Reading Observer 05-1920

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V]EW-POINTS FOR PHENOMENAL ADVANCES OF
WOMEN VOTERS.
LABOUR MOVEMENTS.
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a ccrtO In anCient lc,,'n In the Midland s
d nearly e'iCry t;tolle of whIch 1
(H e y flt rcet
J;, n ~"\ 1IIee t he paJru of my b fHld t h ore IS a. tMeet.
\.\ Itb the eUflous nRme of
l1 PPIllK Qtreet
J ( ca l tladltlod "af'B that It bears thiS name 'be
c ause In olden t unes t here was In It a h Olite l. . . . . or
pubhc-howse AS we 110"" call I t -'\\ hl t ber the freo
and mde pend ent. voters of tho aJleH~nL borongh
r eNlrted fi n th6 e1 c o f all electIOn to be p f\ ld lor
t hCll vot "l/ I n tho old bad da) s tbl~ \\ a6
common Old open PO much 60 t i)tlt 011 o n'" 0 tj=.cn
6 10n a horoug:hl publ1 cl:r ad\ ertll:ed Itrre tf HI !Lite
nO"\\ 8pn pel S ~$ I') pell fflr sa le to tbe hl g-boot ll\dde r
for ;t ~cn t III lhr: R ouse of Common!! It l S al ~o
recorded tha.t \\ben a. depulntlOlI fro m a eeTtal11
town went up to L o ndOI to m t en lew their
member to R..~k him to , ote aga.Jns t a. celta ln
lnea.sUl e \\ h LOb InJU1 cd t hen mte rest s he rr.phed
No, bv - - 1 ho u~ h t \ ou a nd I II soil you
F or natllrall v enough the m embet \\ ho h ad
hought the \(lt es of h Uf t)on stJtuel b; expectcd to
L,n"e the o\ltll\' rct lll"ued v. Ith II. h alldrome profiL
h.. sell lllg hiS ' ot es to t be Gove rnmcut.. " blch
"' as u!';() a o 10 opellly ana com monl'\'"

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DIRER 1IAN~ERS
t Tn RctlCes of thiS grnss

Rnhcl Y amI
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t ha.lie been lbo l1!;h cd or neal h so bv c ha fl~ es
1 11 pubhc opUllon and hy sLrlngent legls l ltlOn III
i l"naed to p:J\ 0 effect. to tJl(:~ m It IS not. worth
"b de for a. ca ndidate t o buy " otc..;; Wit h money Ol
:rnoney s \\ orth becanso t he chan ces of hiS belllg
fmmd out alO \ cry grca.t D..lld tho penalty prom pt
),nd hea \ \
But ever) candIdate nn d e6pecL Illv
}. ClIldu]ate for ParlIament., looks upon lour lole
A ~ a. Ilnng " CI") \\ell worth gctt1l1g
A ll of t h em
~m~r c r tn get It In
fa ll' me ans and n owadR.Ys
foul mc Ul S \I 0 out of the que ;t lOn Wh at I S to
b o dOll e?

THE NF.W MErHOD
Tn polIti CS as 1n p leas ul9 there IS a. marked
d fT ere-nee known to } ou and me only by hear8<\y
\n bot h oonnectlolLS betn ee n ' tho evelllng r ed'
flJld Kt he momlllg gley
Let Ole lliustrate It
1II re.... pect. to 'Politl cs
!\. fri end of mm e wa s <\
!.'lndlda te fot Parha.mont some ten y o..'l l S ago In
.the course o f the election h e ga." eo a d cfirijte
pl edge 11l open mectlllg t o ' ole III a. cert~n '\a.y
One of the chief leader s of hLS pal tv '''3.li''on the
l)latfo rm \\ Ilh him , a.lld heard tho ple d ~q :J he
t1l11~ CfL mc "hell mj fllend h ld to l edcc-m the
1 lcdJ!' c and bo knnounced h IS IIltel bon of dOlllg
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[h '" i'i lid Icad er so 1 am to ld h, mv frl enrl
hJ ccted to bl3 d n lll~ 13 n bee lu "o It " as contrary
r t he pol! C\ nf the pal t.y
TIny I prom ised to
(l( "'0 chJcct ed my mnocrnt fnrnd Jhe Icp1v
"'n~
'} nll \\ e re II. cflnduhte Iben Y o u rc m
In
If tbls III U 8 J 0 U had b ee n a .. \ alu ele"'6
I I hmB Ie"" liS It W.!I.>tI III POittlCS h e " au ld h ave
hi f' ! J': bl lIlcd h\ eYe r:'! body
F l a nk h lad lE'S l OU b aH~ ,(ro t to r e< kon v;I t h
tile nlle mp t6 \\hlch \ \11\ certaInly be ma.de to
hU \l ,onr \ ol ea \\ Ilh the dcba gcd currency of
ProlllI:sCS ",bleb like pi e crusts ale m Ide on l) to
be broke1l
I kno" of COUTse lhrl.t 'l"Otl w111 Iltldcrstand
Just a..,c; e1 ea.) ly as I do tbat m POlItlC9 case:s are
('()utl1lualh: o ct.1I r l'lIJ~ 111 wh Ich Illllt.y leu.ders m Ilee
]) rOrnL'ic:;; ",bleh thev fulh Inte nd t o kcap ilnd
which th m \\ould k eep If they could At the
time the:', m ade tbe proml~ t her h a d every
TeA.$(ln 10 suppo ~o tb It If return cd to pO\ter t hey
could h ep I t, a.., they Intended to do But III
p o lI t iCS things change RS qlll ckly ns the [lice of tbe
Fh on :'Ill .Api'll dOl}
Iak,e a case In pOInt
'Before the Oa.st ( e ~la l EJ ectIOn, J..tl L1md
Gcolge p ro nllsed t o tn the K fl lEet ' Yell Hoi
lnnd rChL'Oe8 lo !!'Urrendcr h un for Lr at a nd as
t m u III his ab sence \9 0llld almost certalll h: be n
flll ti o pl dcecdlll ": It looks as If ' VJ lham R ohen
mUorn wonld ~f't off S("I') t free
It " ould of
, ()urse be easy e nougb by f01 CO of arms, to make
HoJ1 a.nrl Sllrrender hlln but bl1relv t bat. would be
mll cb "WIN e thRn to Ie-ave 111 m '\\ herc h e I" I 101'
(lie'" OlJ!d cert:l.1nlv not h a.H Mr Lloyd Georg,
make war nn RollR.nd m ere!" In ord er thnt be
ma.v be "hIe to keep to the let t er of an elechon
p roml !!e

TESTS 10 BE APPLIED

E"en- clechon address wblch you "\\ III

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e\ erv dec-hon speech lyou wllI hea.r Will con tmn
rrO Ullse~ III p leot,) , SUIte tb ey are the m eans by
" hlch those who- make them seek. to SlAm your
~ otes
Bet.ween the lead er wbn said • You t e tn
)t ow ' lmp lym g t b at titnce tho m ~ was tn It did
h ot m att.e.l a. rap what b e h ad promlsc d m ordel'
t o get m~ and t he l ead er who LS prevented by
n eW' alld awl-ward facts from caTrV'Ing out a we ll
con ~i,de red pohCJ. to whlcb ho h ad pledged him
@elf th ere 16 aU the difference III the w orld
I ndeed you Will not generaJly be called upon to'
d eCIde between caGes 60 far apart as theee Th e
promlS8S '\\ hleb w11l h nve to be te!tcd bv you a.re
~eneral1v free from delIberate. fra.ud a nn WIll be.
the child re n of h ooo Slo li enthtlSla.sm Y on WI ll
w ant tests of eled luneenng promIse.! and In the
,fo)l owmg nr t lcle I WIn try to suggest ~ome
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the \\ar a. Thrase usod by President
\\ II"on l"cgamoo a ncw VItality and came back lD tO
LI IO cm rcncv of oommon ~pcecll
H e talked a.bo ut
RIl aClrl l est '
The ongIn of tho !)hraso IS
:.ercs tlllg Iu olde~ days goldr COIUS ~a.d to be
Mom 61.1 3.lll{crs a nd oven from frIend s With much.
Cll CllllllSJ)eCtlon They \\l el'e frequent ly h ght-tha t
l S to sa.y below t ho prope r weight ana th ev we re
often forgerlcs made of base metal Consequently
(H er}, tradesm'l,ll had In Jns pocket ~ Stmlll paIr ef
s cal es 'Vi It h wlllch to '9. e1gh tho (':()lUS and n. sma ll
bottle or a.cid WIth wluch to test them A drop
of strong m trlc a.c.ld roRkes bue> metals fizz -as
children say, but bas no eft'~pon .eold
lhe
bottle of a.cJd was thus So 6Ure
eca.ut.ion agalllst
a cceptmg gilded. lead 10 place of olid gold
TJIIS week I will suggest one or two t cab o f
t llo promISes roa.dp by candld atC$ ,,,be n thev a r c
out to persuade ypu to gtve them your vote It
l S not posSible unfol-tuna.tcly to , !pye you qUJlo
fio. tilIDpl e a. test. ~a.-. bottle (If a.c:'f 13 for a. gold
OOl.D
The re aro evera.l r easons for thlS, and to
110 qUlt~ .fn.nk WI h you ... ftel"' my u sual rasluon
OU !) of the ohief I'
ons JS'-51m!)ly 'VourschC!l
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But h Id fa c ta must be faced

har<icst ~ Lhese acts I, that
"1 t.l l tho III eai.c6 SUspiCion all ally l/" .np"g,m<JI.
In crease of output..
A.nil as the
plo\eme t are Jmost nIl mle$9
I S s aUdi
It IS ell to seo upon
a t eal JOy to most 0 1 th o~(l \\ho had to IH a the ir rcst..!
1I\ e'> III th e H ouse of Commo ns
was a ! plCaSUl c
If I m~Y s~ l cctl rro m the m nny
to get R.v.a.y f rom the a l tlficlat nt mo!luJ tff a .. IL prI ne pal ones I ishouid say t hey
were and como nght a"ay Into direct. tou bh 'Â¥t ltn of confid nee III th e c m plo~els
fhe ,1l 0\emt) lI t III d Ifc\'c.nt. oa l tl!: o f the l-count ry of ul1cm loyment. due to
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(hslIl clm atlOn to 0:;~r·~;:tdl~:~
l:'lle
In h~k J I ~ a ~e ll c ral Dohth:al rm le "" h e said t.ha t tll I<l1y
plofil! wh ch th" l worker thlll ks a.re
It C\er thC1C \\ US a. time full of dlsa..ot"r I t. "ali nOW
III d C\ c y thwg' they cou ld do to brlllg JlOfUO to Ca.P l ta.hS~Of all kmds
th e mmds of tlunkmg: mell and lKomen Ith e r eal
THE ]?sSONS OF BITTBR EXI' . ;HI''''
RJ u. , II) of th e pot>ltlOll .gil oU'ld be d out'! 1 here wc e
W ith
ard to the firs t
g18at OppOI t un ltlcs for th O!lc \\ ho carcd{:O gtaSP
th em ami g I U\O da.ngers ' a l ahcad If th c. (lppOI at n.1l tljat t he j USPICIOIl rests
0\ cr and m O J
pcrlenco
lUll tic S, \ cre not tal ell
E, cr) \\ here '" I e.Lber In
t h e pohtJca,1 !l.IClia III thc mdust n nl world 01 the ments ~vo boc? mtrod ICed
field of fo r~gn politl('f; dlsoord was strlk mg mora I ales ha. 0 ):tono f!J P as soon as
mo s ~bl o j..1 ere has
d eeply IIlt(l t he nn.tlonal h fe th lW ener bdo l e fh e ba.\6 b
gravIty of th e pOSit ion cou ld not be cuggeratoo raLes 1.)01 I t ho oW r a'\c of wages
tillS
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of t o.e fact. that huge
H c l eEe r cd to t ho sOla li group of mc.n as at S~n
Rcmo holdmg 111 then hauds t hc dCS~lU ICs of t he c al n od
Iudood rt. Wa.'i qUite an
\\orlcl lmless Luo dc mOCIRctt'EI of those countncs
plo;,:c.-s t S!'-30 that \\ o l klnS
BSSCI t ed themselves t ho r csult of t heir cff011s would
more
t h " Ii. ccrta1ll SlIn! a.nd
h~ to plunge t ho whole world m to d lSJUptlon
Whit t ho a.3l cd W lLS th e ex nl a.n atlon
these was bnrc1y cnough to kocp
\\, R. :\nr1
t ha.t
phenoUlcnal advances or the labour m ~Jc m c nts
duoug-hout tho "' orld? fhe y ",ere not only gctt.lIlg
!lew m e mbc rs In tho House of Comm ons
thc~
Imcw t hat 1}\C.ry whcro publtc onJ mon 'K as juereao
lIJgly commg Ol"CC to th p Side of Ldxfn
( i\p
p1a-use) 'l'hc d"y he t hought W!U; not fll l dis t ant
wh en Labour v; ould b8.\e to t ake the reins of gov

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It. "",as because oth er pohticil l evstetns had failed
t h at t ho La bOur mo\emcnt ha.d been born 1Il t hiS
coun try Till.'! year thousands of Brllll.h c1Jlld ren
'90 010 not bOl1l but damned In to t he \\ orld
He
"" ould not SI::I) t here had not becn gleat men and
women IU both of the othel pal t~e']; men and
l'omen ·w ho ha.d given the long yt)ars of their 11\ es
to the pubho service but whi le tl.y recogm sed
t h ell ment thcy could not be blinded to t he fact
t.hat Libera.hsm and T orY ism a.s Dolttlcal sysLems
hRd altogot.he r failed und It WIlS because of th iS
failure the Laooul mO'o'ClUen t had been bo ln Ih o
Independent Labour Party came 1Ilt<l cJ:lstcnoc III
Bntam not so vCl y ma.ny Jears auo bu~ more
t han an y othm" p n.rty Jt h a.d dll cct.cd tho develop
ment of democracy (Ap!}l atlSc) Capltallsm "" as
s1111 " lth them
bu t t ho camla hsb kne", that
capl ta lJ sm " as dy ilio Any mJIIl must ue h lil\d 10
t he Signs of t ho t~m e\ If he could not. sec tJlat tI s
!>yaLem w1nch ltfter 1111 "as not so very old "as
passlllg a,,,aJ
Ihc sys t e m of ptlva1{l oon1l 01 had
altogeth er blOkclI down " lid lIIllSt be substi tuted
by a better one
fhe LaboUI mo\ cmcnt was
corom,::' mto Its 0 ~ II more :rapi.,j1y than sOl1le peopl e
ImBgt1lcd Mr C lnll ehl!1 had Informed th em Wnt
Labo\lr ~ a~ no1 fIt t(l gm CIII "'Ii hcn cvcr he spokc
0 11 a. Lo plC hk() t hl\Jt ho was entitled to K. respeclfu l
hcnrmg-{Iaug- htcr)- and after a ll hfl Lho~ht he
cou ld fal rl) c1aml to be all Iluthollt 'l'
T hey 1 C
mf'lllooroo th e traged) of the D~1"daue ll cH and
that at th e \ C I \ moment he wa~ dch venng a
!'opeC! h m SUll uc tlR nd a bout tb ell lIlcompct cn C'y
th ell ,:runs \\I I Q u C lng CApt Ul!'d by lhe Bolab.cYlst.!o!
:r1 0 Army cs tllil3t($ I ad bl'c n JlI t.loduccd m to t.he
R Ollsu of Commons for another yca.r and Ml
Oburoh dl had mformed t.h em ho\\ cvcrythlllg v; as
bemg dono so t hat. wllC!n the next war ~8m e we
s hou ld bo PI l:: pa.I cd With a ll thc modern " cllpons
Ot d es tructIon H o d cst.'T lbcd mOllsters of dest..ruc
tlOn mo re tCl llhlo than "ere used In the. last waT
and as he g U \O Lhat ~pcec h ono oould n ot help
wondermg whet her tho mcn "ho cheered hR.d fot
gotten t ho last fiv e ) ears H e rcm cmbc lcd too
tha.t tlln.t was liR.1d to be a. '" ar t o e nd WI ll'
If tlla~ wa., 1\11 Cburclull !; Idea of gov{lTnm en l
th en he It h a n ked God for Labour
AI t he IllSt
::;-cncral elcotloll the Coa htlon Go" cl llmcnt Wll3 s cnt
buck. to POViCI m en "oodcc1 to th e political sys
terns he had <~cs enb e rl a nd at the elld of eight een
rnonLhs there "cre sti ll 3.00 (X)() cxJSo r vlce men and
" O'Pl Cll un cmp lo~ c ~ l he eOOllom lC burd en In thiS
coun t ry was moru se'iel e t han eve} Jt "R.S and the
~ve rnm c ll t '9.ouJd have a dIfficu lt le.sk to pro,e
that t h e y had fulfilled any sIIIg1c o nc of t he pledges
fOi " J1l0h th ~ ) were return ed to power I H e dId
not th nk It was 1 cccssa y fO I tho Coa htlOll G O\
e.:rnmcnt t o eomnllt sU I('.lde for to all nractlcal
purposes Ita u mL) \\, 11. '.1 absolutely gone and It was
a.s dead as Su ~n Annc Wh en the opportumty
I a.m o In R ead I g tJhcy wou ld o lay t heir part III the
Jrra.v c
flnal ceremom of COIl" C\ lUg that Government to
thG h mbo wh'lch . they h ad so "'ell deser ved
'lho
SItuat Ion at home " as bound 11, Wlth \\ hat wu
h appon lll.R' a.b load
and mora an d more t hey
realIsed Lhat prosperi ty at homo depended \loon
prospenty a.broarl T ho state of Europe WloS oom
plete m ~?,S 83 tJl lo result of 1.116 ccononllc bl ockade
OUr" pr o~lcm "as a.n mten latlonal one and th o
soonm- P90p10 rea.)i,ed 1t fb e bet ter and because
Lho Laoom movement was mternat.lonal they bc
h eved It was tho a na movement tha.t was gomg to
solve the great difficultIes and problema tha.t faced
us a.t the present tIme The r eal lSSUe WI18 not a8
to whe bher men were gomg to eel larger w&.Je3
or work less haul'S but as to v,; bether clvJhsat,iou
ltself could stand the fitraJn 'l1he younlr ~n a.nd
women of the oountry were com mg ovor In their
hundreds and t housands beC&Wie they recogn18oo
tha.t eqwt.y and f reedom was essenbal to a. decent
and h appy hfe TIle SituatIon In Egypt was one
o f. ~xtl"eme RTavlty As lon g as the. Egyptla.n people
fett they were bemg held down under aben rule
ba.troo. Vi as enco\U'aged How long h e asked were
tho BnWsh gamg to pay fo.r an army of occupatIOn
1U EgYP.t or I reland? (,\ppl ause) The fact waR
not gr~pcd that they cou ld no.t r epress !political
Ideals by force I t. C04 ld n ot be done m EgyPt or
II claud Such ml ~ht lead to. the breaJung up of
t he Bnt.lsh jEmPlle and tho Cl.,1lisa.t.lOn tha.t eXUlted
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ECZEMA fro~ BABYHOOm

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A t. the a nnual m eelm g of delegates at Brf\d
ford of the N aho a1 Ii odera tton of Meat TradeJ fj.
T'CCCI t ly
t ho name of :tlderm l II F ~ Cox the
\1 el l knoll II Rc.adlllg
mastC I b utchcl \ \ I >; PIO
po~d for t he I r esl d e n c} elcd of t he F ederatloll
I t W l Si th e n stated that Mr OO~ had bee n pro-p OSt"d Jast j eal hut he h ad g raccfully r etired III
hvonr of Councillor I Mash eter of Bllcknooy I
It beUlJ;' under,.;tocd t h at. lils na mo would come
up agH.III al t Ins Ivear s meehns
lhere ·w ere nn
oth er ll om ln ttions I fO I the office so A ldel man
Oox " as dechned e lected
MI Hllh; (Rea dmg) saId t h at a~ preSident. of
the R"'uclln.£: ~teOcl(JtlOn he should lI kc t o add
IllS " Ol d of ltesttmonv to t~ e '\i ..Iuo of :\.Ide rman
Cox t{l th e trnde ltn R eading and to t he N \t lOl1l\l
Fed erfl.t l$n
T,vt.nty one J ears ago the R~ a d lng
\.sSOClQtJon '\\ \8 formed and it was Dlrllllh due
to tho un t Illng energy" of ~Id el m an Cox that
th'" !\ "~oe l atlon "flS b rought mto b e lll~
Tho
~ 5SOClntlon at one t l me ISho\1ed comml ela bl c
A.}la.t..hy and tIle numbers dWlIl dled, but Alilellnan
Cox pus bed on an d to dav t.hel o \Hre v61y fe"
ml'J'lnbers: of the trado "bo did not be long t o
th e A ~" oetatlOn
In r e ply ex:pre~n ghls th!l.nks for h iS electIOn
~ Id erman Cox s<ud h e recog:nl s:ed the re SllOll <l1
billtms and t he dull es: he " ould be calle d upon
to dlsch aJ.gc
He ," flS shU lerumng and Clln
Sl deroo no m a ll \l as too old to leflln lhe m in
'W bo ~a.td he h ad nothtnp: to learn ought tn ,C'E't
Oll t of tho tr<l de a.t once H o commenced IllS
edueal1 0n (I S A. Fedeultloll sc}l{ll l.r una('r t he ~oo I
leAdel"1lhlp of then fne-nd, Mr W.1ltam }1 le1d
lnd f.b ej h ad I';mc~ h ad a SUCceSS IOil of m a ..-tclly \
me n to load t~elTl
Durng 1118 ye 3.1 of officf'
Mr Morgan h a.d l.proved a. gentl eman alw ays ul jd \
III autou-at 5Om etlmes--(laughtcr)-but. they
could forgl\e bIro that OOcnu<le of h LS lllvah a b~ e
Ser\ Ices to t he ,rade In Mr Mashp1e l h e fe-It
he ,," ould h n.ve ~ Y hi S Sid'" H...') co mmande r a. ~en I
tlDman of qunht;y lS " e ll as qua ntity H e fl l{>
posed ho (the 1 6pefl k~r) " ould be aoout Hie
smallest pre ~Hd(>~ lt of the lenders of thCll ~l eqf
tnde, but h o would try to be "\orthv
SOrrle
not a.bly gleat men " ere sm a-Ii m en L prd 1\el
SOli \\a~ it 1ilT":1n.ll l mtln, L otd R oherts was fI
m an and 1\11 ~ox:1 \\ a& a. SI,I I tll
Mav
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whlCh MIn. !1111he KnI ghts. who

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"The disease firet broke out on my
hea d,' MIlS KDlgbt.&, contmued II and
spread by degrees to other parts of myI
my head mus t have been tln awful

a,ght It renllj noed to make ber cry I
1 'AA I g reW' up tho cisense seemed.
grow WIth mo, and though my 1
P l ent. dId ,11 they could nothmg "' ..

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a 1", to moyo the eczema j 1 c an re
member qUIte well wha.t ::. I!llScrablo
tlmo I ha d In my 8chool days. and when
I I10H school I ehllsuLIeled agOtllaS

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When t h Bdu:ea.se
6pree.d to Tily hand s I w!\s a b.solutely
compellpd to :;:1ve up my work and stay
nt u.Ol.ne Anel t Ie pound s m y parents
h \{1 spent on omtments lotIons and
olher rOn1 ( dtes I really dcsp:wed of
eyer bel ng c ured
UEut my mo~ her had been heann~
a good deal a bout Ztlm Buk and felt 1t
Wlil quIte dl~ ereIl t from anythmg we
80

far trIed

So I et,rted to

~roof

TIlls" very .lrJlring

(luectfrom The Z3m Buk Lllbnr~torles. 1

J.Joode 'l.'here IS not hlIlg" Just illS r;ood l '
Buk 18 not a. common omtmont or
chr.:m snh"'e but a rare a.nd preClous

~,.

Znl&

Whore9c l [ apphed l

h C3lmg balm

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TA.XI I CA

HIRE.
PAR rrCUL~RS FRO~I

HAULAGE

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LEWIS '

CONTRACTOR

Etc

T elegrnnt!l
L:E W1S, E]!;LHl'lL-\'~

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HO'IE L,

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FOR

RICI1EST

IfUREST

and

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MILK.

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THE CREAMERLES (Reading),
STREET,

45,

RE'A]DIN~S

Delivered to SUit YOU.

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Misses

Men's Undervests ate

9 /6
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Boys'

41tH

Suits are 29/6

Boys'

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Knicker~

are 3/6

,

are .30% to , 50% less---oneI
prices
up ? As long as you get the
perfect workmanship you
s-~-why pay more when '
10/- in the'S.
Examining the Suit.

The r emedy for bhe hIgh cost

clothes lA1n yout" bAnds As long a
you will pay more, you wlll be
to pa.y more
w;;f{ ~ven at 5, 6~
7 or 8 gtnneas you are
gl1ar~ntee d an all WQol BUIt.
Yet
lfellroy's offer you the
'Lounge BItlis of the ybsr fauLtlel<Bly
SERGEs and GREY AND
out, perfectly ta.ilorcd-IN
BROW,N WORSTEDS-at 7
They at"e.rcady to wear, but, bem$'
In half 81zes as we..;l as full .",,,,J it', only about one 10 two hundred mel..

'We ca.nuot :fit from IItock
ha.ve pJenty of oholce and tho

8Ults at 796, 90 -, 6 gns
wonderful vnlue !~t any prIce

Never ~ind
Soft Felt Hats

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YOLl

a.ver8g~ ha~ter

The
dltlOD8 10 Aus,rl8. to
of ble hat&. Austria

Pyjama Prices O t etsleep,
Offernd at the pnce the same quality
would bnng lD 1918, and n ot wha.t theI
I
are worth to dayf
18/ 11 'Would be a keen prrco ~or these
They , re Iplcndid
:Men's Pyjamas..
quality. In coloured. atripe,s oUr cream.

l8'1»u!'da

and fit 100..ly bht 8llloot.hly

Mhlli-oy'e prIce fdr the I3Ult, r OllI, or 3
I
,wt. fa: 30,·

InS' B reeches.

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.on.....

In le&dmg the poopl. of t.bia COUDt.ry
tGwa.rda \..a. .!Ueber oooce.pti.on of life.
ooata as the
among them. All ,h&d••
liz... 89/6. 49/6,

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gnB'

2i /r Macs.

One maker had a
baok I It was for a
TOSHES In all Sizes
Ilze that many men want.
contr.ot cleared him out of

'5/-

th oy J1.re 1denJ. 250
BREECHES WIth leather
don't trul1k the pnces are

Only ODe lD three men
dresSing
geWDL Tho other two WO~d hkc tbem
b~t don't like the prIce TheIr eh Ifl ce
oomes noW' A fine lot of g600. Drea810g
G~wn9 m Red Berges and 4:-rey ;Blanket
ClOth-the 80ft, Iwarm, 'We~ made kind
y ou ~ 1D speCiality ah0:M-Mcnrol's
pttce 9 /6 and another lOIi-4!Tery speellll,

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For rldtug,

~ports

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9 /6
I Dressing.Gowns.J~n

mi,.lAkc'H:'I-,

Parents who are alarmed Iat the
extortionate pnces charged
Clothea wh~ have found that
high PrIces they are not Jiven the
fit. the smart styles and t~e quahty
seek" should come to ,rrtdlroy·s.
i uarantee satisfactlon without

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too-at 21/-

he offered
them 50 mnch

110

off,';: tllOID no" at 21/-

Boy,' ! SPORTSP::::S
best

"I,

So

For all who Buy

mackinto&hes

",1iClud. lb. subject. of acid testa.

=ro:c:~~1~P~~:"

ou want ••~rtbii>\g

'Vest of Eng1a.nd Tweeds-and could

a118lZef1, 29/6, 35/-, 39/6
Bovat. Blue SERGE KNICKERS

DICP.r- 1D

~!~GET. THEE?:

'l'he pnees are

Y 50 I

low eveD for McIlroy's
50 Boys' '\Vlute FLANNEL

Porge£ th"& ':J If to dream b,. nt&"ht &lld think

';00

thee by d y.
H all tlae "or bip, aeep aad "'lId, • Muse a heart
ean l p~,

Orisooa ~ in a.b6()Jlod, breath'd for thee to H e&"'en a
prote<it.ingpowe, •

(WItt WUlged thought. that flit to thea a thoUsand
l.D

JD hour I

F.".,. blendlDg thed ;,.rlh all

0..,8

lot. ,

call'st forgetting. thou, mdeed ehalt

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tho forest bU'ds

for ~et

their

6Jllta our

price,"

..,.& can't eell for

Manry" came aoro!l
a.t

&

buam.ess sale

AU are aplendid :Merino

Shetland! and McIlroy's

•
fOf'(ot by thee tbe.o thou

...

I
J~Cl\.SQN CO~.

of tbe

wonderful boahng and curatIve power
of Zam Buk whIch IS ontll'ely dIfferent
from a.nd superIor to all ordmary
OIn tments a nd salves
Zam Huk 18
the W o r1 a s Grea.test Healer
Zam Buk 18 sold In sealed bO%clI
at all c heml'-:ts und druq 8tores or

TelephOlle

ne,

.

bours the f nct tha t sho had 8u ffeJ:ed "0
p.cutely and 80 10II ~ f rom eczema woul?
be dlfil c uli to believe Zam Buk w n.1:I
the only prepara.tIOn tha.t was of an y
use In ber case, and It bali efrccted
complete cure
..

Tht ee ycal"8 ago my akIn got
wo r~e and big r ~she s brolm out a.ll over
\

np bnudsallc! arms

Willi" .

~)

stat.ements 3.ud the eVidence of neIgh-

RASH ON HANDS £< ARMFr

R!:'~D [NGt 10;) 0

revolution t he .... OH,n
happentn1!
penwir l'b.
human bemgs
intOl uational Labour movement, which • • '>r •••"t,d
v ea.t and deep hum a.n mterests Thcy
great
obstacles to face but they r emembered the' power
tha.t was WIth them
Dcmocrra.cy",as like
waves of the fiea... He 'knew that men still I
thelr Ilttle 8a.nd tots 1L1ld are&med tha.t those
thmgs wer-o gOing to UISt far ever. but dcm~r&cy
swept them 8'\1; &y like the WR" es of t.be 8ea and
re8.ccted tho pure hRht of heaven
Mr T C MORR.IS referrmg t-() M~ Lloyd
Goor go, It;a.id thero waa a. hme when he was lpoked
upon is the idO'l of the W elsh people, and lwhen
he echOed much of tbeU' sentiments but to-day
!he had ;f&ilod to get . vote of confidence even Jn
h iS ownl n atIve area.
The DplDIOD or hta form er
,dolites bad und .rgo.~ • great chaDlI'o.
(II<
Moms)_~~ persuaded tbere was no royal :road to
emanm~on, and unleu they. 'Wt:T6 (oml to reCOlV& a40quate 1"8OOmpense for th6l1' la.bour the
onl,. course would be to wIUJdra.w it .tld force &
.trik-o 1 Tbo -ILl.!' was • political ~&Diaa.t1oD.

&t~~eopTOI

"'til',

pla.ce a~Otl1 nt the Belbel o ~an
grateful to Zam Buk for rlddmg mo of
thIS t ernble (Jc7.oma
!
I
Mus Klughta" skill J8 8Oelearto-d'aYr
thank" to Zam Buk, tba~ but f or her

"

f eehng In. hIS
aU lu9 child had as much rIght to t;bb';.~ ~~:;;~,:J
lire D.II the :nch man s child
!IV
to get; 1t TllaJ. w aa

want b elp or think tbat
want
help they are only too I ea.dy to beheve the promJle8 of lLIIyone wlho offen t h a.t. help
!1alnly,
the new women voters WIll no.t h ave vo l l.many
tllnC5 betorn they find that out Next week. I will

Znm Buk the so~es began to dIe awa,
and dldn t leturD Gradually nIl tbe
dlseas8 was drawn out 8.oq 1 now MV'
a clcal,er a"d htalthu~ r sbn than 1 have'
ev,e, !tad u, all 1nll ltte I am 1n myoId

ELEPHANT HOTEL I GARAGE. READING.

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From what my moth., tell. mo

bOdy

MOTOR

a. n ew
were not gow.g to be
by Ute f ea.r of starvn.tlon to-d&y
ma.n wa.lkmg ..long the strcets or

th&t t.hey got t'bBlr W'&,Y In Una
Pa.:?CQ).a.r case both ca.ndidates pT'OIIUSed. the ume
th.i.riR' and 60 one had no pun OV'8r the other
~g generalt J, hO'WO'Ter. there is nO'
-promtse. n o pl'OlD18e that; lS 110 little ll.kcl)'Y to
kept. Ot' if kept, to b e 50 U!lel~, &8 & promISe to
do 8OIIDet.hing for .. whole clue of tho ~ e to
which you belong It; 18 61ther too t;I1!r ~nd ~nn(l t
be done or
1S wron, and 6liould nOt be

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Min Miltld Knight#, LOWfdQ/t.

RICHARD

the

ileA

Cottages,

TE RMS AND

jthe lait

returned to

Geneva

FOR

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teo."n., ,;;;. prey/o". ,o/~m. ,

1,

Kessmgllnd, Lowestoft, tol d to a.
e.\.oft Journal" r eporter

Moro LORJUES and

Now begins a week when
third to one-h~lf off the lowest
So what rhan will fail to
same style. the same cloths. the
expect at the high-priced
Mcllroy's
you 6/-

to IHLJ' 1-h&t be took the VIew' of thOfle Jhos~ Yote!'I
h@l wanted and to promISe to do all he couldl if

a~

lives

wonders for,mc

tLmO

&lid

pla) lllg "

ZILm Buk nnn thiS b erba l ba.lm worked

money to
stronR'

titl e rlclli lmlltn WJth

Oll

Thus ueglns the traglo stars

,t

dOl Ul:;!

I

" I a~ orgamst at the Flshetroen's Bethel at KessIDgland,
Lowestoft, and an attack of
eczema, whIch hod persIsted ever
sIDee I was three months old,
apre ld to roy hands and made
It qmte lInpo~ " lb le for me to

man

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A LADY ORGANIST'S GRAPHIC STORY.

bad

There Inever was 10 the
o f the
m o r o In(iu.stind un res t. than
Indta too was seetbmg With
m ean? Wlla.t ",.as 1t th a.t ":,.'''< : •.~,.
had been toi.hn g? The

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'Ph e fact 18
:your \\, ay and

-

rm com llOd'tlc-'1 jthat

las t. Dlccllllg to b o huki mdoot'!! and It. Vi as he u
\\ Ith th e clprcs,; nllrl)ose oC endea \ ourlng to enroll
ne\\ mcmbcn of t be I] P
r l 080 who 'l\el e m cm
bers had pu t. Uo \I. capital hJ:'ht. aga.msL theu
caplt.allst oppon en ts
!.I r liEN ~POOTt saId m(>ct 1llp:S of this k nd .... er e

Fal

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LABOURJS, POINT OF I-UT''''..,,<T
[By

H all "hen addresscs were Kn ell by 1I1r Hen SpOIl!
M P aul Ufr 'l C Mor s (nrospc(:twc L.a.1 C U I
candl da to fOl Rcachllg)
1 ho ch a.lt """as (leu lp cd
bv illl F .l yr es

I : jill

<

IALDERMIA N F. A. COX

FACIN

Und er th o aus pH'cS of he R eadmg "Bl a nch or
tho I ndependent Labour Part} a m ectUlg \\as bcld
()n FrH.I&y cn en lllg 1I1 IML n eck: at t be 'Vest. street

r

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_ ____ .,_._.'_~, __ISAT:URDAY, MAY_ 1, .

Te::rtile Trades F ••de'a"i+,n,]

1 L19 'reek I am gOing to devoto my paper to
lh e ~ ubJect of P le-Crust Pohll~
:rLe title ma.y not. Cully mdleat.e the !SCOpe of
the arilcle, bot. ma6much as It. ,,",ll remmd Y011
as It b m tended to <10, of i). cerium prover bm]
Almil l~r ty bet ween PIG-LTlLSt and I!omethlng else
the genoral cltltt of It. W I ll be eleal" from t he

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RE~A.D1:Â¥G
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MR: BEN SPOOR. M P. AT IREADING

VI.-PIE-CRUST POLITICS

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and

Reading's
,hOPPing Centre.

McILROY~S,
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,
- William McItROY,
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Sheepskin
Do

JOIl

know that

~rlbg

7/.

te 15/ _ ...b.J.tbat

20/ - a dozen-tha.t

an