Reading Observer 01-1920

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TH,E'- ~t\tE' 'SIR: 'CHARUE,g>H:ENRY. " 'Bart:,~·~·of -Park'. · Wnod'
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Not born on these shore; the late Sir Charle. came to
country f;om
in England.
Adelaide. South Australia. Hi. education, howe~er, he 0 '
H~ first went to 5chool in Morylebone, iten to All Souls' uri. mni." School.
·an annexe 01 King's Coll.ge, but later he was sent to
University I 01
Gottingen, in Gnman~, ..,here he was lin ally eduipp~d for . battle ol l~he
';'orld. He also spent a part of hi. youth in France.
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befl"e her ';;arriage, Julia Lewisohn, a ' daughter bB
Lewis. oh . an '.

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to record the d~atli of Sir Charles Henry: Bart., M.P., of PaTk
Wooel. nea~ ·l/.eadlDg, on Saturday afternoon in last week. The late
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Sir Cbarl.s, who h..d be.n. ill for &~m~ mo~th.: pa.sed away at his
ILondon. oresidence, iri Carlton Gard~n~.
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~hc 4ccea.!.ed ·baronet' 5 Parliamen~

career commenced when

h~ was

I (i rst 'el~~ted to Parliament as lLiberal Member fa\-' the Wellington divioi'on 'o!
.1 Shropshire. ,n 1906!' He sat· for that ·division,.until t~e l.st general ' ~l~cti~n .
when he wae returned unopposed for the Wre~tn dIVISion of Shropshire as a
Coalition, Liberal. Hi s unti.rlely death. fot: he was only in his sixtieth year.

attempt to get
the- Chelms-

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Th~ late Sir Charles was made a

create s' a vacancy in that constituency:

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American copper magnate. The deceased baronet made his
into Parliament in
when be stood as ! Libera l candidate

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.of the death i ~ ' action of his son. Lie~ten.nt
Cyril Charles Henry, 10 1915, there .is no hcir to the baronetcy. ' He and
· Lady Henry niainrained lor years a home adj ~ining th~ park of their Berk.hire
residence lor tbe children 01 tbe poor and lor tired nurses. During the rtcent
war this home recei~ed a number of . ick and wounded soldiers weekly ~
.. The death of Sir Charles Henry brings to a!, end one 01 the tragedies
o£ the wa~,:" writes "' a friend," in thc '.' Sund~y · Observer.' · and he expla~s as

ford division .01 Essex, but it was not until 1906 that he made
and this time successlully.

attempt.

It v.:.as on ' account of the invaluable assistance he
Reading- then Mr. Rufus Isaacs- during his election. contests
Ch~rles Henry first came .to be known in Reading: One of
functions Berkshire has ever witnessed was ,the ga,rde~

to Lord
,he late Sir

great wealth; a secure seat in Parliament : great social popu] a rity, ; robust

health and boundless energy, and a hundred interests: a dev oted wife: all the
things that a,re s~pposed to make lile dear '; but he nover cared lor lile again. "

Charle. ohly son, who 1.11 at Loos. i" Septembe;. 1915.

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more than four year,s

only son and child' was

miS5iD~g;

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SIT Charles Henry heard that

and when after months of

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the death

01 the poor brave b(;y. who had vo lunteered Irom n cavalry to . an ' infantry
regiment, was known with certainty, he had lost .11 inter""t in life. H c had

which was placed

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the :stone erected to th

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given by Sir Charles a~d Lady Henry to the Liber~l Party
years before
ihewar at their magnificent residence, Park·Wood.
the remains, which had been cremated at Golder'..
were buried
on Wednesday, in Willesden Cemetery. A service was held
ill' .5. Carlton
Ga: den •. at which were p;esent Mr. IJohn Henry (brother), !
Clarence
Henry (nephew), ·and a large gat"ering of friends, includi' g the Earl of
Reading, There were a great many wreaths, ~hicli . entirel ·hid the .coHin,

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THE U\TE, 511-{ CHARLES HENRY,

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stolJ his opponent, the error is irreThe goatkeoeper m:~y cover the mistBke
no~, -but. the full back lis already in the
' . TLl'l'c ar~ occasions when , the
pOlld e r o'u::~ ' kick ' com ~ in u::;clui , but g('I1'erully
"peaki rig , a ' buck wh o ki l'k s a fa i t· length and
kicks a ccumtr.ly will be far more sen'iceable t.han
, the man wllo l;mges wi ldl~' at t hE' ba ll irrespecW;1.\
. ef direction . . "
Accurac\' cumes fi rst. and
' Ftl'cugth afterWArd s, , '"
it 'is always better to
pl;'y fOr sllfcLy t hau to 'l!Rcrifice soundness for lQ:
brilliapcc t hat appea'~- to t ilt! gu.llery, 'l'o "DI~ey
t he ha.1l ~rhal'a n earl y the whule length of the
fhld . IIJay look p rct~y, but if ft be rmti like l,.., tu
b ~ ltefit, on.e'; si~e t he te mptatiulL might be pl1 sh~ d
'~ a.!:(i d 2 . ,: ,. '1'0 p l'e~(,llt mi~und.ersl <t lldin g6 betwCi":1
_, bi, c k ~ , one sho u ~ d .always be ready to Icover the
otLer: and it ought ,t.o "b~ nrra.nged thnt 011(' of the
t wo is io fod!' bnck wh il e thc othcr gnfl~s forward to
meet the oncomuig foe, , ~ " -There am timci
when II bac,k may find it a cO ll venie u t~ d ~ren~ive
m Ov~T1l('Jlt. to IHlt the Oppo~ illg forwarHs offside .
With a little judgment t hi s is often ea~y' La accotn - ,
ll lish, but, gen ernlly spea kin g, I would 9nly ado!?t.
tbis upedient w he n eV((l',rthing else \\~{s likely to
fail. ' It is, I tbiu k , a ma,n lier game a~d more in
t he spirit of football to AAve one's goni tSy ki cking .
bead fng , or taclcling WIn by the s U~Wrfuge of
maJiing the oppo:rition break the rule8.'~
"VOld" Qf wisdom indeed , We un~s1.ta.tingly
reconun e n~ tbem, nn d IHlggcst each and every
young 'M cCracken t o r cud them , He ~v ill aSsur'
.- ed ly be nefit thereby. ~.ch you ug. yl!s j and MeH
experiellced bilek, m ight dO' worse than _cut out
t he above li nd find a. place. for it ill his puekh bOok.
'f be time wou ld 1I0t be wasted,
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that., It. is 1I0~ so much 118 to his- proweH.6 we would
write. ho.we"erl: ' what: we more parti cu!arly ha~~

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in mind is t.he. Yer)' ncell ent. udvice he on ce ga,.e
as to b;1 ~ play; which , with ~ b c d~ (lioe of a, team
Ilmv M) milch iil' t he pub! ic milld. might- be repro·
duced wit.h :1 d V ~1I1ta ge. ~ e WTote: .. It "'is thf:
duty of at ll'ast one of -the full backs t.o get within
~h OQting di ~ t.all ct: of h.i ~ opponent::!' goal 1i0 that if
the ball come.... Ollt. he will gt' nlly lob it back into
the gOaltOuth , Bet.ler than deCenliiog 'one'S' own
geld is
preve nt the opposition get.t ing awa~
from t h ir OWl! e nd of the ground , A full back
tnay nlM at.tack by 'plO..cing ' t he ball properly
to hi !; own (orwards , qr a. judit ious kick to 'a sput
wbere one of Lis own mc;!.e may firs t reach .the bal l.
It is: !Iot always ill one's wn half of t he fi el d
tha.t tho best work iii do , 1\' full back on thl!
half-way line m ay Jl~ck up .~l\l1y unconsidered
triJles, 'nld njp in the ud many a. promisit:'g
sortie of tbe opposi tion
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defeu C'C u¥ his o'wn &9a1 t. t\t a. fulrback gcots most
work to do; i t is .h ~re t. at the. strcsH ~l1d stl.li n
rl'o ,fell, .that the bat.tle is 'enX!lo!t, that the fight i6
fraught with moml'.Jltous co seque'l ces. A forward
may make many m istakes and be forgiven. A h nlf·
back, nllLy fail to sLop an oncoming rush , I;mt a
fll.ll hack D1Ulj;t, not fail of falter without. grave
-i&.Sueij to hi~ side-, ~f a Iu}] back mi ss hi! kick

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,Mr. F A, (ERIC)
' ~UDD\m'" of the Reading
who has ' ''''''''UII

Reading - Plymouth
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Mr. HARRY LEWIS

YOUR · REQUIREMENTS
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THE FIRM mAT HAS A fIRST .~LASS

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WE STILL DO BOOT REPAIRS IN OUR WELL-KNOWN
STYLE, AND WE COLLECT AND ' DELIVER FRE.E.
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ated WIth the manly pastIme. whIch have done so

£~r the s inew o£ the country.
many
seasons now he has lie~b a patron of the IReading

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number of years. been : pr~minentl1

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WHICH WiLL CONTAIN

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. . ' interest
the King's ' .R6ad Institute, which he ha • .
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o£ the success which ha'~attei{ded it has lJ'e~';" dite to,..
. hi. personal eHorts. · As a ' referee of , footl>.11
matcbes he has alw~ys be~n held ·in high esteem. his

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~r:;,wi~ .has 'been of exe~llent service to the Club.

,The ENGLrSH LEATHER-' ICO~,

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R~PUTATl~N ' .FQ~ .F~AIR ! TRADlN~~

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Whose photograph we presen' to our readers has £,9r

·Leather Gtindery, Rubbers arid Pol.sbes ,

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r e,-ert to oome of t he Goliat H,s of t he g,UDe who
have assisted. th~ Rending ~i!otbal1 Cl ub in the
pa.et, and. nat.ura!ly . one Hame~Lw biCh comes upper·
most in our minds is t.hat of fr, H u'be rt Smit.h .
who was undoubtedly one of he finest. hil i bncks
of modem ti me::!. And _th e Reading Club never
bad a hc lt.c r c.'\JJtain.

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