Reading Observer 03-1918

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.compw..;ly remuch
ann~&noe or vast' n1Ulloora of
,1 agljin l'ell'ind Mr. Ba.;ker that.lh. proof
;~;;,p;;..~beer,;,; lis m\l.ch" lcss than in many lo·ca.Ucd
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'Idrinks" tho.! teetotalle... find so
and comfOl'tillg.. If" alcOhol'" ha.o
thipg, ~. ~arker must ' ab~ain even
~ which it. ill present. I do not wish
to enter upon 8 mere bitl.tlerof quota.t;ioo& from the
writings of m~diC&l men; not that, I should fear
i~for the I!l!eat , mNority do not hald · extreme
y:i"."""'-bu~ hafause io ~ eo ' would make a 'great
mrOad :upon your: .aplice. Mr. Bark-or- seems to
looJt npon " al'oohol - ' M evil in itself, and ventures

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Gent~' ' fro~ 2519

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hirls'l~dB~Ys' h~m !

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and' see .
Style, l Qualtty ''<:and Value
anil:hing ;.vEl ' \lave offered. .
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at. inetliciency? . Such men as Webb and
(who swam ,tae Cbailnel/, .Liept. , Mulltl!,
Ca.tt, Amnnsden" Shack eton, Cupentler.
mond. Harry Vardon', Ernest B&rry~ Geo~
mings. the orothers Grace, S. M. J. Woods,
Inch. Lauce!t6n Elliott. ~(l.d.rtli1ovic, Ha.rry
Windt and scores cif others in the forefront of
flXP10I:ation, etc., were not. teetotallers.
a. full answer to Mr. Ba.rker's theories.
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the allegation that brewers are" destroy!ni'~ 66.000 ton& .of lugar. it Iwould have done
Mi. ~.,.ker credit had h. explained that the
sugar H is 1.1l!suitable tor domestic usc.. This has
~n officially malla ,cl~ on severa.l ,occasions-sea
,t.tement issued hy- Ministry of Food published
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the 12th inst. bn Ja.nua.!7" 24th )a re,{lly to the
in tlio House ' of Commons ~ld it was
lUHlUita.ble. for use in, the making of )a.m."
Barker. asserts tha.t bt"ewera' grams, 210
eagerly sought kfter by farmen, are merely
" husks," and goes on to ~ive wlmt he is pleased'
to eall-"4 a. scientific·.fact: ~ Tho answer is to bo
in tho Journol of
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'. c:C.ustoin!cs -are urgec;l l- to
take their ! 'cards to the
shopkee: pe~ with whom
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.leaJlet No.' 74 oay": ' ..
or deseicated grains maj' be looked upon as 'one
the cheapest, moet relIable,. a.nd most wholesome
lorm. 01 leeding .tuff," Yet Mr. Barker eri.,
"husks))! ,'Ilb.e~ Board of .Agriculture is wrong!
Pra.ctical da.Ut· farmel'$ do not know their business!
Again he misi~presentr:r ' as rcga.rds shipping.
The tigure~ given jn the ,House were, merely tran~­
la.tcd into terms of shippinp: in order thal it might
be more readily understood. Much of the barley
is . homo grown 8.Qd muab of the transport \vhich
Sir L. C. Money tra.nsl8.ted into terms of shipping
is ha.ula.~ provided by the brewers themselves,
Barker says the best barley has gone to the
~illers. , If he meaDS the best for milling purpOBefJ he is again' in errol'. The last paragraph of
his letter is merety a re-hash of the 'false 4ssumptioD that the baNey ueed in brewing is ," waSted.')
I · ·have but ·Jittl. SP""" left to deal with Mr.
Talbot'II 'eftusion.. H e:: quotes Sha.kes~e. Has
he ever rea.d l' U For a. quart or 'alo is a:dish for a
kin~:' or " Bleaaing on your he""t, you brew good
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;here was a'ood audienee l~n Wedn~ay eyen-

I~ !at . the Landon·.treet Primiti"P I~thodist
Cliurch to hea.r Mr. W . C. Dampi~ Whetham,

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At tho outset. the lecturer referred Ito ·the speculations on It-he ~art of the ancients. as to:the origin
aod nature of ma.tter. i The VarIOU! upects of
matter w~ supposed to be modifica.tibns of one
.fundamentkl original ' ~materLal . • ~e original
f' 8ubstratum" was supposed. to cODsist of ,small
pa.rticl~ ~r atoms,
theM we~ j t.h~ :ul~i,~ate
l'articles lDoo which I ~atte~ ' could be di.~lded.
On this atomic theory, the diffen:nt,l pro~les of
va.rioull .substances w ere due to. d.iffere~ces m. the
iize, 'stru.etu{e and arra.ngement o'f part~cles of the
lIa.mo ultitna.t..e · na.ture. , AlthouSh .the l~~'" of a
primal element or common pnnC1p~e. wu I be
10~nd in eve-q aneiont l'hilosophica.
dO&r1~:r.
early philosppben dis.a.greed as to lta.
\ 'Ilie speculations, as well as th.l. co.nceptloD
primal I elew,ents, . earth) w~~, lIU'. fir6,
bo,sis of fact. At ,
!u~me tIme "theBe 8p<,eu~~t:",;"
were of
The
of a. theory
kuowfedge
.Science"
orily by ·
the
fronted it
",iews Qf the
~~ AristoteJian .• " 'h ~,I ! -"" a
yea..... till .the
f or sCience W&8
the not~on. o~ p~~cl66t, .

posed ' was reaus;oij;ated, by
But for the rea.!
of the
It be '
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opera.t,lons
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ebjects of
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remote. with a.ll , the

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and a.pp1ianccs) ~nclyd ing sets
oil, for bums) tourmquets and
·to be worn ' in the presence of
whether from bOmbs or burst gas

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Fusi1ier~ . Sunninginstruhion is' giv,c n by t, the medi~al
the use of the a.bove, land pra.ct1C6
(Act.
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are trelltcd ........ For Iair raid nurJ D •
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J} Jor, R..
~:~~:::d~1 is divided into fivCl sect.lons
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R., Faringdon.
the section leadera
Act. Sergt.'1J. J ack.
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sounding the "aJru.m/' e.)-ery
will at once join his
;MILlTARY
place near the1police statloq
The follewing have been awarded tIro Mlhtary
Oxford-road J Ca~crsha.m, Me<ial:~
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will D.e ;]..t the centtal station I Kintbu?"
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in Friar-street, where
Loe.-Corpl. E. ~. A~, ll. Berks R.) Henl e~
~,~:~~!,f.~.~·~ already p'repared wit~
Serg~. W. B. BIdwell,1A:.,&, O:, 'VI ~dsor. _
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·will be ih readiness for l~ePte. H. BUrcher) R. Berks!R., Buckle~ul1.
a. ra.id occur and persons be mPtc. B. Dut ler, R Berks R. , l\'€,~bur.L
. informa.tion should be sent
Lce.-Corpl: 1J· H. Callcott, R. Berks R., Hemel
nd"",.t· il><,li" . station, whereupon the sec- Hempstead. I
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a squad o~ men to render
Pte. F. A. Cha.lkley, R. Ber~.. , WatlOrd .

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will requlsition the am:'
Lce.-C9rpl. l J, C. Enoch, Jit. Berks R. ) Abmg:
services of the medical officer.
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Pte. T. A. tFletcher, R.. Berks~" Ishngto?, N.
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Corp!. (Lce,-Sergt.) H. J. ~oston. R. Berks R"
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~Jure perso~s conv_J e
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South Ke!ooyJ
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to the .nearest hospItal, all of whtch
' Pte. W. H 1 Hea.th, R.A.M.C,\ CavershaD1,
t~ r eC?lve them.
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hoped tha.t the PUb~IC wlll remain In- : Pte. W. Marlow) R. 'Wn.nrick R, Read ing.
~ime~ and do nothmg to hamper tlt. ' Sergt. A. Milgrove. D.C.M .• R. Berks It.. Tet.
wluch- can be most ~cleIttly car- lanham.
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fully qua.lified.
lPte. C. Mi~ington, R. Ber;'ks R., Birmingham.

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Admiral and County Director.
R-eading,

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ISergt. A. ,ltI. Smith, R. Berks It., R ea ding.

ISa.ypet' H. (1. SrAith, R.E" , Fafin.~don,
IJ:ee.-Corpl. I [Corp!.) E. St.eIjrY. R. Berks R..
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that you are II rnbbipg
would. . ha.ve' said, about
di.#<idil;abl. ration queues w~ch took place
Hs.ll the otlter ;week while (1
It. used to be said in commercial
inl·La~d[II\· ··th at Itesding was the be,t busi·
Homo Counties. the most proohe of the best' goftt'ned. We in
have to revise our opihion of your
yon can show us a. better way of
m'l!I~fgi"l!· th. , f09d problem than .the arrangem~nts.
Jack of arrangements, WUlch I witother w'eek.
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that it ill' s. verry serious thing
becoming more and more a.n
like Reading to bungle 80 'hopen. simple thing as issuing rationWhere thousan~s of ,vorltei'S are
~8 ' ~he cas~ in your town,
lheen arrn.nged beforehand
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. .FRANCIS H. WRIGHT.
Addington-road',. Re.d~,
FebrUary 25th. 1918.
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.•ALCOHOL: ITS ACTION ON T)'IE HUMAN
O~GANISM.
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"A review of the existing 'State of eciilntific
kngwledge re~;'arding the acti<?n of alcoho~ on the
humun...,orgamsm by the ,AdV:lsory Lomml.tte!S to,
the Cmitral Control Board (Liquor Tra.ftlc), wl11 be
publIshed by H.M. Stationery Office to·.morrow.
price 25. 6d. (or 26. lOd. post freel. It IS Intended
llS a pr,ovisiollal bp.aJs f~r f.~rther rese~rch. ~~n. a.
preface. L9rd ~'A~ron} . J;hrurma.n 01 the Committee) ' ~a.~", .tll~t ~ ~ , ~~,l ,o.~oul!t : c:>f
v.ot.ed to :thet:'purcQ:iS8; ,qf alcohol .m .
Kingdom 'is nea.rly 50 per cent: greater
tramc receipts of the wb,ol~ ~l,wa.y :.
oluding both. .~oods and passengers;
douWe fIle exPelidifdro. on' bread. 'and
. ~qua.l to. the e~diture\· on meat.
il'Q.l' it was approXImately equal to the t?tai
reveMle of the Sta.te, and' wa.s more t.han eIght
times the ~ta.l ' a.mount requ ired for the intere~t.

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brief , summary.. of .tlie
whioh tho Commit~ee
They are: -'-(.r That
(apa.rt fro,m' the' elfcct.s
finea
'the' norvous
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be prepa.red) althdugh the probaOllity

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and Modern." :Mr. R. ' C. Hawkill!'i B.Se .• _

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As to culms,i Mr, Talbot's c0J.ND~t is DO answer
to my point, That culm. and i!tams, to 8&y. nothing of drie~ , :y~t, . hsve~' ~t feeding ~ue
cannot be "amsllld) yct bIgoted teetotallet'!! still
harp U}'<'D • w..te... · If it ha true that malting
h&s beeI:t .Bto~P.ed In. the U;nited State.s, ' as i~ , w~~
here 8~me ,tlin,e ago) the probable explanatIon 18
thri.t sufficient Iha.s been ma.de for a. c()Qsidera~le
Qine. Sir V. IBonIey 'was a. great surgeon) bJ.lt
tho bulk of thf profeaaion did nq~ ~gre. with his
ext~me views pn hquor . .A m6re reJla~lQ. ~uth?n~y
is the recent roporl of the 'RoyaJ Society. ' LIebig
was dealing with .. alcohol," which forml5 but a.
IImall I p~ of beer. If Horllley's sta.tements were
well foUnded, itlie drinking n a.tions would not · be.
as thry arEl, in the ' forefront ' in a.rt, civilisation
and commPj'ee: ' They ' have beaten the teetotal
nations, ..e.g.! Turkey~, in the race. AI; , to ".the
stupid Mserbon that eve~ verry moderate ,d rmk,.~id,ua:r I iog' is injurious to th~ human body)11 I :mti~ps.ted
it in my hut letter. and ga.ve, a. bn~f hst of
emitlent men who did not practIce abstlDence. It
could b6 mended .11M.t indefinitely. Who
the grea.t men in hi~ who n.bstn.ined? As to the
last aentenoe) t.he eiplanation is not that sugges·
ted but that ~rn.de is good, ullemployment prilctie~llv unknown) and many millioDs of men. are
out of tha eOJl1ltry.. '. .
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A. J. HARRIS,
Bri.tol. February 23rd. 1918 . .

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Nutrition
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Prot.ciD, 14.1'; fa.t, 6.6
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an opinion'" on ' tb«'" -experience of athletes; etc;
Apart ~from 'Tnrkey ;:calJ i.bl) nations 'enga~ in thi.&
wu sen-a oub liqU'bI' -trations to the troops.
Mr. Barker think they Me all fo:ol. and are

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.il\lGTHENS
WEAK. NERUES
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O,R MONEY I ,BACK':

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~.C;h.'m,i.lt'a RemaJkable Oi'fe~.~"';

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its wonderful vllluy as a n~'n'o {oatl
recently pnblitlhed report of :I ~ ,
·P':hii~~~:;~,W:~h~O.d:8tate5 that tho ()uts tnll lling' I
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of cases invc!!t ig ,ltc,l \\':!~
instance, In nddition to com ·
nervous vita lily (lmi men:lll l
r eported a remllrkablo iucrertM I
and endlJ.ranoo, Ilnd an ilH.'rcll ~C I
pounds a week ill sOHnd, hedthy 11
vie,.. of-the conclusive proof of th eRe till '
morits, a lending Br.it18b cllCmist hOI> un rt n g/)!.~ I
to put up P\rro " Bit.ro~pbo8phato in pltckltgcl! .... t
5~-g~r~';~in~1'~ta.bletf ; .giving wit~ C!lf,h packnge n ulUding' I
to return the mOt\ey
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is not sstiafied with t~b r NHlItK. S lI fferc!.;
nervou8 I~~ S, insomnjH., nerve we akn{,9~ , 11,111-

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Food Control Com~ittee to,; say
I sha.ll ,wa.tch your columns for ne~. and lack of strength nrc therefore titIoug'Y I
of the posi~i.on. An lexplanat.ion adVised to at circe bcgln the Uile of Bilro-phol'ph:ltc,
to the public,. if they can make th'e nerve foo~ and t1e6h~ builder) that is Bold t y .il l I
. ought , at least to :lpologise .chemists under a binding gJ.aranteo of satisructi(lu I
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m~YI' of' or money: bjiolC.

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Berks
Lodge "'3.3 hel~ In the Cole }llssion Hall. ( 0 1
street, ' on Fcbruary 20th.
he proceedl,ngs \\ l' r~
opened by th~ pistrict. Chie~ Templar/ Bro. D" '"
Bishop Ackcmpan. Rcprese?tat ives of the , \' ~t'I"'u "
Lodges were prt!sent. The} reports of the l Ex<'C u· ,
tive officers th10wed that the work of the I",d!!e
w;a.s s~adily moving amidst the grea.t difliclI;t.IC, :
occasioned by l6he war; and,l although there W,i~ .\
slight decre&sel in membersh~p, ' ~he fi~lan'~ Ia! r;'
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w~ in
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be.?u 'im'ested in 'Val' Loan.

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very remarka.ble IIlCl(':\~<i
and grea.t . activi,ty in tho.:
people. The report of eh,.'
Conl.,ittec stated that £4 .U)0.-6d .. 10,,1
dis~rict for the last qt!artJr.
Thomasi Tfmber,lnke, of ~'l rtld.
various offices in the Dl sLnd.
Lodge W~
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td.,ml,ers. and short memor wl SCI '
Follo',v' in. t ~s tea. was prI)\'!ch'd,
afl;er".rw' l.t l'. usual el tion a.n~ the lIl's tall'I '
~rocecdea with.
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w~rk of
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aplgre,ciati\vc t erms.

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