The London Welshman

"KODAK" N OVELTIhS. N ow that the amateur has rigged up his summer outfit, it behoves him to look round for any time-saving novelties in order to add to the pleasure of his pastime. The recent list of "Kodak Ltd." shows a number of new improvements that ought to command a trial. Among these may be noted their film cutting board which is a useful little device to roll film workers who develop their own expo-ures. By its use the film can be cut at the proper position after any number of exposures is made, and as it only means an out- lay of is. or Is- 3d., users of roll, films should apply for particulars. In self toning postcards the firm have a wide variety, and their Aristo series are now put up in packets of 12, instead of 10 as heretofore, for is.

THE ST. JAMES'S ELECTRIC BATHS York Street, Jermyn Street, W. electric ElflM, Hot flir or • fiyflro Electric Bath REMOVED FROM 61, JERMYN STREET, W.

MARWOLAETH Y PARCH. JOSIAH THOMAS, M.A., LIVERPOOL. Blin genym gofnodi marwolaeth y gwr parchedig uchod, yr hyn a gymerodd le yn ei breswylfod yn Lerpwl ddechreu yr wythnos hon, wedi chwe blynedd o gystudd a'i hanalluogodd i bregethu. Yn ei ymadawiad ef y mae yr olaf o deulu enwog y Thomasiaid wedi ei symud. Nid yn ami y cododd pedwar o frodyr i'r fath amlygrwydd cenedlaethol, ac erys eu henwau a'u coffadwriaeth yn wyrddlas) n hir. Safai y Dr. Owen a Dr. John Thomas yn rheng flaenaf pregethwyr y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg, ac yr oedd Mr. William Thomas yn adnabyddus drwy holl Gymru fel areithiwr dirwestol. Gan- wyd y Parch. Josiah Thomas ym Mangor yn 1835. Addysgwyd ef yng Ngholeg y Bala a Phrifysgol Edinburgh, lie y graddiodd yn 1857. Efe oedd bugail cyntaf eglwys Jerusalem, Bethesda, a bu wedi hynny yn athraw ysgol lwyddianus ym Mangor. Yn 1866 pen- nodwyd ef yn ysgrifenydd Cenhadaeth Dramor Methodisiaid Calfinaidd Cymru, a daliodd y sw)cld honno hyd o fewn pedair blynedd yn ol, pryd yr ymddiswyddodd oherwydd afiechyd a llesgedd. Ni chafodd unrhyw Gymdeithas ysgrifenydd medrusach a ffyddlonach na Mr. Thomas, a diau fod llwydd- iant neillduol y genhadaeth ar Fryniau Cassia i'w briodoli i fesur helaeth iddo ef. Bu yn arholwr cymanfaol yn 1871, ac yn Llywydd y Gymdeithasfa yn 1896. Priododd yn 1861 gyda merch y diweddar Barch. John Hughes, awdwr Methodistiaeth Cymru," ac y mae dau o'i feibion yn weilidogion yn y Cyfundeb Methodistaidd, sef y Parch. John Owen Thomas, M.A., Porthaethwy, a'r Parch. A. Wynne Thomas, Aberystwyth.

JOINT COUNTIES' ASSOCIATION (LONDON). (Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke.) The Association of the three counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke held their first Bohemian concert at the Frascati Restaurant, Oxford Street, on Thursday evening, 18th May. Mr. M. Vaughan Davies, M.P., presided. There was a large attendance, many ladies being present. An excellent musical programme was provided, and carried out under the direction of Mr. J. M. Picton. Mr. J. W. Samuel, B.A., in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman, said that the occa- sion was somewhat in the nature of a christening ceremony. It was as well that someone should announce the reasons why such a society should be brought into the world. Its existence was necessary by virtue of the sentiments of pride, love, and patriotism. The sentiment which most animated the men from the western counties was that of pride, pride in their ancestry, in their country, and in their country's name. Looking through the annals of the western counties he found that St. David was born in Pembroke that Merlin, king of magicians, was born in Carmarthen, and that the greatest Welsh poet was a Cardiganshire man. The gallant Picton, the greatest of Wellington's generals, was born in Pembroke, and at the time of his death was M. P. for Carmarthen; and the greatest Celtic scholar living was a Cardigan- shire man. There were at the present time three young men in the House of Commons whom everybody believed would one day occupy the highest positions. One of them was a native of Pem- brokeshire. The second constituent of their sentiment was love. The) loved the home-land. Learned men called this sentiment by the name of nostalgia." He preferred to call it home- sickness- (laugliter). Here was the principal reason for forming such an association. They came to London from farm, hamlet, and way- side cottage, and worked and failed and suc- ceeded, and their dreams and hopes were ever of Wales. They were in a strange city, and wistfully they thought of retiring at some future time, not to a London suburb, but to the hills and valleys of their own beloved country. Their patriotism was the patriotism of Wales, and it had occurred to their indefatigable secretary, Mr. Henry Walters, to found this Society to bind them together in London. It was necessary that they should have a sponsor for this new bantling, and they could not have selected a better man than their chairman, Mr. Vaughan Davies, who had done so much for Wales during the past 20 years, and who had so materially assisted in the development of the grand system of Welsh national education which gave to the Welsh boy a clear pathway from the primary school to the university. They thanked him for presiding and wished him health, prosperity, and many happy years of life to come, and hoped that he would not reckon the hours spent at this, the first convivial meeting of the asso- ciated counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, as among the least pleasant of his life. The toast was received with acclamation, and accorded the usual musical honours. Mr. Vaughan Davies, M.P., in response, expressed the great pleasure it had afforded him to be present. He referred briefly to the many successful and eminent Welshmen in London, and said that in the Honse of Commons they had always endeavoured to maintain the old traditions, and they would leave a mark in the history of that assembly which Wales need not be ashamed of. The gathering was brought to a cl se at a late hour with the Welsh National Anthem. Welshmen from the three counties, resident in London, desirous of joining the association, should communicate with the honorary secre- tary, Mr. H. Walters, 22, Lithos Road, Hampstead, N.W.

SONIA Mr. Evan Roberts, y Diwygiwr, am fyned am daith i Jerusalem, ond nid yw'r trefniadau wedi eu gwneyd eto. Ar ol ei seibiant rhwng mynyddoedd yr Eryri y mae ei iechyd yn llawer iawn gwell, a disgwylia y gall dalu ymweliad a Liverpool eto ar ol ei gen- hadaeth bresenol yn sir Fon. YM mhlwyf Llawr-y-Bettws y mae brwydr addysg Meirion wedi dechreu, ac ar ol clywed hyny dyma fel yr englynodd Watcyn Wyn i Mr. Lloyd-George :— Digenau cofio Cad a ganws—y wlad Gyoa'r floedd ddihunws ■, Mae Rhyfel drel wrth y drws Lle'r Battel Llawr y-Bettws. CYNHELIR gwyl cyhoeddi Eisteddfod Caernar- fon ar y 22ain o Fehefin, a hyderir y bydd pob anghydwelediad lleol wedi darfod erbyn hyny, ac y dechreuir o ddifrif i osod yr hen Wyl ar seiliau hollol genedlaethol am unwaith eto. I BLE yr aiff yr Eisteddfod yn 1907 ? Gan mai yng Nghaernarfon ei cynhelir yn 1906 tro y Deheubarth fydd hi'r flwyddyn wedyn. Rhwng Aberpenar ag Abertawe y bu'r ymdrech am dani erbyn 1905, ac mae siarad y gwnaiff Aber- tawe gais arbenig am yr hen Wyl pan ddaw'r amser priodol eleni eto. t\ ■' — 1