Reading Observer 03-1920

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~IARCH Ii,
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1920.
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THE

SUCCE

H.'s

Miss Iren€ Webber,'s Great " Hit."

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Street.

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were full, the rn t.epn\cl'lt
pro\'ide a burial 'groll/HI.

have to come uu t. of

At.lern\an /:;a le rend

(jAL~\Y of entertainin g talent was

LonJ: (Rech)r of ,..\ It

w it n essed at th e Large Town Hall

}oJ. Walter (Rector o" !
I h~m selyes in !ympnlh y

Mi ss W ebber, wh o ab so lutel v

Friday evening in last week.

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a fu ll hoJse. Her

popu la r con cert party. the
" H .'.- . ' in '.lde another bow to a Reading
th a t

when

neoe ssary that urn.
, for the hnl'ial of t.bn .1('1\4
ground. nud. therefore. they
the mOIle.y which wt'Juld ba\:e
pleased t.o ~ tha.t th ('r~
it

was an usually la rge o n e, was

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voice

soundeJ

clearl y and s weetly than one

poss ible

thought

from so

art i ste: h er words w ere di st i nct

\\'ho. and what are t he ., H.' s" ?
fhl'Y are a talented gathering of artis te s

the ~'Ol rifJlL~ rc ~ ii:i OL;s
The\" 9id nnt \ 'qUlt t.<f
th~lr. ~('ad in decctv:y
. not. pnn l~e an d n ot to'er=\

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Y ' ~(,~:e ior~ une,
;h t I ~ tter

thnt:. £ ~
"ao;: reqmft'd to ~
uf wbll.!b £204 . bad h'{'TI
wopfJ${' d II. resol utinn ,'p.
a.nd ~nm:en(hng it to puLIw:

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misfortuh~,

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-st age dep o rt m ent wo nd erfull y hp,cmn\,,"
.charming. H er first song wa s

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it -is to have

-, S erenad"," dillicult though it ."I,d"nt l ,
was, a nd she could not satiate the dan,o,,,i,
Sh'e
for an encore by merel y curtseyi
then· gave" Silly Willie:' the num
which she has made such a I'l:rcat

as the initial l ette r in th e ' sur-

Thes e " ~.'s " are six : - Miss Doris

H ughes, Miss 'Doroth y Howard, Miss
J)"ll y H ob.rt, Mr. Will Hives~ Mr. Fred .
Hill and Mr. Jame s Hinton, In order,

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Drury. Lan e,

ho wever; to make the prog ram mes pr ese.nted
hy them s till m o re com prehensive, they

was e nco red and r eceived a beauti

\vo whose
initial surname letter is not H,
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f"d r ,instance, on the night in que stion the
acco mpanist was Miss Iv y Froome. the
.. st a r" of the ~ve ning, Miss Irene Webber,

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Her o ther co ntn

German's ' " Shepherd Dance,"
b OK of ch.ocol,\tes.
Mr. Hill sang "I passed
window," ~nd joined with Mr,
the duet" Our Y. M,V. A," Mr_

' of flowers and a large

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da nces from Gounod's Ballet

so metimes enlist the servi ces of an arti st or

vocalist

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Drury Lane (and ,

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mirth with his songs ..

what is mor e important. a Reading girl).
E , Pett enge ll at 'the oq~an, Mr.

Man" and the encores, w hi le h~

Jo seph Mee us (vi o li n) and an exce llen' tl y

ticipated with Miss Hughes in ..

Mr, G ,

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arranged o r chestra under the

b3t~n of Miss

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to say that everyone was encored ,

The {avou.rite of th.e programme , which
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IRENE WEBBER.

IRENE

] n one o f her professional costumes ns wo rn hy her in lhc Drury L lIle
Pnntom imc, Thi s picture was tnken exclusi"cl y (11r the '

T he dc" c r t1:l uf.! htc r of :\Ir. A .' R, \Vehhcr. :W, Orts
, Rl':ldi ng, :I~ed 1:1,
who i" now pc r for1llill~ in the Drury Lnne Pa .. to, ..Ii,"c " Cimler cll:l."

" R C:ldina Ohscn·cr."

that in - C<l U'

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To give the items

would take 'too much space,

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by • 'hreaL ""vi,
On tbc 1ll01"IUlllr of aLL u 1
st.arting on· hi.l round, Ml'
yarJ lln d t,hrOoltGn ec.l wh <l
' prisollcrJ r('tu rncJ., £,DyIng
before he bad lini,hl;.-d,
had p\'c vimlSl)
the UHln was l<.
mOrillug of ·i rl t1- \
the p\' ~O Ii e.1' aidu t. '
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MEND~I--...SSOHN'S

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lla.d &ervc,d IUl l Ie

nllu&elf.

wbo
cha.rllct.er,

to Lhrt!e

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adQ.wssillg MI', Spra" ,
a. i:ood iristancl! 01 OOt I, .,he bad brought the I:Q n

pa.rt ,

publ ish h er!:! "b ow s
( ,110 end fl f LOlld~k!>l:t'eet Chapel. but. il
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tfl d e lll f)n~tratc h liw po pular Me n de lssohn'S'

lhe kinCi.ness o( your

oralnri (). "St. Pa\ll ,~' is wilth R-elldiu g

1lllv.e got oft' much
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The photngra ph I

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/ba rit()ll6). One colll d n ot llUt. give lhe pmise due
to t he soloi st!; for t.he import.ant parts they fi lled
':0 eUici ently, To single out a.ny one wou ld be
~ treadillg o n ,'el'Y thin ice. Without d ispi.u·age1ll611t t.u tlle othors, however. one must marIe down
~ligs :Mary An de l'son for s peci a.l m ention for her
de"ei illLerpret:ltion of a most. difficult and exo.ct·
ill g' I'ole. A ~ til the choir, it waR cxcccdilig ly well
balnnctd and reflected grea.t credit on t he oxcelle llt j udgment of :'\ir. Drew , who should be en·
conraged by tbi s Sll CC es.~ to aUoCmpt other of t he
g:rent )(endclssohn 's work.q.

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The' body and b..1.I~llie s of the hlll! w ere
(.0 theil' ut lllO!oi, ;;eatillg cap :lcit..'". nnd ,."
t he c1lnil' :lnJ ol'che..;:ll'a. tha t 11 0 yacant !!eaLS

HEADA()HE AND

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Read iug: fi'o p\" left to right, i n l. b ~ frOl I1.

.SIMPLY MEAN
IN BLOOD.

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)oIl' , T. R ·Moore (t enor) , )Iiss
Andc l':.,:oll (:wp n Hlo) , )11', F . \ V , Drew (,." "" .. j...,,..!
)'li !lS L , Cooper iC;;;ltrallO) nntJ Mr, ~ormao

can he

troubl.. say.
drinkiDg a.

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give · you the
I.motu natural

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the blood quickly is by
j t he kidll eys, ll'-er Du d
taking IJiils to stimul;'\\r
to tetnpomrt coDvulsive

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and is now C baiil; lnl l f) f the Fina nce Com :
)oIl', ·Ha vward a' so holr)" ,
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or Trust ce of the Readi ng Snvill gs
wbi ch be is al so <t_ Man age r , i.<; a R e l'r("
fe ll t"ti". GO\'ernor fl f th e Co llege a nd a. Gon nlOr
, Hi s lntcst eif()rl W:lK to uude r·
of Ch air-man of the Committee
for t.he \arranl-;ement:i I)f th-e Sllnda~'
. in the Town H all ,
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.!;··Ii~,;;;·;;,d tonk Lis seat on the Bench on
received t he congra lulntions of
wclcnmeci him there as a. . p~r­
flf lbe P e:l ':.c , B v virtue of hi g
~hwol' Mr, H a,~ward hu s heen
. tR llll lO rar i l ~: as a ,J.P,

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..it, w mes in con t..·,ct.
lIndl e!:peJled b,' tr:e
tbe impurities i.t bns
'rho effe;:t of tllis
and imP*ft. streng~~

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Enter\n g the ('fl unci! ncarh' 24 yeaI'='> ago [I S a
of H;,d l:llld !! " 'ard, ~li', H ;tyward
\'Hai ned t h at positioll t'O lIt il\\lOUlllv uuti\ e1t!,'aled
I,) t hl~ Alderman ic l,;cu ch : ~ few VC;H ' ~ ago on t he
dr'l tb of A ldcnnn n OW(,II R idle.\·, nil e loqu e llt
~ ri illlte \ 0 the ~'lItldell l"i! re puse d ill h im IJ," h i~
i l·llnw tclwn.<;.pcopl e.
Rl' was hono lll'ed ill 1918
Ity lwi ng el('('k'd as l'llic( )ol:tgil'tl'a te of tbe
BOT"Ugh 311'1 fnltil'cd hi s ~l;\ vlwai offi ce wi th g-reat
al,iHh' , TIe 9.lIcceeded ·M r . •J. Mi l"nlll a:< .Chni ..111 :' 11
th e l'a rk;: and Pleasllre GI" "l11d s Commi t t ,'" . :md l'f:lllai ne<1 iti'! C ha i rman fOl' fin' veal's.
) 11'. H n.yw:ml has also dono good wo rk 0'11 the
\\"nl ~rwork l'o
Comm ittee, 'Vateh C"llllnitl ee,
H ighwaylS Committee, Libran' Comm ittee, the
Incrt l Pe n ~inm Committ l'e, :l1l d' t he Soci:ll W elf;II'e
t':xeC'uti"e Commit tee.
,-\p ~lIt ( m ill Ili lS m an" nct ivit ies on t h e Clluncil.
:\11'. H a , "wnrd is I' I'('sid ent. of t he Re . .td ill ... Lilpl'an'
;Llld Scienti fi c Soc ict y , wit h which he "has llt't'il
a;:socia ted fol' lIt~~'lI'h' 40 ~'ears, wa s one of t he
Foun de~ of th e :\lhelufum"' Cl uh , And is n. me mber
',.f tbe Commit ~et', i ~ ;t Direct or of the Rea d ing'
1,j:.1d Company, III whi ch p Oio' it i o ll he slI ct'eed ed hi s
l'ejlrl"sellt,~ti ,'e

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The difficul ty i ll prOcurIng :~ compa.IlY ot
to illHst tho charictcrs with tha t pe,·so9"ljty
bfloved of the authnress wa..'1 very great,
more J) l ea~i n g selection cou ld ha ...·e been
I:sp~c:i all~' ill th,' caso of ,1 0, t h l) t.<IIlllx{y
fn m ily, which !l.lli JelllllllU !i a.II uctress o f
~ jJ il'it..." a kee n sell '*' of hUIII our, fl ild witha l a.
IIf tragic ifllensity.

sh lmld be no doubt about t he Sllccess of
'" ome ll ," the wnrJd-fanHlIl~ ~tor)' of
M, Al cott, which iH be ing produced at. the
COllnt.,\" The-ab'e- next. week. ]f only one
'wom en and c!.ildrell . wuo have formeu
(~dlic h al mo:-;ls :llllOUll ts to a ]lagsio n) 101'
)1. .-\Jeotl lurll u p to ~ee " Littll' ', Vomell .'
tiesh, t be R nyld C(, uIILy Theatre will be
cr,; w·de<i ni ghtly.

ill g of the part o! Jo has bee n fiO t!uo.:t.:\:fi5fu l
afte r bel' tout' of G1'ea t Brilain fib e will
LUlidoll in tbe t itl e r ole of a new
wr itt.en for her bv 011£1 of our foremos t nl""",vI·'\.h"
" Little WOIn~II " will be produ ced

ing aL 7.30 p , m .. a nd a l\ pedal lJi;d.;nctl
llt!sday ;ii 2.20 1'.111" and r~<lder~ arc
hook fl.t once fol' 't his i>~lpel' .'l t tracti(,n,

tbeo p roduction

Mr, STANLEY HAYWARD, J,P.

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to Reading,

no pain s to secure the atmoStpbere
8 UC C("SlS

of thi s

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,wbo
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n e~s!'aTy

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D l'n:RESTINU POINTS.
" M eg's" wed ding bonnf'l an d drefis
originals woru h}' the actual " Meg," who,
life, was Alma. Al cott, the auLhorel}lS' sister,

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. ' ,Jo's '. boots ;lIId f:UH:y ul'es!! a nd t bc
u;>ed in the :lIuat~lIr theat.ri cals are th e o<iw"al,
worn a.nd u sed by t he a uthoress.

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, Wm. H olies a nd Norman J ,

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)''li ss .-\i ls.tL Graha.me. who ha.-,; bee ll
with t he parl, is <1 charmi ug yOllllg AI"',,..\I,,,,,,
",1H)rie IIl1doubtl'd' ia lent ha..-; IJTf)'lg~ t b el'
frOIit. l'1u& of 0111' leadi ng: lu.:t.r cs..'ic:i, lI/Jd ht l"

a .<; it . does in these days or·ut.v anced ideas,
l iS g-cntly bnck to t h e r :tisnti on l h ut
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Women" of l o·day are ~i ll t he good,
a nd }o\.ing ,:·creatures as were it" "l.ittle
" of yesterday
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is all so huma n, so underst.a ndnble, a.nd ,

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NEXT WEEK

J r> , Am~', a lld Hett s aTe fo\ll' ~'ollllg girl s
bll t dc lig-hU IlI fa mily. OJle ", ' buddil, g
lll ll) ther is uf I~ gentcel type, ,~ l hird nn
s wect lit.tle girl who p:ls.'l.es soft ly into
great beyond , and the fO\lrt h . is jllst a
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m iss, 8. tomboy and a romp. " Cared for
devoled mother, an d wbose fa.ther ha s gon~
war (the great civil Wll,r of America, 1863these ': Little W omcn ," with t he ir fri6nd~
combi ne in l ell ing o nce again the
t hough old , i s eve r Jlew .
and bappino.<:s and t..,~e grenter

;\ \'('ry k t:ell' cric ketcr. ha\'1ug played fo r year!'. for
the R eadill).: Cl'icket C1IIII, alld ;<t ill e llj(I~';:' n k e<:11
ga mo uf~ ttmuis, !!olf aw l croq'let.

on S::Jt\l.rda.y
t he h ome team rOD out
sc9ref1.. 'V, ' Vdeh ~u s

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ROYAL COUNTY THEATRE.

of tbe COIDJlany,

The news tha.t i\lr , Stanley H ayward, t he
D eputy Ma.yor of Readi ng, b as been added to the
Commision of P eace for the Borough , will he
received wi~h widespread pleasure throughout the
d istrict, and '.Mr. Hayward can be assured of
b61lrt.y oon~rat ulati ons. not. only o f t.hose who
know h im III primte life, but al !!O by the many
wit.h whQm he hag bee n a..'Isocinled in hi s public
iUld business life,
"Mr. H ay wnrd
in e" ery se n se 0, Reading m o.n ,
b ~" i n ~ been born ill th e town an d. lh'ed h ere all
Iu s li fe, All bougb flf :1Il t'xccedlllgk 1lIIHio'ti' n ·
t:l t.ious 1ll ;\fUl~r , Ill' h a.." t hmwll himself w ho\t"
Ll'arteciLY int.o tlH~ public life of t he t?wn '\iLh
wyich h e has bct"n clflsel ~·. 'I!<sc'lciflt~d n~ ht £110m
tILL' early In,''s whel1, he mHl ,l ded w it h 1115 fe11o}\'
men in the world of sport, for ~tr. H ayward if; a
kt'e nl s pOl'tsm ;ul, aud f~£ 1874 be a ssisted t h e
Rt'H d i llg Clu b throu".:l!,rlft·- it~ ~matcuj' U,I\'~ and
lh' l'b;~ 11111.1 HUl'k;: ·ll"lI Ul 101' 12 " ear~ ill the l'(>i!:!
\)1 a .by no Illl'an:; n ll~lIt.:cl's.s fu l goali'll. Hewa," ')ISI)

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rll mes, of r eal i!lce, extcnd from Le ul to
a nd contain six ya.rds ill each ruttle.

., Liltle Wom~ n " was th e subjed
sennuu ~e n'ice held at Sl. Thomas' lCIIU,cb ., I
Trafford, on Octobe r, 26th, 1919,

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