Reading Observer 03-1920

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OBSERVER, SATURDAY, MARCH U, 1920.

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GALAXY 01 entertaining talent was
witnessed at the Large Town Hall
on Friday evening in' last weelt.
t h at

popular ' concert l party.

was an usuall y large one, was

Miss W.bber. who ab solutely
a ,lull house.

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audience.
W ho. aDd what are the" H:s" ?

clearly and sweet)y th a n one

.thought possible Irom - so

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Mr. E. D, ~ &Iliiticl d
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t he letter J.I as the initial letter to the surfl ume. These "H.'s" are six:- Miss Doris
H ugh... Mi.. Domthy Howa,d. Mi ••
Doll y H o bart. Mr. Will Hive •. Mr. Fred .
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Hi ll and Mr. James Hiriton . In order.
however. to ma,ke the programmes presented
by them stil1 more comprehensive, they
. ~ometimes enlist the services of an artist or
two whose initial surname lett~r is not H.
For instance~ on the night in question the
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accompanIst was MISS Ivy If'roome, the

ev~ning.
voc~list danseus~ 01

Miss Ire~e Webber.
Drury I Lan. (and.
what is more important. a Reading girl),
Mr. G. W . E. Pettengell at the organ . Mr.
Joseph M.eus (vi'olinl and an excellently
ar~anged orchestra under the baton 01 Miss
·R~ •• Hood. ·1
lavourite 01 the programme: wh ich
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stage deportment wonderlully be,:or~irlg a,,'d
<:harming. Her first so~g ~as
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•. Serenade." dillicult though it
was. and she could not satiate the ~I,.m.)u>·s
for' an enCOre by merely
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th~n gave" Silly Willie," the
wh'ich she has made such a
Drl\~y Lane. ' Her other. COCltrIDUIt\~'ns
danc'~s lrom Gounod' s Ballet
German's " Shepherd Darice."
she
was encored and received a De<.utl'f'
o( !lowers and a large box 01 cn,ocf"alte•.
Mr. Hill sarig "I pas.ed
window." and joined with Mr.
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the duet. .. Our Y. M.V. A." ,
evoked much mirth wi.th his songs

They ar e a tal ented gathering of ~rti rte5
wh ose fo rtune, or misfo rtune; it is to have
~ilS , required to
£ 204 had Ixoon -.

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·artiste, her wo rds Were distinct

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and •• Women haven't anr

Man" and the encores, fhile he
ticipated with Mis. Hughe~ in
aiL " . To ~ive
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would take ' too much space.

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Son, Headin g.

IRENE WEBBER.

IRENE
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:rhe clever da ughter of ~Ir. A: R. \Vehber. 26.
R~ading;;'\RGd 13,
who is now perfonri~Tli: in the Drury Lane Pontl.mi,,,F... Cinderella. I,

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C <J ll icr, . R ":l<ling,

o f her professional costume!'; as worll hy her 'i n the Drury L:ulc
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Th "IS picture Wa!o; taken exdu s h'eI~\'
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(ba.ritone). Olle oould not but give tbe praise due.
to the soloists for the important parts they filled
90 efficiently.
To sing18 'put anyone would be
trending on very thin ic~, ' Without di sparage-1
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meut tp the others, bowevl¥', one must mark dov:n
i\1i.lSS Mary Andenon· for apecial mention for Iier·
<.:l eyer interpretation of a. most difficult an4. exa.ctin g role, As to the cboil', it was exceedingly well
balanced and reflected great credit on the e~cel .
lent judgment ,of Mr. Drew, who should be en -,
cour aged by this succeS8 to att.empt other of the
grea.t Mendelssohn's wor,h .

on~ end 01· Lond.on·street Chapel, but .it
to demonstrate how popular Mendelssohn's

orntolio, " St. Paul," js with Reading am",":nc••.
The body and ba.lconies of the hall
tp their utmo.rt. $~~8.t ing capn city,

n.nd 80
t,he choi r ";lIld orchef!:tra. that no ,·"ca.n t
left .
. Re:.'\d ini,t from left to right.., in t he
can he seen Mr. ,T, R. 'Moore (ten or )... Mi!l
Anderson (~prau(») , Mr. F. 'V. Drew loondl~cto rl
'MiM L. COOpeT' (contralto) Dud ~,

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P . O. Collier, HeadinK.

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The

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that Mr. l Stanley Ha.yward, the

Deputy Moyor of R<>adjng h.. beon added to the

Commision of P eace for t h e B orough, will be
received with widespread pJeuure througbout the
district. ~d :Mr, Hayward can be ayured of
hearty oon~ul ation8, Jl0t - o nly o f .those who
know him in p rivat.& life, but al/fO by the many

wit h whom he h88 been a.ssocia.ted in his public
WI d business life.
!tir, H ayward is in every sense a. Rendin g ma n,
havinl{ been born in the town a.nd lived ·here all
h is . hfe.

and il now Cha in1l8n of the Finance Com·
a! the Company . Mr , Hayward a 'so holdH
Trustee of the Readin g Savings
he is nlso n. ) lnnager, is n. Repre.
\oO.",. ,t "'6 OOVE,rnCJT of t lie College nnd a Governor
School. I His' latest effort. wns t o under·
of Chn.innn.n of t he Committee
a r rangementJ of the Sunday
, the 'rQwn Ball.
took his sellt on the Bench on
rece ived the congratulations of
welcomed h im there 05 - a per·
of t.he P eace, Dv virtue of hi s
Ma.yor Mr. Hay ward hn s 'been
. temporari ly M a. J.P.

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of an e xceed ingly ull08ten tatious man n er , he haa th rown h im self whole·
h elu1.ed ly into t h e public life o f t.he town .\\;th

which he ' has been ,eloseJy ~ sociated right from
the early ' dBys ' when he mingled wilh his fellow
ro sn in t.he- world of sportj . for Mr. Hayward is a.
k'e en spbrtam ~, a.nd from 1874 he asailt ed the
Rending Club throughout jig amateuJ' dn,'y9 and
lJerb and BlH:lis t eam tor 12 years in· the role
of a. by no meanls.lITH!UL'Ccssfu l goalie. H e was also
at' Vf!J'y k een cricket er, h a.ving pla.yed for y enn. for
t he R e&d ill g Cricket. Club, and 5p ll e llj o~'s a keen

go me of tennis, g<>lf and croquoC

The difficulty

Miss Ailsa Grahame, who h ajJ
with the part, is a. charm.ing
whose undoubted tll.1SJl.t ,has
(l'Out ra.nk of our leading actfE!88es
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aiter her tour o f Grea.t Britain she
London in the t.itle role of a. new
written for her by a ile of o'ur
" Little Women " will be p".du,oed
in,l{ ' at 7,30 p . m .~ and a special
· nesday . at 2.30 p.m ., and rea.ders are
book at once) for this 8t1 ~er. a ttractio n .
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Mr.- STANLEY ' HAYW "RD, . J.P.

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{deul'1l'. Wm. H f[l Ues a.nd Norman J . Norm, who
AÂ¥rtngin g the! production to Rending, h B.:v e
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no pains to secure t he at.~here peoesS8ry·
fo the SUCCESS or this unique play·.
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Jo'a" boots aIld fancy drese -and

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worn and used by the authoress. . .

MARMEE ANd" THE LITTLE WOMEN.

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.. Jo"s " white petticoat is the
ruffles, of ren.1 lace, extend from hem
and conta.in six yard. in each roflle,··
" Little Women" was the subject' of
sermon :service held at. st. 'fhomrus'
Trafford, on Octoher, 26th, 1919.

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" Meg's " wedding bonnet and
originalS worn by the actual .. Meg,"
life, was AJma. Alcott, t he author~'

it bl iIlgs us gently back. ~ the r~isa.tion tha.t
.. Little Womep: " of to-day are still t.he good,
gepile and loving.r~Creatures. as were the .. Little
Women" of yesterda.y.

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in prOcuring , t:o~:!!~n~~;.~;~:;~

to inveSt the chlLl'~ers with
~lo~ed of th~ authoress wa.s very
more pleasing selection could
/!specinll v in Uti, ease of J o. t he
,family, ·which p8.rt de~nndH a.n
spirita, a. keen sense of humour, and
of tragic intensit~,

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Apart from his mO llY act ivi t ies on the Council.
Mr. H aywa rd is P resident of the Reading Literarv

o,f t he Commit~~, i~ a Dj~to'r of the Reading
lD which posit io n he succeeded his

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t is all so huma.n, 90' undeTS~d4ble ~ a.nd ,
·ng as it does in these ' days of 'advanced ideas,

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Gaa Company,

Th ere shouJd be no doubt About t.he success of
" II .. itCe W omen ," the wprld-rarnom story of
U illa. M. Alcott, whi ch is being produced ' at t~e L
oyal Coun ty T heat re next week , If only on e
h l\f the women and children who .have fa nned
il love (whic h a lmosts runounU!: to a. passion ) for
LOuisa. M. Alcott tu rn up La sea " Little Women : ·
ill the fl esh, the Roya,l County J Theatre wiB be
Wded nightiy.

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Meg, J o, Amy, a nd Bett.s are fo ur young girls
of a poor but dcJi ghtful family, One n. hudding
'<l~thor, an uther is of a genteel type, n. third an
ofgoli', sweet little g irl who p..... ·.. my 'into
t~ great. beyond , nnd t.he .fourt h is just a
" a.nning.miss, a tomboy and a romp, " . Cared for
h a. -devot ed mother , and · whose father has gon~
t the war !the great '<;ivil war of America, 1863. 1 ), these " Little Women," with their friends
a d neighbours, combine in tellin g once again the
oHl old at ory. which, t hough old , ,is ever new,
, 1. Ie story of love and happiness nnd the gren.ter
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SCientific <Society, with which be h as bee~
associated _'for nearly 40 years, waa Jone of t he
FoundenJ of t h e Atbemeum Club -a nd is n. membel'

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En tering t.he Council nenrlv 24 ~' ea rs ago as a
representa.tive o[ Redlands 'Yard , M r . B ayward
r etained that posit ion cont inuously lUlti l ele"ated
to the Al derma.nic bench n. few )'ea r~ ago on t h e
deat.h of Aldenn an Owen ' R idl ey. nn eloquent
t rihute toO the confidenoe reposed in him by bis
fellow town speople,
H e w as ho noured in 1918
hy bein g elected as Chief Magistrate of t he
Horou1g h and fuLfiI !ed hi! Mayoral offi ce with great
ability. He Sllcceeded i\{r, J . ~U l som 0.8 Cha ir ·
lUan o f t he P arks and Pleasure Ground s Commit.
tee, a nd remain ed' its Chai rma.n for fiVE! years,
).[r, H ayward h as aJso done stood work. ,on the
Waterwor ks Commit tee. W atch Committ ee,
H ighwa.ys Committee , Library Comm ittee, the
local P en!rinns Committee, and the Socinl \Ve1fore

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