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LONDON LETTERS. .
LONDON LETTERS. Anecdotes begin to circulate about the late Mr. ffewdegate, and it is not surprising to find that allusion is made to the great red or magenta silk handkerchief with which in his hand he usually rose to address the House of Commons. This is the .outspoken way in which an ex-M.P., who had known Mr. Newdegate 40 years, sums up his friend's Status as orator and statesman No one could pretend that Mr. Newdegate was a great member of Parliament. When he rose, with his well-known red silk handkerchief in hand, no one expected to be enlightened or amused, and nine-tenths of his hearers knew beforehand what he was going to say." Why Mr. Newdegate chose so con. stantly to flaunt a red handkerchief in face of the Bouse is not generally understood. There is some ground for the report that it was used as a signal, .not to the Press Gallery in general, but to one gentleman in the gallery in particular, that the speech he was about to make was important, and that he wished it faithfully recorded in steno- graphy. If the silken signal was not made, then, in Mr. Newdegate's opinion, he was about to utter nothing of moment. The transcript of his faithful representative may possibly see the light when Mr. Newdegate's biography is written. The result of the Pall Mall Gazette musical com- petition is on the whole pretty much what might have been expected. Miss Mary Davies polls a few more votes than Miss Anna Williams for the honour of heading the list as the best English soprano; no others come anywhere near these two. Mr. Sims Reeves, who is really not much more than a great name to the present generation of concert goers, has not half as many votes as Mr. Edward Lloyd for the best English tenor; on the hand, he pfits twice as many as Mr. Lloyd as the best male singer of English ballads. Miss Mary Davies is placed the best female ballad singer (two votes ahead of Madame Sterling), and Madame Patey takes nearly all the votes as the best contralto. Mr. Santley is, of course, easily at the hend of the list ot baritones; Signor Foli is voted tho best bass, Herr Rubenstein the best male, and Mdme. Schumann the best female ijanist; Herr Richter is a few votes ahead of Sir A. Sullivan as the best conductor; and Dr. Bennett slightly out-votes both Sir George Grove and Dr. Hueffer as the best musical critic. Some time ago a correspondence was started ns to whether the Englishman of to-day is physically as good as his ancestors. Anecdotes have been told of extraordinary feats achieved by modern athletes, and some astounding jumps were recorded. The length and the height of these jumps have increased from day to day. A Al c. W. R. Best writes that he saw one John Howard, of Bradford, clear thirty feet from a solid plank" in 1850. Not less remarkable than this was the performance lof one Reed, who in a match with one Seward, made a high jump of six feet. It is to be presumed that Rued won the match, for Mr. Best says "Seward in trying his last jump kicked out and split my nose. There was something pro- vidential about this kick of Seward's, for it caused to be preserved the record of an achievement which might otherwise have been doubted. "I have the record now," says Mr. Best, "on my nose." However, the most extraordinary feat was that accomplished at the Oxford and Cambridge Sports, at which a high jump of 6ft. 2in. was registered some years ago. A Select Committee is immediately to be np. pointed to inquire into the means of saving life at ea. When Mr. Chamberlain was at the Board of Trade his Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the loss of human life. It did not con- sider by what means our Marine Service might be carried on with less sacrifice of humanity. A supplementary inquiry is now to be held with a view to practical suggestion, not only in the way of legislation, but also in the way of private provision. A place has been found for Mr. Biggar. He is to r be the Speaker of the Irish Parliament. The wig and 'the flowing black robe, says United Ireland, are in "tore for him, and the immense stores of knowledge of procedure which have been accumulating in "Joey B's" brain for many a long year are to be Poured forth for the benefit of his countrymen. It "would, indeed, be a stroke of irony to hear Mr. Biggar gravely calling Dr. Tanner to order, ruling that Mr. Parnell had used an expression which was not in consonance with the courtesies of debate, and flapping the closure on Mr. Sexton. I think I hoar his melodious croak, and I am sure I would ftake steamer to Ireland to see him inducted into fthe Chair. As soon as it was determined in the Times office to publish the Parnell letter, the doors were flocked, egress and ingress forbidden, and nothing I Was allowed to transpire until the hour came for the publication of the paper. I hear that this is only "One of a batch of documents which—whether they *re genuine or not-the people of Printing House- square have purchased, believing them to be authentic. Some of these it is intended to use, if necessary, in the St. John Brenon case, which is still on the tapis, and is, so far as one can judge, likely to be tried before a jury. Mr. St. John Brenon claims damages against Mr. Ridgway for vrhat is known as the Irish Black Book. In order to prove the allegations in that book, an attempt will be made on the part of the defence to widen the issue, and to make the leaders of the Irish party give evidence in regard to certain matters which are still kept secret. There lie just a ray of hope that Mr. Vizetelly, the artist for the Graphic, who accompanied the Unfortunate General Hicks into the Soudan, is yet alive, though in captivity. In a dispatch of the 5th of February, Sir E. Baring related a conversa- tion lie had had with a Syrian Greek who had escaped from the Soudan, and who was at Khar- toum when General Gordon was butchered. By professing Islamism, the Greek had his life spared and eventually eluded observation. He reported that ten Europeans were at Omdurman, including Lupton Bey, and Sir E. Baring inferred from his description that Mr. Vizetelly was one of the num- ber. A photograph of the artist, taken twenty years ago, was then sent out to Egypt by Mr. VizeteJJy's son. In a letter, dated March 19, Sir E. Baring states that the Greek cannot positively identify the photograph as that of the Englishman he saw at Khartoum, he having grown a beard since the likeness was taken but there is are- semblance in the upper part of the features, and he thinks it is that of the man he saw. Sir E. Baring gives the assurance that no effort will be Spared to obtain the release of the captives. The friends of Mr. Dillwyn explained that his life has been very much embittered by grievous domestic circumstances that occurred a year ago. It will bo remembered that a lady of his family tigured in a scandal last year. Indeed, the actions of a number of those who are numbered among the BQ!Ùlj. Bazouks are in many instances to be accounted for through personal and private reasons. (Jlle young gentleman, for instance, who is a !1¡¡:;¡onajre in his own right, and whose father and S' undfather are both living men and each million- aires, was a Tory to begin with. He had high Social aspirations and looked for a commission in the O"Ilrdi. Owin., however, to a (juarrel between the officer who was to have taken him in charg9,1 and another officer of the regiment, he was not j admitted. From that moment he began to wage war against the classes. Mr. Laboucbere is a Bashi-Bazouk through sheer cussedness. I could, however, point to a dozen of the more violent members of the irregular Opposition who act as they do under the mortification of social and personal affronts. Men are asking in tones of wonder how much longer Mr. Gladstone will be led by the Bashi- Bazouks. This morning brings simultaneously an overwhelming force of evidence of the evil that he is working. The moderate politicians who are still associated by party ties with the late Prime Minister must surely now be arrested in their progress to political perdition. People out of doors I may well express surprise that Mr. Dillwyn. Mr. Samuel Smith, and gentiemen in the judicial posi- tion occupied by Mr. Lockwood, the member for York, can take part in such outrageous demon- strations as those of Friday night
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Although Buffalo Bill and his I' troup are refusing all invitations, • U they have decided to pay their -J: -1- 1.1' respects to tragedy, pantomime, auu cuiueuy ue:ure I commencing the Wild West show. On Tuesday they go to the Lyceum, on Friday to Drury Lane, I and on a later date they will be entertained by Mr. Toole. Toole. M I The young Scotch laird, whose disastrous 41 plunging" created such a sensation at New- market last autumn, commenced the present season more auspiciously by betting £ 3.000 on Camaralzaman, £ 1,000 on Anarch, and 410,000 on Annamite-all winners—last week. There is no truth whatever in the widely circu- lated report that Mr. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., is the owner of the Baron. "Mr. Fern is the assumed Dame of a lady who was present at Newmarket on Thursday to see her horse win. I may add that j Matthew Dawson has no interest in The Baron, j I hear that the veteran trainer is of opinion that Lord Falmouth has an excellent chance of winning the Derby with blanchland, and considers that the race lies between that horse and The Baron. j If there ever was a man who seemed likely to attain a patriarchal age it is the present Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotlm, who is now in hi3 sixty-ninth year but when he does <iie I fully expect that we shall hear that an arrangement has been made by which the Duke of Edinburgh will give up tiie succession to Prussia, receiving an adequate com- j which the Duke of Edinburgh will give up the succession to Prussia, receiving an adequate com- j pensation and he would doubtless be able to re- tain his uncle's private estates, which afford some of the finest sporting in Europe, especially in his Thuringian forests, where the Duke, who is a mighty Nimrod, has shot nearly eleven hundred stags to his own gun. The memorable scene at Westminster on Friday night was a surprise to all parties concerned. Colonel Saunderson spoke with great deliberatioa from his place behind the Treasury Bench, Lord Randolph Churchill's corner seat was occupied by Randolph Churchill's corner seat was occupied by a glass of water, and Colonel Hughes-Hallett, sitting next to the member for North Armagh, took care of his numerous books and papers. The altercation occurred before anyone was aware of its gravity. The Speaker kept his temper ad- aiirably; and when Air. Healy's suspension was pronounced the fury of the small but compact body of his admirers know no bounds. Not a tithe of the language actually used has been re- ported; and after all was over a little knot of Home Rulers surrounded Colonel Saunderson in the lobby with cries of Liar!" and -,Coward!' The Colonel made it plain to them that if he were touched he meant mischief; and he has since told Mr. W. H. Smith, on Saturday, what he means to do if the insults are repeated. Mr. Chamberlain prophesied weeks ago that the present session would witness the calling in of the police to pre- vent actual violence in the House of Commons, and his predictions seem likely to be verified. The ways of justice's justice at Lyndhurst are certainly strange, and I am not surprised that all the New Forest, from one end to the other, is mttch excited about the fining of Lord Londesborough and Mr. L. Vernon Harcourt (son and heir of the great" Historicus") for having dogs with them without a muzzle. The Hampshire magistrates have, in some districts, recently put the muzzling laws in force, and Lord Londesborough was in perfect ignorance of the fact when a zealous police- man called his attention to the enormity of having a small black long-haired terrier at his heels unchained. His lordship at once complied with the request to attach a chain to the dog's neck, but the zealous policeman immediately pro- ceeded to ask two magistrates for a summons against him. Two members of the bench refused, but Colonel Martin Powell determined to avenge the offended majesty of the law. Most of Lord Londesborough's friends attended the case at Lyndhurst, and in the result, notwithstanding the eloquent defence by Mr. Francis, a fine of 2s. 6d. was imposed. Mr. Harcourt'a case was even more absurd be had just come down from London and was, of course, unacquainted with the magis- trates' order. As he drove from the station he allowed his two dogs, in perfect good faith, to follow his carriage unmuzzled. Mr. Harcourt, too, was mulcted in the sum of 2s. ad, and costs.
MADAME PATTC.
This is my sphere," said a happy wife patting her bald-headed husband on the pate. A tinsmith in the country has a sign which reads:—" Quart measures of all shapes and sizes sold here." Many a young man who works hard during the day allows his hands to go to waist during the evening. At the opera-—" Does not the music entrance vou ?I' he asks, noticing her abstractive gaze, as the orchestra was banging away at the overture from Lohengrin." Does it not draw your soul away from this world of sin and sorrow ?" No I was simply wondering whether pa bad ordered the ham and eggs for breakfast to-morrow," she replied, and she never understood his look of disgust. MADAME PATTC. Patti is quoted by an interviewer as saying that she was called the Queen of Song," not because she was the greatest singer, but because she had many gifts. I am not beautiful," she said, but I pass for pretty, that's one; I am tolerably grace- ful, that's two; I am a good dresser, that's three I have a way with me that is piquant, that's four; I like my public, and that's five, for my public like me because 1 like them, and never tire of pleasing them; I have a good voice, that's six; I know how to sing very well-my way, that's seven; I always know my music, that gives com- fort to the audience and may count as eight; I act fairly well the roles I sing, that's nine. What more could one want in a siu^ci- .A
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Beth wnaeth y deddfroddwr Moses yn erbyn y Goleila(Z ? Yn y newyddiadur hwnw am yr wyth- nos ddiweddaf mae achwyniad fy mod yn son am Moses. Crobeithio nad ydych chwi, Mr. Goleuai, yn canlvn Dr. Colenso, ac yn anghredu Moses yn ei bum llyfr. Mae pobl yn dywedyd taw newydd- iadur y dosbarth o ysgol Sion Gorff" yw y Golniad, a bod rhai o'r plant yn gwawdio yr hen gyffes a'r hen brophwydi Methodistaidd. Carwn osod gwialen fedw ar fan mwyaf llydan y fat h hogiau. Mae y taclau hyn yn ceisio efelychu gwisgoedd a hetiau ofiieiriaid Eglwys Loegr, a phwy, wedi-r ewbl, mor uchel eu llais a hwy am dynu yr ban sefydlind i lawr ? Nid ceisio ei wella a wnant, ond ei falurio. Mae mor wired a bod y Creydd wedi gwneyd afalau bach, taw y crots pregethwrol, ac nid y werin Gymreig yn gyffiedinoi, sydd am dynu yr Eglwys i IrHvr- hen sefydliad oesoedd a chenedlaethau! Yr wyf gymaint o Drefnyddwr a neb o honynt, ond nid wyf wedi myned i dBimlo yn anmharchus at hen Eglwys Apostolaidd Cymru. Estroniaid, ac nid Cymry sydd wedi ei niweidio, a'n dyledswydd y w gwneyd i'r epil a'i hyspeiliant o'i gogoniant fel mam ysbrydol y genedl fyned ymaith. Golygfa ryfeddol oedd gweled y dorf favvr Gymreig yn addoli yn Eglwys Sant Andrew, yn Nghaerdydd, nos Sul diwcddaf. fel pe buasai yr awdurdodau am ddangos bod Eglwys y Cymry wedi ei hyspeilio gan estroniaid. Mewn Eglwys wedi ei noddi gan Sant Andrew—Scotchman—y cawsant ymgynnull i addoli Duw yn y Gymraeg yn Nghaerdydd! Gallasai dyeithriaid feddwl bod Dewi Sant wedi taflu ei ffon gnwpa i afon Taf, ac wedi gosod ei grwth yn y to o ddigllonedd. Ond diolch, er hyny, i St. Andrew am gofio y Cymry yn eu noethni; a chyda llaw coilwn mai nid Sais oedd St. Andrew. W Yn hanes yr Eglwys, cawn taw Cymro o'r enw Sant Ninian a bregethodd yr efengyl gyntaf i'r Albanwyr, ond o'r diwedd gorfod iddo ffoi i blilb y Gwyddelod. Wed'yn, daeth esgob Groogaidd a ehreiriau St. Andrew i'r Albun, a buont yn effeithiol ile yr oedd y Cymro wedi bod yn aflwyddianus. Mae gwaith Cymry egiwysig Cierdydd yn ym- restru o dan fftner St. Andrew yn lie o dan un Dewi Sant, neu un St. Dyfiig, fel po baent yn lied dybio yn effeithioldeb creiriau St. Andrew eto, yn y lie mae y Cymro wedi methu llwyddo er's llawer dydd! Peth arall lied liynod yw, taw Sais o'r enw y Parch G. W. Hanford sydd wedi bod yn flaenllaw yn Nghaerdydd gyda'r gwaith o ddychwelyd yr arch Gymreig o law y Phiiistiaid. Yr wyf bron yn credu mlLi Cymro o waedoliaeth yw y boneddwr hwn, ac mai ei wir enw yw Mae yn lied ry- feddol taw un o'r enw hwn eydd wedi bod yn arwain Cymry Cacrdvdd re hen ffordd" o addolj yn Ngiiymru. Diolch o'r gaion. i'r es-ob godidog o Landaf am iddo roddi Si dadol nawdd i'r cyaulliad. Pa bryd o'r blaen y gwehvyd Esgob o Landaf mewn Cymiaeg pur yn traddodi cenad hedd i gonedi y Cymry?. Yr oedd yn ofnadwy o feildigedig bod, pobl yn eistedd yn nglsadeiriau esgobol Cymru,! heb allu siarad iaith y werin! Pa rhyfedd i'r gogoniant fyned o'r Cyssegr, He ymsefydiu ar ben y mynydd! Yr oedd Archddeon Griffith yn ei hwyliau goreu nos Su! yn St. Andrew. I Mae Prif Weinidog Queensland wedi dyfod i I Gymru, ac wedi myned ymaith, wedi i ni ysgrifenu o'r blaen. Dywedodd wrthyf taw olitigrallo, ger I Penybont-ar-OgWy, yr aeth ei lienafiaid rywbryd yn y ganrif ddiwedd i Loegr. Sefydlasant yn. Ngwlid yr Haf, ac o. Bath, fel y ddeallais, d aeth ei dad i Ferthyr, tuaT flwydidyn 1842, a bu yoo nes diwedd 1846. Ar 21 o Fehefin, 1845, y gany|rd yr hwn oedd i fod yn Prif Weiividog Queensland (sef { Syr Samuel W. Griffith, Marcliog yn ol Cirdd St.* Michael a St. George), yn v Glebyland, yn nliref Merthyr. Ni welals i neb erioed yn cael gwell croesawiad nag a gofodd ef yn Merthyr a Chaer. dydd. A chafodd ei ddirfawr foddSoni. Tyimlaf yn ddedwydd wrih gofio mai myfi a dygodd i sylw ei gvdgenedl gyntaf. Cydnebydd pawb hyny, ac nid wyf yn rhy wylaidd fy yspryd i ymhoni hyny chwaith. Dywedodd wrthyf fi a Mr, Daniel Owen, Llwyn On, Ystrad Owen, yn nhy Maerwr Caerdydd, wedi r wlodd ardderchog a roddw/d iddo yn neuadd y dref, y byddai i pob Cyiuro yn Queensland ardderchog deimlo ei roesawiaid ef fel pe yn roesawiad persono! iddo ef ei hunan. Mae ei gysylltiad colonog å'r Cswry ya Queensland yn un lied dyner. Mae dau hanesyn dyddorol ar hyd a lied y wlad. Nis gwn a ydynt wir neu beidio. Dywedir pan oedd Due o Norfolk ar vmweliad ag Ardalydd Bute yn Nghastell Caerdydd, cyn i'r diweddaf briodi- cyn, yn ol iaith Dewi Wyn o Essyllt—i "Bryd- ferthweh bro Glossop t. Mawredd Caerdydd ym- briodi ''—i'r ddau arglwydd ieuainc fyned un nawn Sabbath ar hyd benau y bryniau yn nghyfeiriad Caerphili. Pan ar un o'r llechweddau yn gwynebu'r dref henafol a malurion ei chastell hynod, daethant yn agos i dy fferm yn perthyn i Ardalydd Bute. Yr oedd perllan gerllaw, ar coed yn plygu o dan gnwd mawr o afalau gruddgoch. Aeth y ddau arglwydd i'r berllan, a deehreuasant fwyta yr afalau. Gwelodd y ffermwr hwynt, ac heb wybod yn y byd pwy oeddynt, aeth yn nwyd- wylIt tua'r llan afalau, gan floeddio. "Beth mae y diawliaid yn ei wneyd yn fy mherllan!" Cododd gerrig, a dechreuodd eu taflu atynt a holl nerth ei fraich. "Off a chi," ebai, "Parsalo grachach o'r siopa, ie fa, yn d'od, ar ddydd Sul fel hyn, i 'speilio 'fala! D--o chi, oF a chi!" Erbyn hyn, yr oedd y cerrig yn chv/yrnellu trwy y coed, a'r ddau arglwydd yn ceisio dianc trwy'r pertbi, ac ar yr un pryd yn chwerthin nes bron yn llewygu. Rhedasant i lawr yr lieol nes cyrhaedd ty tafarn, ac i mewn a hwy i'r noddfa. Dywedir eu bod yno, pan yn bwyta bara chaws ac yn yfcd home Irewed, yn ddigrif i'r pen yn nghylch yr hyn oedd wedi cymmeryd lie yn y berllan. Wed'yn y deallwyd pwy oeddynt. < Dywedir bod Madame Patti, y gantores fyd- enwog, yn awr o Gastell-y-Nos, Cwmtawe, yn hoff iawn o bysgota il bach a phlyf, Pan yn trigfanu yn Nghwrt Waterton, ger Penybont-ar-Ogwy. yr oedd yn ami i'w gweled ar lanau y Wenwy a'r Ogwy yn taflu llinoll a bachau pluog ar draws y dyfroedd. Un prydnawn cyfnewidiodd yr bin, a dechreuodd gwlaw trwm ddisgyn, a dychwelodd hi a'i chyfeillion i bentref Castell Ogwy. Cyfeiriodd Madame Patti ei thraed tua bwthyn bychan ag oedd a'i ddrws yn agored. Aeth ei chyfeillion i dafarn gerllaw. Cafodd Madame Patti wraig weddw o Gymraes, yr hon oedd bron yn holloi amddifad o wybodaeth or Saesonaeg, wrth y bwrdd wrthi ei hun yn yfod te. Dewch i mewn," ebe yr hen Gymraes wrth y foneddiges, Itab wybod yn y byd pwy ydoedd, a gwahoddodd hi i eistedd. Gwnaeth Patti hyny, a dywedodd y carai gael td, Deallai yr lien Gyrnraes mai "ladi" oedd yr ym- welydd, ac aeth yn union i baratoi te teilwDi- neu, raor deilwng ag a allai-o "ladi." Na, na," ebe Patti, rhaid i mi ei gael gyda chwi, yn eich dull arferol." Felly fu. Eisteddodd y ddwy ger y bwrdd. Odi cliiln cymoryd awgwr a llatb yn eich te?" gofynai yr hen Gymraes i'r per ganiedydd. "Ydwyf, bob ^viu«er/' ebe Patti. Gosodwyd pobpetli mawn trefo, a dechreuodd y ddwy ar y gorchwyl pWYMig o I yfed ffrwyth dail China o dan gysgod adfeilion Castell Aberogwy, hen gartref William de Londre3. Wedi tipyn o siarad a'r hen chwaer, fel mae arfer hen bobl wledig Cymru, dechreuodd holi Madame Patti, Un o ble oedd hi?" Dywedodd yr hen Gymraes, bod rhyw gantores ryleddol wedi dod i fyw i Gwrt Waterton. Mae nhw'n dweyd," ebe hi, "ei bod yn canu fel Gwenodd Patti, a dywedodd ei bod wedi clywed son am dani O'r anwyl," ebe'r hen wraig, fel y carwn ei chlvwed yn canu! Ond itae pobl yn dweyd Dad yw canu i neb ond i'r gwyr mawr yn Llundain. Feliy, cha' i ei chlywed byth. Ond dyna; caf glywed cystal a hithau yn y nefoedd!" Erbyn hyn yr oedd yfed to ar ben, a Patti yn eis- tedd o flaon y drws, a'r hen Ogwy yn llifo yn fawreddog tua'r mor o fiaen ei llygaid. Gwnaf fi ganu i chwi," ebe Patti; "yr wyf finau yn gallu canu." Eisteddodd yr hen Gymraes ar ganol golchi'r llestri te. Yna dechreuodd Patti ganu yr I Echo Song." yr hon sydd lawer tro wedi gwefreiddio penaethiaid y ddaear. Bu yr hen Gymraes bron dottio. Dywedir bod bronfraith ar goeden gerllaw fel yn ceisio ateb Patti. Codai yr hen Gymraes ei llygaid a'i dwyJaw tua'r nefoedd mewn syndod, a braidd na chredai ei bod wedi llettya angryles yn ddiarwybod. Ond nid oes hanes Beiblaidd bod yr angvlion wedi yfed te hyd yn hyd gydag Abraham. Pan derfvnodd y gan dywedodd yr hen Gymraes wrth Patti, i I ddim yn credu bod ladi Cwrt Waterton yn canu yn well na mam!" Yna Cododd Patti, ac I wedi iddi ddio'.ch am y te, a rljoddi rbodd i'r hen wraig, dywedodd, Myfi yw Patti, sydd yn byw yn Nghwrt Waterton!" Dyma hanesyn arall. Mac hwn am Arglwy^ Dindryfan. Yr oedd wedi bod yn lied hwyr i lawr tua glan yr Ogwy, a phan ddvchwelodd i bentref Aberogwy yr oedd hi wedi myned yn nos. Nid oedd yn gyfarwydd a'r ffyrdd ar hyd y bryniau, j tua chyfeiriad ei gastell, a gofynodd i hen i Gymro fyned gydag ef a lantern. Yr oedd wedi dyweyd pwy oedd, sef "Dunraven," fel mac y Saeson yn parablu yr enw. Pan yn teithio ar hyd y ffordd yr oedd yr hen Gymro yn enwi y pendefig wrth yr enw Mistir Dindryfan, yn lie ei ulw yn Arglwydd." Diau y teimla yr hen frawd y byddai yn bechod galw unrhyw ddyn yn "Arglwydd." "Beth sydd nrnoch chi, Mr. Din- dryfan," ebe'r hen Gymro, "na bae chi yn byw I tipyn rhagor yn y Castell yn lie trampio ar hyd a lied y byd ? Mae nhw yn gweud bod ty arall genych chi yn yr Iwerddon, a'ch bod yn myned yno yn ami, a Mastras Dindryfan gyda chi. Beth sydd arnoch chi eich dau, gwedwch? 0'8 dim ofn arnoch i'r Gwvddelod eich saethu. gwedweh ? A'ch bod yn aros gyda ni gwnelem ni ofalu am danoch chwi a Mistras Cowntas, merched hefyd." Dywedir i'r siarad foddloni Arglwydd Dindryfan, a'r Countes3 hefyd pan yr adroddodd wrthi, nes y penderfyniasant dreulio y rhan fwyaf o'u amaero hyny allan yn mro Morgan wg. **1t Dyma stori a glywais gan y Parcli Owen Thomas, D.D., Lerpwl. Yr oedd yn nghyfarfod mawr Dr. Livingstone yn Exeter-hall, Llundain. Yr oedd y lie eangfawr yn orlawn, a Dr. Livingstone yn siarad. Gerllaw i Dr. Owen Thomas ar yr esgyn- lawr yr oedd hogyn fel yn lied ddisylw o'r hyn ag oeddyn cymeryd lie. "Fy niachgen i," ebe Dr. Owen Thomas wrtho, "Gwna sylwi ar Dr. Livingstone byddi yn falch, yn mhen blynyddoedd ar 01 i ti d lj'foil yn ddyn mewn oed, dy fod yn gallu dy- wedyd dy fod wedi gweled a chlywed yr enwog Dr. David Livingstone! Edrvchodd y bychan ar Dr. Thomas, a dywedodd, Efe yw fy nhad j, syrl Mab Dr. Livingstone oedd y bychan. Yr wyf wedicael ar ddeall bod yr Annibynwyr wedi penderfynu gwneyd ymdrechu eto i godi capel ar etifeddiaeth y Trefnyddion nr "Cae Ty Cwrcld," Tonyrefail. Mae y waliau wedi cwyrapo yn bendramwnwgl o'r hlnen, a chredir mai ysbryd "Sion Gorff v" sydd yn aflonyddu y sylfaeni. Maent yu awr wedi dethol yn arolygwr ar waith y seiri meini Mr. William Evans, Ty'ndigoed, un o blant hynawsaf yr hen dad Methodistaidd. Cawn weled a fydd hyn yn ddigon i dawplu ar "Shon," a'i ddwyn iadael y muriau yn lionydd o hyn allan, Mae bai ar "Sbôn debygwn i.
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The man that wields the baton frequently has his music on tap." Full many a coat tail that is long and wide Does from the public gaze two monstrous patches hide. Something peculiar about a match. No matter how you drop it, it always lights on its head—if it lights at all. What shall I write about ?" inquired the wonld-be poet, entering tho editorial sanctum. "You had better right about face," replied the editor, pointing to the door. SHUT IN. A Chicago newspaper tells of a citizen of that town who, going home the other night after a very heavy dinner, stumbled up against an iron railing that encircled a statue. He carefully felt his way around the railing several times, and at last, not finding any opening, collapsed in a haap on the pavement outside, swearing, The rascals! They've shut me in here "SCDDEN FOR HIM." They tell in America of an oysterman who was the slowest man in the State. One day he died, and soon after a citizen said to Erastus, the oyster- man's son: Erastus, your father died rather sudden, didn't be?' Well, yes," said Erastus 'sudden for him." A HARRIET) man in words unkind And with much emphasis avers His wife destroys his piece of mind By giving him a piece of hers. QUERY. A young lady dreamed the other evening that she was out riding, and that the horpe was running away. She jumped and fell from the bed to the floor, bruis ing her shoulder. Might this, so to speak, becaUadacasa of being thrown from a night- mare ? GOOD-BV, JOIIN," This may not be a true story, but it is interest- ing if true:—A Chicago minister, preaching on •The Immortality of the Soul,' stepped to the front of the platform, and, levelling a finger at the con- gregation, said: You may lose your wives and get others; you may lose your husbands and get others; you may lose your horses and carriages and get others, but when you lose your souls it's good-by, John. AT THE CHEMIST'S, 1.30 A.M. Beg pardon for calling you out of bed, but my wife is out of sorts. Please give me a pennyworth of seidlitz powders." And so you think yoursel justified in rousing me out of sleep for such a trifle at this unearthly hour ? What impertinence as if a glass of cold water had not done just as well!' "Right you are; I never thought of that—and cheaper into the bargain. Glad you mentioned it. Ta-ta! Pleasant repose j," An English farmer saw a number of huntsmen coming on horseback. He did not want them to go over one of his fields, because the crop was in such a condition that it would be injured and perhaps destroyed by the tramp of the horses. So be put his hired boy at the gate and told him not to open it. On came the hunters and commanded him to open the gate. He refused. They offered him money. He would not take it. Then a noble- looking man rode up and said, c. My boy, I am the Duke of Wellington, and I command you to open the gate." The boy took off his hat and said, "I am sure the Duke of Wellington would not wish me to disobey orders. I must keep this gate shut; no one to pass through but with my master's ex- press permission." The duke was pleased, and lifting his hat, said, I honour the man or boy who can be neither bribed nor frightened into doing wrong. With an army of such soldiers I could conquer the world."
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r-- AND FASHIQMS -e. By a Lady. (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]* MOUNT CAMMEL. In a former letter 1 mentioned a wedding that was rendered more particularly interesting from the fact that the bride was born on Mount Carmel. I speculated curiously as to the birthplace of the fair lady, but, I find, from an authoritative source, that the naino Mount" Carmel is apt to be deceiving; it gives a false idea of what, in point of fact, is a highland region fuily 30 milea in cir- cumference, and not by any means unpopulated. Mr. Oliphant, in his recent work "Haifa," or Life in Modern Palestine," gives a great deal of delightfully told information about Mount Carmel and other regions well known to us by name, but about which, under their modern aspect, many of us are profoundly igno- rant. I have just had a visit from the sister of a young officer stationed at Cypru-, and she tells me her brother recently took a holiday, and, among other places, went to Damascus. There he was shown numbers of places associated with St. Paul and so many extraordinary demands were made upon his credulity in connection with the great Apostle of the Gentiles that when he was taken to the place from which St. Paul was let down in a basket Captain G-- half expected to be presented to the veritable basket in which that memorable descent wis made. Mount Carmel, the Holy Mountain," say, Mr. Oliphant, is reckoned by the Jews as second only to Sinai in point of sacred association. -1 Life in Modern Palestine," is an exceptionally interesting book. I commend it to those who, like myself, have had no chance of visiting places rendered sacrod by reason of their association with the pilgrimage of our Lord. There is a peculiar fitness in briuging out the book at Eaiter I and, enjoyable at any timo as it must be, it is cer- j tainly eminently welcome now. "DEAN milman's SILENCE." Writing of books, there is a new publication entitled "Dean Milman's Silence," a powerfully written but very singular work, that challenges opinion freely. I prefer to leave its merits to the discussion of my readers. Dean Milman's Silence" is altogether unlike ordinary library icsues, and is sure to interest, even if it be not altogether approved. NKW COOXF.RY BOOKS. I must not ttirti from literary subjects before mentioning the publication of some new books on cookery. It is strange, considering the volumes written on this subject, that we have not yet attained, as a l.<\t.ion, a higher reputation for gastronomic skill. Dr. Kitchener, wiiose name has a singular fitness that must, I think, have suggested the subject he wrote upon with so much know- ledge and ability, has a rival in another member of the medical profession, Dr. Strauss, who has just re-printed, with additions, a cookery book lie published two years or more ago. It has always appeared to me a sort of prostitution of genius for a physician to take up the culinary art, though one recognises the fact that food is a most important factor of health, as well as of disease, and that it is, there- fore, quite within the doctor's province to discourse on what is so intimately connected with the role of healer. A physician must of necessity be better acquainted with the nature of certain kinds of food and their direct influence on the constitution than other menare. But the authors I have quoted qd not appear to have had the health aspect particularly in view when compiling their several cookery books. They are bon vivants for the nonce I think. Dr. Strauss gives a recipe, for instance, for making" pear and eel soup "-a, combination that, makes ono shudder to think of, and certainly suggests things utipleasant to the simple mind. Perhaps the palate has to be cultivated to render pear and eel soup enjoy- able. VKGETABIANISM. I see a certain Girton graduate has been dis- coursing on vegetarianism and the higher life. She regards vegetarianism as likety to make the lives of those who adopt it happier and holier, and believes that a general adoption of this mode of living would promote the welfare of the entire nation. Those who credit the statement to the extent of following the advice given should buy The Apple- tree Annual." As in all books dealing with a vegetarian system, the recipes for cooking the rather limited products at command are not distinguished by great originality Variety is very hard to obtain when fruits and farinaceous foods supply the cook's sole material. It seems such a repetition all through, and the taste must necessarily pall upon dishes served with so little choice or variety. Dr. Anna Kingsford, the authority whom hundreds of women consult as to their personal looks as well as in relation to their general health, is herself a strict vegetarian, and strongly advocates the system more particularly where women seem anxious in regard to their complexions. Milk and a vegetable diet are excellent cosmetics to be taken internally, Dr. Kingsford says, and she recommends milk of cucumbers for external use, and has the kindness to give us the assurance that she uses herself the means she prescribes to those who con* suit her about simple cosmetics. I am charmed with Dr. KicgsFord's book; it costs 2s. 6d. only, and contains a great deal of information essentially valuable to those who make a special study of health and personal appearance. the pytchlet COOKERY book." Before turning from the subject of gastronomic literature, I must mention that contemporary with the books on cookery, vegetarian and carnivorous severally, about which I have written, is a corre- sponding work compiled by a certain major. In honour of a famous hunting ground, it is styled 6 The Pytchley Cookery Book." It will be seen, therefore, that military and medical men do not consider it derogatory to make deep investigation into the mysteries of pots and pans and the delicate intricacies of the culinary art. I never heard, however, of any authority, military or other, that reached such supremacy in the said culinary art as the ruler of a certain Lord Abbot's cuisine, of whom Ingoldsby wrote:— For soup, and stews and choice ragouts, Nell Cook was famous still. She'd make them even of old hoes. She had such wond'rous skill. MANTLE AND JACKET SLBEVJSS. One of the most noticeable changes in the shape of our garments is to be seen in the sleeves of mantleo, jackets, and corresponding out-of-door coverings. Bell-shape is a term that scarcely describes the great expansion which distinguishes the fashionable make of sleeves. They are cut with deep points, and often reach to the hem of the skirt, and this even when the mantle is quite short, hardly below the waist in fact. The introduction of this sort of sleeve revolutionises the appearance of out-of-door garments completely. We have bad but little radical change for some years until now. It remains to be seen whether the innovation named will become popular or not. Silk jackets are to be worn once more; they are made of soft, rich silk, but very little of it is seen, so lavishly is jet used in trim- Iminr, Epaulettes, bretelles, and fringes of jet and j collars and cuffs of jet are employed together Sometimes the silk is entirely covered with loops and tags of jet, put on uniformly. I advise my readers once more to beware of the weight of jet- trimmed clothes, and also I would advise small quantities of the best jet, which is light and bril- liant. rather than more elaborate decorations of inferior jet, which looks coarse, cuts threads, scratches, and proves anything but satisfactory either in point of appearance or because of its durability. THB BED COLOUR. It seems certain that red, pure and simp!e, will play a conspicuous part in millinery just now. Bonnets of red crepe lis3e are really pretty-looking, and suit some people admirably. No admixture of colour is possible to introduce an alien colour would be to vulgarise at once. The lisse is pleated finely round the face, and laid on the bonnet shape in flat, fan-like folds. Tuscan 6traws are admi- rably trimmed with pansy-coloured velvet. The hue of the velvet combines most agreeably with the rich yellow of the straw, but it should be remem- bered that in all cases the headgear must abso- lutely have colour connection with the gown. ARTIFICIAL FLOWEE3. Common artificial flowers are detestable, None but the best-made silk flowers, of French manu- facture, should be worn by any lady. Very costly at first these lovely imitations are, but they last wonderfully, and look well during their whole term of service. A friend brought me from Paris a spray consisting of carnation and buds, with somo spikes of mignonette. Very few persons suspected their artificial nature, though I often wore the flowers during the daytime. I have known people stoop to inhale the breath of the mignonette, and only then discover its character. No English-made flowers would have deceived in the same way, and as for wear, my posy was fresh-looking after weeks of it. A rose costs about 4s., spikes of mignonette It. 6d. each. I read that the Parisian flower-makers have designed plastrons, panels, and skirt fronts entirely of flowers, which are mounted on a trellis of imitation twigs. A long garland is made to trim the corsage. These lovely decorations are intended to trim ball dresses, but in the intricacies of certain figures, no less than in the personal contact necessitated by round dances, these fragile and crushable ornaments must very early lose their dainty form and freshness. AgJass case would be the environment suggested. With tweed gowns bonnets of tweed are worn, velvet being used in connection. I NEW COTTONS. There are some lovely new cottons in all the new heliotrope shades, and they are warranted to wash. One I have seen had a ground of a medium tone of this fashionable colour, with small white spots upon it. The material was made up with handsome Swiss embroidery, and the effect was really charming. A pretty bodice pattern for a soft blue-grey wooHen textile, very light in weight as summer wooliens are, is to make a deep yoke of velvüt, or of the new" velutina." Below thistle woollen stuff is set in full, but opens in front to show a blue silk vest in flat folds. fAt the waist the bodice material is gathered so as to form a waistband. About five runners are required to produce this effect. Below the waist line the material stands out in a frill or pouf, so forming an all-round basque, about 8in. deep. There is a cuff of the velvet on the sleeves, which are not very long. Several corre- spondents ask, What is velutina ? It is a new textile, remarkably like velvet. It does not crease nor mark easily, and has a bloom on the surface like real velvet. It is suitable for dresses, and is dyed in all the new and lovely tints so popular now. Velveteen has a danperous rival in ita slightly-varied namesake. Velutina is 27in. wide For Primrose Day I have seen many pale yellow 6ilk sunshades, made in loose puffs with a silk cord at the edge. 1 have said before, and must repeat the same view of the matter, that the new parasols are less elegant than those of last year, but it is early yet, and no doubt something better is in store for those who wait. CAPS. I do not think ladies living in the country can form the least idea of the exquisite caps which are to be seen in the best siiops. They defy description, but they are so lovely that j were it not for the expense I feel sure 11 should be buying one of those lovely creations without the smallest excuse for doing so. Talking of caps reminds me to say that ladies with thin partings are more t.han justified in the purchase of those dainty coiffures, which cost little and supplement Nature so admirably as to defy detection. The hair lace foundation is so extremely light that no headache follows wear nor is the covering inimical to any hair that remains on the head. These elegant creations are by no means to be confounded even by association of ideas with the perukes that went by the abhorred name of wigs. Ladies who wear a fringe, when too lazy to curl their own hair, as sometimes happens, often put on a little scalpette made of naturally wavy hair This only requires an occasional combing to keep it in good order, and is useful to who go much into society. French women nearly always are provided with supplemental hair of this kind, The dexterity of hand and the ingenious devices displayed by hairdressers at this time put to shame the clumsy erections of the hairdressers of forty years or more ago, and the price of artificial arrangements of hair now-a-days is remarkably small when compared with that asked for the wigs of half a century ago. NEW FANCY WOEK. The Decorative Needlework Society in Sloans, street is a delightful place to go to when in search of new ideas in the way cf fancy work. I visited the rooms occupied by the society last week, and was charmed with what I saw, and could but wish that I might for a change wield a needle instead of a pen, but it must be the pen, and I can only have the satisfaction of telling my readers about the notel things made by women with dexterous fingers and artistic tastes. Among minor articles, I saw a dainty bag intended to hold an opera glnss- Thread work, as it is called, is quite a vogue. It is done in blue, white, and red cottons. Side- board cloths, tea cloths, &c., are orna- mented in this way. Linen chair backs worked with French Ingrain cottons, are con- sidered an improvement on the Bulgarian scarves which for a while were universally adopted. After a time. however, the tinsel thread gets dingy looking and the scarf itself crumpled and untidy. I saw a lovely quilt made of tan coloured velvet. This shade harmonises delight, fully with some of the silks used to decorate There are some novel designs for antimacassars cushions, &c., in which the foundation is covered with a fine cross stitch, the pattern, forming the border alone being white. The bath blankets are really lovely the colours rich and striking. A red and a yellow took my taste. And another variety of bath blankets is a thick soft cotton, which is embroidered with the French crewels I referred to above. Grotesque figures form the design on some of these washing rugs, and very amusing situations are developed. I am told, in connection with the red and blue cottons, that only one maker is trustworthy as regards tho fastness of their dye. Intending workers will do well to see that they are supplied with this particular maker's goods. Ecclesiastical embroidery is an important branch of the trade of the Decorative Needlework Society. Workers can get materials of all sorts requisite for the production of every kind of modern ornamental needlework. I would like to remind my correspondents that another well-known designer of lovely fancy-work has counterpanes traced and the pattern commenced, with material to finiah, for the small sum of 50s. The materials are guaranteed to wash. The old white woven bed quiit is a very inartistic object beside the lovely embroidered counterpane I am telling about. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I received an anonymous gift at Easter, two lovely-embroidered handkerchiefs. The post mark I cannot recognise, and my intimate friends dis- claim all knowledge of the affair. 1 can only credit one of my readers with this agreeable surprise, and ask to be allowed to identify gift with giver, in order that I may send something more than a public acknowledgment of the kindness.
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From "Fun." CONUNDEVMO NOYELLO. I What musical instrument is always early ?—The bas-soon. The people in whose hopes for your longevity there Cannot be a shadow of suspicion of hypocrisy are Life Assurance Company's directors. KNTHDSIASni. SELDERCOODLE {^vite by accident).—" I'd no idea, my dear Miss Weelcierkin, that you could—er— discourse such—er—such cello-quent music Er-" A DIFFERENCE. PASSENGER: That's a miserable old horse you have there. He c-in hardly get a long at all. DRIVER: All !-you may well grvy that. Worth about a quid a leg, and dear at that. But, oh, j you should have seen him last Guy Fox Day as we ccme back the last journey. The kids wos a-letting off fireworks in the gardens both sides of the way. and the old hor"e got frightened at it My eye!—you never see nothing like it; he cocked up his tail, an' stuck up his ears, an' bolted! An' looked up, too—ah!—ail four hundred guineas
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From Moonshine." Good news for football players.-Lorci Randolph Churchill is back. Our Mrs. Muddlemeanings can't get out of her head the mistaken notion that the dignitaries and infra-dig-nitaries "—as she calls the lower clergy —of the Church who act-end what she is pleased to term Convict-cation have to ba provided with i tickets of leave." What is the difference between a sword- fish and the G.O.M. ? Why, a sword-fish sticks to every- thing, vou see; but the G.O.M. sticks ei-titps, I though, we had better not finish the sentence, There is nothing" in it. ALL PROVIDED FOR. And how about your family, Biddy ?" i Well, yer honour, they're all placed. Pat,'? a grocer in Cork, Tim deals in burnt cotton in Liver- pool, Terence took to the drink, so we made him a mimber of Parliament." SCENE.—POLICE-COURT. Unmistakable Ruffian, with one eye in a sling and Unmistakable Ruffian, with one eye in a sling and the debris of a debauch hanging about him. I MAGISTRATE (sternly, after consulting the charge- I sheet): What are yo,¡ ? U.K.: (with a (flivimeriiig sense thai on injustice has been done him\: Vic'Jsn ot Sir John Lubbock. MAGISTHATE Who are you ? I U.K. iuith drunken snivel): Bank clerk. MAGISTRATE (dis^usteil): Seven days. I
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From "Judy." I GET OUT. How is it we know that attorneys' clerks are, as i a rule, such a very obliging set of fcll"lws :Well. I, because they are always so happy to serve you. THERE TOO AEE j What, if you please, is the uifference between 1 Mr. Wiliiam'Ewart Glxd.stcne and the Government j Criminal Law (Irish) Amendment Act ?—Well, the j first, don't, you know, is a Radical Will, the second, a Tory Bill. WHAT THET HAD BOTH BEEN SAYING THEY WANTED "WAS A CHANGE. j And your last lodgers, now ? How did tUey J spend the evenings ?" "Oh, reading their newspapers most times." "What! all the evening?" Till bed time, that is ? And when's that down here?" Oh, not till eight!" RCKIS AGAJN. "Mr. Rnskin has been declaiming egainst bicycling. In a recent iettei he sivs, 'I not only object, but am ¡ quile prepared to spend all my ba.d language ill repro- bution of bi, iri, end four, five, six, or beveii eyc!t-s. and every other contrivance and invent ion for superseding | human o;i God's ground.' "—Daily Paper. human (""t oi God's ground.' "—Daily Paper. I Against all joys that modems know, The cynic sage his heart, doth steel; And in his fierce un-v,ueal-dy woe. He loveth cot the sight of irhtel (weal). j I >. HE HKARD OF IT. SWEET CHILD (to Maternal Parent): Mamma, J isn't that papa's new carriage ? MATERNAL PARENT Yes, darling. SWEET CHILD And isn't that papa's new horsej MATERNAL PARENT Yes. love. SWEET CHILD Why doesn't he drive the other one ? MATERNAL PARENT He hasn't got another one. SWKET CHILD: Oh, yes, he lias! I heard him telling Uncle John about it only yesterday. It's a grey inure. MATERNAL PARENT: A grey unire SWKET CHILD Yes and he said he supposed it was the belter beast of the two, but for his part he never knew what a jolly life a bachelor's was until he tried to drive in double harness. What did he mean hy that, mamma ? MATERNAL PARENT: Noiiiing, love. But it was something all the same. And didn't she let him have it latei* on! Oh, No! Not at all SO HE INDIAN NOTIONS. Is a mischievous brat of a child usually called by its nwther a Mad-ras-cal ? Can the highest place in a Calculta school possibly be L';¡ftVa!1 dux ? Are not many beautiful shells founfi in Bomb- Vvhat is the best operation for the Cataract of the I Ganges ? Do sporting Indians use bad language when a race is won by an old crock-odile? Does the domestic fowi in the 1 £ 11 country, when she perforins her duty like a hgn, cackle a morning ? And does an Indo-German, when he sees a native nurse among the mountains, exclaiun Himml! Ayah 1" Are not many of the natives naturally Parsee- i monious ? If a mtn be A(,,ra-vated into the commission of crimes does it leave an in-Jelhi.ble stain on his character ? Does the tiger-lily whisper to t!»e rose, in the [ language of flowers, When Buddivat thou?'' Do the poorer natives look with envy on the rich Eu.rupee-arA population ? I
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REMEMBER inHAT CLOTHING at the present time so much denotes the position of the wearer, that to be ill-clad, or clothed in -I jarnients that are badly made, at once conveys an impression infavourable to the wearer. It is, therefore, of great importance that all who study ippearance should be careful to confer their favours only upon such houses as make Style, Quality, and Cheapness their leading features. To these requisites MASTERS & Co., The Cardiff Clothiers, have devoted their special attention, and all friends may depend upon being supplied with all requirements and receive every courtesy at their establishment, 29 and 30, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, or any of their well-known Branches. From their long experience, and position they occupy in the markets as the largest buyers of Clothing in Wales or the West of n zn England, MASTERS & Co. are enabled to place before the o public goods of exceptionally good value; in fact, goods that cannot be surpassed in Great Britain. ) Their system of business (to which they undoubtedly owe their success) is to serve all customers honestly by marking every article in plain figures at the lowest possible price, making no abatement and returning the money for any article purchased and not approved of, and by strictly adhering in every detail, both buying and selling, to cash transactions. Cj W 7 In their Men's and Youths' Departments the variety is very large, and special care has been bestowed on the fit and make. ZD The variety is larger than ever in the Overcoat Depart- C) ment, and. will, for excellency of workmanship and fit, more than maintain the prestige they have always had for Covert and Summer Overcoats. v They have a large assortment of Sailor and other Suits in their Juvenile Department, which for novelty of design and finish are not to be surpassed. Their large stock of Jersey Suits also deserves to be inentioned they have made more extensive preparations than ever owing to the great demand which is expected for these goods, as Jersey Suits will be very much worn this season. In their Hats and Caps Department they have thje latest styles in Paris Silk Hats; Hard, Soft, and Flexible Felt Hats; Boys' Hard, Soft, and Flexible Felt Hats; Fancy Caps -And Straw Hats; all of which are of extraordinary value. The enormous orders this firm places for Flexible Felt Hats have /long been a source of wonderment to the Hatters of Wales. Thifey are content with a small profit, but must do a large trade. It is in the Bespoke Department that M.ASTERS & Co are quite at home, and there is plenty of scope for them to shov what they can do in the production of first-el-,Ass Garments. Tlu Stock in this Department comprises goods of. the first production of West of England, Scotch, Irish, Yorkshire, and Continental Markets, bought direct from the Makers in each district, thereby avoiding the Merchants' profits, and also securing the latest ant most select designs. Every piece of Clol;h is thoroughly shrunk And again, they employ none but the. most skilful Cutters and thoroughly reliable workpeople. Ev'ry article is made up in their own spacious and well-ventilated workroom, which is 86 feet long by 25 feet wide. This is an important fact, it being proved that fevers are often spread by gai/ments being made up at the home of the workman, where the,, whole family sometimes live sleep, and work in the same room. Vide Times" MASTERS & CO. GUARANTEE THE COLOUR, FiT, AND FINISH Ot EVERY GARMENT. NOTE TEE ADDRESS: MASTERS AND COMPANY, THE CARDIFF CLOTHIERS, 29 & 30, ST. mm STREET, CARDIFF. ALSO AT 18 & 19, CASl LE ST., SWiANSEA 39 & 40, mm ST., NEY/PORT 224, HICH ST., MERTHYR 80, TAFF ST., P0N1YPAIDD -n_. 0. II, HICH ST., HEREFORD II, CANON ST., ABERDARE CEORCE STREET, PONTYPOOL 70, FROCMORE ST., ABERGAVENNY 11 WEEKLY Hill." JUBILEE PRIZE COUPONSI BOOTHLT PRIZE, A2,5,, ANT READER of the Weekly Mail forwarding to this Office on or before noon of May 3rd, 1887, one or more of these Coupons, will be entitled for each of such Coupons to one chance in this month's Drawing for I I a Prize of £25, to be awarded on that date, the result to be announced in the Western Mail of the following day. Envelopes containing above coupons must be endorsed Monthly Prize." Name .——————————————— Postal f .—— Address t "m_ GRAND PRIZE. £100. ANY READER of the Weekly Mail forwarding to this office on or before noon of January 10th, 1888, in one batch, THIRTY or more of these Coupons, will be entitled to one chance for each of such Coupons in the Grand Jubilee Prize Drawing for E,100 to be awarded on that date, the result to be announced in the Western Mail of the following day. Envelopes containing above coupons must be endorsed Grand Prize." n Name Postal Address j