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SOUTH WALES NOTES. NOT A LADY'S MAN. PRINCIPAL yesterday complained of the difficulty which the male staff of the Abardare Hall experienced in getting on with the lady pupils. He affirmed that they wouldn't eat. Poor man, I suppose he never tried them with sweets. Take my advice, Mr Jones, cultivate a moustache, wax the ends of it, and be supplied with a box of chocolates. Your recondite researches will then be easily digested. Perhaps, like "Rosa," they may prefer "Turkish delight," but this, of course, is a matter which must be left to your judgment. I do pity the male staff, and yet am willing to share their complaint — at least were I young and good looking, as all pro- fessors are supposed to be. But still you ought to be able to charm with the melody of your conversation. Wilkes was tho ugliest man of his time, and good honest H ogarth, who loved him, has not failed in handing that terrible squint down to posterity. Yet so brilliant a talker was Jack," that even John- son, surly as he intended to be, was delighted with his versatility on the first occasion of their meeting. Wilkes affirmed that he was not afraid of the hand- somest rival to any woman's affections pro- vided he were allowed half-au-hour's start to obliterate the horror caused by his face. Don't be downhearted, Mr Jones, at the first repulse, but persevere. A SMALL CONCERT. SOME weeks since I alluded to the high posi- tion which the Severn-road Board Schools had attained in the statistics of education. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and, recognising this, the teachers have been busy for eight months in training their pupils with a view to rendering them capable to do justice to the concert which is to be given on Wednesdaynight in the Park- hall. A cantata, entitled "Britannia and her Daughters," is to be what the elegant re- porter terms tho piccc de resistance. To fully illustrate the subject, 100 specially designed costumes have been made, and the pro- gramme is full of masters and misses. Pray what more could be desired ? I hope the former will not, and that the latter will, belie their titles. I wish the midget vocalists more success than their height, and I trust their fame, like their stature, will continue to grow. ou, WHAT A SURPRISE I was there at the f«ast— Oh, what a surprise They wished me, at least, Two jolly black eyes. Tins journalist laughs— 0;1, what a, surprise !— At three paragraphs Stuffed chock-full of lies. Leaded flud leaden- This was not a surprise. But naught could deaden The wail of their cries. How well he was dra.wn Ob, what a surprise Now, weary and wan, Wipes codfishy eyes. PREPARING THE WAY. MR HOWES has been doing some very useful work. He has been educating the masses so that they will be prepared to receive, understand, and digest the topics which will be discussed at the conference. Every where his trenchantlectures bave drawn large audiences and expressions of keen satisfaction. He has been followed by large crowds of appre- ciative and enthusiastic listeners. The great principles of the Liberal creed have been expounded lucidly, forcibly, and with an eloquence whose vigour is not the least of its merits. There is in his remarks no ambiguity of discourse or diplomacy of argument. In the language of the prize- arena, he has hit out straight from the shoulder, and his blows have descended, to use Johnson's sublime language, Like a hammer on the red son of the furnace." So well has Mr Howes accomplished his ten- tative task that he has been asked to con- tinue his valuable labours. The programme sketched out for him will consist in visiting the different works, and soon as ever the weather will permit his powerful voice will be heard from the Pierhoad. A PURITAN. SOME people are born before their time, otnera afterwards, while the favoured few ] appear at the right moment. To which of the three classes does the writer of the following letter belong ? He informs me that never before ha3 he ventured to address one of the organs of the press. Is he sufficiently advanced to take them in ? His effusion, you will a.How, is a delicious morsel, and worthy of a place in this column as a curiosity :— SIK,—On Sunday my notice was attracted by seeing a great number of people passing up and down the Aberdare Public Park, and a gieat many ot them having skates hanging at their sides like swords, and everyone was busy on the ice skating or sliding, as if each was thinking of himself, I must do my best; if not I shall lose my life." Is it not a great shame that those who govern the park should allow such proceed- ings on the Lord's Day ? I consider that skating is quite as bad as if a lot of men were to take their cricket apparatus and have a same, or plav football, which games 1 suppose our authorities would not permit on the Sabbath Day. Not only the common class, but the upper tens of our town were disporting themselves. I beg to call the attention of those skaters to thfl fact that they need not put on their skates on Sunday andonjoy themselves in breaking the Lord's Day they will be soon enough and deep enough in sin without going on skates. A CHRISTIAN." The epistle ought to have ended up with a warning that no skates will be wanted where these dreadful sinners aro hurrying, then it would have been perfect. SKATING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. THE skaters have realised the words of the Midsummer Night's Dream that Brief as the lightning in the collyed night so quick bright things come to a conclusion." The more ardent and less hopeful snatched as many hours as they could on Sunday, and at Llanislien on Monday the ice was crowded all the morning with manly forms and pretty faces—faces rendered more beautiful by the glow of health which the exercise had promoted. Despite the rain of tho afternoon, many of the stronger sex battled the elements, and placed discom- fort at defiance. DISESTABLISHMENT. MR CARVELL WILLIAMS has sent me a cir- cular, in which he mentions that Mr Dill wyn, M.P., has given notice that in the approach- ing session of Parliament he will renew his motion for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales. This motion was rejected in the last Parliament by only twelve votes, and since then Mr John Morley has expressed the opinion that the question must now form an indispensable article of Liberal policy." In addition to this indication of the probable intentions of the Liberal leaders, the agitation regarding tithes has produced a general conviction that the present injustice inflicted by the system cannot be put an end to by anything short of the application of the tithes to non- ecclesiastical purposes, and such a change cannot be effected except with disestablishment and disendowment. Under these circumstances, it is important that English Liberals should co-operate with those of Wales in securing the greatest num- ber of votes in favour of Mr Dillwyn's motion which it is possible to obtain in the present Parliament. It was the help of English, Welsh, and Scotch Liberals which enabled the Irish people to throw off the yoke of an alien Church Establishment, and it is by such a combination that the people of Wales must secure a similar measure of justice. It is to be hoped that the various Liberal Clubs and Associations, which are capable of exercising a powerful influence, will take early action in the matter, and we must all put our shoulders to the wheel to move this obnoxious machinery from our midst.

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