The North Wales Weekly News

T el. o.^]3. Telegrem^ B: )ut. Electric Ligbt. Separate TabJe8. POST HORSES AN D;L CARRIAGRS LAWN TENNIS. GOLF. BILLIARDS, lac. SEA BATHING. PWLLYCROCHAN HOTEL. COLWYN BAY. (THE LATE RESIDENCE OF LADY ERSKINE.) _H 24 I COLWYN BAY HOTEL, N. WALES. I LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY (HOLYHEAD LINE). I Telegrams: Colwyn Bay Hotel, Colwyn Bay Nat. Telephone No. q. -"jT-ar-r- Excellent service of Express Trains from Manchester, r *1 Liverpool, Midland Counties and the Soutn ^( V Delightfully situated on the border ot the Bay, I' « within a few minutes'walk of the Colwyn Bay Railway COFFEE ROOM, DRAWING ROOM, LOUNGE & BILLIARD ROOM on t Ground Floor, overlooking the Bay. ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT. The private grounds and terraces form an attractive promenade for visitors. Hotel Porter ia Scarlet U aiform meets all trains. STABLES COACH HouSE. MOTOR GAIlAOR WITH PiT ThIs Hotel has been officially appointed by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland. 'WA"4ft QW During the Season. COACHES start from the Hotel to ettw- Llandudno, Conway Castle and otber places -:■ iv^9aS of interest in the district. COLWYN SAY AS A WINTER RESORT. I II Itroagly recommeaded by emiaent Medical M (orl the mildness and dryness of its climate t j A REDUCED WINTER TARIFF | 44 MISS THORPE, Manageress. TRLBGRAMS MRTROPOLK, COLWYN BAY.. B"1 OX^m NO. t& PERFECT SANITATION. SP ACIOUS PUBLIC ROOMS. DRAWING, WRITING, kND SMOKE ROOMS. LOUNGE. RECREATION ROOM. BILLIARD ROOM (2 Tablei, t DINING ROOMS (Separate Tables) EXCELLENT CUISINE. BALLS, DINNERS, AND RECEPTIONS CATERED FOR. Electric Light and Bells throughout. STOCK ROOMS. MOTOR GXRAC.E NFF-AR Hotel Porters meet trains. Manageress, MISS 43 CONWAY. OAKWOOD PARK HOTEL. The most daintily equipped in the Principality. 18-Hole Golf Links, laid out by Alex. Herd. Play every day. Beautifully situated iflAfrtf" on the Old Coach Road ■> *\Vc ■' half-way between Con- -■% •< -f, > » way and the bead -• « <?Wry* SUM,* the Sychnant Pass. Elevated and bracing position. Mountain and ty<. Sf, Sea breeze from three points ot the compass. .1 Tennis, bowling green and billiards. J Electric Light throughout. i Alfresco Afternoon Teat on Oakwood Park Lawns Hotel 'Bus meets vx Trains. Telegrams: "OAKWOOD, CONWAV Telephone No. mg. 17 Mrs. BAILEY, MANAGERESS. *2 vvr& £ §" 9 £ f.. 2 ■==?% ? I>vJ.T^& n2r^- _b 3 M ö (') g 7. g a I Z p>5 i C, (> ¡.: t z 7 piff z L 0 0 H J. FRED FRANCIS, m lEIS, COLWYN BAY. (SUCCESSOR TO EDWIN JONES.) 19 ARTHUR J. FLEET, Music Warehouse Penrhyn Road, COLWYN BAY. Tel. 1631 Roo.for Lessons Pianofortes, Organs, Violins, Strings. and Practising. SPECIALITY: HIGH-CLASS TUNING AND REPAIRING. Tuner to the Pier Pavilions, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno. LOCAL AGENT FOR THE "ELECTRELLE." Special Notice.—Large Stock of Music Rolls for Piano Players. Library System GRAMOPHONES AND RECORDS. Zonophone, Twin, Edison, Clarion Records, etc. MUSIC CASES and BOUND BOOKS OF MUSIC. «t <m 0 s0 .0 so go *I 0 op MAKE YOUR LIFE HAPPY Y ( by putting an end to the stomach and liver trouble from which you suffer. It is a < > physiological fact, which can never be too much insisted upon, that the state of one's t digestive organs determine one's general health and consequently one's enjoyment of life. ( t When the digestive processes are not being properly carried on all sorts of ailments arise, > < 1 such as headaches, biliousness, anaemia, insomnia and nervous dcbilty; therefore it is only > BY TAKING steps to secure perfect digestion that the first conditions of health and happiness can be < established. In Beecham's Pills you have a medicine of unrivalled efficacy in the treat- > ment of indigestion and similar ailments, a few doses are sufficient to remove stomach and liver troubles and to promote health and happiness; therefore take BEECHAM'S PILLS. ■'■■■■■ .'■ !!• Sold evorywhere In boxes,, price J11, (56 pllla) ft 2\9 (168 pills.) | I r

Llandudno and District Field Club. INTERESTING BOTANICAL RAMBLE. On Saturday afternoon, the Llandudno and District Field Club made a botanical excursion, tha leaders of the party being Messrs. A. C. Axtell and R. W. Jones. A start was made from Llandudno at half.past two, the route taken being up the Nantygamar-road, over Gloddaeth Mountain, past Penyffordd, down through woods to Gloddaeth Isa\ thence to Penrhyn Old Hall, and on to Pentre Isa' Farm, where the gathering partook of tea; thence westwards, past Ty Ucha', the ramble ending near Shop-y-Ro. Among the plants encountered in the earlv part of an instructive excursion, were the white horehound and the purging flax, renowned for their medicinal properties; the dyer's green- weed, the spotted orchis, the perfoliate yellow- wort, and the hound's tongue; whilst, later, specimens were discovered of the mouse-ear hawk-weed, the larger-flowered rock-rose, which is not to be confounded with the butter-cup, the sea stork's-bill, and a pure white self-beal, which Mr. J. Roger Dawson's keen eye discerned on the Gloddaeth plateau. It being the first white specimen of the plant over seen by anyone present, the party decided, upon the Suggestion of Mr. Axtell, to name it the Prunella vulgaris alba. The small-floweredt crowfoot (Ranun- cullus parviflorus) was pointed out by Mr. lones, as was also a specimen of the carline thistle. A yew-tree, extending barely six inches, and which had been living a hundred years or more, was shown to the party by Mr. Axtell, who had dis- covered it in the cleft of a rock upon the occa- sion of a previous visit. The vernal figwort, a rare species but common enough locally, was noticed, and other plants which claimed atten- tion were the slender St. John's-wort, the spiked speedwell, the centaury, a privet growing in a really wild state and covered with white blossom, and a fine jumper luxuriant through sheltered situation. Mr. Axtell mentioned that a few years ago he planted some roots of edelweis on the Little Orme, and the plant was afterwards found in a flourishing condition, thus disproving the assertion that edelweis would grow nowhere save upon the Alps. Both Mr. Axtell and Mr. Jones gave much interesting information concerning the pecu. liarites and distinctive features of plants met with, among which, in addition to those already mentioned, may be noted the spotted medick, the wall-pellitory, the orpine or live-long, the black horehound, the fennel, the thick-leaved stone-crop (Sedum dasyphyllum), the small nettle, the Nottingham catchifly, the ivy broom- rape, Forster's stonecrop, the pyramidal 'orchis, and geranium sanguineum {one of the typical limestone plants). At the close, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the leaders, upon the proposition of Mr. Roger Dawson, who referred in appreciative terms to the instructive and interesting nature of the ramble.

Mr. Lloyd George and Oxford. AN HONORARY FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE. The Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford, have elected Mr. Lloyd George to be an Honorary Fellow of the College. The Principal of Jesus has received the following letter from Mr. Lloyd George:- Dear Sir John Rhys,—I wish to express to you and to the Fellows of Jesus College my deep sense of the great honour which you have done me in electing me to be one of your body. It is a very special gratification to me to be associa- ted in this intimate way with Jesus College. As a Welshman I have watchedl with pleasure and pride the prosperity, especially since you have been Principal, of the college which is so closely connected with our country, little think- ing ever to find myself a member of it, and I can honestly say that no honour can fall to my lot which I shall prize more highly than this fellowship which you have conferred upon me. Please accept and express to the Fellows of the College my hearty and sincere thanks.—Ever yours sincerely, D. LLOYD GEORGE."

— >1 — SENSIBLE HOLIDAY-MAKERS. Do not merely enjoy the sea-air and exercise. They use judgment in their selection of food. You cannot be too careful how you appease the sharp and welcome appetite engendered by the fresh pure air of the sea. You must not give way to gross feeding and expect your stomach and digestive organs to respond to the call of overwork. Select foods which nourish and are easily digested. Nothing is more suitable to satiate hunger than the inexpensive yet extreme- ly valuable currant. As holiday diet currants in any form are unequalled—Currant Bread, Currant Scones, Currant Biscuits, or any of the numerous confections of currants are not only palatable, but nutritious, easily digested and thoroughly beneficial to the system. Currants contain grape-sugar, the most valuable form of diet, and are recommended by the highest authorities on medicine and science. Currants are 80 per cent. nutriment and 99 per cent. solu- ble matter. Eaten by Royalty on the advice of Royal physicians.

North Wales Coast Football Association. The annual meeting of this Association will be held at the Station Hotel, Llandudno Junc- tion, on Saturday, commencing at 4 o'clock. The chief business will be the presentation of the balance sheet, the election of officers, and the revision of rules.

Colwyn Bay Coaches. MESSRS. J. FRED FRANCIS & SONS' TOURS. North Wales scenery is remarkable, not only for its rare beauty, but also for its infinite variety, and this is a point which far too many tourists have the misfortune to miss. A beautiful district is always attractive to the holiday maker; but how much is that attractiveness enhanced by a plentiful diversity of picturesque features. But, no matter how varied the landscape mav be, it would be impossible for any visitor to take in all its attributes if he persisted, year after year, in always travelling over one and the same route. n g There is so much to be seen, and summer holidays are proverbially short. Fortunately, so far as North Wales is con- cerned, travelling facilities are not confined to one or two routes, but means are provided for seeing everything that is best, no matter where situated in the grand panorama of which this glorious district consists. Foremost amongst these means of viewing the castles and quaint mansions, the mountains and lakes, the valleys and rivers, the woodlands and dells, and the romantic sea-coast are the coach trips provided with such praisworthy enter- prise by Messrs. J. Fred Francis & Sons, The Mews, Colwyn Bay. This old-established coaching service is one of the factors which have raised Colwyn Bay to its present proud position as one of the chief touring centres in North Wales, and we are glad to find that there is no falling-off in the popu- larity of these drives. We live in an age of mechanical traction, when people are ready enough to sound the doom of the horse but it is quite evident that I for many years to come the splendid horses of Messrs. J. Fred Francis & Sons will be indis- pensable to those visitors who love nature in all her many moods. The firm are very wisely adding to their list of tours season after season, and including just those localities which the refined tourist most desires to see, but which he or she could not possibly reach by rail. In this way Messrs. Francis & Sons are opening up to the holiday public the vast tract of beautiful country re- mote from towns and modern "civilisation" and full of old-world grace and beautv, which may heaven long preserve It is only too true that manv visitors to Wales." as they describe themselves, return to their homes without having seen a single glimpse of that real Wales which is not to be found in the towns, but secludes itself in the ancient villages and hamlets "far from the madding crowd." Quite apart from the joys of visiting the re- mote places referred to, there is an inexpressible delight in this age of machinery in riding on the high coach, to the music of the coaching horn, behind a team of spanking horses. Another advantage of coaching over most modern forms of travel is its sociableness. It must be confessed that we in England are not as a rule sociable fellow-travellers, as foreign visitors have so frequently pointed out. But as we ride on a coach through lovelv scenery, on a pleasant day. our national reserve soon breaks down, and very soon we are all chatting about the incidents of the road, or the glories of the scenery, or the prospects of an early din- ner, whilst, as a rule, the driver is a wit as well as a capital guide, and his humour affects us all. Thus coaching fosters that friendly feeling which adds so greatly to the benefit of a holiday. Spinning along through tlie-country we are all animated by the best of good feeling towards each other, and somehow we discern that what- ever may be the matter with this old world, it is after all a very good world to live in. U And isn't that a discovery worth making ? m — ■ — ■

Roman Roads in North Wales. To THE EDITOH OF THE Weekly News. SIR,—Your report of (the excursion of the Llandudno and District Field Club to the up- lands behind Colwyn Bay on Saturday last has rather misquoted my words as to the existence of a Roman Road in that part. It says: Mr. Lowe remarked that a genuine Roman road ex- isted from Caerhun to Llangernyw." I wish I had some foundation for such a statement. All I said was, that outside Llangernyw there are supposed to be remains of a Roman Road, and that this might possibly be a link between the road from Caerhun to Bwlch y Ddeufaen on the one hand and the road near Bodiari. I should only be too pleased if any of your readers could give me any reliable information about the road which probably ran from Chester to Caerhun. As regards the date-I269--on an old piece of timber from Ysgubor Newydd, near Llanelian, you have omitted the letters which were over the date, viz., E.M." This lends additional inter- est, as it is known that people of the name of Morris lived at Llanelian for one or two hun- dred years.—I am, &c., W. BEZANT LOWE. Hon. Excursion Secretary, Llandudno and July 6th, igio. District Field Club.

The Rev. Josiah Jones, of Machynlleth, North Wales, who has just resigned his forty years' pastorate at the age of eighty, was a fellow-student in the Brecon Memorial College of Dr. Griffith John, the celebrated missionary of Hankow, China, who has made himself famous by translating the Bible into the uni- I versal literary language of China.

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The Bible League. To the Editor of the Weekly News. Sir,- I don't think we ought to be asked to prove Evolution in your columns. Most Bible apologists have quite shifted their ground, and now tell us that really if you read Genesis pro- I perly it teaches pure evolution. The following is from the official guide to the London Zoo:- Horses, Asses, and Zebras are de- scended from creatures long ago extinct, in which all four legs possessed extremities with five lingers or toes, the whole hand or foot being placed flat on the ground in walk- ing. Geological history shows that the an- cestors of the horse gradually came to walk on the ends of the lingers and toes, and that in, the course of ages the middle finger or toe became greatly enlarged, its nail form- "ing the hoof, while the other digits dis- appeared." They have'nt quite disappeared either—vete- inaries call them "splint bones," and often re- move them just as surgeons remove our now useless appendices. The subject is a fascina- ting one, and to those who would like to dip fur- ther into it I would commend Huxley's Man's Place in Nature (6d.) and Dennis Hird's Pic- ture Book of Evolution." I wonder how manv of your readers, when they visit London, find time to pav a visit to the Natural History Museum at South Kensington ? It reeks of Evolution, and Darwin-in marble-sits en- throned at the head of the grand staircase. But the question I placed before your readers was that of the Infallibility of the Bible. I am not clear whether Mr. Sykes gives an affirmative answer to my questions. In the interests of truth, I hope not. Such a man as Professor Burkitt cannot be got rid of by describing him as cultured in inverted commas. That is childish. But there are many others. Canon Cheyne says the view of the origina- tion of the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as myths, legends, and traditions of sanctuaries is a sound one.-(Hibbert's Journal, January, 1905.) Dr. A. B. Bruce (late Professor of Apologetics, &c., in the Free Church College, Glasgow) says that while the Gospels may be regarded as in the main a trustworthy tradition, they are unreliable in many of their details.— (Enc. Biblira Jesus.") We ought to be able to agree to this. For example, Luke says the Ascension took place at Jerusalem; Mark says Galilea. Curiously, Matthew and John do not mention it at all. But would anyone with our present knowledge of the shape and motions of the earth and its relation to the sun, have dared to chronicle such a miracle at all ? Professor Schmeidel, D.D., of Zurich, says the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection exhibit contradictions of the most glaring kinds." Dr. Harnack, Professor of Church History at the University of Berlin, sa-,Is:- "Miracles, it is true, do not happen; but of the marvellous and the inexplicable there is no lack. That the earth in its course, stood still-that a she-ass spoke—that a storm was quieted by a word, we do not believe, and we shall never again believe." (" What is Christianity ? Lecture 2.) Dr. Kirkpatrick (Master of Selwyn College, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge, and Canon of Ely) says in The Divine Library of the Old Testament — The first chapter of Genesis is not, as we now know, a scientifically exact account of Creation." The account of the Fall is, it may be, an allegory rather than a history in the strict sense of the term." The Deluge was not universal in the sense that the waters covered the whole surface of the entire globe." (It is quite certain they did not cover Eypt, which was not far off, and which went on merrilv through it all !) That the Pentateuch was written by Moses is merely a Jewish tradition." The oldest Hebrew M.S. in existence, of which the date is known, was written in 916 A.D." (This book was among those selected by the Christian Evidence Society for their examina- tion in March, 1907.) Dr. J. Armitage Robinson (Dean of West- minster) admits that the authorship of all the four Gospels is doubtful.—(" Study of the Gospels.") Is it not by this time (A.D. 1910) perfectly clear that Paul was quite mistaken when he predicted the approaching end of the world ? Possibly these Cambridge, Berlin, and Zurich University Professors, Canons, Deans, Clergy- men, and Ministers will be anathema to Bona Fide" and Mr. William Sykes; but I don't think they will be to your readers. Now what is the effect of this destructive criticism ? The Rev. C. J. Shebbeare, an Ox- fordshire Rector, says:— Its chief effect will be to deliver us from the error of identifying religion with belief in the supernatural-an error of which it "is not difficult to see the pernicious conse- quences." To assure ourselves that no harm will thereby be done to the cause of Morality, we have only to turn to the Weekly News of last week, where (page 2) the Rev. Hywel Harries Hughes, a Calvinistic minister, is reported as follows:- One of the most remarkable phenomena of our time is that of a lofty morality spring- ing out of a soil of infidelity, a deep sense of human brotherhood and its obligations, but with no belief in God." I thank Mr. Hughes for speaking so boldly, and you, sir, for giving publicity to this preg- nant utterance. I also thank Philammon for his excellent letter.—I am, &c., Y GWIR YN ERBYN Y BYD." 5th July, 1910.

Home Life of the People. SOME CARNARVONSHIRE ILLUSTRATIONS. HOW THE CHILDREN SUFFER. We invite the special and earnest attention of our readers to certain comments by Dr. E. LL Parry-Edwards, of Carnarvon, upon the results of the medical inspection of school children in Carnarvonshire during the year 1909. They are well worth reading. First of all, the doctor's observations upon the age-period at which most defective children were found This, undoubtedly, is an important question. A complete record of the children examined at the different age-periods, with the number of defects found at those age-periods, was kept in the Central Division. By age-period 7 was meant children whose ages are over 6! years and under it years. At the age-period 7 there were found 335 defective children (out of the 5080 ex- amined). This is 50 per cent. more than at any other age-period. Children suffered to a greater extent from defective clothing and footgear at the age-period of 7 and 13 years. Only 4.5 per cent. children at the age-period 3 were below standard weight and height, but at the age- pel iod 7, 25 per cent. were found. The same re- mark applies to nutrition. There is A GREATER WANT OF CLEANLINESS at the age-periods 6 and 7 years than at any other age-periods. The same remark applies to defective teeth. Nose and throat troubles were also more noticeable at the age-period 7 than at other ages. At the age-periods 7 and 13 were also found the greatest number of children suffering from eye diseases, including defective vision. The mental condition at the age-period 7 shewed a greater number of defects than at any other age-period by 50 per cent. Age-periods 6, 7, and 8 years shewed more children suffering with lung troubles than at other ages. It is difficult to estimate what part education plays in the degeneration of the child between the age-periods 3 and S, because in this interval the paternal attention is gradually relaxed, and improvement is not shown until the child reaches the age at which it begins to care for itself. It is obvious from the foregoing observa- tions that the child below this age requires special care, as it is particularly subject to de- fects which, if not attended to, may mar its future career: for example, would it not be advisable to reduce the number of school hours for all children under ten years old?" In order to trace the origin of the defects referred to the doctor goes to the children's homes, with the result that he is able to give us a general review of the relation of home circum- stances and of social and industrial conditions to the health and physical conditions of the chil- dren inspected. First of all he enquires as to their food The articles used for diet have been totally changed in this country during the last 30 years. This change is not advantageous to the child. The breakfast of the child 30 years ago was porridge or browns (soup) with barley bread and butter. Now it is tea and white bread and butter, which is not so nourishing a diet. The dinner of the present day child very often con- sists of tea, bread and butter, and sometimes a little meat; vegetables being discarded to a very large extent. When the child arrives home from school he is again given tea, bread and butter. In quarrymen's homes about 7 o'clock at night a swper chwarelwr is given. This is a high meal given to the quarryman when he comes home from work. The child partakes of the same, just before retiring comes another meal, late supper,' which also consists of TEA, BREAD AND BUTTER, This shows that in the food taken the carbo- hydrates are out of all proportion to the proteids or flesh-forming substance—and the child's health must suffer in consequence. The great depression in the slate trade accounts to a great extent for the lack of meat and vegetables in the children's diet. The quarrymen's children are clean and well-clad, and even in these hard times there is no falling-off in this respect; but the parent curtails expenses by keeping down his meat bill. The depression in the slate trade is felt by practically every one in the county, and this false economy in the matter of diet is general." How do the children fare in the matter erf housing? Next to food, environment is the most im- portant factor in the child's social and physical development. The extent to which bad housing affects the child's growth, mentally, physically, and morally, is a matter of the utmost impor- tance. A few remarks on what has been ob- served may be worth recording. It is the exper- ience of the medical inspectors that, where the housing is poor, there have they found the worst cases of badly-nourished, badly clad., and un- clean children. Take for example the two school at Tregarth and Glasinfryn. These schools are only two miles apart. The inhabi- tants are employed in slate quarrying—earn the same wages, and similar conditions obtain gen- erally. In the former school one rarely finds a badly nourished, badly clad, or unclean child, whilst in the latter a very different state of affairs, unfortunately, exists. Again, in the Llanberis district (at Dolbadarn) very few dirty and ill-clad1 children were found; but in Cwmy- glo and Ebenezer schools matters were in a very unsatisfactory state. The housing is very poor in the Glasinfryn, Cwmyglo and Ebenezer districts. Dr. Travis confirms this view, and found the same con- dition of things in the Geirionydd district." Here are further revelations — The overcrowding and slumdom of towns is a subject which has attracted the attention of all authorities, but when a close investigation is made, country villages, and even small tenement dwellings, will reveal conditions quite as bad, as those that exist in our large towns, if not worst. Dr. Owen in his report states that among 11107 children inspected!, there were 62 (5.6 per cent.) who came from homes provided with only two bedirooms to an average of 8.5 inmates, while there were 27 (2.44 per cent.) who came from homes possessing ONLY ONE BEDROOM to an average of seven inmates? e; The means of ventilation in cottages are very defective. Through ventilation is very often lacking, and most chambers,' or sleep- ing rooms, rely on a door and windbw (which very often cannot be opened) for their ventilation. On house to house inspection one notices in the cottages a musty damp smell in the sleeping apartments, and a deficiency of light. Public Health Authorities, by means of the Town Planning Bill, have an opportunity of bringing the sanitary conditions of artizans' dwellings up to the level of that of the ele- mentary schools. Until this is done the full benefits of the improved sanitary condition of the elementary school will not be enjoyed.. It is rarely that one finds a bath in an artizan's dwelling. This is considered a neces- sity for the well-to-do, but a luxury for the artizan. Cannot this want be supplied in all new schools?"