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MUSIC IN WALES.
MUSIC IN WALES. r By D. EMLYN EVANS. THE THREE CHOIRS'FESTIVAL. A fesCiTftl, which [, bald alternately in e'eford, Gloucester, and Worcester, appeals strongly lo the Welsh masieian, *P*eially if resident in Soath Wales, the three & hell being witbiu easy distance in these quiøk. '^elling days, and at least two of the eounties Bering npon the sonthern half of the Princi- Tbi. year's festival was held at Woroes- w1 *ud formed, as we may add in passing, the meeting. Somehow or other the Worcester have not as a rale—not of late years in case—commanded qnite the same atnoont of ^^Osiasm as thouo of the sister cities. A party soine influence connected with the diocese also tb ts' not to the festival in toto, to the ase of 8 dihedral for any such festival purposes ? j years ago a well-knovn Peer made a "ertnined attempt to do away with all oratorio tt\)1IDaDee8, offering a large snm of money, if wet!, as compensation for any loss may result to the fond for the relief of the and orphans of the poorer clergy, to Ma'6*1 are applied, the invari- 8 Practice being to devote the collection mod* ^cathedral doors after each morning per- „ 1^auce to tbe charity, any deficit in connco- h with iha festival expenses being made good stewards. Although the opposition to the tio''Ta' Was defeated, mntterings of diasatlafao- fi tte still to be '.heard, and the bishop of the in the sermon delivered by him at the q ft*DR service this year, after referring to the ?^&Inba of the festival in connection with the "«* and musical art, said that there were wbo W8re nndoubtedly asking whether j,. performances were a proper use for the ab I. of God, whatever the righteousness, of .tit, or the glories of music. He oonfesaed to wb0j Whne deeply admiring mnsic and "'ally desiring that so good a charity should 6t^Pported, had shared this question as to the H ih>iety an<* proceeded to give a warning *Ui» continuance for long of their festival depend npon their recognition of certain bnil°!D^e* "—'n re £ *r<l 'bo sanctity of the *Hd >nd tb* "Btanance of proper order re.erenca. JODR ODe by, when daoeiRg-a cOnnty recognised aa one of the chief items of 2). 'taoce in the festival week, and when 8 thsaght the sacred edifi.ee was a useful convenient spot for inspecting and utilising Utt)C°atenis of the luncheon basket, then it was 'ttte In:leed for the paipit to otter its thunders. 3{, ^WQe attending the festivals of the Three day will know that there 'tIe if any occasiou for these admonitions, prompted very possibly in this and some W* "milar instances by the best and highest l) Ie!. On the other hand we know-in Wales "awhere — what peculiar limitations the lot i 8tdota.1 mind is Bubjeet to. We kD", fitQ 'lance, what occurred a few years since in 0^ ^^ion with an eminent organist at one of cathedrals—a practical repetition to say, of the experience of another at the same church about a century and 'tc 'Ro. the musical reader can recall, h.*We chief sacred works was ruled oqt 0ttt of some odour of insaaetity which the olfactory organ had detected. While eame the taboo, from Worcester, of Jqj^'ocnt baritone, who having once been a committed the fatal etror of becoming ainget —and admittedly one of the bees Hill "Wici highest exponents of sacred oratorio country of Britain has ever produced. one! or two, or at most two or three, the progrsucome this year did not oSer grant attractions, ove* and above such 111I claeWos aa Messiah." U Eliiab," I "OI..Q of Prai«a," and to which may be added bit "I hnmonll Requiem." Of coqris, in ive city—and now that the English t. 1 w9rld bal Iun maà in that direction *Hj Standing oar friend John Ball's keDer- air of self-control)—i' was but ,'l thac Sir Edwatd Elgar and some of his ehoQld loom largely daring the week. It is \11111 IJ acknowledged, however, that Geron- j "'8 1 ealily maintains premier position amongati *lo0 t eer musician's works, the later compost' ^he Apostles," coming a long me# Ind r. iJ lf to quote the words of a correspondait 6 t0 form &a °P,ni0D after repealed ^tQtk>>>C8 at the reheftrsal and the pabiic fa. of the two works. It is also now by those English critics who viefe the Qu *rom a cosmopolitan and non-pe ooosi that Gigar's chief power lieffjn his | ^.6nt of the orchestra rather than {hat of chief English work, Sir hnbert M jj De Ptofandis," ociga^lly produced S?!om in 1S91, is one of e com- "'tll ind is recognised as Qne of the I vtie Deductions of the English oratorio school. ¡tit', IIClne of the ultra moderns amongst the e Of the English PresD assume a patronising towards this work, although they are lit grant that there at6 pjaeaa bete t ,te where "Parry is writing at his very *t» aa modern aa tlwy ^ould wish." t9s.lly very condescend! tig them. S* 8 Verktarnns •' (Death and ^^T^rationJ-its first performance in a *'• as we think~-is pronr,UQCed to be one of the lasb, 801; This is a. pro- °f Strauss's earlier period, when the *f 8obmiti#d himself to a larger amount and sweet reasohableness In bis 8at of the orchestra than in his later Jj'W 'n cP'nion of many, with Hi. 10 a)ct "ncl greater satisfaction A, I»S* in *Bd noighbour- w*rB scqaai^ted with ilr Frederick bill long record of musical work in a *od the neighb^nring districts, it conld of interj^i toieamthat hia son, Mr w^jM^orfc*ni8t of Worcester Oathe- ^consequently had to assume the conductor at tho festival* ao- P .e,\ » se"f to the general satisfaction in that that bis new cantata, A Hymn of word3 arranged from Holy Writ by 1 E'gar, was received with consider- v°«t.
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of Saltoun, in a letter to the Sfltlw1 Montrose, wrote "I know a very wise m .Relieved that if a nann were permitted to i ballads he need not care who should j of the cation."
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Welsh Tit-Bits.
Welsh Tit-Bits. w I Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr By CADRA WD. CARADAWC AP BRAN ) (Continued.) ft must be admitted that none oft the British Triads have any claims to a written existence before the seventh century. Many of them bear internal evidence of having come into written evistence as late as the ninth, and a few even as lata aa the twalvtb centary. Such of them as refer to Caradawc and to Bran in connected sense, are amongst the earliest. They are eon. cise, exact, and consistent with abemselvel.e well as with other acknowledged historical facta, and assist materially in explaining difficult points in Greek and Latin histories. They are, of course, open, like all other ancient writings, to criticism, and must be taken, aa regards their testimony, for what they aT worth, when their claims have been duly weighed and considered. Upon the whole, so far as they apply to Cara- dawc and to Bran, th3 balance of evidence na believe to be decidedly in favour of their correct. ness, both general and particular. Toomnoo praise cannot be given to the form in which those Triads ate arranged a a an assist- ance to the memory. It would be difficult to eoncevie of a better method for handing down tradition than the method here employed. The Triads are easily learned, from the faet of their being sententious in plan terse in expression aDelateat in arrangement. The mind is not burdened by them, nor the memory over-taxed. The contents cf each Triad flow on in suoh a perfectly natural manner that it is a pleaaarabfe exercise to get them by heart, and conasquently they were enshrined in the memories of generation after genera, tion. The earliest portion of the history of every nation must necessarily depend much on tradition for its facts, and it is greatly in favour of the truth of the Triads that they contain so few statements, compara- tively, that test the faith or vex the reason of the ontical historian Of Bran ap Llyr Llediaetb, chief of the Scores, Triad No. IS reports as fonowa :— The three holy tribes of the Isle of fVitain— first, the tribe of Bran, the Blessed, the son of Iilyc Iilediaeth, which Bran first brought the Christian faith into the Isle from Rome, where be bad been a prisoner through the treachery of Aregwedd Foddawg, the daughter of Afarwy ab Llfd, etc., etc." There H will be observed t'lat Caradawc is not mentioned at all, and the tatnrai conclusion would be that Afuwf had betvayed Bran himself to the Romans. But Trad 38 explains the matter by implication, aDd couples Caradawc with his father The three holy prints of the Isle of Britain -firat, Bran, the Blesied, ap Llyr Llediaeth, "bo linG brought the faith in Christ to the Cymric from Rome, er. he bad been for seven years aa a hostage tff his son, Caradawc, who had been taken there a/ciioner through the treachery of Aregwedd Foddawg, etc., ete." Thu* we have 7>ran »poken of separately, and in flonneclion his son. Of Caradawc him- self we fipd th* following :— Triad 17-Tba three principal elected chiefs of the Isle f Britain, first, Caswallawn ap liludd, etc.second, Caradawc ap BraD, ete., ate." L Again Triad 34- The tbres undoubtedly greatest tilers of Britain, second, Caradawc ap Bran. eta, etc., when he bad laid upon him the duty of iiefaadfng the wholeÎlland against the Ro. etc." Caqdawo is again rsforrea to as baling bis fleoks and herds in Glamorgan, where tbey eenrtftaly would not have been^had he been the eon it Cynfelyn, whose dominions were in the eas'^rn parts of Britain. The consistency of the Trads on this matter is perfect, and the qneation tfen is simplified into the inquiry, which author- ity has in it the most probability, that of a forego historian, unacquainted with the forms of government in Britain or the united and con- sistent testimony of a nnmber of I British TraditionsP We tbink the latter outweighs Dion Castin, so completely that we can have no hesitation in stating our preference for their testimony. Tacftus, the Roman historian, who must have been acquainted with persons who bad seen Caradawc, and who was over in Britain when his father-in-law, the eminent general Agricola ruled in the island, is eloquent in praise of the greatness of Caradawc in bis history of that period. He states That the fame of Caradawc had spread aU over the Roman empire as one of the most redoubtable foes the Roman arm bad ner to contend witb. His name was a hooae- word in tbe city of Rome, and mothers Bilenced their babies by threatening them with tbe name of Caractaeus." The Emperor Claudins was greatly rejoiced on hearing oE bis captnle, and ordered a triumph—a Roman holiday—of unusual splendour, to be held on the day of Ciradawc's entry into Bome a captive. Tacitus staten that the splendour of the pageant was as great as when Lyphex was led a captive by Soipio, and Perseus by Lucius Paulus. Claudins magnani- monsy admitted that Rome had never met so able, so Rreat, or so successful a general as Caradawc since the days of Mithridatos, King of Ponttu. The Roman populace, ever ready to keep holiday, and never satiated with Bight- seeing, aa described by Shakespeare, slightly part4>bt&sed Climbed up to wall and battlement. To tower and window aye, to chimney top, Their children in their arms, and there tbey s&t The livelong day, in patient expectation, To see great Caradawc pass tbe streets of Rome. And when they saw his chariot but appear, Did they not give an univetseJ shout, That Tiber trembled underneath her banks To hear the replication of tbe sound- Made on her concave shores." Great, indeed, was the day, and splendid was the ahow. All the troops available in Rome were underarms. Claudius was seated on a resplendent throne, with his impress, the infamous Aggrip- pina by bis aide. Around and near to him were the senators of Rome, now becoming mere crea- tures of the Emperor's will. All distinguished Romaas, both natives and foreign, had Places allotted lo them. The procession, which was everywhere received with unbounded apphtuse, then marched past the Emperor. First came a number of captured Silures from Gwlad Gwent a fiforganwg, dauntless to the last. After them followed the spoils of the Britannic war, a number of British chariots and other booty of a novel and unu&aal kind to Roman eyes. Then, Blowly and e'nely. are led past Caradawc's brothers 1 followed by his wife, daughter, and other femule relations, and lastly, accompanied by the most deafening shouts, the cynosure of all eyes, Caradawc himself. What mind cap contemplate this exhibition without being moved what heart is not touched when reflecting on the thoughts which mast hive passed through that noble brain on this—to him ,—dark and fatal day. The Silurian captive soldiers were made to kneel before the Emperor, Csxadawd'srelations and household as they singly filed past bent their beads, but Caradawc himself was erect throughout. His noble and most distinguished bearing moved even the thoughtless and delighted Romans to respect,and even mani- fest their admiration of him. He üems to move more like a conqueror than a prisoner. With Age eye he scans the crowds over, exhibiting no iMltadng, no humiiatiug fear. He looked tbe Emperor full in the face, no sign of Submission visible: no cringing, no appealing looks or gestures. He halts, prepares to speak, and the Emperor orders silence to be proclaimed. Then, with the ntmCft dignity and oratorical race, be poured out a speech which has bewitched the world by its simpicity and grandeur from that day to this, and bids fair to be immoital. (To be concluded Galt week.)
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SCIENCE AND HEALTH y Dr. ANDREW WttSON, F.R.S.E., So. Infant Health. More and more conclusively is it being shown that sanitarians are wise in attacking the health problems of the nation in the person of the in. fant. Often have I pointed oat in this column that whatever may be the causes of degeneration anting in later life, we must, to be consistent, ensure that the yoang human being enters life as a healthy unit. Grapes do not grow on thistles, aod you cannot expect a healthy adnlt to develop from a weakly child. At present tho air is lull of such topics relating to infancy, Including discussions on the causes of the bigh death-rats (SBpeolally in big centres) of young children, and also the question of feeding infants on milk supplied by municipalites, under conditions which sh" II ensure their being pro- perly nourished. Thbjse are topics which are all- important, but they require and demand a long period of time for the realisation of their im- portance on the part of the great mass of the public. Once public opinion is aroused to tbe necessity for supervising infant welfare, the rest will be easy. My regret is, that onder pre- sent day conditions, there seems to be an urgent need for municipalities to undertake a duty which, in days of old, was performed by parents. This is regrettable, bat it appears, nevertheless, to be the inevitable and only way of checking a terrible waste of life. Among the masses it is evident there exists much and gross neglect of childhood. The causes of Buch neglect are dilli- cult to ascertain. They include poverty, ignor- ance, and drunkenness—a terrible trio, such as for years has impeded social progress at large. Leaving out the question of bow to cure the evil, we have to consider the children to-day, and this is what the State in one way is doing effec- tively, if on j>»jmall scale. Infant Death-Rate. t.. I bave before me some figures on which readers may reflect. The critical time for the infant is during the first year of its age. For 10 year?, from 1894 to 1903, the percentage death-rate of infants under one year old for tbe whole country was 15.6 of the birth-rate. Special figures are also given for 19C4. In London the death-rate per 1,000 births was 146. In Black- burn it was 191 Liverpool gave 196 and Bir- mingham 197. At Southampton it sank to 115, Melbourne, in 1904, only gave a rate of 83. The Australian authorities say it should be possible to keep the infant death-rate permanently down to 100 per 1,000, la Glaegop the death-rate per 1,000 born was 145 it was 142 in 1903. Tbe Glasgow figures show, sadly enough, that the mortalityamoDe Illegitimate children far ex- ceeds that among the legitimate. In 1904 the death-rate per 1,000 bom waa 131 in the legiti- mate section, and 342 in the other class. The Feeding Problem, No doubt tbe question of cleanliness and of healthy surroundings at large is an all-important one, bat that of feeding notably exeels other topics in respect of its practical interests. Tbe Glasgow leport, just issued by Dr. A. Chal- mers gives 08 some interesting details regarding tho Infants. Milk Depot established in that city. Milk duly sterilized is srpplied for children under three months.at a charge of 2d per dav under six months at 2&d per day and over six months at 3d per day. It is given oat in bottles, with lull diiections regarding the rules to be observed for the healthy and safe feeding of the children. I do not enter now specifically into details here, as I alluded lately to municipal milk depots in varioas English towns, and also in foreign cities. Suffice it to say that we bave an interesting experiment here made with regard to infantile health and welfare. In the case of the very poor, the charge made might be an obstacle to the use of the denot bat, again, a municipality which relieves poor persons of their rates wlgbt do worse than supply milk free that is, if the great ques- tion of infantile mortality is to be solved on sanitary lines. If we pay for the prevention of infections disease, and treat patients free in hospitals supported by the rates, I do not see why we sboald not eo a step further, and in cases of poverty save the children on lines of similar kinds. Paper Bags and Health, A medical man desires to wain tbe pulbic of horrible sources of disease in the shape cf paper bags and other investments in which foods are wrapped np. He first directs attention to the fswSC that groceia and others blow on the bug .to open il, and adiis that if the mouth happened'to contain the germs of any infections ailment the food migbt tbas be .contaminated. Also, he directs attention to tbe use of oN and often diriy newspapers, which are employed in pooierdis triota to wrap meat and other foods in. The proper cleansing of drinking glasses at schools is also named as likely to be a preventive of illness. Here, certaiuly, we might agree thoroughly with tbe doctor. The germs of diphtheria, tor example, are known to exist in the throat long after a child has been.cared. It might well be that the common aee of a glass amongst children would, io the case of a. little patient cared of that dis- ease, carry infection. For the same reason kiss- ing at school is regarded as capable of causing tbe conveyance of ailoaente. These are hiutt worth considering, because any precautions which may aid us in avoiding illness cannot bat prOve of value to everybody. The medical man who writes might have lastly included tbe Ice- cream barrow (and shop) in lower districts, in his category of disease originations. The filthy con- dition of tbe glasses is notorious is only too many cases, and medical officers of-health have unsparingly warned motheis against allowing their children to partake of ice-eream in the streets at all. Curious Facts About Insanity. The 59th report of tbe Commissioners in Lunacy for England and Wales contains some facts which are of a very curious and interesting nature. Dealing with the distribution of pauper lunatics, the fact is brought ont that many sparsely-populated areas contribute moo largely to tbe JUilane roll than the populous centres. Radnor, Wilts, Hereford, Montgomery, and Cardigan all show bigh rates. On the other aide we bave towns like Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Croydon and West Ham, densely populated places, giving us low rates. There are excep- tions, [ believe, in the CMC of Exeter and Brigh- ton. Perhaps, after all, the relationship between locality and insanity ia not a real one. a It has been suggetted that thft constant drain of the population of thecoontry, leaving the less robust at home, while the young and strong seek employment in towns, might explain the case if it can be explained at all. On the other hand, we might well^be tempted to think that the rapid life and great, competition of the town and the city would have been more provocative of brain- upset than the quieter existence of the rural district. On January 1st, 1904, there were certi- fied in England and Wales 119,829 persons. Of these 109,277 were pauper lunatics, and 912 criminal lunatics. Private cases numbered 9,640. Tbe increase was represented in thepaaptr classes chiefly. Race and Health. Lately there was published an exceedingly interesting paper on the health of Jews in London. The Jew, as a rule, exhibits a high degree of vitality, dae no doubt, to inheritance, and to the rigid .observance of health laws from Mosaic times. I am speaking bere of middle and upper-class Jews, of couise. Among the lower members of the oommunity, tn, say, the London East End, I suspect disease ia as rife as among their Christian neighbours. Tbe recent figures seem to show definitely that Jews suffer and die frbmconsamptionin a much less marked degree than do other races. Of cancer, the same opioion is expressed, and this idea is strengthened by a, comparison of deaths at the cancer age amongst Jews and Christians respectively. Diseases of tbe heart and blood- vessels also sbow. a diminution inl Jews, but they seam to be more liable to the attack of nervous ailments, and digestive troubles also afflict them over the rnte at which such ailments ate respon- sible for mortality among their noigbbonr". I have beard it maintained from German sources that the Jewish people also are Isas liable to tbe attack of infections ailments than are Christians. If this be so I suspect tbe explanation may be found in the greater attention to cleanliness and purification of himself and his surroundings which the intelligent Bebrew practices. It should form no uninteresting study in primitive sanita- tion for my readers in leisure momenta to study anew the sanitary laws laid down in the Old Testament for tRia observance of the ancient people. Many of tbe commands therin contained simply represent the health practices of to-day.
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Yet He Refused. Veiy busy this morning ?" he gaezied, as he loftily entered a. busy merchant's office the other forenoon, and stood robbing bis hands. Not very," was the reply of the occupant. Want to go into a little speculation with me?" That depends." u Aba yea. Tben's money in it for yonS* What ia it 1" You know that bread cut upon the waters shall be returned manyfold. I don't remember tbe exáct numrbnt it's at least tenfold. That's r a bilE enough profit for anybody in these times." I dont exactly Then I will be more explicit. How would [you like to do some oasting this morning I represent the waters, so to say. You represent tbe capital. You cas." You mean I hand you a coin ?" Of course. You cast aoverttign-on the waters. After a doe period of time it comes back to yoa with ten per cent, added. You have helped me, and at the same time got a big re- turn nD yoar investment. See ?" No, sir. There is the door behind yon." Exactly. The same door I came in at. Yon will not cast No, sir." A raan who doesn't wa.nt to make ten per cent. on his capital these days hasn't much of H. banness bead on him. Yon don't want it. Good day, air. The waters will seek another castor."
Fashion and Things Feminine.
Fashion and Things Feminine. —— BY MISS IDA MELLOR. A Novel Redingote. The past three or four weeks have seen some strange incongruities of dtesa, and shown once more that the Lngliab woman is guilty of com- mitting grievous sins in connection with her toilette. On a September day there was worn a frock of pink floral muslin in combination with a Russian coat of grey fqairrel fur—a medley such as no Parisienoe would admit into her ob.me of drees. Side bv side have been worn gowns of thin silk, with transparent lace yokes, 'an and others of thiak cloth of wintry aspect-truly an alliance of the seasons. Vagaries of fashions are always more or less apparent daring the weeks that mark the dying of « season and the coming on of another; hence September fashions are quaint :aod, usually, it is not until October sets in that one sees the last of summer finery. The autumn tailor-mades are certainly very smart, the long redingote being a most success- fal fashion. Quite tbe smai test redingote fashion that I have seen was of strawberry-coloured clotb, and worn by a tall, blonde woman, with hair combed ap high, and crowned by one of the close-fitting hats, with upturned brime, that represent the latest cry of fashion. The particular feature of the redingoto was that the skirt of the coat consisted of foar separate pieces, gathered on to the clotb belt, which was cat to a point on the upper part at the back. These loose nieces met one another, bnt were not seamed, and each was craricent-Ahaped at the end. On the upper parUbe redingote was made with a fall bodice, folded to suggest a fichu and openine. back and front, over a vest of brodecie Anglaiae. I have had the costume sketched for the benefit of those who may cst.e to cony it. The skirt was quite vlain-tuerolv gathered to the waistband, anri falling in its own natural folds below the coat. It was eqt rather loiot, as all ekirts vrorn with redingoies should be. Copied in black or brown cloth, with a white or coffee- tinted veet, the coatame would be very charming aui tinfal. An admirable featurelin connection with some of the new costama cloths is that they are anspottable. This is particularly important in connection with cloth of pale, delicate colour- ing, and pale cloths, such as mastic, light blae, and fawn, are fashionable features of the season's goods. A Theatre Blouse. Blooses for evening wear are »- tbeme of importance now that tbe social futtgd has beiron uwrp again, the theatrical season Ja iif -swing,- and toncsrta and other evening entertainments are announced to brighten the dwk OlttniBgs. Very pretty are the blouses of flowered gauze inlet with blonde lace and made bikb to the neok with yokes of laee; 01: cut low and square and alao those of plain mousseline de soie and silk brilliante," the latter having a silk-like sbine npon the surface that is very effective by artificial light. Little scrolls and bows of gathered taffetas silk, cat up into bandn about half an inch wide, including the ends, are fashionable garnitures for these dainty blouses, the Lover's Knot and Louis the Sixteenth bow being favourite patterns. The blouse sketched is a simple, pretty model for dinner and theatre wear. It is composed of pale blue silk bril- liante," trimmed with gathered bands of pink taffetas silk ran tbrongh pink corded rings or these might be of pink sequins. The blouse is cot low and rather square in the neck, and boasts a soft collar of spotted net or blonde lace, frilled with silk brilliante," while the front of the bloose is of blonde lace or spotted net in harmony with the collar, and similar IlIC8 is used for the flounces to the sleeves. Another blouse for evening wear, also of pink "brilliante," is carried oiit entirely in tbe one colour, without the rtlitf of cream lace ot net. It ismtodesimilar to the blouse sketched, but tbe front is of its own material, and the lace to thOj sleeves|i(and similar lace edges the collar) is of piok blonde. I flaw a charming evening dress worn on the stage the other day. The skirt was of honysuckfe-pink taffetas, with a Vandyke trimming of silk ran through with thick cords; and the blonae was of cream- coloured moMseline, elaborately trimmed with pink bebe ribbon, and was mounted on to a yoke of fine lace, also ribbon-embroidered. The aleenes consisted of abort pnlIs. Captured juit above the elbows with braad bands of lace, and terminated in frills of lace-edgad, r'tbbsu- trimmed mousseline. This dainty little blonse struck me as an excellent idea worth copying in the case of a toilette where the material inns short. A skirt-length of silk for evening wear or day wear might very well be supplemented by a blouse, either of loco or cbiffon, trimmed with bebe ribbon repeating the coloar of the skirt. It always gives a more finished and complete appearance to the dress if the blouse repeats in one way or another the colour of the skirt. A ribboc-bow in the hair, emphasising the colour-scheme or toning it down (io the latter case black ribbon or velvet would be the choice) is also capable of:coutributing. much towards the success of the whole effect of a toilette. Smart Triftesof Dress. As faahiou goes, it is almoat impossible to overrate the importance of such trifles as belts, collars, sleeves, ruffles, and the like, so great is their effect OD the dress they adorn, which. even thoagb of the simplest in the matter of make and material, cim, by the aid of these dainty aeoessories, create as good an impression its if of the most costly substance and intricate work- manship. All aorta of pretty ideas are represented in the neck-wear of to-day, a new collar-band anU jabot being of embroidered lace hemmed with silk in the colour of the embroidery. The kid belt remains the smartest for wearing with the every- day cbrrt-waist, soft black kid, draped and run through a high, shaped buckle of gold or steel proving very becoming to the fignre.- Of a differ- ent character—alsoexcelleat—sthe atiffer, broad belt of leather, fastened wicb two, or aven tbvee straps and buckles in front. Patterns of all the designs appearing In this colnmn caul probably be obtained from the nearest pattern-making agency; but any i .aders who find it dlffisalt to secure patterns locally, should aehd 7d in straps for blouse or short cant pattern, OR IS Id for costume pattern, to Miss Ida Mellor, c.o, the Editor.
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Eremuri for Large Beds.
Eremuri for Large Beds. For grouping in large beds against a b9.ok ground of Holly, Laurel, Conifers, etc., tbe stately Eremari can be recommended aa early- flowering berbaceoas plants, says a writer in Gardening Illustrated." They require a, little care in early spring to protest them from frost, otherwise they are perfectly hardy. A figure is given of a bed of eighteen plants, planted in the garden in December, 1903, the varie- ties being E. robastus and E. himalaioas, which are doubtless twe of the best. Last year these plants threwone spike each about 6ft bjb. On Jane 2nd this year tbey were again in full flower, each plant throwing at least two spikes, the tallest of which measured 8ft 4in bigh, and fully 12in in circumference at the flower base, while the very smallest measured about 4ft in height. They are planted in a rather heavy soil, and get no stimulants. "beD the yoang crowns begin to move, early in March, I cover with nboot 9in of sharp avid. About the beginning of April they again appear, when I use 6in pots 3,3 a covering at night only. When the crowns :et too large I discard the pots and pat a few Bpruee branches upright in the bed, vibich is all they require aotil ready for staking. Window Boxes. For the most part, the plants have dene their work, and may be cleared ont, and the boxer tilled with other things. If smaH shrubs are used the green and golden forms of Euouymus are the most suitable. Golden Privets, if the plants have been established in pots, are neat and diessy, bat the Privet is of no use if lifted fresh from the ground. A box filled with Pernettya speoiosa in berry Is pretty and a break away from the usual mixtares. Witloof. In how few gardens is seen Chicory ndder any form, and especially in its best form, known as Witloof. Attention to this really excellent salad vegetable will repay trouble. A breadth of Witloof from a sowing made at Midsummer had made fine growth, the leafage all over it haoiog up to .18io in height, and very green, and vigorous. Later the leafage will be much reduced, then the roots lifted and pat thickly into Coxen with fioe soil nboat them, then "be placed in a warm, dark cellar or other place from which light is entirely excluded. Growth from the crowns soon begins. The heads are of a solid, compact character, and when from 6in to 7in in height are cut and used satading, as blanched Endive M. Necessarily ail the roots should not be boxed at once, aa a succession of blanched heads is desirable. The The botanical name of the Choco or Chocho- plant is Sechium edule, which is grown through- out Southern Europe and in tbe warmer parts of Asia, America, and Australia. It is a native of the Cncumbsi family, and produces a large fieaby root, which sometimes weighs nearly 201b, resembling a Yam in appearance, and is said to be of mach the same flavonr when cooked. It ia, bowver, principally grown for ita fruit*, wkish are borne on annaal climbing stems pushed up from the tuberous root. Tbey are about 6in in Lwgth, oblong in shape, and edible. In this country it needs to bo grown under glass, and will when strong reqaire about the same amount of room M a Cneumbr plant. Regal Pelargoniums. Regal Pelargoniaips that were cat back after flowering will ere this hsve made nice growth, and boald now be repotted. The beat compost for them is good mellow loam, dried cow. manure, and coarse silver sand, with a sprinkling of oharcoal, the whole being passed through a coarse sieve. After potting, whioh ahoold be done firmly, they will be best placed in a eold frame, where, lightly sprinkled over-head occa- ionally, tbey will make farther growth. A shelf near the glass in a light span-roofed house is the best position one coald give them daring winter, keeping them rather dry until towards spring. The cuttings which hove been struck may also be potted off separately, and, like the old plants, will be beat served if placed on a shelf, close up to the glass, so that the growth may be firm and sturdy. Edgings fer Winter and Spring. The borders that one is accustomed to see finished off with edging plants in sammer ate sometimes devoid of any beauty in the spring time, and for the most part are left bare until sach things as Lobelias and Ecboveda. are ready for planting out. There are a good many things in hardy plantB that are most useful for the edft- ings of beds and borders. Amongst these we think of the Rock Cresses, Pinke. dwarf Campa- nulas, Cineraria maritime, and Cerastium Biebersteini, both of which have white folia&e, and retain much of the oolouin tbetwinter. Then there are her common things, like the Saxifrages and Iberises, of which the common white Candytuft is much grown by country people. There are the bulbs, too, and Snow- drops, Crocuses and Seillas are sore to be con- sidered by many. Fruit Garden. Wasps are getting troublesome, especially where no means have been taken for their dB. struction. If bottles balf fined with beer and treacle are hung upon the walls the wasps will iiod them, and be tempted to their destruction. This should be done as soon as the firsC. waep is ■>een flying about. If they have tasted ripe fruit may will not leave it. The only coarse, then, is 10 find their nests and deatroy them, and net np any fruits to be.aftd. A covering of the hexagon netting will keep oat wasps, and the ventilators of vineries should be covered with the kind of nelticg or canvas that will allow the air to circulate, and still keep out wasps. Late Melons in frames may require the linings to be ravened to finish off the crop. Very little water will be required, as there is moisture eaoufch in the beds to supply tbe roots. Cover up at night with mat? or frigi-domx Place grease bands round fiuit trees in good time. It may be diffi- cult to fix a date to arreet the progress of evory crawling inseet, and therefore it is well to be in time. Evidence of the nreBence of the moth and its larvae may be found now in every gar- den if we examine the fallen Apples. Certainly this plague is worse than it was forty years ago, and this is mainly due to neglect in many cases, through ignorance. The fruit cropB for the most part being light this Be&aon, special care should be atken in tbe gathering and storing. Leave late kinds on the treau till quite ready. Growing Mushrooms- To ensure success there mast be a good supply of manure from stables where the horses have hard, dry food only, care being taken that no manure from "ick horses is used. After the longest litter has been shaken eat, tbe short manure must be turned every three days for a fortnight to drive off some of the sarplus mois- ture. When in a harry tbe experienced grower will mix one in foar or five of drytlb loam with the manure to absorb the moistore. and in this way tbe beda may be made up In three or four; daya after the manure comes to hand. The beds in a cellar should be of a manageable size. If round the wall sides, 3ft wide and from 12in to 15in deep will be necessary. Baild the beds up firmly, and when the temperature is fairly steady at something like 85deg (yoa need not be particular to a degree or two), the biicke of new spawn should be broken up into pieces 2in in diameter and inserted 2in to 3in deep and 9in apart all over tbe surface of the bed, and when the bed has been firmed again, and no appear- aoae of the heat rising above 90deg, place on the bed Itio of loamy soil and beat down firmly.
HINTS TO AMATEURS.
HINTS TO AMATEURS. Among the automn-flowering olanta Michael- mas Daisies or Starwortsand early-flowering Chrysanthemums are, and will be for some time, very effective. No one who wants flowers in autumn should neglect them. Chrysanthemums sboud be transplanted annually in spring, taking the young strong pieces from the outside of the clumps for making new groups, and tbe same course should be adopted with the Starworts. Japanese Anemones are another class of plant that cannot be done without. The tall single Sunflower known as Miss Mellish will be bright till the froat is severe. It ia useful for back- ground or to fill up among shrubs. Tritomas or Poker-plants maka a good group on tbe lawn associated with the Pampas Grass, hieh ilS now throwing ap numeroas spikes of white fluffy flowers, This is a. fine lawn plant, which may be planted on the Grass close to the margin of a sbubbery, or near the margins of water associated with Willows, Weeping and others.
--WELSH GLEANINGS.
WELSH GLEANINGS. I News and Views in Lighter Vein. Mr Evan Jones, one of the Welsh missionaries in Brittany, ia at present on visit to Wales. What is the Welsh name of tbe short wooden spade used by bouse nivea for removing cakes, <&e., from the kitchen oven ? The Executive of tlfe Union of Christian Endeavour Societies Will meet on Wednesday at Bridgend to arrange for the annaal meetings of the Union. The members will be entertained to lunch at the residence of Alderman T. J. Hngbes. Tfre Rev. J. Myfenydd Morgan, vicar ot St. Dogmael's, Pembrokeshire, is to deliver one of the Saturday Free Lectures01 at Swansea on Saturday evening, October 14th. His subjeot will be The Welsh Bards." One of the Cardiganshire delegates attending the Welsh Campaign Committee at Shrewsbury on Friday relates a good joice. He was walking np and down the hotel corridor looking for tbe committee-room, when a Swiss waiter, notiog his perplexity, offered to belp him. This way," said the foreigner, H to the Velsh champagne room." In hia new book, U Wb, we Believe,' Mr P. Whitwell Wilson incidentally remarks :— While we laboriously sift our conclusions, there suddenly appears, like a meteor across the sky of mere negation, some EaD Roberts who transforms an entire race into a people prepared for visions, dreams, wonders, and holiness." Capel-y-ffyn, a border cbureh in the shadow Of Llanthony Monastery, has a graveyard with a wealth of tombstone epitapbology." Here's a specimen— When the Archangel's tramp shall sound, And scats to the bodies join, Millions will wish their lives belott Had been eo short as mine." The courtesy title of "Fatbef of the Cardiff Corporation" will now fall upon Alderman T. W. Jacob, J.P., through the lamented death of Alderman Daniel Lewis. J.P. If not a native of Cardiff, Mr Jacob has lived in the town the greater part of his lifetime, and has been a mem- ber of the Corporation nine months longer than Alderman David Jones, J.P., who ia a real Cardiff boy." A Cardiganshire newspaper refers to the plenti- fulness of a certain edible this season under tbe heading of Resnrrtlction of mushrooms." A reader wbo had been in the habit of partaking not wisely bnt too well of this succulent enllyn said that the assurance of a re- surrection was the only sufficient satisfaction for an excessive meal of mushroome. By the way what is the best Welsh word for "mushrooms Is there no enterprising professor on the staff of the Cardiff University College prepared to emulate tbe excellent example set by Pro- fessor Phillips, of Jjangor ? He is on a visit to South Africa, and is appealing to all Welshmen io the Colonies for assistance to tbe Bangor University College Building Fund. One otd student, lIfr D. J. Williams, of the Rand Club, Jobannesborg, has given bim .£500, and he baa received several donations of £100. Altogether Professor Phillips will bring nearly £1,000 home with bim towards tbe College funds. Social Christianity is becoming a marked feature of religious efforts nowadays. Two years ago there was scarcely a single boose at the Plaa, near Pengam now hundreds of people are living there. A mission ballha" been erected by the Wesley ana, aided by other friends. In addition to the ordinary religious services there have been established daring the past three months, in connection with the hall, a people's social evening for lantern lectures, etc., a. reading room, sswing meeting, and a football club for the young mon. The veatry of j the ball will be and on certain evenings as a reading room, and at the first meeting over 20 magazines and periodicals were promised by young working men and their friends. How is ït,"writ8s a colliery authority, that the position of iron works managers ii, financially, better than that of those who direet the fortunes of collieries ? Here is a case in (.oint. Most people conversant with collieries knew Mr Lax, of Llwynypia, a one type of the intelligent;Scots- man, who knew his business well, and was taach beloved both by master and man. Yet, after a long life and good service, the probate of his will is reported at only £9211911 Id. In contrast, we have the probata of the will of Mr David Evans, of Bolekow Vaughan, Middlesbrough, £46,000. Mr Evans was an excellent man of busi- ness, and held in higa repute, generous hearted, and liberal to the men. Evidently tbe iron mana- faetnre pays better than coal working. Dr. Maccamara, M.P., has done well to collect humorous children's school stories. Theiollow- ing true story of a Cardiff five-year-old scholar deserves a record. Herbert bad been to biaSonday sehool, and bad been presented by his teacher with a missionary magazine. On hia return home be requisitioned a lady friend of the family to read him a missionary biography, the subject of which had been a supporter of missions from his early childhood. Herbert's besetting weak- ness was chocolate, and the lady reader wisely attempted to turn tbe occasion to a good account. For instance," she said, this missiotoary, when he was a boy about your age, never spent his pence for choeolates, bat placed them in tbe mission box." Perhaps he did not iiketoooco- lates," was the unabashed reply, and thelady reader abdicated her office on tbe spot. EnHyn. Mr D. John. Llantwxc Yardre, writes The extended use of the worn enllyn, as pointed ont by me some time back in these columns, is seen in its application to salt as quoted by the Rev. D. G. Williams, from 6atwg Ddoeth. Perhaps it may not be generally known that in the Vale the phrase enllyn trwyn is often heard, being used to denote that commodity in demand with our older dames, namely, snafg." Mr lIoyi George. This from tbe" Times":—" Mr LJoyd George is very much more than a Welsh leader. Re- volts may come and revolts may go. but as long as be commands the support of the Nonconfor- mist conscience he can never be regarded as a negligible quantity in politics, and, so long as this conscience speaks throagh a Welsh traaopst, so long must Wales be potent in politics." The Welsh Character. Speakiog of the Welsh character, the Bishopof Llandaff states that the Welsh psople lack peraevetance. St. Paul bad aeen a similar Weak- ness when, in his Epistle to the Galatian (ehapter 3), he said, '0, foclisb Galatiaas, wbo hath bewitched yóu ?' The Apostle was addressing the predecessors of the present Celtic races. The^ame fault has been noted by Julin Csssar in regard to the Gauls. Welshmen were still deficient in that attribute. Tbey made a Rood start in what they undertook, but had not enough energy to keep it ap." Buitth Characters. To tbe list of notable characters at Bailth Wells (recently givan in this column) should be added SnookB,the peripatetic accordion player, who, despite his patronymic, ia a Welshman from Sir Berteifi. He has (writes" Taff ") had tbe monopoly of music provided at the Wells for many years, and bis stock of songs is, by reason of its age, a welcome feature in these times of change. Some of tbe older visitors say that Snooks ainga now the same songs as he did twenty years ago, He was rather jealous of poor "Tommy," who died tbe other day, and now, no aoubt that his old rival is no more, will;be less ready than ever to add to his roper toire, Mr S. T. Evans, M.P. Last winter Me S. T. Evans, K.C., ^VT.P., bad arranged to address a meeting of his constituents in the Garw Valley, by whom be had beau subjected to a Rood deal of criticism on accoant of bis alleged neglect to visit them. It was, however, broagbt to his notiee that the Garw Valley wae at that time afire with the revival enthusiasm and the? a political meeting might to some extent inter* fere with the good work then being done. M, Evans at once abandoned all idea of bokling bl. meeting. It is well that his reason for doing se should be made known to the pabiic in order that the more extreme of his critics may avoid doing- bim an injustice. Tbe latest pronunciation of Tregaron a Ift Anglice is Tregron," and of PenrhiweeibQ Penrickaber." Gipsy Smith is not of Wafea-he believe*; himself to belong to one of the lost tribes of Iarael- but he has hosts of friends in Wales deeply interested in his career and the work he if engaged in. These will he glad to learn that Ma volume, GiJJJ" Smith. His Life and Work by Himself," has now reached a circulation of 55,000. The demand for the work still continues, and tbe publishers (the National Coancil of the Evan* gelical Free Churches) have now issued the work in a new red cloth binding at 2s 6d net, A poor old woman died recently fn a South Wales village. She had few friends and only foar men came to act as bearers. Just as tbe men were about starting with their harden a neighbour intervened: Whisht t An'sore ye don't mane to take tbe poor critter away widout singing a bit of a tune." The men paused and considered, They had sympathy, bat opon con- sultation found that neither could remember the words of a hymn, and they dreaded to start • melody. What shall we was the demand made to the leader. As a forlorn hope he suggested Praise Gdd from Whom all bless- ings flow." The suggestion was promptly aeted upon, and the sympathetic neighbour nodded her head in entire approval of the maaieal contribi-; lion. Admittedly, Ceerdydd is more patriotta 10- Wales and Welsh matters than Abertawe. Iliff J. Alban Morris, of Swansea, recognising this fact, writes^;—"Every now and again some entho- eiaet, speaking on Welsh matters, expresses hie, regret at the non-existence in Swansea of ft Welsh society like the Cymmrodorion or the Cymru Cymraeg, of Cardiff. The reflection has become so trite at our cafe tablea and elsewhere that nobody pauses to examine it. The latest aspiration towards a Welsh society comes from Mr D. Rhys Phillips, the Swansea WelafJ librarian, wbo advocates the formation of a society to develop the Welsh point of view. lie comes to the town well qualified to carry out sach a project, having bad successful and practical experience among the Welshmen of Oxford." Good let Mr Phillips and Mr Alban Morris and a few more like-minded Welsh loyalists make A start, and they will doabtless and no lack Of support. Deaparth Rwaith ei ddeohren. Dear Coal this Winter. I give it for what it is worth, writes • cor- respondent, bnt. in the Rhondda, amongst soma of the old and trustworthy co I lietli. an impre.. sion prevails that coal will be dear tbis winter. This was privately, imparted to a (eaidtme. coupled with the hint that it would be a wise coarse to stock the coal-cellar fat!. Those in the know,' as it is said in spOrtihg phrase, and versed in colliery movements will not reQair, any farther warning than tbe one now given." Ynysddu. Notwithstanding the inereise in bnildhig naae the new pits, Ynysddnls still a city of the future. A Bargoed man, wbo had been led by report to tbink that it was a miniature Cardiff, visited the place a few day. aao with the intention of open- ing a business there. He walked asross the rfveg bridge and enteied the roadway, immediately to the right there wsre about half a dozen ahopa, finished or in building, aud after passing these he asked a petton, Wbrioh is-ths way to Ynysddu?" Wily. blevs yo^, man, naased throagh It." The enterprising trader hurriedly aaade his way home. Who Was the Owner P The following lines were foond fmKfc theocQ of a famoas Welsh palpit-bard on the return of the said headgear to its owner, after the verbial lapsus memoriae of the man of genius Fy hghyfaill boff, Towyn, Fro sal anagbyffredin A wnèathoeh i adael cb Clot) yD 11 Dby, Mi geisiaia ei wtSM, Ond nld oedd yn ffitio, A rhald yw el boatio ma era parelll ehwL Tra bu m fy oghoryn Mi deimlaii yn sydyn Fy mod i yn rhvwan o nod yn y A mynnais fyn'd attf j 1 geisia pregetba, -■ Ond gwelais mai ffwlbri oedd hynny i gyfl, Nid oedd gennyf ddonian, Na dim oedd yn eisiau, Sylwadau, brawddegau, na geirlaa, dim aD j) A dysgais trvry brofiad Er cymmaint fy mwriad » 1 Mai nid yn y dillad mae defnydd y dyBi Who Was "Th#nms Evans"? In My Memoirs," by M. de BlOWits, tht renowned Times correspondent deaoribsa the inner incidents ia connection with the illness of the Emperor Frederick HI., and the jealousies N that prevailed between tho German experts that attended the Emperor and Mr (nfterwards Sir} Morel! Mackenzie. Whet} the moment arrived to pede-trotbe operation of tracheotomy," we read, the wretched battle continued even around the tuba which was to prolong the agony of Frederick III. Tbe German doctors wanted a German tube, the English doctors air English one. Finally, under tbe direction of the famous American doctor, Thomas Evans, » goJdswitbconstraeted the model which war adopted." Ttiomas Evans is a name with a distinctly Welsh ring, although he may have been an American citizen. Who of tbe readers of "Welsh Gossip can give further information concerning the man who stepped into the bteaeh when the life of an Emperor was about ta bf sacrificed to the jettoasisa of rival sargeooll The Arcbdruid and the Revival. A correspondent, who yisited llwfa Mon As Saturday, writes that he found the Arcbdcuid keenly interested in the revival. Yaa remem- ber, as I do. the great revivals of the past," be said, and particularly that of '59. Have yoa noticed the essential difference between the .revivals of the past and that of to-day ? The sM revivals were marked by threats, by darkness, by tears. Tbe old missioners revelled in ponrtraying an incensed Deity delighting in tbe punishment of tbe angodly. The audiences were moved to terror, to groans, and tearo. The revival of to. day is one of joy and of gladness, of song and smiles—ay, even of laughter Often hate I thahke& i^od that this yquog man Evan Roberts hath pleached onto his fellow-countrymen tbli gospel of lover,-of hope, of sympathy, of rejoicing. It has changed ihe character of au" churches. A short while sincfc the paipit was cold and the pew indifferent. Many of oar ministers^vrer* losing their grip upon tbe Bible and the truths that it taught, and their congregations were making light of the religion they professed. Ths shepherds have now returned, aim the flocks Have followed them to the green pastures. I rejoies mors even in the new lifs infused into t" chaTcbes themselves than in tbe pew converts who haveso largely aw tiled the rolil of member ship," Holidays Over! var holiday correspondent wrttesrn 08 Saturday last the season of the express trains fromClltdjff to Aberystwyth—serving .1" the Welsh spas—ended, and what a treat it heft been I There wai joyful anticipation amongst the erowds with it. They received their intarent in the delightful run down the line to Talvbont; bade farewell to these who stayed at Baihb. or at the Junction for LUndrindod and Llan- gammarcb; enjoyed the Short Lane interval, and theaRloried in that famous sweep down the Dovey until, Machynlleth reached, there was the parting with the Barmouth and Pwilbslt con- tingent, and then away to the breezy delights of Aberystwyth. What a burst of welcome wae given there. The otd-iashioaad dwellers, who bad simply existed ail throagh tbe winter and spring mouths, greeted them with open arms. Light was let in npon the Aberystwyth folk the shatters along the Terrace were taken down lights flashed ont masic and eong were heard, and the sparse attendance at numerous chapel; was exchanged for crowded congregations. Again cams in day after day from outlying districts the vendors of poaltfcy and of eggs, and brightness beamed everywhere. Now the last of the trains has finshed its ran, and ibongh a few visitors remain until the eve of November the holiday has ended, the tecs of thousands retimed home, and very soon tb* shntteis will be up on tbe Parade and the winds and roar of the healthgiving sea wilt bave it all their own way. Abetystwyth should have a strong regard for Calliff and thn Gla- morgan hiJl" they bave been the gold&o harvest well and ciosvfy reaped: ozone 804 rest changed for currency of tbe realm.