Reading Observer 03-1918

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VISIT OF THE

The Nation's
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of tbe·war, we-ca..nDotdeliver
the full amount ofl Hall's
WIDe which be r~uite5.

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for tbe
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Poet Lau"""" (Dr.
. cl'O-:ded,.satl=iog
·ture· 01) II The uae
. Ihe/ College (Â¥t.

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MORE JUVENILE CRIME.

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:At the Juvenile Court of t.he Reading Horough
Bench on Tuesday, before ' l\1r.
J. Cooper (in
the chair) a.Dd othe r m~gistrat(}3. !
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A boy, 13. yenrs of age, was cHarged with stelll.

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iog a. £1 Treaeury note bet ween Februa.ry 24th

ood 25th, the properLy of his fa'ther, Do drayman.
He was further charged with stealing an overcoat, one loaf of bread, elght tribl e kn i\'C3 o.nd a.
Dumber of other a.rt.icJes, v alue 198. 6d., also the
proper ty of hi! fatber.

The fath er ga.ve evidence of mil!l!ing the money,
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hIm. poetry Wall noli an art but an lDllpIrat.lOfl, '
All art was an expN!ssibn of ideaa in a. sensuQus
form. It .wM 8n erpre4siQn in stOne, or, colou'r.
or ~und, or in some otper medium by which aD
appeal was made to th6 ' etnotiOD!'l through the
..nse,. The m.teria.l 0' poetry was word., and
words in poetry wcre idc{ls. Names of objects had
different. meanings o.nd lsuggcsted different emoLione to different persons. Tbe60 words which
9OOmed. so simple, from names of objects became
na.mea of va.rious ideas IUld conooptions of things.
In spite, ~f the discrepancy in th e ideas called up
by wor4~ very little di~culty~ presented it.self in
coml)lon p&rl&llce. Speefb was employed to designate objecUl, to expresr our emotions, to convey
t.ho subtlest. notions of our intellects and
accomdate us in all ou r businJ:s rei~t.ions. It WM o,lso
the ,torebouse 01 knowl rdgo. But poetry had a
field of its own. Owing to the incomp~te and
insufficient cha.rnc£er of our knowledge. the wisest
\ human intellect ""IlS inc~pable of solving the profound problema of life. W
I ha.t. was thb pUfPose of
life? .Had li~e su~h a purp?se,1 How 1id our
materIal bodleS become ~ns'clOu8 a.nd ' capable of,
thought? None could twswer. Anatole I France
had expressed himself u ius: " Nature is my only
mistreM j there is no si ~ tha.t the life of man has
any valuo; ,life seems
be of no account;: one
living creature beeome5 Ithe food o£ other
creatu~~; and yet the~ i ~ 8OID,e thing rebellious
in my ipstibct a.gainst ~he taking of life." The
endea.vour to mako our ideas precise 'Was ,building
up a prison h ouse of
I81lguage. , Charles Darcould ,enjoy Milton,
win, up to the a.ge of
' Gray, Byron, She lley ~d Shakespeare. But in
his later years he com1Wined, .. I cannot read a
line of poetry. My min seemh a kind of machine
grinding Ia.ws out .of a collection of facts . " It
was worth while to co sider the st.1.gcs ill whieh
ideas ":t:re fanned in tfe mind. A child h.ad a.
conceptIOn of the word ~ . fath~r "; as bo grew to
man' s estate he more fu~ly realised its significance,
hut. it. was not until
c.bil~ himself became I\.
father that the word "fat.her WM fully under.
stood. 'Vordsworth pr bahly 'had this gra.d..l.t.ion
and partial grasp of, t.tie full meaCJing
a word

PrisollCr slept with him in tho usUhl WAy. Witness's
wife was dead, nnd the ooly other person who ba.d
access to the r oom W BS a. woman who came to
make tl:te beds, etc. On Sundat, February 24th,
he ' changed money, jncluding a. £1 T reasury nat-e
from the pocket of a pair of trousers to other
trousers, and on the Ifollowing Mori<iay morning
on returning for breakfast he missed the money.
' O~ going int() the kitchen prison er asked him. if
.ho had mi s.-red nnything, and he (the fa.ther) said
"Neve r mind." ,A fter that prisoner left. the
house and he was brou ght back ~ week
by the police, when wit.ness cha.rged h im He had
I60Cn his son once or twice in t.he st.reets. t he ra.n
away .
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P.S. Phillips spoke to BndiDg Iprisoner early in
the morning in an out-house with l 50me of the ta.blo

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kni ... and other articles. Asked why he did not
go home, h e aJlof{Cd that. his fath er knocked him
about.. Witness took. him to his fa,tber, who
(:b~ged him wit.h sLea.ling ~e money and goods.
The father, in reply to the C0'trt, was reminded
that when ho was before the Bepch in connection
wit,h school attendance proceedmga he promised
t<> hoe 8Omebody in his house .to look &Iter th.
boy. The Court did not consider he had carried
out his undertaking in that. respect:
In alUli~r to the Bench, the boy pleaded guilty

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After som6 ronsidernLion, tba Chairma.n, in
addressing the father, said thO I magi~" h,d
COOle to the conclu.'''..lon that he had ~ile~ jn his
dut.y to the boy, and tha.t being 80 th e, had decided to 's end him to a. Reforma ry for five years.
but. ho ILhe father) would ha.ve to contribute 511.

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his ' maintenallce. ThB Chairman then addiessed the boy in kindly tones, Ilnd
s.wd the JIYdgi.t(t,rates had made +he order to send
him a.way ~ that be might grow! up to be a. useful
member of so4iet.y, and fitted a.t the end of t.he

period t.o returl' t.o ReadiDg IlDd
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"A primrose by the

How very different, fuo, was the meaning con~
vcyed by' the word " or~an .. to the novice making
a first It rial Irom, t.hat imparted to a skilled organist or organ builder. Idcas, ~f which wC?~ds a:re
the 5J"1Ilbols, wJ.e calldd ~Dcepb. ThB ·oonoep't.,
whother " lather" or ~ organl" might he Ilikened
to a. diamond, ma.ybe i -its natura.} state, ~ rough
diamond, or 6nbl y cut ~nd tloli'hed with many
fB:cets. The mirld rnig~t; be rekarded· D.8 cOFposed
of a number i of m~y-sid~d jewels gL·OUped
together; , through tbesr light. 'flashed, an1 simul·
taneously there was & ptir JLDd re.. shaping of the
jewels themselves ever
newl relations, in ever
chan~irig cluetera. Thi, serve~ .. an imago 01
th?ugbt; the clusters. of jewelr were the concepl.s,
the light, the stream of lnew p,eroopts.
Our S&l8e6 were oontmually 8upplying U8 with
now material, but. the lresh e.xperience laf
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scnsEl8 need not be conscious. These concepts had
a. sponta.neous life of t.~ir own. A genius 'was one
whooo mind wa. rich in .pontanoou. thought.
Poetry when it perfo~med its eesential function
nsed our conceptions
their" rough" or jnaiural
condition, 88, for ins:rce" in Shetley's,
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poet's lips I slept." Tbe&/Y cmicepts could He taken
in all their mutiple f~~, or ~n the wav id wbich
we could best use thel),'l.. No one knows what
man ia, YIlt in acience
hi:d a de6nil<l being.
Poetry on tb,e other ~a.nd built wit.h the ' untrinfmed .&tone.
Sh~ley's poem comJ:1 encillg
.. Man's onB harmoniousl soul" was cit.ed as a. poem
which 1brought. back , t.ITUst and 1confidence to replace discoura.gement Jnd desp~ir. Scie ce and
poet.ry \ illustrated 'the ~reme different ' xrethods
of U8i~ conoepts. The men~J field occupied by
poct.ryt WM such that itl.foUpplied a wa.nt; ~t filled
thEt g~ping void left 17 science and 'Philbsophy.
It ministered to that .~ rebollious inst.inct :" mentioned. by ADatole Frarlce, which neither philosophy nor science
· sati~fy. Thi~ \:~ew of
poetry raised two
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tion of poetry
aJI)() ib relation t.o
religion.
WM a dry ~,od.'f of
irreconcilable
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intereJt in everything that ap~ed to woman'!
eduCatiOn a.tld. &dv.anoe~en~i Wit.h rega.rd to
Kendrick School, that establiJlhment had gone on
ateadi1}' dunng the year, and there had 'been no
serious intermrenee with the work caz-ried on owing
to the war. Indeed, there ha.d been a. grea,t dema.nd fqr: secondary edll:Cation -~Uring the war, &nd
tOO munber 01 children ~ding such school•
througlwut the counky wao an :i ncrem;ing one. It
must bo remembered tJW; til., Kendrick Girl.
School was the only one -in Reading for a. population of 90,000, and when she mentioned that the
maximum accommodation was for only 230 sc.b.oIa.n
they would not be ourpriaed to Ihear th.t. the ",hoo~
~M full to ovedfoWi.ng, ~ltCa.n~ being turned
a.way , and waiting for a.dml8S~6n. :Miss Prebblo
went on to speak of the imp.ort.a:nce of 5UC~
schools wbcreby girls could be retained t.heee lJP
to 17 YCS.TS of age, and noted with satisfaction
th.~ at Kendrick School they had now ·secured the
n.ppointme:pt .of a full t ime drill ~istres!'l, the
poria-uee dt whioh department. she emph lloSised.
She directed at.ta.ntion to the efforts of the Dorcas
Working Party of the Scbool. 'which had been inst.rumenta.!. in making 78 children's garments for
St. Luke's Convn.lescent Home at Woodley, 67 infants' gannenta lor Re.a.ding Suffrage Sodety Day
Nursery, 82 bed jackets and ot.her articles for the
War Hospitala Supply Depot, and 25 treasure ua.gs
for St. Luke's V.A.D. Hospital. The enthusiasm
and hard. ,vork of the elder girls in contl€:dion with
the growing of vegetables was well maintained and
w~ rewarded with a good measure of success,
the ba1a.n~ in hand, after pa-ying aU cx.pen'des;
being £1 1~8. Mi~ Nowma.n, the secreta.ry of the
Kendrick War Savings' Association, reported tha.t
the toW amount invested since the forma.tion of
the AlSSociat.i on a year a.go WlUJ £302 4s. 6d., a.nd
of this &um £244 had been contributed. by the girlS,
or a. weekly a.verage cont.ribut.ion of · between £4
and £5. In one week £3 921. 1d. WELS contributed,
and to celebrate the &nnivcrs.1.1J' 01 the blrihday of
tho Association £21 'vas reccived, and during the
current week tll!>y had been &ble to
8s. 6d. The staff of the , Behool had
present a. specinl prize to Francee Wait.e,
·girl of the school.
The Cha.irman then delivered a.n address,
in the course of h,is re~ark.s said he regarded
drick Girls' School as an essent.ia.l and imDol1.,!;.t
pm Of the educational equipment. of the
Reading. He 'Would like to add this
word-t.hat t.hey at. Univorsit.y Collcge _rel'""d~el
it in that way, if for no other
that school thcy had sent to tho
tho best I students they possessed.
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Girls' School could ha"" adcquate t
vided. after the war they woul~ be able to
oomprebenaire survey oI the educational equip·
meut of the town. They had ' in Reading an excellent .syStem of elementary schools, which was
to be further extended by the \ iru;t:itntion of. nur- BETWI~EN
scry schools. In correspondenCA! with them was
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the SGDior, department for the teaching of boys
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RATIONING

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they wonld have n.n exceptionally fine eduea.tional

equipment in Reading a.fLer Kendrick Sc..,ools ha.d
obt..'1.ined it« new buildings h~ referred not only
to the elementa.ry schools of the town a.nd a.lao
to Reading School, but to private schools like the
Abbey School and oLhers he cp'uld mention. There
was no objection to ' privato Rch ool3, hlJt every desire to continJe them, providcl:i they were efficient.
Princ:ipaJ Childs then went o~ to refer t:o the ~rcat
progress that had been mads' by Rea.dmg ~c 001.
It had 'a: grea..t name, and tb ~ time was coming
when it would havfl A. still I more d istin guished
position and do even finer work ,t ha.n in the pa.8t.
With TeJ;:aro to the College ~n which they wc~
a.saembled !:.hat aftqDoan, Mn. Fiilhcr spok e of it
as a national institution. Itl was a. national in stltution, but with local obligat.ions. It... roots
w~re driven deep in the to~ of Reading, and ,LS
functions were la~ly used in the ecruca..tion of the
elder bon and girls of t,he town, a nd therefori
brought ·it into oont.m with such 8Chools ns Kendriek School and Abbey ScPt}>ol. 'rhus t.hey had
3. system in Reading which I~tretchcd from~e
elementary to the University r;tage. an d be w
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the pu~lic to grasp that .f~ct. as ~en as th~ p
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re8'POI1s1ble for our MUnICipa.l pohcy.
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Mi!!8 Gray then distributed ~he prizes, ~nd A,-ff:erwards delivered an enCOllrdogmg and sttmulat.mg
a.ddress on education.
On the motion of Mr. L. G. Sutton, M:is.s Gmv
WM thanked for her attenda.hce and address, a.nd
a simil&c compliment was Bforded to the chai,r.
man.
In the course or thG afternoon the scholars sang
& number of' songs, and thero werc also selections
by the Kindcrgnl'tMl Band.
Tbe Iollow.inJ2: is the prize list:POfrt. Matricul&f.ioQ Set.-HistorY. Florence
Leach.
Form . VIa..-Fonn

priro, M.a.rga'ret. Bobbs;
English, Ethel Keen j mathematiC8, b.larga.ret
Pratt.en.
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music, Dorothy Robertson.
Form V.-Form prize, Lilian Luxton; algebra.,
Eileen Hart..
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French, Mahle Shattock; drawin,R', Dorothy Mil.
borrow fpreeented by Mr, H ! A . Barkas). I
~move.~Needlework , E,t~eII Billen.
Fonn IIb.~Form 'prize. Ivy Ha.rri!!; algebra,
Mary HOnIman.
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JeS$io DUl'bid~ ;
French, Winifred Cordery; rscience, Edith Jenkins; m~bcma.tic!J, Mav P a dley; needlework,
Mildred Broucll j music, N el l~c Conper.
Form II:-t(:nm prize, Violet Ha.rman; needlc·
work. Dnrothy R\l.I!.5611 j dm~' inc;, Florina. Ryon.
Form I.-Form pri7.e, Mnrjorie Baker.
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HONOURS LIST.
Vera Hart, Uni\·en.ity Co~l~ge, County Borougb
of Reading Minor Scholarship.

OXFORD SENIOR LOCAI;:. EXAMINATION.
Second Class Hbnonrs.: Margaret Hobbs, 'Passed \n Engli6h, history,
,:roog mph);. Lnt.in. Frent:.h,

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~ath~m~ics ,

botan?-; W,inifred Durhldg~ dlstmctlOn In Eng.
lil'! D. passed in hi!ltory. geogrtp.Qy, F~n~h, ~Q,th.ema.tics, botany; Amy RrC!wster, dlst.mctton In
botany, passed in ~nStlish, Ih istOry, . EWcgrap.hy,
Latin, French} Ethel Keen , passed In EngJi.sh,
histol'y
Latm, Ftench, higher ma.thematIcs,
botany.'
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Third eliu}s Honours:
~Ia.rg&ret Pratten, passed in Et11r.Jish. ~istory,
~eogrnphy , La.tin, hi,g-ber Dl&themat.l~" , bota.ny;
Phyllis "Smith. passoo in English, hlBtory~ gecgmphy, French, boto.ny, dra.,ing.
Pass Certificates:
Dcris Brown, pM8ed in ·E nglish, bi litol'Y, mathemat.ics. model drawl"l?-g, . 8.1l:d \ design; Nellie . Cordery, pa.aaed in Enghsh. hIstory, F:rench, \htgher
mathematics, botan y ; Dorothy May, passed in
English, histo "rv
, French, gt!ometry;
luay l Sales,
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~eography, French, botany, Ilighcr a.lgebra; Grace
\Vi~son,~.pa.ssed in Englij' gcogrWhy. botany.
drawmg. ·higher geometry.
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THE JtQYAL
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beauty had
thc first
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IHgion
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and its best ext...l'cS6ion ~M
greatly due to
(hi~ fn.ct ], that
had such unbe t.race d to
worthy n,o tions of
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Ithe influence of the
poetry.. ,We had
spirit.nally out.grown
RO,lolllll.t.i'ln, a.nd yet
the Engli'W Church oo,,*,,en'>jd its morning service
by cHant.ihg " I
wrnth tha.t. they
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shouldl not enter
The 0I!isentials' of
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Christjanity were
t.uer 0'0 • an
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tb,e furtherance of
Intermediate GtlMie.-Kath,leen· Hoore.
t:;;:!t.,~:'iD~.""'~ sary to Lower Division School . . ~inaHon!._Ne1lie
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noon .. Uni....rsity. College Jlall. The:te was · "
llOfOnts, jriend. and children_
large attendance
Mr. W. M. Child.; P~I"'/ of U~ersity College, llrmded, anel ..... ~ on the p1atlorm
by 14iso F. ~. Gmy, High ~ of St. Paul's
Girl,' School, Broad Green, W, (who
the priz.ea), :Mia PrebbIe (uli8t"'l" 01 the Kendric!c School), Mi.. Mufl8OO, IM!.oo E. M. Sutton,
Mi.. Marriage, Mr. L. G. Botton, Mr. F. W .
WiDter, Mr. T. Norm, 1fr! ji. T, Pugh, Mr.
fJooke and l o~lre!o.
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I Tbe Head 'Mistresa (Mi.. Pn.bble), iD pr....,~ing
Br:id.,... 1her re{Xu1.,1 ref~rred at the oult skt to tho gra.tific ......
tion t.:bey ¥d in w~coming ! MitIs Gra;" who in
.the oo~ of a. busr l!{e.f~~ time to 00 secretary

Tho Cbainnan
in haying th~
closipg lecture, and
oould not ha.e chosen
to the present time:
WM materia.l and not
there w¥ a danger
t.his should
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The Poet Laureate ~resoe~ his sympathy ;with
tho ob~cts o.f the W.E.t. Re£ening to the coming
,educational developmenb. he aa.id that tJie moo
difficuiL problem woo.l tbe adequate sup~ly of
toach..... Education ~ld: ~ .h..red eq~l.11y hy
. all ciao ... 01 the COIU:"fUDity. i Thel'\l w.J lan in'.
vidious no~ion. Msocia~. '."it~ the wor? ~1a&1.
Class &ntagomsrn WILS, trtdicitlpus. Tho sacriticee
of the .war would ba l~gely , in ' v.:lin u n l~ ,!e
l~amt tbe I.... n o( ~h, insanity 01 cl""' l di.t.iDc,
Lions . . Ha"lllg menti09ed that tho lor~tol a
slump in poetry, as a ~lt of the ,W'nt'.1 llad been
falsifi&d.-in fact , the
for poetry hl.d beut
stimulated, the lecturer exp~sed the ' view that.
the appet.l1.e for poet.ry uring ;tbe war w~ due to
people thinking, rightly or wrongly', that some
comfort might be ob~ned f.rom , it in times of
meoW diotress, What 1"."" L~e relation 01 poe~ry
to the rmnd? Tbat was l'the psychologiCAl quest.Jon '
to be d:iscu!ae(,t Poetry' was. one of the fine a.rts.
Macaulav's view oI SheUey-to whom the term
b~rd mighL be a~propri~tely applied-:wa~ th~t to
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PRIZES.

The di!tribut.l , of prize.
coomectlon WI
the above. School tool;- place on Wednesday after·

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na'<T ma.cre- peace wrtn
the future happiness I
way she would bOTe
,o ut a11 the l< mipunder standing5"
Bhe complnins. But; t.he end 10
made pellce was the in'c\' it ~ bl e
, the future power of <ll-ermapy. And
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we know now tbat for tbe / last thre c and
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One bas always regarded vegetanllons &5
rat.her mean creatures. I don't know WhY'1 ~. I
is the sort of legend which has g~own up,
fost~red, I ~uppose , by the comi~ pllpers a.~d
music-hall f(iriny-m en. .A vegetanan was I th ~n
and lanky and 'had /8. sallow face J he drQSSr d
Why hot saltrate:l bilths stop .aH the paint
in ridiculous clot~s ; and wo r e, if he', were a
man, his hair too lopg, and if she were a
withht ten minutes, eV~b ~ ftet the
.... oman her lhair too short.
Mr. Eustace
"trongest linimehts. '~intment5.
Miles ::nade a gallant attempt to destroy t~e
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failed,
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. winning the rack~ts and fjn~ls .
r.;J~~;;;;;io~~lli·p; oh nuts, but it woos easy to, diS It is a ~aot well known to tbe meHical profed'lI
the argument IlS the exception
ae\'erely pn.inful oases of rllemtl:tti~lO,
proved bbe rule. l One continued , to that
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that
red beef 'made ~me manly, sciatica"lum bago, no uri t is, backn.c1u', ctc., 1\ ('(J II'I~~
and that ' nut made one a pn.lhd. neutral of hot qledicatcd baths ot SOIU~ good min eral IiPri ~"
can alwl1YI'I be dl:'pended upon to prorln ce qu: 'I:
creatul'e:
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results. Tho trouble is thut th i& U lHHtlh' r,l ,~:\ !
As we are 011 'b ecoming partial vegetarians tra \"elHng long distances from h OUlO , amI tlw g' r\r t
now we ShOllld 1ike to forget our (ormer expend ~ture lof time :md money nlu'ko:i slIeh fr·cllt no t~n of them . It w,s nll very wcll t .... lbugh ment a. ~ \l:'[ury to be enjoyed only by the ..... ralthy. l
Some suff1ren think only the' wmlthy CHII t']'IIII"
", t the cabbage-consun?cr in the ol~ ~ays'l but
the joke has come too near home; It 15 kpock- !:Iuch ~Defit r. TIIi~, ill ~y. opiuion , is :In Im tlrl.:.~
ing at our back doors. ~ an 1"e be pqrtial mi!\taJcen idea. I know trom 'personal cxperjrll'e
1'egetsrians and yet remaIn bIg :l.nd ~ra,:,e the good resultil protlll~ by Ihot ciUlphllr h~t! ".
and bermtifttl and Ul:tnh' ? "'''ell, Mr. Bernard, alkaline ond ~line ~ath8 mud! bathi<, ;mel llIi:lC'ril,
Shaw had set my mind -at ea.se . No. b~ d(dn't springs of rn,:nou~ kmds, but a£t.er trying mO'"'tt"
do ' it with talk of proteids nnd c~lones r and t.flC well-kn?wn resorts, bo h here und on th" en of Itrc.ntmcut at ill): "
cAseine; that so rt of cOQvCr Sai10n \ all-'"'ays tjn~nt, 1 I fpund a. meth
leaves me cold. One cr..nnot work up Ian en- n.·bH:h proved evcn better and certlllllly more l'nlll\ It
thusiasm ~n veget8ri~nism by cou'n~i~g ~alo- and 111~ting l in its effects. fllso far more c011H'niC'11.
rles; one wants , BOm~ 1 simple nnd stnklOg Idea.. Neve~ Ibef(J ~ i~ my life ·~i(~ I cxp e-]'icnc~ the prom\lt .
to which one .can eltng_ Mr. Shaw ha!:l I pro- land mexpre,s.:n bly g rahfym g relief from all 1"'111
vided it for me'. j'I ml\.y be, c nsy in my mind as whieh ifollo t,"oo a bnth in ;mltrat1u water, ~om (.tl'ill':':
which !auyqne cnn enjoy at any con \'enicn t, time I't
to my chaJfcea of remaining bi'g ,and b'':'B\'C' and trifting
co~t , and right in the printer of ll i,j ("'U
~eautiful an~ IQo.n~y. The buIll (be ~ol~tsl out)
1
15 &. vegetarIan.
' home. Thf's i/\ prepare'd by di!:lsoh-ing in plain h ,t
water / a g od handful o.f Jteudcl bath fmltr:\te~, "
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comP9und which mO$t ehemltlts kee p read)· pu t I p
Our likes imd dislikes in food are very much in co~venit'flt and' inexpensive pn ckcb of diiferl'lt
a matter of habit.. A mOon snt opposite to me liize~, flO it r.s n. Simple matter to j!i v(' th e tr(,;1 :m,n t ar
last w.eek in . : Lea.shop, ' and lunched off a
trial. An jOcclll'lional bath in t~e highly nv' dil :'~[ II
cigar and four boiled -eggs. He smoked ,the and oxyg:l?A.,ted wia ter thus prod;uccd haMfqr n tlrl~·
cigar first, while wait.ing for the eggs. AS r t.hree yenf1! 'kept mo entirely fr,E'o of tho COI),, [:1I,:
aoon as they c·s.tne he be~eaded the m an.d gnawing, grinding, piercing pqins, lI1uflculur ~ o .~I .
p}o.ood the tops in a. neat httle rmv on hi S ness, swell ~ng9, and stilI joints which ouce lIl i.,le IJ e
plate,
Then h e read his pap.er for teI'! utterly mi~ ('raN8 for mo.-C. H ! N.
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minutes, while (I suppose) the eggs cool~d to
the right temperature. When this WAS S? he
ate the tops one nfter the other, waileCl a
minute or two, and thcn attacked t.he bggs,
roaming from 'one to anoth-er at random. All
Richard Fred,c riek Albrecht, !\ nn t m:l lt ~cf!
four being empty, he drank ,n cup of ct tree,
A1tJ eri~a n
citizen of German bll Ih, aliI!
paid his bill, and went. '
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second officer of an American ship, nL L I \'~~
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pool wl',ls fined £150, or six rHont hs ' irn pr 1.':f'f
Now it is absurd to suppose that eggs ;taste ment., for makin £l n .fnl sc d cc l ar ~t io H 111 Ill"
e.ny better tJlat wn.y, or thnt, eaten ani)! so,
li ens' , officer and a falso entry jll lll(' r('g I H~'r
'could they give him stren gt.h £0 carryon the
Mr. William B ~l'tTllm,,· oJ the r nl(J fll~;; (,:I t<T
w()rld's work' . , Ou the ot her hand~ it is'\ ce rtain that_1.'f this egg'~lonrder bad had his !~nch ing firm whi ch was originally call ed B ~ r J r:lml
and
Rob~rts, but is ·1I 0\t Her /ralll •. n(1 Cn,
in any other way h ~ would have been ;'"'tlser~
a.bIe. ' It reminded me of Ute doys '·..t~n I died on Snt.urday morning, age'(l SC\'l,ur::,<I: ,
lived on GBribaldi biscuits 'ond ' o.ci9-.rlro~s Bt a.Hcr only :\ few days' illness.
James ",Tiliiams, ngbd sixteen, cotiid ed Wil li
school.' but thly had to be co. tA::.n" togethe~-a~
acid-drop in the check while I munchecl. the a motor·'bus on Snturrllw whcn ri(Ji Il~
biecl:lit. Tbis eecmed vita!ly , important fhc~, bl~yele ' iq. one of the mnin "~tr('ets of n ,~ adill:!
.
but. 1 got over it. And our egg-hoardeD \\':11 and was IillSI,&ntl" killed.
The n~wsn!!en·t,s of Kin'O'ston and cl i~t r ~: t
get over it when he hns eaten all the eggs 10
the country ~ . ' . . and we shall all getl o\'or hnl'c passcd "'" resolution ~protestin!-! ::;': :1 i!1 t
our food-worrie s in time. We i need not bother CI Alise 13 of the ncw' Education Hi:l, \\ II II' I
about our bodies; it. is our miuds' which I have prohibitsj nn." boy or p:irl froUl cnt.eri ~: ~ :' llf
employ-meat \H)fo re school hours, if uIll1,,!' I hf
to do the b usiness for us. .
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Talking about bulls-one can defy a bull, I
'lVhen IALfred Ho.,er. , abo)" o( thirt~f: 1. ", s
am ' told (thounh 'I ho.ve never tried) , ,,;ith ~he charged n- iLh tlfefl,s at Dover. the Ch\ .r . c, '
power of t.hb human eye i moml against brf!.c st!l.ble sditi be_ brought 0. . st.('llCII post: I, (l1"l ! ' r
strength. qne can also dofy him ,· of CQU !.\C, Lo the *rilioe, $tntillg I hc. fotllHl it;. !ns 1.1 1' \
with a rifie~
But what I imo.gine would be being thM Lilfo police I\vould ' return lciLO !i ll
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dis,.stroU5 ,,':oulcl be a combiun.tion. of the wo afte1' thrbe OIorllis.
methods: to r sit down. in fron It. ofk hulJ, and.
d I gaze
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gras!§ and I see if anybody had left a. ~ 8e
about. This is what Trotsky seems tO IPflve
done. He :threw awny his rifle, and ¥e1;ied
upon the ppwer of the .human eye ijo ~~me
Germany. :
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"Collquer aI cO'untry the' size of Russia t !AIl
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That was moral against material torce} ~nd
might
cdme to somethiQg.
I r em'fmber
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the war hearing a v.:eB. knowo
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of noo.reslsumce l a.
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experiment , for
added regretfully
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n"alm'>l" in most cageS whc[1
would ' do any · go~.
bi" li" onl~f :c'ne of thc' m<\Dy thmgs Cuthe 's kin when~ Ined for
eve".·dl.v toilet pu~es,
post;.
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