Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
8 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
Advertising
r ADOPTED BY THE LONDON SCHOOLBOARDS > SILVER MEDAL, INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION. 18*4. JOHNSTON'S COPY BOOKS: SEVENTEEN BOOKS AT 2D. EACH. a, "The paper is excellent; the copies art printed from plates with beautiful acenraey and effect, and the sets ef books are altogether notable for high quality and full and conscientious adaptation of means to the purpose ia t —The School Beard Chronicle. „ „ w 44 Wonderfully useful to those who are entrusted with the education of the young. Western Mail. ON jiPPLICAUON A COMPLETE SET OF THE SERIES WILL BE FORWARDED FleE" TO ANY SCHOOL BOARD. WHOLEIALI FROM WALKE y, THOMAS, AND CO. (LIMITED), CARDIFF RETAIL TMOU DANIEL OWEN AND CO. (LIMITED). CARDIFF
Advertising
EVERT TRAVELLER" SHOITLDr*UT* THE Q ARDIFF, gWAN&EAjA. N EWPORT, JJ Q rpiME rpABLES, NOW BEADY FOB DEC, PltICE ONE PENNY
Advertising
SOLD MEDALS EDISTBUROH AITJ HTlMNSSfc BXEIBITIoyS. FOR Y S PURE CONCENTRATED COCOA. Prepared by a new and special scientific proceMi securing extreme solubility and developing the finest flavour of the cocoa.— I have never tasted Cocoa I like so well. It is especially adapted to those whose digestive organs are weak, and I strongly recom mend it as a substitute for tea for young persons."—Sir Chas. At Cameron. President Royal College of Surgeon* Ireland. S'c. 20703
[No title]
— « I have one or two matters personal to myself which I wish to put down here before they slip my memory. I claim the indulgence of my ever- indulgent readers for committing a trespass upon the valuable preserves of their time, and must shrowing myself upon their mercy, plead that I will never do it again. No, never! At the town's meeting in the Cardiff Town-hall on the night of the great storm, for the purpose of deciding upon the desirability of forming a rate- payers' association, some misapprehension arose through the ardour of an individual who wished to give credit where it was not due. He stated at the large meeting of ratepayers at the Circus, when the conduct of the town-clerk and other people was dis- cussed, that Mr. D. L. Owen had to bear the burden Df paying the expenses. That is quite contrary to the fact, as Mr. Owen himself knows. The meet- ing, I may be permitted to mention, was called through "Pendragon's" columns, and he was re- sponsible for every farthing that was spent in getting it up. Mr. J. Williams, an ardent Radical,who gave valuable assistance, collected, in conjunction with myself, between two and three pounds towards "exes," but that went to pay for lighting and cleaning the building in which the meeting was held. The printing bill, amounting to between three and four pounds, was sent in to fours most obediently, 44 Pendragon," and not a farthing was contributed by Mr. D. L. Owen, or, for the matter of that, by anyone else. As soon as I discovered that political motives were being attributed to me in doing my best to assist in the starting of a much-needed ratepayers' association, I dropped quietly out of the business, and shall remain out of it until my oppor- tunity comes again. I Understand that at one of the preliminary meetings at which I was not present, Mr. Harris, who was first appointed chairman at my instigation, said some sneering words about 44 Pen- Iragon," and if nothing else had happened, this would have been quite sufficient for me to wash my hands of the present movement altogether, .eaving those who have it under their wing to do the work themselves. If they wish the project ad- vertised they will have to do it in the legitimate way-and pay for it. What object have I but the public weal, I should like to know, in starting an organisation of this character ? Why, if such an association were formed and properly eonducted, my occupation as grumbler-in-general to that grand old institution the British Public would be gone. There I feel a little easier now. Ta! Ta! I am very glad to be able to inform those who may be interested in the matter that the success of last week's issue of the Weekly Alail was quite phenomenal. Our publisher desires me to say that every effort will this week, and in future, be made to supply the demand for more" which has come from all directions. I may add that we do not give our papers away in tens of thousands, but that we sell each copy for the small charge, ladies and gentlemen, of one penny. Be in time! Be in time Bo in time it Writing about giving away one's goods and chattels, reminds me of a little incident which occurred in reference to that eighty-one thousand issue of which there has been so much boasting in other quarters. In the fulness of their hearts and of their unbounded generosity the Scotchmen sent away I don't know how many thousand copies of their paper free gratis for nothing through the Post-office. They were over canny, for they tried to kill two birds with one stone. They inserted with the paper a printed slip asking the recipients to give their orders at the nearest bookseller; but the authorities were a bit too smart for them. The trick was discovered, and the enterprising, but close-fisted, "braw laddies" were surcharged to the tune of thirty or forty pounds. I don't like to our! allegations, but it shows a lamentable amount oi ignorance on the part of newspaper pro- prietors not to know that printed or written matter cannot be sent through the post with a newspaper. If they had sent to our legal enquiry column, they would have been made acquainted with the statutes in these cases Dearly beloved readers of the Weekly Mail-.—I am depply grateful to you for your generous support. May it continue as long as we do our best to deserve success. I have received hundreds of letters from sympathetic friends, who con- gratulate me upon the •• bill of fare" I last week provided for their delectation, and also upon the fact of what they are pleased to call my •• pro- motion." Thanks, one and all, I shall never forget your kindness, if a live to be as old as Methuselah I am blushing, as I write, to the roots of my hair and the tips of my fingers. A poet who signs him- self a Radical, sends the following lines addressed to 44 Pendragon," having reference to that graceful bow of his in the block last week, and my inex- orable proprietors insist upon its insertion here, lithough my native modesty is wholly averse to .be cruel order:— Bravo Well done! In truth, first-class! Thy bow is grand, Pendragon." I'll drink thy health so for a glass I'll send, and well-fill d flagou. Henceforth my room shall ever be Adorned by thy fine picture; Intrame of gold my friends shall see So good and grand a creature. Dear boy, I wish tbee great success In thy new undertaking. Although a Ra i, I none the less Admire the strides thou'rt making. Thy wit and humour-may they flow In sparkling streams, unceasing; Then joyously thou'lt weekly know Thy readers are increasing. There's scarce a cot throughout South Wales But where thy name is spoken And now they'll take in Weekly Mails, If but for a love token. Dear 11 Morien," too (dare any sneer ?) Is best when at his Jottings ) Mae rhywbeth vnddo, oes yn wir; Oh, that it," here are blottings t I have had to deal, this week, with an almost tppalling mass of correspondence, but with ready wsistance from my staff, I am thankful to record ihat I have survived the ordeal, and show no symptoms of breaking down. Cock-a-doodle-do' I had not time to count all the answers to the Word Puzzle—the conditions of which, it will be seen by a reference to the Prize Column, have been con- siderably modified, and the solution rendered more easy-but I may mention that there were over 785 competitors forthe Word Prize "Munday'sViridine." This week's Word Prize will be "Samuel's Suits," having reference to the firm which occupies that magnificent clothing shop in St. Mary-street. I must remind those who take an interest in these prize competitions, that many have been disquali- fied for not strictly adhering to the conditions, which should be carefully read. All competitors please read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest-and act accordingly. Mr. Dodd's first popular concert at the Park- hall was a grand success. As I sat and listened, charmed, to the really excellent programme, and considered my surroundings, I thought it was worth threepence (the price of admission) to see the beautiful interior of the noble pile of buildings in Crockherbtown—beg pardon, of buildings in Crockherbtown-beg pardon, should I have said Queen-street ?—which is an ornament to Cardiff" The mandoline player tad the Italian buffo singer, and, indeed, all the artists engaged, did their best to please, and succeeded in winning the cordial approbation of the largo audience. Miss Gertrude Lewis, who is one of the most popular and gifted of our Welsh vocalists, was listened to with marked attention, and her rendering of the two songs set down to her name was a treat which will not readily be forgotten. She sings at Saturday's concert —these pops" are, let it be widely known, to be con- tinued every Saturday night —& Welsh song, and the. time-honoured "Old Folks at Home," and if I am alive and hearty I shall be there to hear her. The other specialities are the favourite buffo, Signor Quaglia; the mandolinist, Signor Scauda; the well-known baritone, Mr. Herve d'Egville; and Mr. Dodd's tuneful little choir. I notice that it is the intention of the authorities, who are omnipotent in the matter, to hand back to the town-Clerk of Cardiff a portion of the money he handed over to the ex-Mayor as the amount he thought it was his duty to disgorge as overcharges in connection with the Wells' Charity leases. I am dumb; but I dismiss the whole piece of detestable jobbery with this: He has got the cash-may joy go with it. In dealing with police-constables I am afraid there is a tendency to ignore the fact that there is a good deal of human nature about them, and that they are men of like passions with ourselves. I make this admission advisedly because I see some of them have been called over the coals by the Cardiff Watch Committee for swearing at the Queen's lieges. I don't know that there is any law in existence to prevent a policeman from swearing until he is blue in the face as long as no one hears him. He can take his oath, too, in the witness-box, as often as he is called upon to do so, without offence to the moral or legal code. He must not, however, use bad language towards a citizen a or citizeness, even if they are transgress- ing the proprieties. I quite appreciate his difficulty in keeping his tongue from evil speaking when he is assailed with the epithets of the gutter, but I think we must expect him to be made of sterner stuff than those who use it against him. Some officers, as we know, are over-zealous in the discharge of their duty, and assume the airs of men clothed in a little brief authority." This is bad enough, but they must not accompany it with profaneness. It isn't nice. Moreover, it is a bad example for the guardians of our hearths and homes from the hands of the spoiler to set. I suppose I shall be deemed a most impertinent fellow for suggesting that the Cardiff rate- payers had better lose JE1,500 a year rather than that their houses should be built of unwholesome mortar. I respect the chairman of the Health Committee (Alderman Jacobs), because he has plenty of common sense and plenty of energy to use it. He is, however, to my think- ing, not consistent in the attitude he has assumed on this question. He admits that he had the walls of one of his houses pulled down because it was put together with corporation mortar, and yet he laments the loss of income which would follow upon the cessation of a traffic which, to my un- official mind, has unwholesomeness written in broad characters across it. I quite agree with my friend Alderman Taylor that screened refuse is not a good material to make mortar from. There is a suspicious look about it that does not com- mend itself to my ideas of sanitation. I have just taken a peep at the Christmas num- ber of the Graphic for 1888. It is a marvellous production, and when I find out a good thing I like to share it with my friends. It is in many respects the most. extraordinary yet published. Each copy of the edition of 500,000 contains, in addition to the large presentation plate and the letterpress, sixteen pages of coloured illustrations and as every number has to be passed through the press 56 times, there is a total of 28,000,000 print- ings, an enormous increase over those of any previous year. The work was commenced in January last, twenty presses and 130 men being employed. For the last five months the printing has been carried on continuously, day and night. Of the enormous edition of 500,000 80,000 are already on their way to the Colonies. A numbdt of eminent artists have painted pictures' specially for this number, and the stories are by two of the most celebrated writers of the day—Messrs. William Black and D. Christie Murray. I should like to ask Mr. Councillor Hurley, the manager of the Cardiff Tramways Company-I have put the question to his conductors many a time without any satisfactory result—whether it is in accordance with regulations that dogs of all kinds and in all conditions of wet and slush are permitted to roam all over the cars at their own sweet wills ? If so, I am going to use the omni- buses, for I observe a prominent notice in them like this: No dogs allowed." From different parts of the district I have let- ters requesting me to champion the cause of the clubs. I don't see anything to champion them about. They are the outcome of a bad measure, and I take the book in my right hand and de- clare that the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, which started these establishments into life, is responsible. for an amount of drunkenness, dis- sipation, and ruin which it is positively shocking to contemplate. I cannot, however, for the life of me, draw a distinction between working men's clubs and clubs for those of high degree, as long as they are properly conducted, and as long as they are closed at reasonable hours. Mere drinking and fuddling dens are an abomination in any community, and I for one would gladly see them treated as drastically as we should a pestilential scourge. But discretion in selecting the sheep from the goats is necessary. I see notice of appeal has been given in several cases, and I hope to be able to discover before very long the difference between a legitimate club and a bogus one. I have been reminded that I ought to have a good word to say of the excellent work which is being carried on in the neighbourhood of Newnham-on- Severn by Miss Seddon and Miss Riddell, who are not only training young girls into the art and mystery of the proper performance of domestic duties, but are seeking to found a refuge for young girls who are out of situations. I had some time ago a word or two of commendation to give to the former work, and now I have much pleasure in pointing out the necessity for the latter, and in- voking help and sympathy from the benevolently inclined on its behalf. It is unnecessary to go into particulars, and I wind up with an expression of belief that many a young girl will be prevented from going to wrack and ruin if the institution becomes an accomplished fact. The Newport Town Council had little in the shape of really serious work on hand at their meeting on Tuesday, and so the members gave themselves up to talk, or, rather, I ought to say. to flights of rhetoric, shafts of repartee, and-shall I add ? flowery oratory and, take my word for it, there are a few gentlemen in the local Parliament at Newport who can make an hour or so agreeable at this kind of thing, though, possibly, some of the others—I won't, of course, impute that they are not themselves orators—may fancy the whole affair means so much time thrown away. Well done, Detective Jones, at Newport! You have earned the warm encomiums of the Chief- Constable of Warwickshire for your smartness in collaring an unnatural sort of husband who had run away from his wife and family without making provision for their support; and, what is more, the case has been thought of such special smartness as to warrant the granting of a reward of J62, which the Newport Watch Committee fully endorsed and rejoiced in. "Keep to the right!" is the highly moral injunction the "powers that be'' at New- port are going to lay upon the pedes- trians who promenade High-street, Com- mercial-street, and Commercial-road. Well, in whatever sense readers of the notice which will now be placed on the lamp-posts takef it in, it ia good, sterling advice. Of course, the Town Council don't go in for moralising to their con- stituents—why should they? They merely at present recognise how unpleasant—how beastly unpleasant-it is to be dodging a fellow who, perhaps like yourself, happens to be hurrying in the opposite direction, and yet who, like yourself, not meeting with any 44 rule of the road in black and white, keeps on making plunges first to one side of the footpath, then to the other, just at the same time as yourself to evade a collision. Hence- forth-" Keep to the right!" and, ergo, You can't go wrong." Mr. Oliver Goss, of Newport, thinks-or he says so, at all events-that the new Volunteer Fire Brigade at Newport is becoming an expensive toy. He gathers it from the application to get a new fire-escape which shall be long enough to reach to the top of the highest houses in the town, in place of one which it would not pay to repair, and which in its best days would scarcely be of any service on the lofty premises now coming into vogue. I don't agree with Mr. Goss at all on the point. Which would the ratepayers most care for. the expense of a new escape at JE93, the payment of which would be spread over some thousands of contributors, or that half-a-dozen lives should be lost through the weakness and general inefficiency of an old one ? I am pleased to know that since the new secretary of the brigade, Mr. Haynes, has been at his post the finances have presented a totally altered complexion. Instead of a balance to the bad of just about £50, which existed a few months ago, there is now a good substantial sum in hand. The discussion on the suggested infectious diseases hospital which the Local Government Board has been trying to thrust on the Newport Corporation was altogether a desultory affair. Although there was skirmishing for nearly an hour, both sides of the house were agreed to defer the business, and in the end the conclusion arrived at was, We haven't got a shot in the locker, and so we can't do it." # As there was some talk about the Castle at New- port at Tuesday's meeting of the corporation, I give the following sketch of the ruin, which is now devoted to beer barrels and malt and hops. To what base uses may we not descend." "Falfirtec" sends this speOa!.—"Dear Ten- dragon. There resides not a hundred miles from the ancient borough of Aberavon a vicar of a saving turn of mind (!). Last week, as is well known, the ill-fated Liverpool barque Earlscourt was wrecked on the Port Talbot sands, and amongst those who died in the rigging on that terrible night was a young apprentice named Hatt (step-son of. Mr. Crosland, of Russell-square, London). Whilst the frienie were arranging to have the poor lad's mortal remains conveyed to London, this vicar of a saving turn of mind (!) 'cutely suggested that if the body were first placed in a coffin and then put into a large rough box the whole could be sent to its destination as passengers' luggage, and thereby save the friends several pounds sterling, at the expense of the Great Western Railway Company. Oh, fie, fie. Mr. Vicar 1 Is this one of the tricks of thy trade ? I have had a packet of beautiful Christmas and New Year's cards sent for my inspection by Messrs. Daniel Owen and Co., St. Mary-street, Cardiff—a glance at the tastefully-dressed window is a treat for sore eyes-and I a in bound to declare that more tasteful designs I never saw. What astonishes me is that they can be soJd at such a marvellously low figure. In the shop will also be found a number of fancy articles in all kinds of material, together with calendars, diaries, playing cards, &c. I hope Mrs. Pendragon" will not go to the place with much of my money in her pocket. The Cardiff Fat Stock Show was a great success, all things considered. The'weather was against it, but I have reason to know that the promoters are more than satisfied with the results. It was a venture; but combination, and a general putting of shoulders to the wheel, accomplished the trick. I trust I may congratulate the founders upon the inauguration of the first of a series of fat stock shows which will be a credit to the district. I should remind them that considerable labour has been bestowed upon the undertaking which has just been concluded; and if similar success is to be accomplished in the future, similar efforts will have to be made. Writing of the show reminds me. of a circum- stance which did not please me. People were walking about all over the yard with sticks and umbrellas under their arms, placing the eyes and other portions of the anatomy of their neighbours in peril. The practice is a dangerous one, and it occurs on our footwalks as well as in our markets. It is from thoughtlessness I know, and I am sure a little word of advice will not be taken unkindly, because none of us. I am sure, would like to have it on our consciences that we maimed the blessed bodies of any of our neighbours. The Police. Band Concert, promoted by the founder and organiser, Mr. Head-Constable Hemingway, bids fair to be a big thing. In addi. tion to the services of the combined bands of the Police and Penarth Artil- lery, under Mr. Draper, there will be other at- traction, including Miss Gertrude Lewis, Eos Morlais, &c. The affair comes off next Wednes- day, and the Park Hall will hardly hold the people. I am always anxious to help forward a good cause, and I think Mr. Hemingway deserves the thanks of the community for the pains he has taken in working out an admirable idea-his own. A Merthvr correspondent writes:—" Throughout the Merthyr district I find that considerable dis- satisfaction exists concerning the arrangements made by the various railway companies to run trains on Christmas Day. There are in this dis- trict, as in many other parts of Wales, many young men and maidens who earn a living by serving in drapery and grocery shops, and other businesses. The parents of many of them live in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, and, naturally enough, they desire to spend the festive season with their friends. Now the mail train leaves Neath at about four o'clock in the morning, and what the poor folks, on whose behalf I am now grumbling, want is that a train should leave Merthyr at such an early hour that it might catch the mail at Neath. Of course, if this request were only made by a few persons, we could scarcely expect the railway authorities to take notice of it. But there are many hundreds who would like to get to their friends in the west on Christmas Day,and I do not think I am asking too much when I respectfully ask the Great Western Railway Company to act in accordance with the wishes of the public in this respect. The London and North- Western Railway Company, I am glad to say, have gone out of the old rut of rules and usages, and have announced an early train to run throughout the Merthyr and Dowlais districts on Christmas morning." I have been asked by the editor of the 2M Dragon (Mr. James Harris) to- mention the fact that Principal H. R. Reichel, M.A., will contribute to the January num- ber of that interesting publication, the National Magazine of Wales, a paper on "The Future of Welsh Education." The same issue will contain a life of the hitherto almost unknown Welsh saint, Mellon, compiled by the Rev. Father George Cormack, from the recently-published Actes des Saints de Diocesse de Rouen." Nid oes arnaf lai na thipyn o ofn eistedd i ysgrifenu a'r creadur dychrynllyd yma a'i dafod allan uwch fy mhen. Mae'n "nhw'n dywedyd wrthyf mai Draig Goch y Cymry ydyw. Os felly, Cymraes yw, ac ni fu arnaf ofn Cymraes erioed, pa fodd bynag y byddai ei thafod hi. Yn awr, wedi i mi gael ar ddeall taw Cymraes yw, fy nhueddiad yw siarad tipyn a hi. 0 ba le y daethost, Ddraig Goch anwyl? Yr wyt ti yn edrych yn ffyrnig iawn. Gwêl! Y mae hi yn ysgwyd ei hadenydd, a chlvwaf ei llais megys pe am dori allan i ruo. Etyb fi :—" 0 hen feusydd gwaedlyd Cymru, ac o blith gwroniaid a ym- laddasant dros eu gwlad, eu pobl, a'u hiawnderau yr ydwyf wedi dyfod, i dy gynorthwyo, trwy dy galonogi, i ddywedyd v gwirionedd ar bynciau cenedlaethol Cymru y dyddiau marwaidd presenol." Diolch i ti, 0 Ddraig Goch. Yr ydwyf yn awr yn dy adnabod yn dda. Dywedaf dipyn o'th hanes wrth y darllenydd. Yr oedd dwy Ddraig yn govphwys ar lumanau ein hynafiaid, sef un goch ac un wen. Yr oedd yr un wen yn arwyddo heddweh, a'r un goch *rhyfel- Yr hanes cyntaf a gawn gan genedloedd eraill am y Ddraig Goch sydd gan Plutarch, yn ei ddar- luniad o ymsyrch y Cymry fel tan anwrth- wynebadwy i'r Eidal, o dan "arweiniad Brennus, neu Brenhin. Y tro nesaf y cawn hanes am dani yw, pan yn gorphwys ar luman y Brenin Cad- walader, y diweddaf o'r Cymry, cyn teulu y Tew- dwriaid, a deyrnasodd ar Brydain oil. Trigodd wed'yn yn Nghymru hyd amser Harri VII. Pan esgynodd y Cymro hwn i orsedd Prydain, neu Prydwen, wedi brwydr ofnadwy 'Bosworth, cymerodd ei hadenydd ac ehedodd i ben y Human ymherodrol, ac yno y mae ei phrif drigfan hyd yr awr hon. Hi oedd arwyddlun milwrol pob Pen- dragon Prydeinig, sef prif lywydd y byddinoedd Cymreig. A'r eiliad y cyhoeddodd y "Pendragon'' presenol ryfel, trwy y Weekly Hail, a'r Albaniaid Duncanaidd i fynu'r heol," wele'r Ddraig Goch yn chwyrnellu i'w lie priodol er arwain y gad- Hawddamor, ynte, y Ddraig Goch enwog! Yr wyf wedi darllen fod rhai yn collfarnu Esgob presenol Llandaf ar gam. Dywedir ei fod wedi cytuno a Pheriglor presenol Merthyr i atal merch ieuanc rhag cael ei chadarnhau ganddo yn Nhy Ddewi, Merthyr, oherwydd ei bod hi wedi pallu cydnabod awdurdod y periglor i'w gorfodi i gyf- addef ei phechodau iddo ef. Y gwir am y draf)d- aeth sydd fel y canlyn:- Yr oedd y lodes unwaith yn aelod yn Nby Ddewi, Merthyr, ondymadawodd, ac unodd ag EgI wys Cyfarthfa. Pan ddaeth yr esgob i eglwys Merthyr i gadarnhau yr aelodau ieuainc nid oedd yn unol a'r gyfraith iddo osod ei law ar ben un aelod yno ond yn unig y rhai ag oeddent yn perth yn i'r eglwys yn y lie. Pan ddaw ei dro i ymweled ag EgIwys Cyfarthfa bydd yn gyfreith- Ion iddo i gadarnhau yno y fechan gydwybodolo ag svddyn well ganddi gyfaddef o flaen Duw nag 0 flaen un dyn, pwy bynftg a fyddo-pa un a fydd yn gwisgo brethyn du neu frethyn llwyd. Mae Eagob presenol Llandaf yn Gymro twym- galon. Dangosodd yn nhrafodaeth Eglwys Pontyfan mai nid hawdd yw ymgodymu ag ef. Yr oedd senedd Eglwys Gadeiriol Caerloew am osod Sais unieithog yn berigior Pontyf&n, ond safodd Esgob Lewis fel y buasai Dewi Sant ei hunan yn gwneyd. Gosododd ei droed i lawr yn gadarn, a dywadodd, Na; os oes genych Sais yn alluog i siarad â'r Cymry yn eu hiaith eu hunain, purion ond ni oddefaf i neb heb fod y ddysgeidiaith hon ganddo i fyned yno." Gorfodwyd i'r Saeson ymatal, a phenodwyd Periglor Mountain Ash, sef mab-yn- nghyfraith Llawdden," i'r swydd. I'r rhai hyny ag sydd yn gwybod hanes y dra- fodaeth felldigedig, trwy yr hon y daeth senedd Eglwys Gadeiriol Caerloew i lywodraetliu yn rhai o Eglwysi Morganwg, yr oedd ymddygiad gwrol Esgob Lewis yn foddhaol iawn, canys yr oedd yr ergyd yn arddangos i'r Saeson bod ysbryd Clm- reig Morganwg heb lwvr farw. Er mwyn Duw a phob daionl," gadewch i ni gael mwy o yspryd Cristionogaetli a llai o yspryd plaid yn ein trafodaeth crefyddol. Gwyr y darllenydd yn dda bod yspryd plaid yn ofnadwy o gryf yn Nghymru y dyddiau hyn, a'i fod yn achosi i'r dienwaededig gablu yn Seion! Mae y Paul, yr Apollos, a'r Cephas Cymreig yn rlianu y lliaws yn Nghymru. Fel rhyw ddarlun gwrthgyferbyniol i'r uchod, wele y ca.nIyo :-Yr oedd capel newydd wedi cael ei adeiladu gan y Methodistiaid ar Donyrefail, ac yn mhlith yr aelodau yr oedd hen wraig, i'r hon nid oedd Uawer o bethau da y byd hwn. Gelwid hi "Betsan," Wei, ar un noson, y peth pwysig o flaen y gyfeillach oedd pa fodd oedd talu am y capel newydd. Safai yr Hybarch William Evans ar ei draed, a gofynai i hwn a'r llall o'r aelodau "Pa faint a rhoddweh chwi"? O'r diwedd daeth at Betsan a gofynodd, Betsan, pa faint a rhoddweh chwi" ? Codadd yr hen chwaer a chyda gwen siriol, attebodd, We]. Mistir Evans, fi dala ina' am hoelen iddo "I Teimlodd Mr. Evans—teimlodd yr holl eglwys-ilr bwy, ac er mai gwenu a wnai gwefusau pawb, yr oedd ffydd- londeb yr hen chwaer yn Israel wedi cyffwrdd a chalonau yr holl gynulleidfa. Yr oedd y Parch William Evans yn union yn danllyd ei hyawdledd, ac yn traethu am y weddw hono a fwriodd ei dwy hatling i'r drysorfa, ac am adeiladu muriau Jerusalem. Ond, hawyr bach, mae twymyn tai cyrddol wedi ymaflyd yn y wlad wedi y pryd hwnw. Nid dywedyd yn erbyn lleoedd addoliad yr ydwyf, ond yn erbyn gwastraff o honynt. Mae plant ein pentrefydd yn blino'r wlad a'u tocynau i'w gwerthu, er cael elw i dalu dyled capeli; a haner y capeli blaenorol bron yn wag. Mae Thalamus wedi bod yn ei gwneuthur hi yn"galch"tua CbwmRhondda; mae wedi bod a phedwar-ugain o bechaduriaid yn yr hen afon. A'r lwc mwyaf yn y byd nad aeth eu haner gyda'r llif. Mae yn anhawdd genyf fi gredu bod Cristionogaeth yn galw ar "Thalamus" i osod unrhyw fenyw ar ei chefn mewn afon, yn enwedig afon fel y Rhondda, y dyddiau hyn. Mae y Bedyddwyr yn bedyddio, medda' nhw' yn ol bedydd loan. 'Rwyf heb ddeall eto mai bedydd Cristionogol yw hwnw. Gwir yw y bedyddiwyd Crist ganddo ond cafodd Crist hefyd ei enwaedu. Dywed Crist fod y lleiaf yn nheyrnas nefoedd yn fwy nag loan Fedyddiwr; o ganlyniad, nid oedd loan Fedyddiwr yn y deyrnas o gwbl. Pa beth, ynte, a feddylir wrth fedydd loan, ag y mae y Bedyddwyr Cymreig yn son cymaint am dano ? Clywais a'm clustiau fy hun, mewn Cwrdd Mawr yn y Tabernacl, Caerdydd, bregethwr yn bloeddio nad oedd son yn y Beibl am Eglwys Loegr, am Fethodistiaid, am Wesleyaid, nac am Annibynwyr, ond bod son am yr Bedyddwyr, 44 sef," meddai ef, mewn llais hir a melodaidd," am loan Fedvddiwr!" Mae yr enwad yn un hynod o barchus genyf, ond y maent yn llawer rhy wlyb, yn enwedig pan fyddont yn dobian" a dwft anmhur fel dwfr y Rhondda. ISid yw hi yn ddigon tebyg i'r lorddonen loew, lan, fel y carai dyn i'w dwfr lithro i'w geg pan o dan law ein cyfaill doniol44 Thalamus." Mae tipyn o ddadleu wedi bod yn ddiweddar yn nghylch pa un ai Eglwys Loegr neu Eglwys Cymru ydyw yr hynaf. Mae "Colonia Legionisium" wedi profi yn y Western Mail mai cawell Cristionogaeth yn Mhrydain oedd Cymru. Mae yn fwy na thebyg mae yr Apostol Paul a bregethodd yr efengyl yn Nghymru cyntaf. Cymro o'r enw Llin-Dlu, yn ol y04 ladin, Linos- r oedd Esgob cyntaf Rhufain. Mae son am dano yn niwedd y benod olaf o ail epistol St. Paul at Timotheus. Bernir mae ei chwaer ef oedd y Claudia (Gwladus) y sonia yr Apostol am dani, ac mae plant Caradog ab Bran oeddynt. Efe oedd Pendragon Ynys Prdain, ac yn arwain y byddinoedd Cymreig yn erbyn y gallu Rhufeinig. O! y fath benodau dvddorol o hanes ein hynafiaid sydd wedi myned ar goll! 44 Ha wyr, frodyr a thadau, gwrandewch"! A ydyw diwygiad yr orgraph Gymreig yn myned yn y blaen ? Mae yr holllythyrenan dyblyg presenol yn warth i ni fel cenedl lenyddol. Gadewch i ni arferyd V am F, ac F am yr FF presenol. Hawdd fyddai gosod X am CH. Dylem adael y PH allan o'r orgraph, a gosod befyd rhywbeth mwy syml i gynrychioli seiniau yr DD a'r NG. Nid yw ein horgraph bresenol ond rhyw ganlyniad ymdrech a wnaethpwyd gan rai o'n hynafiad i ysgrifenu eu meddyliau wedi hamser y gores- gyniad Rhufeinig. Collwyd yr hen orgraph Brydeinig, yn ddigon tebyg, o gof y genedl yn gyffredinol yn yr amser hirfalth hwnw, pan fu rhaid i'n teidiau dalu mwy o sylw i'r cleddyf, a'r bwa, a'r saeth, na phin ys-riferu. Ond mae yn hysbys i feirdd rhagorol Morganwg gadw yr hen orgraph trwy'r holl derfysgoedd— Narldu wnai awenvddion Eu gwawd fry o goed y fron. Mae 41 naddu can a thori enw yn frawddegau ag sydd yn profi mai ar goed y gosodai ein hynafiaid 'eu cynyrchion meddyliol. Yr hen dadau anwyl! trwy gymaint o anhawsderau y cadwasant eu hiaith, eu gwlad, a'u deifion Yr oedd "Ap Myvyr," Pontypridd, yn ddar- Nenydd cyson o'r newyddiadur hwn. Mae wedi dyfod i'r ainlwg ei fod yn deall er's tipyn fod ei babell bridd yn malurio, ac y byddai ef cyn hir wedi ymado. Darganfyddodd ei weddw alarus yn llogell ei got, wedi iddo farw yr englyn cahlynol, yr hwn a ddengys ei fod wedi bod yn myfyrio yn ddwys am ei ymadawiad:- Y penaf, olaf elyn-yw marw, Y tymhorol derfyn Enyd yw i newid dyn Y byd ad—mae'n bod wed'yn. JL -M- Yr oedd pawb yn Morganwg yn adnabod Powell, Caerdydd, hen weinidog Ebenezer. Wele hanesyn bychan am dano na chyhoeddwyd erioed o'r blaen. Ar foreu Llun unwaith yr oeddwn yn y tren, yn teithio o Benybont-ar-Ogwy tua Cliaer- dydd. Ger gorsaf St. Fagan's daeth Mr. Powell i mewn Yr oedd yr olwg arno yn ddifrifol iawn. Ei wyneb oedd bron yn hagr a chlogyrnaidd ei wallt gwyn a'i farf wen fel heb eu cribio yn ddiweddar. Uwch ei lygaid yr oedd y ddwy ael fel dau lwyn drain yn hongian uwch dwy ffynon arianaidd. Ar draws ei ysgwyddau llydain yr oedd mantell fawr. Eisteddod, ac ar yr un pryd rhoddodd ochenaid allan yna tynodd lyfr bychan a dechreuodd ddarllen iddo ei hunan. Yr oedd pob llvgad yn y cerbyd yn union arno, a rhai o'r bechgyn, na wyddant yn y byd pwy ydoedd, yn "chwerthin cilbochau." Symudais yn union ar gyfer Mr. Powell, a gofynais iddo yn Gymraei, "Sutyr ydych chwi, Mr. Powell? Yn dda iawn, diolch i chwi, 'machgen i." Yr oedd wedi sylwi ar y chwerthin, canys dywedodd yn union, Meddyliais eu bod yn fy ngwawdio," gan gyfeirio a'i ben at y bechgyn. Na, na," meddwn inau, nid oes yma neb a feiddia eich gwawdio chwi, Mr. Powell." Dywednis hyny hefyd yn Saesonaeg, er rlioddi ar ddeall i'r cvachach Bu dystawrwydd wed'yn. Yna Mr. Powell a gyfeiriodd fy sylw at y llyfr bychan yn ei law, sef Testament Cymraeg, a dywedodd, 44 Mae y plant bob amser yn caruv basin siwgr!" Ymgomiasom oddiyno i Gaerdydd am ytnweliad y Parch. William Jay, Bath, a Mr. Beckford, yr anffyddiwr yno. Aeth allan o'r cerbyd o'm blaen, ond arosodd, ac ymnflodd yn fy mhraich, ac felly, fraich-yn-mraich,y teithiasom drwy St. Mary-street i Reol Llysvcawl. Pan ar ymadael, ger Great Frederick-street, dywedodd fel yuta:—44 Ta 10 bynag y bo fi, ta pwy bynag a fyddo gyda mi, cofiwch bob amser ddyfod ataf fi." 14 Gwnaf, yn ddiffael," meddwn inuau, ac ymadawsom. #* Ar foreu Sabbath, cyn pen hir amser wedy'n, yr oeddyn yn nghapel Ebenezer, pan gyhoeddwyd fod Mr. Powell wedi cwympo yn farw ar yr heol yn dra sydyn. Nid angholiaf byth ngwedd y gynull- eidfa pan glywodd y newydd! Mae cofio yr amgylchiad yn y train i mi yn un o adgofiion melusaf fy oes. Cefais y fraint o amddiffyn yno hen wr o Gymro ag oedd fel ail i Elias y Prophwyd.
[No title]
PARIS, DECEMBER 15. This is the season of bon-bons and toys, as well as of Ministerial crises and war preparations: Tha majority of the population of France—the young folks-are alone interested in the first two; for them their politics concentrate in the fashionable bon-bon, baptised44 The Two Pigeons "—the name of the latest ballet at the Opera—and that ever popular potentate in richly embroidered scarlet coat, pantaloons, of which one leg is green and the other red three-cocked hat like that of a field mar sha! or a beadle, a face as rubicund as a setting sun and a;pa.ir of eyes surveying mankind at a glance from Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strand." This monarch of all he surveys, who wields a sceptre never questioned, is King Polich- inelle, or Punch. Since education in France has become com- pulsory—even before the existence of schools to accommodate children—and the Council of Edu- cation has fixed the programme of studies with the uniformity of a Procrustes or a Prussian drill- sergeant, a few of the end-of-the-yaar industries have been killed right off. Schools are no longer permitted to devote the month of December to copying the stereotyped letter of congratulation to old granny, wishing her to stick to the road of centenarianism, or the usual big-gooseberry thenes into copy-bcoks, with meadows of floricul- tural margin, for the delices of pater and mater familias. The former treasured the offering as lovers do their letters till married, or returned, or passed to a lawyer. The progress of enlightenment has rendered un- necessary 44 The Complete Letter Writer for the vrell-to-do classes and those whose education has been neglected. That handy-bookisnow brought out for the young, for soldiers, nurses, cooks-of both ,exes-and those people in general who like to borrow their sentiments from a formula or a strait-jacket. The fancy notepaper trade is brisk at present; the French do not employ either Christ- mas or New Year cards it is an institution at once German and English, so doubly to be avoided. However, the 100 cards for 2f., printed a la minute, re-places the chromo-Bristol board. The shops display very pretty letter-paper vignettes to suit the spirit of the times; the designers of these are often artists of first-rate standing. Meissonnier, the only French painter who can speak English, made hatsful of money in his early days at such industrial work. The Army being just now the one thing needful-save the finding of a Minister of iroreign Affairs for the new Cabinet-it is only natural it should do duty as ornamentation for letter-heads. Flowers painted by the hand on notepaper are also fashionable, and essentially women's work, as also velvet and embroidered flowers in relief, cunningly fixed on. Mother-of- pearl is also artistically utilised. These pretty nothings, whose price alone re-calls reality, do not infringe on The Two Pigeons," worked up into every ornithological suggestion of affection, for decorating sweet-meat sacs and boxes. As the French Parliament ia handling the sub-1 I ject of the protection of children of tender age in factories and workshops, its attention is invited to the over-time cruelty of those youngsters, I aged four to seven, whose duty it is to keep those toys constructed on the 44 wagging" principle ex- posed in the shop windows 44 going," by torching them when they come to a full stop with a wand. The situation of such employes is as enviable in its way as a politician expecting to be sent for to pull, say, a bow oar in a new Cabinet. Note how the outsiders gaze at the juvenile tipstaff giving the" straight tip to a wife scolding a husband who has arrived home in the sma' hours; or to a monthly nurse smiling and nodding as she presents the little stranger,some minutes old, to its resigned, frightened, or soured papa; or to a horse endeavouring to shake off a John Gilpin rider; or to a flock of geese that decline to waddle further marketwards, as if specially informed by a danger signal of the fate in store for them. The toy-trade of Paris gives occupation to 27,000 persons of both sexes; each toy, form as well as ma- terial, is a speciality. Many toys are modern,but the most popular are next to co-eval with man, that which means 100.000 years ago, following M. Fiammarion. Roman senators were not above playing tops, marbles, and trundling hoops. Imagine Senator de Freycinet playing marbles in an alley of the Luxembourg with Senator Jules Simon. The favourite Court toy under Henry III. was the ball and goblet; Polichinelles and jumping Jacks were the pet toys at Versailles under Louis XIV,; a lady drew one from her pocket or a muff, as do the fair sex to-day a scented poodle. The first authentic doll made was for the Queen of England in the fourteenth century, and to day they are equally as costly, due not only to over- dressing-nothing-to-wearism, but to the demand for expressive eyes, which blink like a hawk's, or glance like the weaver's shuttle to be able to march across a drawins-room as perfectly as a house lamb or an Esmeralda's kid; but, above all, to the necessity of their speaking Volapuk. As the French themselves are nearly unanimous that the Goblet Cabinet has been born but to die, lookers-on may safely predict its early death. Of course, it is not out of the mouths of babes and sucklings we are to look for a programme or political wisdom, though before now infant prodigies have appeared on the stage. What every fellow would give his eyes to find out is, why did M. de Frey- cinet resign, since his co-partner in the defunct Ministry, who now succeeds him, only demands to follow in his footsteps—an ambition that may be realised at any moment, but not in the sense con- strued by himself. M. de Freycinet will in the meantime pull the strings at the sides. Happy escape, and so timely, too. These jack-in-the-box changes augment the dangers and not a little, too, the anxieties of the moment. France has used up nearly all her possible statesmen. As difficulties accumulate or tempests threaten the volunteers will be very few to man the lifeboat. Hence society must rely on some arm to protect it, and that saving help naturally is concluded to reside in General Boulanger. The monster peace armies of the Con- tinent are oxpected to come into collision in the spring; all are working overtime to get ready. Bismarck is again suffering from diplomatic rheumatism, and Russia, having been dis- covered to be only Bottom the Weaver in the lion's skin, has fallen back on the fox's—a dodge to try and float a new war loan. It is sad to think that civilisation has no other remedy for the sick Continent but a general blood-letting of Europe. Madagascar is a terrible paint noir. It is the belief that M. de Freycinet's resignation is closely connected with the peace he bungled with the Hovas, and that its whole history has not yet come out. The Ministry which would demand the sinews of war for a fresh expedition to Madagascar or Tonquin would require to possess a four-leaved shamrock or the magic ring of Aladdin when appealing to the Chambers for men and money. Whipping a dead horse would be joy itself in com- parison with the task. "General Willoughbv, the Queen of Madagascar's Ambassador," is a sad thorn in the flesh. He is another Egyptian plague. Will Pharoah-France's heart remain hardened in respect to all the imbroglios to the close? Hitherto in Paris suicides took place respectably. It seems this is about being changed. An unfor- tunate man has been found suspended from a tree in the Bois de Boulogne. There was no more flesh on his bones than if he had passed a night on the Towers of Silence; still more curious, not a shred of his clothing could be discovered. It is esti- mated he must have been up the tree since six months. The forest guard was, then, safe in reporting the man was 44 dead." Another case of bones, but accompanied with boiling, comes from the Privas Assizes, in the Department of Ardeche. Piel cut up his servant maid and burned the fragments in an oven; ten days ago a daughter and two sons were condemned for roasting their old mother alive; the present atrocity was committed by Plaucher and his wife Plaucher's brother was frugal, aged 60, and resolved to leave his property, valued at 100,000f., to an old lady, his neighbour, who had been ever kind to him. One day he disappeared suspicion at once indicated his brother and sister-in-law.' Their house was searched; a dog entering the garden was observed scratching the soil. Some human flesh cooked and mixed with vegetables was discovered. The wife — a member of a family whoso ancestors fed the gallows and peopled the hulki from time immemorial — confessed. She and her husband had killed the brother, cut him up, boiled the flesh with vegetables for the pigs; ultimately the hogs refused the worse than cannibal mess; the remainder was buried in the garden, the bones broken and thrown into rock-fissures some miles from the scene of the murder. The wife appeared on crutches in the court, the result of an attempt to commit suicide. She and her husband upbraided one another with the commission of other assassi- nations. Cutting off an objectionable son with the angry shilling does not always succeed. At Orion, in the Lower Pyrenees, Mirasson had a son, who refused to work save only when compelled by actual want. He preferred to sponge on his father, aged 60, stealing into the house and carrying off the con- tents of the cupboard or the pot. Once the father prepared a tempting soup, poisoned it strongly, and went out. Later the son broke in and devoured the mess. His sufferings attracted some neighbours, who saved his life by giving him strong doses of warm milk. Recovered, he returned to his old tricks. A few days ago the father spied the son entering the house by a window; he seized his gun, which had been specially charged with a ball and buckshot, and shot the young man dead. After that drastic remedy the father displayed not the slightest compunction in presence of the corpse. France seems to be ill, or in need of physic, since ambulatory apothecaries are the order of the day.
[No title]
Some very quiet young ladies do up their hair with a bang. We've just counted up that we have saved several hundred dollars by smoking the pipe in- stead of cigars; but where is it? Parents, teach your girls to whistle through their fingers in their youth, so that when they come to years of understanding they may be able to hail a street car without endangering the eyea of a suffering populace with their parasols. 44 You have a cold," Mr. Brummell," observed a sympathising group. 44 Why, do you know," said he,44 that on the Brighton-road, the other day, the infidel Weston"—his valet—"put me in a room with a damp stranger." M. Chevreuil, the oldest student of France,' as he calls himself, and who is now a hundred years old, was astounded the other day to see one of the Chinese Legation read a book in the dark. If the old savant were as clever in the art of hum. bugging as hia young almond-eyed friend, he would have found out that the trick was aa easy one, for it is asserted by necromancers that if you smear your face with bat's blood you can read as easily in the dark as by daylight.
Edited by One of Them.
Edited by One of Them. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Christmas week is well in view, and Christmas presents, Christmas festivities, and Christmas holidays are beginning to force themselves upon our attention. The shops are full of pretty things for the benefit of those who have a full purs", with which to provide their seasonable gifts to rich and poor. There are endless varieties of bijou- try in new devices, such, for instance, as hair- pins surmounted by a flower formed in brilliants, or a brooch consisting of a golden swallow, bear- ing a pearl spray in his beak. Birds and insects are very fashionable just now for small orna- ments. Some of them are very pretty others, to my taste, are more curious than pretty. A butter- fly in brilliants is very graceful, but a bumble-bee in catseyes and rubies is too showy to be pleasing. A chanticleer brooch in brilliants is somewhat comic, but, really, a pair of scissors is hardly admissible as an ornament. A great out- stretched eagle's claw is anything but graceful as a brooch, even though the talons be of gold. For gentlemen's breastpins the devices are even more eccentric. A pheasant, a fox's head, and a cock's head are suitable enough, but who would venture to present a touchy friend with a miniature presentment of a goose to adorn his person, even though that goose be shrined in diamonds ? A true lover's knot makes a pretty bracelet. Then, too, the fashion for eccentricity extends to those elegant trifles in stationery and tablo knick-knacks which are so often selected as presents. A group from The Mikado" makes an effective paper weight. An embodiment of the four figures used in whist is adapted to the re- quirements of the writing table. Inkstands, purses, writing desks, and bags of every kind, from the well-fitted travelling bag for lady or gentleman which costs several guineas to the humble but pretty plush bag which can be had for 3s. (lJ, are to be seen. WAYS AND MEANS. The best way is to form a rough calculation, first, how much you want to spend on your Christmas presents, and then divide it as faiuiy as you can amongst the several claimants on your remembrance. When you have thus laid your foundation you can proceed to consider what kind of gift would be most acceptable to each indi- vidual, and then you can walk to one of the large shops, where you will have a good selection to choose from, and where you are pretty sure of being able to suit yourself at about the price you have fixed upon. Unless you make some plan of this kind you will very probably spend more than you intended on your first two or three presents, leaving you no margin for the remainder. SUITABLE PRESENTS. I always think that the value of a gift is greatly enhanced when it is evident that a little care and attention has been %pent on the choice of it. It is very desirable, too, unless you are dealing with Fonane's favourites who have no wants uasup- plted, to make your gifts as useful as possible. Young ladies who are struggling to keep up a nice appearance on a slender income will appreciate a pretty article of toilet far more than an expen- sive, but useless, knick-knack which they could very well dispense with. WOOL WORJC FOB PRESENTS. Those who have warm hearts and clever fingers may compensate for the absence of Fortunatus's purse by skill and taste. A great many pretty, useful things can be made of wool work, which has the advantage of always looking well-to-do, and can be taken up at any time. Woollen cuffs, fancy neckties, babies' boots, children's jackets, scarves, half shawls for elderly ladies, anti- macassars for careful housewives, slippers, night socks for invalids, &c., are very pleasant and acceptable gifts in this winter weather, and are not too expensive for the maker. Children's petticoats in white or coloured wool can be made in either knitting, crochet, or tricot, and are beautifully warm. For a very young child a white petticoat with a red or blue stripe near the bottom' has a very good effect. This is sure to be a welcome present to a young mother. CLOTHING FOR THE POOR. Then, too, I am sure my kind friends do not forget- The nalted limbs That freeze with the winter's cold. or that decent poverty which suffers even more in its attempt to keep up a respectable appearancs. A few serge petticoats for the half clad children of a widow, a warm comforter and cuffs for ths rheumatic old carter or watchman, a knitted cross-over for the feoble old woman who ekea out her living on three or four shillings a week are Christmas gifts which are truly seasonable in spirit as well as in letter, and which, though they do not cost the donor very much, are certainly highly prized by the recipient. Those ladies who cannot afford to buy much for the poor can often make them most useful presents by giving them their old clothes. People who are in the habit of dressing well themselves have not the slightest idea how valuable their cast-off clothes would be to those whose scanty wardrobes cry in vain to be replenished. I have heard ladies say of their old boots and old dresses," Ah, it is of no use to think of giving those things away," when the very articles which are so contemptuously disposed of would be hailed as a godsend in many a poor home. A lady who spent her !Ifo working \mon^s. the poor in Central London told me that the new style of drts>i vas far less useful to her poor pan- tioners than the old plain or flounced skirt, which could be turned or renovated; whereas the present nnery soon looked faded. 1 have no doubt this is true, but such as our opportunities are, let us make the best of them, and there is plenty of warmth in our new-fangled, voluminous skirts. A society which works in the East End of London has established several clothing depots, at which second-hand clothes are sold to the poor at a very low rate. The ladies who manage these depots plead most pathetically for cast-off clothes of o,very description, declaring there is nothing which they cannot make use of. SELLING CAST-OFF CLONES. I have known ladies who made a practice of selling their things when done with. This is a great pity, since they do not get anything like the proper value for them, and it is not desirable to encourage such persons as clothes dealers about a house. A lady who thought nothing of spend- ing three guineas on a dress used regularly to hand over her dresses and bonnets when the first freshness was off to a buyer of cast-off clothes. I was always sorry to hear of it; but, knowing how expensive her things were, I was surprised M learn how little she received for thev. Oiice I remember she disposed of several dresses and eight bonnets, besides other articles, for £1. How much wiser and kinder was the practice of another lady who used to send her best dresses, bonnets, &c., to some poor governesses wh()!Q she knew. She would send a parcel or box privately, and the things were easily turned or -done up," being of good material, so that the working ladies were greatly assisted in their hand to mouth struggle by the thoughtful kindness of their richer .9 neighbours. THK FASHIONS. I must say something about the fashions, though really I do not thipk there is very much to say that is new. Some very elegant mantles may be seen at the West End houses. A very handsome black plush mantle, trimmed with beaver, had side panels trimmed with jet. Another in grey plush was trimmed with black fox. TAILOK-MAJJK PRESSES. Tailor-made dresses are now greatly patronised bv l»dies- Some of these are made with waist- coats, which can be worn or not according to the I wearer's taste. The long cloth coats are lined with silk. The cloth jackets, whether Zouave shape or otherwise, are trimmed in military fashion. Some Scotch tweed, home-spun tailor-madi dresses are made with painted panels, and the front of the bodice is made either to button up dresses are made with painted panels, and the front of the bodice is made either to button up closely or to turn back au rever*. Plush keeps its ground, and I think the plush muff is more general than ever. If nicely made and lined with silk it is very pretty. Those which combine a small pocket at the top for the purse or hand- kerchief are very convenient, but a cachemire muff can be made at home and well trimmed with lace, which will look fresh and pretty, at very little cost. HATS AND BONNETS. Bats and bonnets are still somewhat overpower- ing. The capotes, as they are called, and the toques rise to an imposing height, while, on the other hand, the felt hats are sometimes very broad. All of them have an abundance of trimming. A felt hat, with a border of dark plush and brown and red ostrich feathers, must also have an aigrette of several birds. A plush bonnet of a pretty shape, handsomely trimmed with the same material, must I needs have an aigrette and feathers of imposing height. BEAD AND FEATHER TRIMMING. Beads and feathers, indeed, abound in all kinds of trimming. The ostrich feathers are very graceful, and an ostrich feather fan looks well with any evening toilette. I hear that a dolman composed entirely of ostrich feathers is to be one of the gifts from South Africa in celebration of the Royal Jubilee. I may add, in speaking of trimmings, that gold beads are now sometimes used, as well as steel and jet, but they are only suitable for best dresses, as they are not only costly in themselves, but very soon tarnish. A panel beadod with gold beads looks very hand- some on a velvet skirt, and if the collar and cuffs are trimmed in the same style, the effect is all the better. In such cases the panel is only worn on one side of the dress. RECEIPT. Mincemeat.—Take half a pound of fine cooked underdone beef, chop it fine one pound of raisins stoned, one pound and a quarter of currants picked and washed very clean-wlien put upon a dish the little stones are more easily discovered than upon a. cloth-one pound each of appies, free from core and peel; suet and moist sugar; six ounces of candied peel, the rind of a new lemon grated, and its juice; a little nutmog and mixed spice, half a pint of rum, and half a teaspoonful of table salt. Mix all the solid ingredients fine, then add the liquid. Biend it all well together, ¡ and preserve it in well covered jars for use.
[No title]
Conversation in athletic circles during the week has been confined principally to the referee ques- tion, the Swansea tour, and the four three-quarter combination. As to the former, no one of any consequence has come forward to vindicate the Neath partisans, and there appears absolutely no ground on which their conduct can be palliated. With reference to the remavks made in our columns, I hear that some members and friends of 'the Newport football team are not at all pleased, but I am quite at a loss to understand why any objection can be taken to fair comment. I have always had the utmost respect for the Newport footballers, and I am sure their play, especially this season, has given them a position which is not easily gained. I should be sorry, therefore, if anything which took place in the heat of passion at any match, on one side or the other, were to lead to feelings of anything but of respcct towards Newport by the teams of South Wales. However, I allow Mr. John H. Young to have his fling. Hp says:— In your report of the Football Match played at Neath, on Saturday last, between Neath and New- port, you state that which is entirely false. In the first place Newport left it with the Noath captain to get as a referee either a Swansea or Llanelly man. On the arrival of the Newport team, the captain was informed that Mr. Trubshaw had telegraphed that he could not come, and as neither a Cardiff nor Swansea man was present,they had to commence play without one, so that it is entirelv falsa to say that Newport objected to a gentleman from either of these towns, They were quite willing to accept Mr. Cox of Neath. but that gentleman said he had bets on the game, and con- sequently could not act. After the so-called try, which the Neath captain admitted to me was obtained from a throw forward and a knock on," Mr. Adams was selected by the Neath captain, and agreed to by the Newport captain, to act as refree. He at once asked a brother reporter to take his book while he attended to the duties of referee,after which time the Neath team did not cross the New- port goal line, so that the match must have been wilfully,wrongly reported, as any impartial person present must know. The only blame which I cast upon Newport in regard to the Neath business is that they began play on an opponent's ground without a referee. Such a proceeding could only end ia dissatisfac- tion and Rouble. "C. O. D's" able letter in Monday's Western Mail on the three-quarter back question has set foot- ballers in South Wales meditating. Interested persons will not, however, discover his identity by "reversing" the letters, as, by a typographical error, they were led to believe; the word should have been 41 revealed," and this revelation has not yet been accomplished. A Newportonian," referring to the controversy, 11 v, says Dear 4 Touchstone,' I think your notes on this subject in Monday's Western Mail ought to lead to considerable good. I know that different clubs play differently in styles, the tastes in football varying, as in all other things. But I should like to see something like a tacit understanding arrived at, now that the question has been opened, what the game most conducive to successful football really is. Ought there to be three three-quarter backs or four ? I have no hesitation in declaring in favour of the trio." » "I have," he proceeds, seen all the teams in South Wales and a good many crack up-country organisations, and I always admired most those who played nine men forward, and six men only behind. That has been the style adopted by our own club, and this season you have seen how well it has answered. The forwards ought to be counted on to keep the ball in front of them, if they can dribble-especially if they can do any of the association dribbling—and when they are brought up by a scrum" the halves should watch it coming through, and, if they get it at once, chuck back to the centre three-quarter (who, by the way, ought properly to be the captain). Witl a smart sprinter on either side of him, the three- quarters, if they have practised passing with any- thing like precision, ought to do all that is required of them." W.M." the captain ot the Cardiff Footb&U Club, is a notable 44 sailer," and here we find him giving his opponents leg bail. He bas not scored as many times as last year .but that is easily accounted for, as be is not a "wing" man this season, but centre." You, perhaps, don't recognise the like- ness. It was a 41 lightning sketch," done on the spur of the moment, a fact which accounts, some- what, for his fierceness of expression not being adequately depicted. Better luck next time. The Swansea tour has not been as successful a South Walians could have wished. Their heavy defeat by Swinton took a lot of the gilt off their previous proceedings, and drawing with the Broughton Rangers did not add much to their reputation. Unfortunately snow prevented an encounter with Dewsbury, and the Swansea boys will return to their haunts not much benefited in reputation by their northern visit. The principal interest will centre in the matel to be played at Newport. Both teams—Swanset and Newport—are putting forth their full strength, and a match worth witnessing will be played. It is rather difficult to forecast the result, both teams having played so well lately. The result of the last match played by the Swansea men in South Wales is a fact that one cannot overlook, and I shall support the" all white" team for pulling off the win, though the score will be small. The Llanelly tin-plate men, it appears, are not satisfied with their honourable defeat by the Cardiffians. "Forward" appears to bo their maxim, and it is their intention, on the return match, to show Cardiff a trick or two. Look you." said an ardent one in the Phil" after the game, 44 wait till we get 'em on our own field and we'll show the (the expression was forcible) how to play." Llandovery, past and pre sent,meet Llanelly to-day(Saturday), and, if the col* legians are representative, the wearers of the scarlet will find them a hard nut to crack. Should they play a similar game to that which they did at Cardiff I fancy, however, that they will secure the kernel. After Carmarthen's poor display last Saturday against Llandovery College there cannot be two opinions as to how Cardiff will treat than. Be merciful do The action of Pontypridd in leaving the field on account of the referee's decision not meeting with their approval robbed the Cardiff Crusaders of a win. The game was throughout one-sided, and would have resulted in the Crusaders sewing heavily against Pontypridd. Their match with Whitchurch to-day (Saturday) should be interest. ing. Last Saturday's match* between the Ely Revere and Roath ended in a draw greatly, however, in favour of the Rovers; The game, I understand, was confined forward, where the Roath had no chance against their wandering opponents. Having beaten some of the principal local teams these roving spirits be. gin to have brightet hopes of the silver flagon, respecting whicL. interest is waxing keener weekly. The committee, I see, have decided to form another fifteen or 44 A team. In football, like other pur- suits, "nothing succeeds like success," as the Rovers have found in the influx of new members that have come forward to assume their colours. Mr. E. S. Brace, 21, Cony- beare-road, Canton, is now on the look out for suitable engagements. Any vacancies? I don't see on their fixture card a match with Whitchurch, could not one be arran ged ? Mr. D. Llewellyn, the hon. sec. of the Penygraig Football Ciub writes to say that he has the follow- ing opsn dates :-January 1 and February, 26, at home, and January, 29; February, 12 and March, y 19 and 26, away. He would also like to arrange a. match for Christmas Day with a strong club Can anyone oblige ? 44 Pro Bono Publico 'sends me the following. 1 don't exactly acquiesce in all he says, notably, the introductory portion. However, he shall speak for himself. He says :— Knowing, as Cardiffians do, tha* there is plenty of material in Cardiff out of w wh a team equal to last year's can be formed, t is the more aggra- vating to note the evident depreciation in their play. The forward division is, I think, chiefly to blame, as, owing to thei; laxity in following up heeling out, packing, etc. the backs, instead of indulging in their usual grand, combined play, have to act on the defensive. Now, sir. if it be a fact, as rumour asserts, that certain members are endeavouring to drive the working-men playera out, and to keep all such out of the team, for the sake of th^ir social position, then, I say, it is a dis- gracefu. proceeding, and that clique should be the first to be thrown over, as in my opinion it is the working-men who are the mainstay of the team. Faction is, and always will be, the bane of every club, and, should it exist here, it is time the match ,ommittee dealt with this evil in a vigorous manner, so that merit alone should be the factor ay which admission to the tanks of the first can oe gained. If nothing is done, I fear the word Ichtbod will be very applicable. This gentleman is not unknown to foot- ballers. It is said that he is the most popular man on any field. and from the fact that be is always cordially welcomed and eagerly surrounded by th* players themselves, t •\ don't see why such should not be the can Last Saturdays 4utj was not pleasant. HM II goods" were damped^ and he himself shared in their misfortune. His bounty waf not despi eJ. The following are the principal fixtures in Scutb Wales to-day (Saturday) CAJ&DIFF.—Cardiff v. Carmarthen. „ Cardiff (Second) v. Maindee. „ Cardiff Harlequins (Second) v. TaflCi Well (Second). „ Cardiff Ti nited v. Grmgetown. •i Cardiff United (Second) fl. Gmngetowa (Second). » Cardiff Crusaders (SecoRd) tI. Whitehureh (Socond). t' Canton Crusaders tI. Roath Kaagera. S 4" Longcross v. Tafif's Well. FM.INFOH..—Felinfoel v. Llanelly. LLANDAFF.—Llandaff Ely Rovers. LLANtLLY.—LttneMy tI. Ldandovery (Past and Present). NEWPORT.—Newport tI. Swansea. » Newport AUbions v. Penarth (Seoead). PEKABTH.—Penarth tI. Newport (Second). PENYGRAIG.—Penygraig v. Roath. PONTYPRIDD.—Pontypridd v. Cardiff Harlequins. BISCA.—Risea Juniors c. Oakfieldi. WUTCXUBCX.—WhiUshoreh «. Cardiff Ornwletf-