Reading Observer 02-1920

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1920.

WONDERFUL
PRAISE fROM
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NOTICES.

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FRIENDYL Y SOCIETY
NEWS.
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TERRITORIAL ARMY OF THE
COUNTY OF BERKS.

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OPERETT;A.. IN
REiADING.

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fJ""UFE followrn.g will be tb.e :Ulotm.cnt. or U ni ts ! At t.Ile u~ual meetmg of t ho J.opl "Crown of
of H M , t.he KiDg .L
to tht'l ColinLy on the rooonst'toutton of tile En gl a nd' 1 od,2'e ou
evemng li t the
~ glp.8les 10 her child hood Terntonal Forco 1 1JOwer ShiV Hotel , the. a.tmua! buhUlce sheet
In t he pal:tce grollllds, and
SOUTH MlDL.L'I\"'D DIVrSIOKAL AREA
was s Ubm n ted ,uul :l.n mtercst1ll g re~Olt was re~d
am,on ,~,t (.he gt p!leS she l!'l really
by th e Secretal), of t he Lodg~ (1'.L G M F G
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Territorial Fore.
Territorial Army
Bern ard ), \\ h l<: b s t.l. teu !
new not Lng 0
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" ~ p! c<1"ecl to repo~ <to savIng on the cap lt a.l
'Ihcollly persou who knew
Unitll. 1914.
Umta,
a ("C~ ot . £ /30 ISs 8d , a n a\ elago sa,vIIIg of
a gipsy ,", oman, the wi fe Ber". Yeomanry, 1
StiU in abtyance.
£12~ I>CL mem bi:r, v.IH ch I lhwk creates a. r ecord
kIdnapped the child Berks R,.H.A.
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ht South Midlud Brigade. for an. one ",oa r In tho h m,ol'Y of OUI Lodge.
ron set. out In que.~t
RitA, (1 BatteI'Y).
., H I" alli'[' pl eft~Hj~ to rl'llOlt mlmerJ -::a.l prok/(lnapP'od llla:""o"", for "hom he 4th Bait. Royal Berh Regt 4th Batt. Royal Btrlu Regt gr~s, fl. net lllf.:.rcase (,I 4f , hnnglllg our mcm lJC'r.
t.ravelled hopei uJly, 2nd South Midland MOUllted So tb MuCand DIVl5Ionai i ~ hl r l1Jl t o 662
Tweh-e vears bad elapsed Since Jurika a d1sap ·
Brigade, T, and S.
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' 1 he rci unlS upon our tnve~tments cont mue to
pea.r ance, but st ll l the gallant pnnce searched ,
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shl'w gOXlfl r el,iUlts, h:l.nng r eceIved III mterest no
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olumo, A. S,C,
11,;.<;" a. ~um than £ 589 dUring 1919, tlll~ amount
thus
resS(that
10 h e a me upon
gar :la S'IPSY
a W encnmpment
Cll
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h I 1}clIl !!_ mrHC t b:lO "lIffiCler t 1..0 n1eet our sickness
learn t the !ec t from .Els~tb, after he hnd made
~"\.oI,!ctu lhng for t c new umts in t eh c~un t'I ~ .. r:e!' <: '!lIn1 S (hlrlng- tho \'ea r
love to ?unka. mbelmown, ZUTlka., w hen told of noll. co mmenced , and lt l!l h oped t , \ 11 (\. '''':
.1.n ln terl'stlll,l! fe,tt le of the e\'l'm ng was a
b er exalted hi th . ' deClded to flO toO her father, num ber of. QX -E<?!dICT8 WIll re JQln, nll d gl\c ,~~i prc~ entiltll1n t o P 8 , Harry Raker, "ho recelvcd
but in t he co any of the- woodcutter to whom as5I:<1tance In t h e Ir power to bnng III fre s h re {;n.llt!l. I a. bea.utlfullv framed P ast Gr<lud ~]tl-'~ter'P. Emblem,
!'!.be w as I
d \lSPOSed
O 1~
ell ream s
Explana.tory pa mphlet I' and enrolment fm'nll' In recogm t lOn of h IS sen lees In pa<;smg t lie chairs
who · the o;:ng u
d courii' the y Ii e ca.n be obta.med from the HeadqUltrlers. 12, St I or the T__ odgo
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h appil
eu er 18, an - we,
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v Mary's Butt.s, Yeo manry R Oll se, Castle HIl I. and ! Prm- G M TV E D ore in presen t mg the emble m
TbA[ en,ili 3-"1 er. d I' 1Y . th;to
d Dep ot, Roya.l B erkshire R egIm ent, The Barrach, aHud ocl t.n· the "en-Ices
P G Raker who lomed
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Ck!i "rrI' ro,a.
ulnso Rea.ding,f a.nd In Cthe
a fewt
day!>
w h leu
emen 1ne n' ardpam
wro t 0' ,1,5 'J
L.. un a
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t.h ' 1I t he 1.-o<1 t'"O'e In Hi87 a nd , as tn.r bn.ck ns \889,
th
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t h L rge T
vanouli orm er
ompanv
ene flua r en In
e ! tho Lodge ch&lT1!
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r °S,n coun ty, probably In s6\"Cra l pla.ces hv the tune t hI S I
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Bfl ker m aCCAptmg th e emblem, tha.nkPd
B~~LoIOJl }", ~n9 a.pY evhellln g , 'h" e G ~I~ \ ... 0 dl~ not ice appears In prmt
t be Lo'd ge f'~1" t he tangIble a.ppreclatIOn of hiS
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<lol 14.!
ome"h
Y St'Recnlli
H Oll se and ]2, E~f\ICOO and promIscd a s far us h IS 11me ""olll cl
'c.o::IOCIetv
€oug t to
nise aand
g oo dt lye eum11 '05( m.l'nen
Olley In
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B tten\t!;t
D o.at" YeOllll\nn
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U S, .I\elLUlllg. e ween
e !'Inri 0 ;tllow to co nt mu e to Ferve the Lodge to 'the est
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e er ~[Ire os e or Il !,
7 pm a.nd 9 pm &a.eh evellJng~ Arr,mgemenLs : of his ablhtv
To M rs NOlt lS and t() M ISS Mabel GiJlcnder IHwa boon made for th e ncees.ila.rv
inspec
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d th t th D st t
mu.c;t, be g iven te han 's share of the pra. lse du e-I
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hom; t.o La.kej p aoo a.t. t e <; otme tI me
Offi cers wou ld pav an offiCI al VIf'lt to th e Lod ge
6y we~ Jom pro ueer!, arra.ngers, managers.
Ma.Jor J N AIc1wl)rlh 11 C , T D is a.et tng a.t It s lIext. meetmg, 0 11 March 13th , when a.
etc
Gil ender, lit add Ition to aJl t ha t, M Comma.ndin g Officer for the 4th B a.tt. Royal pl ese n t nl lOn ",ould be made to P j!,G M,
pla.:r~d t\le htl~ role and enh a.nced her already BerkshIre RegIme nt ,)Emdmg the defimte appomt. Bernard
hnlhant teputa~'ion as a. !Ilnger a.nd act.ress MI SS ment of a. COmma.ndlng Officer
G lllendl!lr had a!mple sc..qpe for het vocaJ ablhtles
Infonn n.tlOn rega.rding the former Mounted U m t s.
" ROBERT ATTER II J__ ODGE
alld
crmvd ed h a lt Wit h each of hel ca n be ohtain,ed at Yeoma.nr\, R ome, from Ca.pt.ain
The Offi cers of t bo T,oYa.1 "Robert Atter" Lodge
9cmga. but the . 06t ~a.utlfu1 of her efforts was A H enson, Re,gl stra.tion Offi cer Lleu t ,-Colonel of Odd fe llows are to bel congratula.t.ed upon t he
the h t.tle cbl l dr~n, In wh ich she A 0. T roup, D SO, 18 nct.lnj2; as temporary Com . ~uCce~ a ttond lng t he concert in support of t he
t he fa.try song
dlspla.yed e:l:ce ent emotIOnal powers, As th a mandlll,2 Officer for the R A S C
Rt DIIDl'!tan's BlInded Sold Iers' Ohildren Fund ,
prmc;e, Mr A hur L Edwa.rdn ~ad a very full
R.ecrUltlll~ 13 not necesS8.r1l;w re~tncted to the The concert. wa!> held on !'\Tednesday in lalt 'week
evemng bot.h \\l fh 8ID gmg a.nd ~mg H I!!' \'0100 hrHlrs ment Ioned a bo-r6, but it is consi d t--re d tha t
t. the Rast R eadmg Adult School, And then) wa.s
though of th e , wcet AII,d ~lea.T .... pe wa~ , hardlv ' (rom 7 pm to 9 pm would probably SUlt the i\ crou'ded attenda.nce The. Prov, Grand ltJa,ster
!'rl ro ng enough f~r tho OCC<lSlon RIg eiocullon wa::; UHl,Jontv
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( Rro, W E D o re) wn..s II~ t he chaIr , supported by
good, but he J~led to put. ,~U1te le~lOugh na tllrnl
Th e (ollowmg are eligible to' enlist into the l "P G M :F' G Be.rn ard , P G's D , V, Blunden
expreSSIon to HI part
Ih e p tIi. pl a.ved hv T c rrlhma l Arm~'
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aucl A J Wrig ht (Lodge Trus tees) and other 1,OOge
El spet h (Ml f!IS . Jerrold l deseI"\'e5 all the pl.IUd lts
(n) Sol diers wno h ave BelTed during t.he war . Oflieers
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one can be .lS to,,1 f or h el s WA S In deecI an f'!x ac t Illg I/l clud lng Volu nteers who ha:ve been pas!ed oUt
'I he Clia.irmn.n said the, owed a, debt tol the
and thfficult role t() fill
She b oth p lAy ed and effi~lf!nt
blinded h er oes which could neTeI be t'ullv r ep ald,
10()..J,,;ed h er part, and exhibited unu&ua.l draa t lc
(h) M e mbers of Cadet. Units recognised b v the and he co ngmtvla.led h1s Bret h,ren of tbe LOdge
pawers "hen CJ r reqUIred- she wa.'! ploperl, Army, Council who <U'e over 17 -,-.p an; of a gB an d llflOIl t h;> lr 81.1CCE:Ssful effort s on beha.1f of t h ese
B 'Ydby. R.8 the k ing, cr edlt · ' ha.d not reached mlhta.rv ago 'Pt'lor lo the 11th hhndcd beroes' chlldren 'l T he SPtrlt which had I
vet'S&tile ,'Mr
a.bly !lO:lwtt.ed h imself Rn d d efied Id ylltl6 cat,lOn, No\p.m her' l 1918 the d at.e of the Armisllee
prompt~ the members in thi S dilection was t he
so excellent. w 5 ~ IS mak~-un 'r he rovrt Je"ter
Ic] Othf:'T me n t hn.t I !! un(.rn.1np.d m~n
same 9.fHI It. thn.t, M~.erjl& hundl'ed years Ol.go,
()[r L GrlOst rdl . D r Globule the Cl1 urt ph\~(Cll mllRt he h etween the a!l'es of 18 and 38. promTlt.... d the found ers tho Manchester Unitv
s lt:lan_ {Mr F
Ill g), Ca stro the ~I PS.V king (Mr 1 "It.h t.hp exccp tion of Cadet s ra{orred to in pAn- wliclI- th e,T ba nded t he elves t ogetber to a.<lsl.;'t
R -n J ug) a.n t h e p RIZe (l\l l::<S G COOPf"I) all l;p .lp h (h) bu t a. bl ).!:hcl' tloge limlt. Ie, t o 4L mnv t hei r brethren 111 slCkneg, a nd dis~refls Succe<;'s
added to t he
arm and success of t he operet.ta , be all owed In t he cac:;e of certain specified 1lI1lh h ,ld a.tt en ded thei r cffort~, and to-dll.v t h e Man The conrt ladl , gIP!HCS, eh lldrL'n. a.nd faill es a.nd o( men selected for appoint ment as 'Vat'Tant chester Unltv of Oddfellows was the grandest
\l"el"e'Mr!l. Earl l" Mrs O~~il.n, ,M rs r.o!1aet~, fin d ' OfficeN :t-,-on COm nllS51Oned Otheers of an d a.bove fl lcn d l" socIety In the wrlr.ld ,
the ~I1.....se~ ?II Drulcoll . Ivp e. M. F a ustone . 1:1 t h e mnk of Sergean t
'J;'lte 'concert :was then proceeded With, tbe rolH olh s. E Blun en'M Cox. ?I( RfU'net t E. N orTl s 'l .\11 fu rther pa rtum la.N o C service may be lowmJ:: con tributing to a sp lendId pro~rrunme:
K a.D d M Ne' hou~e, E Sa.l man , D Masters, E obta.lIl00 a.s ment.lolled above
Mrs Aht>rv {pianoforte seteclionsJ. },fISS H Ada.ms,
Lane. N Dnd - RU i\cell}. Spencer R · Frien d ,
M L P ()R.'l'E R,
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Miln er (recitation s), MISS E Adams, Mr
:.\[ Bar tlett, N ,,' lld, K Spencer , R God d nrrl ,
SAOrob rv,
A bery UI ~S M ,utm, ~{r A Ta.yler. ~ ',M,
,,- J errold , E Ste\'e'ls W R Ill, N Pnsoy, D
Ber h Te lTlto!'lal Force As.ma.t.lOn P ouud s, Mr, Rushton, In.n d Mr, Wlll Colt on
Rllssel1, R \\ alker , R F ost er. V . TI118!;, I
F ebrua.ry 19th, 1920.
(chEl. rncter com edm n )
'IJhe Ia.st-na med arliste
Church A ~V<t ers D J RWIPnce, J-~ Fadev, ' R
WIn; lhn Mllr o j the evemng , h1s cont ributIons
P oter , G and
E.1rle..- E FrC'a.k. R J.lewen non ,
fnl rfv cl\ptn'atillt;t the' audll?n ce
S Dobson EI" SleTon , ,)! J"""",n , E Cooper,
A VORACIOUS PIKE. '
~t ~ho oonelusoon of t he programme, Mr
E Jp~s, E T.J gjre, R BrJg~s, X M w 'kell,
Sldn ev Mart m, Secretnry of the L odge, proposed
M orse, G Goo win, i\I B :J rker E Sago n, K
a 'V l)t a of tha.nks to' the \Gra.nd Ma.st er for preB Issell , J Ful l~roo k nnd}~ Hlld ~on
Mr Geo Pocock, a mem ~r of t.he ~-eadi ng s ldmg', t o the Artistes a nd to the Committee
T he Gl{'nm()~ LHdles' Orchestra , tlnd~I' t hc \Va.1t.Qnt:tn Anghng CllI b, fishlll g in t ho .I'harnes res non!;ible fl"lr the a.n-a.ngrmen ts
I hAton of }\fr C, E Cvphtls, mnmt,u ned I\ n exeol on 'Vorin e~da •• had n. re marknblv !>llo:'Ce"s'ul d ay
Th e concert was rrr.e, R; collpction b,,{ng taken
IJell t slondard f effi f' lf'nc.t" tn tce d ' ftl cult t a."k t o whi ch there wa~ It most C~clt1llr: t ll r1l1lnolt.IQ Il
{or tho Fund, whICh reh.hsed the 8a.tisfactor,y
'otted to it , ,hlle 7\115.5 Okey Ta.ylor w as IUl " ' h en 1andmg a. I.l r!=!,o p )k e h IS t ackle hroke, " l t b amOlmt. of £3 lOs,
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dmlTable pia.n ' t
the net, fo r tllOalcl" u nder the fi ~h , wh Ich ,
T here is just ne ob\ersa tl on , perbaps captiou <>:ly aitholll!h ha.\"l ll g aor ged the ba.lt., h ook ~. etc , th e n
,lieol, th, t ,~ould be made Judg,"~ bv t he prod!edrd to ,m "Umv tb. b"",,1 ,hoped fl o, t'
¢ost u~ " orn Ibv t.he k In e- I\ lld t he prince, the And succeeded In domg so ' Th e .. me~l" WIl.s
,*~mo d depletf'd 'n ilS one of t he R obin Rood da.vs extra,eted from tbe :fish a t 'Mr F iA'btl'cn's , W est 1"f't towards the end of t hI' p ia:,: one of t he artIstes street, where It was on .. how on 1 hursday
COURT " SHERWOOD FOREST."
xplains th:l.t t e pnn ces!!- ¥n~ .. ehloro(n rm ed "
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.. My wife I ii ratherdehcate llDd Hall 's Wilts
h et" better thaa .a.oy other toOIC."
.. I have fouod Hall's WlOe parttculA. r11
" a!Uilbl e ID cases of oerve .... eakness ."
.. I .... ish· mydaugh ter who IS suffenng {rom
aozrnl . to take acourso of Hall's Wmo,"

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t;e Supreme Tonic R..torative.

6wing to the shortage of bott le~nd the
gro..rlng demand (orHall' sWlne:patlents
. a re rsked to return, Immediately. all
emp ~y

Hall 's "Vill e bottles t o tbe age nt
from I whom purchase:; were madt;. ThiS
wdl increase supphes Cus tomers shoul d
note that bOl tluare not charged fO f, butan .l1ow-

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Number, Name, lddrer.s And
in ..bOn List on very modera...

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DUTLAY.
70 SHADES,

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MAYS &
MACKAY

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."1"' 1.6. llie hilI," (" ];:I,,"b "I, Cadet, R S
DfUlre1. H, Ba~hs E Muldleton; .. Mornin g
Song," (Griegl.J Mrs Snrphce , (orea.n): Son~,
If NaAu'eth " ' (Gonnlldl, ~lr W H Webster;

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But age does bring l),eaIth.wisdom.
Let the ' young folk hsten when old
people say ,, "Keep cheerful, hut never keep
late hours.
A VOId heavy meals,
Shun alll exceSlles, Take exercise.
Get suffiCIent sleep."
Youngl and old. alike I ..ill fin,d
Doan's llack~che K idney PIlls a
ready help. This specially strength.
ening kidney and bladder medICIne
does notl l disturb the stomach or
bowels. ,

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A.. spec;al display will be made
Showrooms for one week co!rntt1en.cinlg
F~bruary 23n1, during which
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be shown upon
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The S9~h bn.la.008 sheet pf t.he For~ters' Court
Forest , ' '! recently pllbhsbed, S/:)OW6
thR.t sa.tiAfactOry nOB.n"Clal progl"ess hilS been made
dUring t..he PllSt year
Br<I' W E BrunsdoD,
D ,T., the zcalo~ a.nd popU Ia.r secretary, In h18
.report st.a.I.fo.J>
.. The gr(ljl.-Ler proportion of our
ServICe memoors ha,ve nOWl l fltUrned to ClVU life,
We woloorp.e them bo.ok from the tn&ls. and
d a.nge.rs a.nduTetd In their CIOUbtry's ca.US&, and hope
theu f\lture w111 be one of Ipeac&ul ha.ppmeu a.nd
prosperIty. The d!!a.th ocaun-ed In May last of
ollr est.eemcd Bro W , WilRon, at the Tlpe age of
87 F or nea.dy 50 yee", hoi was the r espected secretary of our Court, durmg w bleh time b e was
&eta clv cng&ged m Fricndly Society work genera.lIy. '!'hough he baa now I.P{LSScd from thta va l~
of tears, hIS -.;ork allrVlves, tl liVlJlg ' monument to
the memory of on e who dovoted hIS life to tile
!'l!' I"\'I CC of hlS f ol k)\\"'3
Tht'J Reuitng Dl.'i tnct prOpose.;; as iI. wnl' memOl"la.1 t.b. na.mo &: bOO or beds
at th e Friendly Socict.les· Convales cent H omes a.t
Do, OT and R orne Ba.~1 and, \f f unds permIt, to
set. ILqld e a. sum f&r (.(Ie prD>ISIQD of tlCketG for
tho benefit of our siak members ,"
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YOUR VISIT WILL BE '~.n . M

EXPENDED.

A ' few examples

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'paONE 273,

DANICE, AT SHINFIELD.

PrelUde' (Rachmdnmoff), M N Surplice (orglLD)

5" 6, Gun Street.

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Thi S treek Frederick G T.lo"d 19 presentmg
comIc opera. at th~ R oyal Counly Thea.tre, prodU Cing t.h e e\er-pofJU lar " Les Cloches de Oornenlle " and D orothv" Th e (ormer whi eh I S to
be presented t o-mght (Sa.tn rda.y) has met with a
well d~n g wclcome. and of t he companv, Mr
J ack Soa.nes st a.nds ou t. pre ·em lll entiv AS .. Gas·
p ard" t he ].{iser
H I8 mt.erprelatioD of t his
char":..cter bemJ{ h,ghlv eredlta hl e In t ho second
act h e hold s the I I house " Wit h hI S rea lsnhon of
the old rna-n- ;md h iS a.Jarm when" Ute bells 1 convey
thelr m ~
Mr I an Macrobort \erv ably
impel fi OIHtte t he r ole of the " i\ Tnrqlll s de Conte.
~dle" and V era I~()w e i~ 9lrecosl!ful as .. Serpe·
lette" a \ fuf, wh ile Gwl adYIi Me\\ t h mpkes a
ehflr~llnrr • Germam," t.he rem,lIn in g meDlber~ 01
the compa, y a..cqUI ltlOg l hemselves In , a...cctpable
manner. th "hole pedonn nn ce helllg enhnnceO bl
a well bal need choMls T he opern .. Dorot.1ty J,
was also ell ha.QdlC!d by the oompn ny

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On P.ul'lda.y uhmed,a.tel.v (ollowmg t he close of
•evenwg sernce. J.n vocal nTld Instrumental recital
W O. S ~'lVen to a f<tldy large congre~atlon ,
M rs
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F Su rplice, L RAM: , ~avo three excellent
recitals on th e rgnn, a nd al so a.ccompame d the
sololSls, who,
Ithou t exceptIOn adtDlrably acQUitted thernre1 eo!
Mr R Ravn er (Na utical
Co llege) gave a erv- fin e interpretation of a. sele<'T
li on from" Ehj, h," Rnd M-r R Surplice's '101m
so lo, as ~ell as fr W ebster' s son g, " N a.zarelh. w ere excellent! I r end ered
Tho trio bv the
Ca.dets, R S Damel , H B avh s, and E Middletpn W fI..S mu ch ap rrecl<ltcd . Rnd bore nmple e\,l.
~ eD~-of 'erv catje rul fi nd Sllccesdul mu~ncllr trR In 'Tho prO!lr~lme \(' .18 n..s fplI l'I'W9' Sef'() nd
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t of C ncerto 10 B fl at (H<lndel), )oil'S ,
; V lOhn S ol o , .. L' a...'t tasle (Thorne),
Mr ",R F. 8
hee: Solo, 01 It is Enont;h
(') EJijah "), Mt' R Rll vner 1 11:10. " IJIft thine

WIT.L GIVE YOU

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pains and urinary discomfort of

ANCIENT ORDER 0 F FORESTERS.
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elderly [people: for whilst some
are young at eighty, others are
old when I only sixty.

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kidney weakness, bach ache,
muscula~ stiffness. rheumatic

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a.nd W&tchmli.kers.
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Among the countless numbe.",
'of letters \on Our files in praIse
of 'all's Win e are many from
doctors.'
These letters from
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heiR Hall's W ine gives in
their daily practice,. Noth ing
-could be more convincing than
these free expressions of
opi,lion from men of medical
1<11()lwledge and wideexpenence.

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Miss L.~nlon , Lady ' Fmdloy, SiT George Mow~ra..Y, Bart., Ma jor FranklIn, Ma.jor and Mrs

PARISH COUNCIL ~!EETING,
A SlJ6CtaJ m 109 of the P al'lC"b Counci l took
place in the B don School ' on Mond ay evenmg
1\& ,Lloyd Plt ey prelS ld ed, ::Iu d t he followlIIg
mcm'\lers w.ere n so p r esent. :\Iiss Jones. ~{esCIi'.
A W, Sheldon, C ,J i\faJlgs, .M W Sa.unders ,
oF Drell"ett, an W J Te g-g ,
The Chairman
,"'.u d he had l'e en'cd a leHer from the Derk s
Count y Coonc il stl'.t lll g tllnt the Fin ance Rond
General PurpoS~1l Committee had faIled to find
a nv add itIOnal f'l'gumenta In fav01lr of )trn.Jltlll g
urban powers sipcb the j,tst enqm rv, and th" t a.
pnm a, faCie ca~ had not bee n ma de out. Mr
1-'ltn6'\" &dJied t h t it ''' as with eon~id erable aston
ishmont thev ad r eccj, ed that h~tter, as the
d ecll!ion a rnve a t by t he Finance Committee
that tbere were 0 new ll.rgnment8 o..d\ anced ,ms
not 10 tlCC'Orda 00 vnth ( acts alld a..s !let out in
R eason IV of
~ ongtnal ~pph eallOn , viz . that
the specla.l ratIO 19 so ,cry much I!reater tb an the
ge neral rnbn~ ~ t is Tlecess:trv that thO' control
s h ou!d be exclUSIvely .ex ercised by 1hose who alone
contribute to the spBciai rati n g
SeeIng tha t
there were n o se\l'a.~e ,rorh an d no t;peClnJ expense
rate at th~ t imE of t be 1904 enquiry, .R.cMOn IV
wa..s an ent.irely new rell:\on, and, ·therefore. tho
.stateme nt. mAde by tbe Fin ance and Geneml P ur.
posee Committee wa..s enttrely erroneous, After
much fli sC1l8Sion It wa s deCI ded to write l o the
Berks County 'unc\l a sked them to set aS ide th~ir
Committee's 1'6C mmendafi on and r e-f'lDe'n the ca se
The ChaIrman in formed the Conncil that t here
were 60 appJi
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wid!! clastlc belt, and

On Monday the meet wa.s at the Red Lion, Ya.t,.
there ;W.ll.8 a. Cft.plta,l da.y '!'I sport
Hounds found almost 1mmedm.tely, and t.be fox
glL\' e a s:plJndld ' Voodla.nds Hunt, round Ya.tt.enden , F ence, Hamp~tea.d, a.nd beaLmg hounds At
last after a. hunt la.rt.mg t he better part of" two
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H ou nds, IWltli tJIe 36siStance of Sheffield, drove
theIr fox an t h\. ~nne, a.nd were pa.rtunilarly unfortUJllt e In bmng \.Q.eaten
On . Thursday houncb 'Were taken to the
Queen's Head, BeeCh Hill, an d there were

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pres ent.,

amongst. others,

to

meet them,

the

Masklr (Mr Guv H argreaves), Mrs HargrcaY'C!'I,
){:s .J ~ lmond s; pin. , Mr and Mrs, Eric Palmer,

Godfrey, Mr. MacMilJan L Mr.
Mr a nd Mrs Vere Al1frev, Mr 11.:, W
Shack el (M B an d B S.H.I. JrIa.)or Ja.ekSOD
f ~! F H ) Mrs Kennett), MISS GIlI a.m, Mr Gell ,
Mr am' ?Ir.. H A Benvon. ?~or Odd Ie, ].11'
E Hen It t. l1r J Hill. Mr. W J, Henman
(SeerC't:> . \ ). Mr H S, ChmnOCk, Dr Secreta.n,
Ca.pt Rushbrooke. Mr F orbes, Mr H lcknl.an,
1\, V Slmonda, Mr
Cove, 'Mr Ford, Mr.
.nd Mr3 :Male, Mr ellner, Mi!".S AlJfrev. 1.11'
lfl:lri 'M.:.'$. Ohl"er D uo n, '!\fr, .Ho"" ard Dixo'n , Mr
A 'J'll rget~,. MS10T' Fhtnklin, MI' E . Ayres, Mr
Sr.a.nl C''l ~ (r T H olla...... d. 'Maj or Wheble, A. number
of Ofl leers ( rom t he I ~O\ld ershot Command, ,M r,
lrlJdw' n 'Mr a.nd MI"!. Emerv , etc
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~ank, but I the Ph.asa ntry held the nece...ary
adJ ll n c~, alia he went &W8V at a. splendJd p aee,
~ID~ a ,-Cr> nice line
oountry, and-going
!:q eart h In tbe Moat Wood at B eech Hill. The
!~met''1 'l"ere put In ATld tbe'\" bolted a..nother
lOl:, WhlCh , s fter C1rc1in~ t.he rover a few t unee.
Went n:w,,"v to Spencer's Wood, wher B h o und s
pulled hIm down in the open
Returmng to t.he Mont a bad,&er WIUJ bolted, a.nd
hounds kilJed h im, The OM21nal fox then went
awa.y Md ~ve another excellent du;plav. hounda
Il~ last. ktlhng him 1II the ~a.rdeDs at. Stra"tfiold!aye T ubb! Gullv '" as bla.nk , but a. fox w as
found :It Bllllsdown', who like wl.80 gave t he Field
III e.:t cellent gnllop, ev6ntuallv runm ng out of
""nt
~f"a.l' t be ·W elh nJ.!ton H ote1. Stratfield sa.ye
n e lZom'l'
was Tery hea.v-y a.nd there were many
~pt.J saddles
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31th

prett.ily trunmed lace
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fa solnated by the endleM
Ind tba. remarkable. .,.luel

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sook, trlmmedJace,

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I.nfe..ntl GoWDa in ICOrM. Ot.
. (yleo ,. 3 /11 to 14J11
[olanta' Cream Coata, c.aah·
mere, alpaca, &erge
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,seized our off~r of Overalls with aVIdIty last week, land for those who missed the
opportunity, the- prices are hereWIth repeated, and the offer holds good for
another week. ",
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Bro~n Denlin Bib and Brace Overalls. 7/11
In additiJ n to last week's offer, a splendid jot of soft dressed TUNIC
SHi R T s - neat ,strlpes- gOOd cloth, r !ll and 5 !1 ~

prices shciw':re~lJy yery great value, and when you he~r t hat
Langsto,nf are doing.8om.tliing .p'~lal then it IS worth seeing.
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Stree, Corner and 537.

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IudlaD) ,· 2J Mr, L, Hl~liel' (WQ.lt ressl.
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Road. Reading,
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Our Judges are. the
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tlsfied customers. Prlcss,
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deCora t loliS 1\11(1 th e 1l'II'III y an d ,fll ll ,1 rl: ...c~"s, pre
'!lil ted 0. \ I?ry aUlDVl I..Hri a.p9U1'lra ncf'
MI A ,t.;
ttQbltlSOIi \\as t ho M. C , a nd ~ h W 'Ilt)lII n the
IICOOUlD.:tll h t, Thf" Judges "'erG Mrs , HM'lland a n d
~trs GdhC'r t T 'le nr lZe \,IllIl CI'" were - LatiJ es
'to )bs s \1 Ba\ n:,,. (F"OI tuna Tcflc tj , 2, MI1: t!

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School on FrIda} , FehrUa r y 13tl~ , In a ni
'la' the School \Var )fernor ldl F-HlHI The lf' .... IS

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18/11 t:o, 27/11

CLildran', all_1VooI ' Kiltiell'
18in .. to 26m. The beet·
aellmg line ' of it. kind :in
!loading, fro..
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A pathetic story of the. [ta.h.n quarter in ,
la.rge cIty 118 to be depicted , J(1 0. film enti t.led
.. His Sw~thoo-rt, " at the V8.l.ideV'lllo E lectric
Theatre on Mond i\Y next and t he two days foUow.
109 Th eA! is also to be Ii. mltgOl.fi cent A _ uita
St.ewa.rt productlOn enti tled
Vlrtnous ' Vlvel ,
and a very fine picture. .. The Cl a.ws." In Md lt.ion
to n. first-clA SS 8f'o lf'.ction o f otlior hi b:h cl ass fil ms
On 1'hul'!ldsy, Fridny. a.nd 8atu!"d !ty, the proI!mmme will mclkuie an M A.ptatlOn of th e wei l
known book nn'dl pli'Lv , "?I\l-s, _Wi~ of the
C~bba.lZ'e J1n.tch .
wl t.h .".Uarguerlte C lark M
,j Lovelv )~a.rv," The storv of " little vil lo!!e
waif "Th~ I Girl 01 Mv Dreams," .. Til e T hunder
Cloud h a. drama, of p nlpitBt.tng in terest, and part
14 .. Cl eared of GUi lt ," of tbl) great ee ria.1 o f
adventure, 'w Ill be a.mong the remaining itemll!
chosen fOT the week·end.

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i;..u..pehmble to to herlledyship

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VAUDEVILLE ELECTRIC THEATRE.

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The distributIon of, Chf> prIZes won In the games'
on Monnay CV'ilnmg dunng
F m f.er\'8.1 111 tho ~mc of a "molung cOncert
' lleld t.o cc.lebra.le the OoCOa.!Ilon. Mr A B Wad ds
Jltcsldcd and Lh e.ro ",,"as a.n exeell t"r)t attend l'ln oe
. .hich IOClhided a ~t1:y. tmm Tbea.ll) w.ho r endered
rreat assIStance Th e p rlzel\ mneN; wer e W'his.t ,
--ruksr.; F & .d an d W FLShl)l' , double I' rl h
~~m;. J H and A T. era vdon, !l.In g le CMh (S l!:
~), :\fr G , F Re-ld l;1I1 ,:!"Je 'cno (fiv(' ca.1ds),
.IlIr _L E !RobInson. rioubJ e don M('ss rs F. Bu ck.
~ and E ColtreiI ' 'Imglo don, lIr - O, ..-\ , H opl ey,
1I00ll1l Qe!.l , M r
\V ~h(' •. bl'lg al.elle (cannon), Mr
A T Cla.ydon , bl4i{8.lelte (cannon and holC:!'l ), Mr
A, r CIBvdon : bllhBTds 1 lIr A 'f Claydon, 2
~. Buckland, 3 Mr G F R Cld

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The BJlnua.l Pr:~LO' of th e If.ac.tne11 Wo'kingh am and B tnJ1!41d ,District .\ff\,!-noy ~f ,"!'he .Roya l
Berks Jl'ne'ndty $ociet:y '" as held m tHe T;mperuOCA
H all, BraokneU; on Saturday for tbe , e1ection of
cluurman an d lftlb-c01Tlmltte<l fOr the eueUln"" year
I!.n d to reot'!l,.e lt he agcnt's r eport for 1919 Mr
H , Ca.rd or, in . ~ng his: report, saId ,that I t ha.d
b een lI. rooord y a.r fo r the Agenoy, both fin&nctaJly
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enrQIled ,
The oon t nbutlOf18 rooelvM. were £ 3ijl
1&. 4d" de".." to "'it., £129 1h 7d ..ek pay,
I DANCING CLASsEs.
£100 Sa 4d:
i t.tod to t.roomJrer. £400
One
An eojoy~ble nening o( danc ing wa!') fI..lTll,n ged
hunnroo a.nd n no new memlxlrs ha.d ]Otnoo the b, the CommIttee on Fridnv. Febntary 12th when
voluntary section and t.hero were 82 new State 200 were present P rizes were ,g"i,-en ferr childre n
rn embeTS
The total mcmool"!'lhlp of the Agencv .tnd ad uU" hind there 'n{1.5 a. ba lloon da.noo for 40
READING v. PORTSMOUTH.
nO'W oonsl:!ted of' 515 1D the '\ olunt-a.ry sectIOn and
hid
ch eausod great fun , Th e. pri ze'
726 Sta.t:.a m e m ben
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Reading A.I'O lip aga.inst a. very stiJf obstacle toT
CHURCH SOCIAL
balloon don ee (or 120 adults fol1owed. , a.nd prizes day at.
but their awn.v
A social gnt h el'illg w as hol d at the VlctOrlll wcnt t() 1
E Cbn.nev Rnd 'Mu;s Ta.ppin g; for t he moat. part, h ave bee~ or :\ueba
HaJ I on 1'h tlI's rlay el'emng, Fehrna.ry 12th, and I 2, Mr G
ng an d .MI ~ SL.eppard ?llrs ! cha.ra..~ ,that- t r elr J!tan ce of
was well atten4ed The first part qi the proceed - I
The c1:t n.irman I means, or ,s, hope eas c a~r
in gs conSlsted~' an explanat Jon In deta.ll of the I (the
t he Conmuttee, , field !leven o~ ~he fOllo'll'1l1\1 Crawforll, Slni\,h,
provisions of t e Enabling Bill, A proposal IWI\S " ho
In o~a.nising w eh an ' Horler,' Qhn tlt.le. ~oodma.n, I }, anng,
J".ofth(lu.e,
h l'ough t forw. d tha.t a. suitAble memoria.l to
Banha.m Wll.1 M C" blag lJal+, Wefrt.on, Wra.y, !BaIley and
Rrae.knell m en (Irrespective of creed) :who fell 10
an d Brown pUlJ1ists
P ommouth Resorves
strong
the \\rnr shoul be place d 10 the church. and a.
be
sn~~est.l()n WB."i
ane t hll. t oak pRneU m g, lDscri.bcd
WIth the nam , sh011ld be placed in the L. •.dv
Ch n]lci. and fl~her, if e (unda a.I1ow, to replacoe
the presel ,t pi e r,o.1 t~'l ,in the ch a.pel with orlk
8e,tts to ma t ch he cXl sting oak scats 10 th e bOd\-'
li:~;::~
of the ('hurch, and (til tlie r 8'tJlJ to add a stamed
Allen and ~
C'lass "indow. A comm it tee. cons istmg of the
BUlCUlt
Vl cnr Church a.rd cns, Mrs, 8 heppee. MI ~S J E
Both
Harnett! Mrs
ortma.n , MISS HU!I;sey, !)t. Fielden , monds'
Me"~I-s .FAulkner. Brown , Treble , :hfeo.rrett, and Caversh."m,
R ow , a nd t.be Ma nager of LIm-d's Bank, Who KIck-off ~ TI
kind t, consented tf) re~l\-' e rubscriptlons, Wlltt
AdmiSS ion
appoint ed.
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at Shmfiel on Tuesday nlp;ht. at the Villnge HaJJ,
1,\hlCh pre ented a IipeCtacJt'I of ea.rn i\'nJ aJld
fe!JI.ivity
he Occa~OD wa" a fa ncr dress baU , III
' "hlCh ' 0.11 rhlnfieJd seeme d to r evel. One would
h avle tbmlg t tha.t t here bad hecn su fficien t dances
In Readmg to have sa.tl~fied Rendmg people
But
no, there :nas ,UI exccedm,t!ly hlg oon t mgent frot;"
ReadmJ:: lAs is usual 1,'Vl th big fun ctIon" of t hi S
cha.racter, It here w n,.c; a. COJ;tume competItion and n
wal t zmg contest, both of ,\ h lOh created (!1'ent
In t erest In t he 1.Ltter COmp E'tltlOn , ~fr. !:tarry
Wc.eks. himself an cxperienced an d capable dancer,
h ad co nsiderabl e difficult" in malting h iS a,vald ,
The hall gave one the Impresllion ,tha.t it repre
senied a hll~e oolour sclwmB m W}llCh. scarcely til
~ tngle knO\vn hut'J or sha de W[l S ml ~ mg ~ome of
the ()')Ftllmes were, to say t he least , weIrd nnd
wonderfully lm"~na.tl ve crentions, while otbeT'8
depIcted eras of British hlStoVV wltb maTked Rccnr:lCV of d etaJI
One extraon:finll.rilv looking fl guT'f!,
" oro n dresa: m n.de of wooden ahanngs close ly
stuck together whICh ma de hIm resembl ~ a fu tu ri~t
example of n. haH drowned 'scarecrow.
Tho costume pnze-wmnerl!!. by t he vote of the
non -competitors, were: Ladies' 1. ~fisli B H!hop:
2'. Mlgs
Smltb; 3, 'MI SS D M Hardin~
n e nt's : 1 , Mr E ele.s: 2, T ~nd J Bent1ey: 3 .. S
Digweed
T he wmnlnJl coup lo ltI the w nltT-In :;:
competItion were M r HIC'IlS nnd MI "~ P arker , and
the runners-up were Mr WhIte and MI SS H ardlllg,

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DEDICATI
OF MEMORJAL .WINDOW
A short.. but l impre!IJSire, seM'ioo ~as held nt
H oI., Tr;nitv to ded,i Cltte the window whi ch h as
been placed in the church 'in memory of Mr HaTTy
Thomp80n Jones The Rervice was condncted b,'
the VlOnr (the !ev R Fts li Wright) 111 the nnBrY'oida.b1e I.'bsenoe 0 the Rurnl Dean The l cbngre$!'p.Lion Included : me 'of t he ol der ~ch ol a.rs of the
Rra.cknell C E School, () f whi ch: Mr J OJle!5 'Was
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