthorit.ies of
In gettmg up to the lcounter on certBJn da:"" lIke
like Reading, On Thursda.y, we met a
Pension da.-y. jBut *0 refer to comp1am.t& raIsed
p~lmine.nt Alder1nn.n who represents one of the
£rOD! time t..o t ime a.bout letters bemg sltgil tlr la{.(,
towns outside Readmg on the
In delivery, anu even now there are <l. certalll llllm·
CounCil, a.lld he did not hesitate to gIve
her of people who are so important m their O'lrn

his

IAPPLIOA.TION•

APPOINTMllNT TO KING

TRIG

Apfl1y, ,,.ith' copy refercnde land ~a"'es, T : Crimbie,
Leaerort, !Staines.
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OR PURNITURE or any descrilltlon yi,it the
term!: H.ea.dl'og or Dtatrict. Sold ~el' !; Wife anel
Berbhiril FUnll~blDg Co" Ll::I:l., 41, Mtulter Street, l two childreu IS mouths, -'fown!iend, G; Goulden :stroot,
Readlllg. A luge Stoek al\\'&.vs on h ..nd of the bB~t Loudon, S. W. 11..
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tarrauged.

READING.

SU'f '£ 0 N & SON S •

GA.RDENRR, one
make Uimself genclally u!lofu l.. -

Igood o.ll.round

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GRUMBLER~~

TELBPttO!fE Nos. 75 a.nd 18.

Ueo.dmg: 11Iferenoos required. WI~g@! .£20 to
'£26, a.ceordwg to er perlonce.-A!lPly Crwgl South co~
Orauge, Reo.dlllg. I

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STATION,

LISTS

TELEGRAMS

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...active service):

KNrvlIS
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F Oil RAZORS,
mai':ea.-SAfUENT'S T ool "Iul Cutlerv
Ploprietor:

MILITARY

RAIJ,WAY

A DIRECTOR OF. NATIONAL KITCHEN j '-

POSTAL
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It seems m ~ed'lble th¥~ there should be people
RATIONING QUEUES.afld
aro bcard to grumble
have already e:tpressed an opinion in another to.da.y who
about the ~ost Office, 'We do not refer to Lho
of the current isslle oj the " Observer" on

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BONDED STORKS:

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I, WeltSt[eet, Reading.

AND

READING

ANTED, SIN.GER'S TAILORS' SEWING
ADIE or NEW DEPARTURE COhS'11\RS,
MA.cnINE. l Must be in ne\v condition: With
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fitto,t'ZI'.: HUM, frent 41., hack 50. : Spok .. or with<\l!t ... ta.nd. :Jel6 preferred. -Apply, 5, College
'WIth nip'plell. fltt.ed ill. dozen 1Iuh Ch"'1n Rh'R:fI h. 6d ; Roa.d, Re3.dwg:
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S AND COMMENTS

1: ImOIlA WI'S,

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OFFICE
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DOY for Office
one just left
W ASTED,
school prafarred. - AppIV any da.y. Biter 2.30 to

h ome.
Mrs.

MISSION.

THII NEW' JUr- C, nCd ORdVB STIIBKT.
UNDAY, FEBRUARY 17Tu, 1918.
MR. GEO. Cll.AZE. of London, ....
will givo Addr(lM88 at 11 30 &.00., aud 6,45 p,m.
3. 0 p.m., Lyceum for Ohildren.
All SMts Free.
Colleotion.

Du,ling'Ofli,,;

ANTED' ClRCULAlt SAWYER, c. with MATE.

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SPIRI~UAL

Rl!IADING

.\1\"'"PED, R. reliable GIRL to IUISiet with houllo·
work a.ud taka out babie9.-Wrtte Box 7:l33,

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Pu:ltOY COHl.!:!>i, 17. Market Pla.ce, Rea.Iiug', 01 e,
~treot
(Ple"se lItate whether for
L ady or Gentleman) .

fO'BE'''', 10, Cham

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Obeen'er"

t\.IL Y WOMAN w ..nted for domesbe work:. mu&t
D
he et:tmpetent and hllV8
relel'6ncee,
mtloent post -Ceylon'Houae, KendrJok Road, Readlng.

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Admission Free by Ticket ' al ly,
he (lhtR,med of thn 'RIri' L "'VOLFE, 136, Orlorcl

aud Cl'Iobinet ShoW'rboUle,-Apply~JIeel811, Ltd.,

8.

HELP wanted. Comfort.abI~
D'OMESTIC
Stnte
aalary required.-AJUlly
Reading Road! Fleet.

(Brondosbury S,na.gogUD)1 wiH glve o.n Address.

few holtl'fl drilly,
"P' 1tfurket Plo.oo,
Rea.dlDg.

OUildford.

COAT MACHINISTS & LEARNERS

RABBI HARRIS M. LAZARUS, M.A.

l"f'l!1peetab16WO~AN

-Apply Mn R.,

Ref\ding.

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24th) lJt 3.30.

Full ChorAl Service.

rnICY CLES -We are manuracturers, aDd

,one way of obtallnm g It..

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pm0n w ~s

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COLLE CTo~n:

anel

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London,

ALL SlI!A'IS FREE.

CoLLECTION....

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rc:prclcntative requirc'd M AGE'NT
must be di~hnrgcd from or
ineligible for m llitarv serdc.e' iATlph D istrICt Supel'in~
tendont, }(fr, A . J . ( " teel, DrltAlUlIc Assuro.nce Co., 246,
O~::rford !load, Iteadmg.
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At 6.30 p.m .
Subject of Address :_U WASTEll'
1

FIRM of !wnolMft.le Be.pok:e Clothien nquiro
outdoor COAT, VEST & TROUSER MAKEIlS.
Rejlllln.r work:- Write Bo::r 4231, U Oll8erver" Offi~,
R eadmg,

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wqck s sOJ oirn at OXfOid

a,\Vare th<iI.. a

That ,t he Kitchen ta!u!s an e::ralted place m the
country s ofhcml nifall'S IS found ID the fact tha.t.
, expressed in nuble ' lfl~uage th e cause
we ha.n nm,' n. DU'ectOl of NatIOnal Ki tchens 'Iho
~ hich tho Alhcs have banded them
18 usmg the services of th ose who have had ex.
together. The appeal of Lent'Lllls
Ulte fitt.ingly be primarily a call perience in every branch of pubhc kitchen \l Ol k
service.
Early in the war we He ha,s called in the help 'lo! experts In engmeer.
by " pol,tical l eader _ to a<lopt 109, t~ansport, finance, f~ supply, food ya.~('8,
Lent,
and the urgoncy of that. and sCientific cooking, He 18 a.Jl:uous al:;o to aHI\
IS a hundredluld grea ter now.
The hlmsolf of the knj~v'l edge of those who hrn'e bfX'.l1
become one of endur a nce, "Ve are so patnotlC as to est<t.blish pubhc }.lt chcllS Jjy
cOllqr.er by the things th at v, e aTe pre· volunta.ry efforts The good work that has alrc..1d\'
to go wl t hout; to win a ll for pos· been done In. scvl!ra.l distflct.s by the c ~ta.hh !! hmcn t
of theso ki tchens IS fully" recogn ised and apprC!·
,
wIlLIngness to s8cnficc OU1"
stay.at=home, gifted with i1 clated. IndOf':d, It 19 latgely owmg to t.helr !,;IIC'
of llnaginati(JD, may even Ce'3S t ha.t the MUlIstry of Food ha:l now d('cldcd
!u ' mitig'lt in g the feelIng to orgamso n. nlitlOnal scheme on somewbat SimI lar
inl;ol<,iable de,,! 10 thes. who race Ihe hn~s If, m till S dlsttiet or t hat, publLc !';cntJ
'tho trench".. and the perlls of. mcnt sh'ould not. yet be flll!y In sym pathy \t' \th
sea. It W'l8 a severe !!tram to sbnd tho .project, It IS felt that as !';(x n as the k,tclicl13
at ho;n~\vhile these men" S-3.ved tIE.' {ire le:.tablisbcd they will become thorough ly ap.
of t~U1gs "
In such clrcumsla_nces,; precmted a nd form a. very important and necH·
may have WISOOO to echo the cry of sal'Y factor In th6 lifo or l the community aJllOllg~t
' int: "Aut p all, aut morl "_" Let me all classes, for thcy wlll mako for econ omy In rood
or die,"
'I'here are no nOD-.cOI!l - III fue l, and In labour , "hJlst fo~ thn very pOO l and
nf)w,
We nr e bound to stri,ke a for those who find It difficult to buy the nrC('f;
etther, by abstlDencc, for our COUlls;:u ies of hfe at tho s90ps without ~pen d tng long
OT', by indulgence, .for the enemy.
NUl
hours at t.he doors they ;WIll prov6 ~n Incalculable
tho n ational Lent be succeeded by a
Easter until the' stern task t o boon. A !derman C F, lSpence:r1 of H ahfax ) who
hn.s been appOinted Df r~r f the KILLlonal
we have set ourselves is accomplIshoo
Kitchen Department of thel1:M1nistry of Food has
been selectOO. on tbe grour~ '"Of hiS WIde bll<::Jn~
a'tperience
and knOWledile
muniCIpal and f.(}CIII
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UNDAY, F EBRUAR Y 17TH " 19 1 8 .

SMART iutcllil!,'ent

LL SERVANTS requinng good Situation s (farM
A
pal<llf ongatted ) should apply MISS RUSSELL'S
AGENCY. 39-, Bett.uchllmp Place, Brompton Road

<

25th,

path':) to dwell 10 , "
Man,
th~se woros at MatlDs OIl Ash
mdst have Icqected. that here

,
LO::-lOON UOAD:

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0 t 10 aw In these pre.<;C'nt, L!lll ,~ ~ 1!
that wblle their credIt \\-las not good enm' ,::: ll t.o
have their liberty dUl'lng the week the cL,u 'e of
dusertlOn Wil8 penc.lIlg' O\', r t.hcm It bas Imp;"" r'd
sfnce they 11;:\' 8 ~n Int~odtlccd to the r l(,\ , 111ur
ai OxiOld ga.ol . It. IS, to1 8:1)' t he \o.'\.SL " I It • "~
em'IOIlS pOSit ion r.Many of u s would ilkI' 1.-.. be
abl6 to get. cred it In w ;:1.11 time, bill. \I e '\1 r(, nr't
.1
,
.
lTlt.erpre~atlOn

the repal'Ier of the b re ach ,

diet ill mid· winter mllke et!t!'~ certl\~n ..
S T hen JttVO KAl1:S Woon l(bllrmIOlM) POULTRY
SPICE, cOllttammg ground iu ~tl'l-,,"' hich poultry love.
Pnck.ta 2d' l 6d. , h ,-Buut, Droad Street ,Oorn Stores,

GUNS .-Nine pa.tteTO!'I in stoe\:, from
Rift.tt.> .t Ia. · t.o King 1.000 She<; ll<lpe.ter
..t lOs, 6d
Round lShot 2d. a. box - Derta Id, each
-Fortescue's, I , 'V88t.. Street. ReadiD&'.

0'

sunr

rt.hore IS reason to behe ve tha.t the kltchcns \1 111 be
Isclf-supportm g . but should thero be a ~ h " ht.
deficlen,c y In any dlStt1 Ct the local authont. : IU
ag301U h ave the power to meet tt out of the fitU!S.
er~ clil e'.:!, upon hIS ' countrymen
the 01<\ warle places ." 'lil c For purposes of udmllltstra.tlon the ,,"ork \1 il l 00
c! eleg<lted to commttt.ees, In "how appOlntmeD~
"'holP we kuow aa tho 1'rlto·Isiua h
around at the d.ismantled wall s c i tho local authorities Will be (I sked to bear In mm'li '
as the Babylonian arnlles h'ul the d es n'a bleneEs of sceu rm g rcpreoonta.tlvest 01
we ll·nigh . a eentury and a-h:tl l L1}-bour <1hd the :l,.l:,Slstance of women a.nd ot en
m ade hl,s propl~ecy: '(Th o.l w!th practl~al expC! lent,;e,

Prlces. - SarJent·s

UMME~

until
'/

u nd el

virtues.
\Ye may surely a p p lJ
a nd our Alhes the WOld s of th e
' who in the suth centllq

I'tt..diin •.

Ad~ertlsemenb for these

A

Widows' and Orphans' Fund,

.

.columns are accepted
12 o'clock on FJ;lda?,So

NrHl.{'I'[,'{

!

WarohollS6, 43 and 44, West

and
Reading.

,
NOTICE TO ADVBBTlSERB.
~h fn a.MweT' to acinrti8ementa eannot now be
add<_ to POST O)!'FlCES,
called /0<, but
such :etters mAy b., left. a.t our PUBLISHING
OFFIC!lS.
I
All a.""were. or enauirie" u to Athertieements l mllet
be IN WRITING. "na be BddT~ to tb~ HOI
NUMBEm indicated in the Adftrt.l,ement. !

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3.

'clock,

, POCltET KNIVES, ren.lf.1o.mb foot ami !lpea.r
.bI~ and buff handl.~ - SAIlJENT '~

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fro:n

WAR VALUE.

ENTS of this 0). . 18 ... follo1ft :-TWEN'l'Y
orda ONE SHILLING; •••,.., odd,\lO••1 ".'IlN
Words SIXPENCE.
I
O"Ing to the P06t 0C50e Rule. we cannot ~p'
peDDy stamps iD p ..,ment Half·penny Stamps
, ... &eoept6d, but POILa.l Orders a.re ~rerT'

-,

TUNED

'l'\v!CI~

6d
Repair. a
I'peclILlity.-C.
Walker Ia.nd Sons, Plano
..nd Org&D Tu.ners, ffl KIn g's Rc:ja.d. Rendlnl:

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Li.Jc

or'

loth PEB., at
0

Iill aid of the Flymg C~!IOO 6r;' of .\Vu.r Fund,

AN , (tnehc:dble
wlrmted .for SMALL
ROLDl'NG near
Comforta.ble situ \.
man used to
gl).roon nlltl
groundB, care
pony, atook, otc .. , A.lld wUlmg to mako
himself generally useful a.bout the\ plo.ce.-Apply in
Brat iTIJtanee, ltatin~ a.~e I\.t!d wl\gee Irequired, hy lettol
to Box 763, c/o A. H, Grautha.m a.ll~ Co" Ad\'el'tislllg '
Conpct 1'5, Reading, 1
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FUBlIIlSHlID

M10ll0

FORDHa.M, Acrnbll.t,c Comedinna.
Vllnetr II Fn\'Qnrlte rmd
,
JtP.no,rnad PHI,nut,

&

no f088 ch"r~ll(l: moderato
their Local Office, 221, Oxford

interest.-A'Pply -to

...

in

he. ,W hip."

OR"A!'f OE II TW1011: \YIUlI(J,\-,

May HemeslcYt EoglaD~"~~~:

Pe~OI5,

Apply WiIUam Kocteridgo, 38, CllIueh SInIot.

Women

I
TIONAL KITCHENS.I
I
' "',a,,,n. POfJi{\Sses the durt,mctlon of being dnJong
those t~wlla, \\ ho arc m the va.n \\ Ith 1 cgat'd to
Dl'ury Laue Dra.ma ever produced,
t.~o prompt est.ablIshment ' a.nd effiCient (II g1 1l1 t ,.
t ipn of n?.ttonal or communal ki tchen:;, W,~ "-1']'1 .:0t,ho plural to t.hls uOlough OO C.'UISCl we ale J l ..,L on
the cvo of ~remng No 2 Kd..chen In n c adlll ~ In
l
t hiS connect,1011 It. IS III Wrcst lng to leal'll tho t br
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t.~e end (Jf nei t. month
the begwllmg or '-\Ilrtl
iuterpretn.tioll of r eligiolls dullfs It. IS hoped," a.re Info rmed to have III opcr,~L rOQ
epCi:lal reh:rence to natlOnal needs
In Y,t nOU5 11n1 !';. o f th ~ country a largo nu mber of
lt nothm~ incongruous to a race
nat lolHd kitchens
L oca l autholltlcs 31\1 to he
In the know l edge of the Hebrew
~ I\'en the. Widest pOQslh'o pow~ Twent.y . fi\ i' per
J ewish nation alism and. JewJ3h
ecnt of tho mll Ial cost jOf f;~artmg the kl /( hcns
",ere two sld~s ' of the ,snme shle l(l,
,nil be bome by th o UO\'f11lm ~ nt; anothfl 25 jll'r
Gerrnan examp19 b c(ore 0ur eyef,
cent, WIll he lent \\ Ithont Interest; a.nd 50 per
1Tl<"b,n"s thc dangers of this nttltuclc
cent, w ill be prOV id ed local ly. Once efjt..'tbb ~h l!d,
must fitly cons ider to {by, but

d e'p.o~l n~ the In.t.eat Wllr Beenes,

permittlng.

rowen couveuienoo;

ANTED. BQlR OFF-LIOENSE GeD...-al.-

yonng

Offenug of Filmdom-

Â¥WD. _Comedlcnne.

Oazette,

- The Da.ily Investment Corpomtlon,
M ONEY,
Ltd, • •ilI LEND £5 Bud upwards on u4;)te of
ho.nd ,l'69pOnllhle
repaYlOent8 to suit Bor·

of 74,

Fred , ':IJlh~U8lCtLNf,~s,

"TAKE NO NOTIOE,"

of all Makes R?Daircd. ODd Para
M ANGLES
Ilupplied, Rollers re.woodtf!, Rubber Wringer

II

C<I,/ni"J~. on Mon.day, February
l
ONE WEEK ONLY,

GrA.ce'I..oftt-:!r.
Fred B:rTmml.

ArthUI'MnlloTd

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_ I I BnU.r,. 80. ""d Pot.>. F.B.I., XO<\pgo

S

REDHEAD."

FeatUl iog' ELLA HALL,
Serial SLipremo: .. PA TRIA."
9: ., Catapaw and Scnpegoat."
ANIMAtED OAZETTE.

HOUSE THAT JERRY BUlL T.i'

I'

s~ VIOLET HOPSON

and GERALD AiXES, I

Stanley Lnpinn, OkL'!. Dald1lll'1n IIlId Al'thfll' Rt)8e. Presented to the Publtc by tbe Popular PI"yns.

board IUld lodge.--Clarlc, "l.a.-ugIo! Dairy, Langley

""..to

' 9

NTGIl'L'f.v

a. GoloMal, Company f)f ComiC Ollrpent.erR, Perky Plu·
GufiLOOn. Bllll J I\TlcklA~ Prom,mog Plrun~ra,
if.~~~;~- p.pcrh4nItCr~ LaKY lAbollrel'll, II.flil lli:u;n etlo
E
In II.n eotirely new and OJlgloAol comeo.i v, entitled

GmL to help\OD round: "\vBge!llOs.,

Rood, Slaln...

Bro~, 6, MO<kM PIaoo. - K ·

anee.- Pa.rtic'tltara and rea' to
Baker Strerat.LondoD, W.

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Ragged . Messenger."
Aqi-Briti'hFtlm,

LE"W ILAKE

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TVTlBI( CIHUIBl(OING FEB. 18th, 1918.

ADY lLURDRESSlm '(or ge~b"'l hand) _nted
fot HiKh·clau L adiefl' Saloon. Hout'8, 9-6.30,
Totepbo.. 451.
Good wagee and oomtIllMlon to oo~peku~t l per501l.-P.
,
I
J. Wcllard, High Strut, Camberley.
.
,
0'ljI'AGE, (l!'urnijhod 0< Unfnmiobod),
di.lriet (near 9a>!adian foreol<y I pm.rred).- MILK.-Wanted from Octobilr p.t, DAIRY of WAll·
~eMYl 159, WeatminftF Bridr Road, tondon. !,
~ ooolod Milk.-APRI, Hed~ & K eep , Tho Dlliry,

lIbRTGAGM.

,,,,.10",,. to thl~ T h.eAtre..
PATHS."

~eading.. "'1l'Jf"\~"'" LDlllrl.lf4'in • The Fireman.'

. .4TJCTIONBBR,
ISTAtZ AGKNT AND VAL~BB .
1841, FRIAR S'l'REET, READING.

C

21st,

d'~'8,

SUCCESS" OF LON~N "AMERICA.
I',

'.' ·G·Ff

325"

.-NEAR PALMER PAInt : ...enrob....
FAtly! po~on. . Pleuant pcMri.tiq~.­
Wtlte. pJlo_n e or~! Ooobeydd WrJbr. 11, MÂ¥..~et
Plaoe, Beadiag•. PhO.. US.
(l07~

'r ho

t~e Defence of the Realm :Act If, hD''1Ci.'er , tile,
clo uld n,e\ef boa8t oC havin g bad cred it before t bc\
can do so now, for each
them owes the CroVr~
the

10
C1iJ

us

~nting themselves from Itholl- e~Jploymen t

1

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3r~t.ed jOt

f..A A.C. cDfC were not a.tre.~ted :[.or debt, 11ut IGr'

'" THE

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is eminently respectable to l be

gebt , for It shows you once had c~e<ht ," a. certain

tli4

1f

to

(I

!\fj.~it~iy~,;~and
::l:::;;~:~:4!li~~~:~~~
.,
,

PRIVAT~ I CJ~~

,
A'PPtr
'.W '.' S-.'If T
.,

~"~our

to

n<w

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If~

i. with our ;
Nor Ii\,
would it
~ ,~ w that
ex~.". prQJi.t
.
il Lord,

- . ,S R'G.,
" '~te,a;dii~lg
.. J~.~o~\,?, ~.
42~ Queen
•
.

Whee- MY .
~ Iro!"

-a.t

;.

~;~.lt:~r':.1' 1rwill
look alter
re'IP~",~, ' and
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the

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' ~~~~~1~~;~~J~be

~

it just fo t

I

~be fun of letting 011 st~. ·

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LIGHT OF REASON."anon there cornEl across one's' p~Lh, lp
elsewhero, inst.a.nces of those \1 ho

r

p;;;;;l,~i~;i;;;,~,

In

the SUpplicatlOll conta.1l1 ed l lJl
eD
of England scr\'IOO

Clnkh

...U who ba•• loot

wr

tJJ kindly h~hl aI