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REMARKABLE VIGOUR. A BEMARKABLE nonogenarian has passed away at Bath in the person of Mr. Clement Frampton. He was, in spite of his ninety-three years, a wonder- fully active man. A week or two before his death he walked to Kingsdown Fair and back to his home, which is a nine- mile walk and hilly travelling. Five days before his death he was working in his garden, and on the last Sunday he was alive he attended church. He was a native of Walton, near Bridgwater. His activity was probably inherited, for his father, when eighty-five, walked from Walton to Glastonbury, five miles away, climbed the Tor, and returned home on foot.

RECTOR OF PEMBRIDGE. THE Rev. H. O. Green-Price, M.A., J.P., has passed away, after a short but painful illness, at the age of sixty-four. He officiated at the harvest thanksgiv- ing on October 2, but had been unable to perform his duty since then. Herbert Chase Green-Price came of a well-known and highly-esteemed Radnor- shire County family, being a son of the late Sir Richard Green-Price, Bart., M.P. He was educated at Eton, and B.N.C., Oxford, studying also at Leeds Clergy Training School. He began his ministerial work at St. Michael's, Coventry. He held in succession the in- cumbencies ol Norton (Radnorshire), Brampton Brian and Bridenbury (Here- fordshire). In 1913 he was appointed to the important country parish of Pem- bridge. In each sphere of work he gave full proof oi his ministry," and his name will long be remembered. His whole life was a sermon on sincerity, manliness and love. By his genial and absolutely straight- forward ways he won the affection of everyone. He was one of the best and best-loved men in the country, Like all his family he was a sportsman. He loved hunting, fishing and shooting the former being his favourifte recreation, but he never allowed sport to interfere with the discharge of his pastoral duties. He was a faithful and devoted parish priest. He thoroughly understood human nature, and by his sympathy and sound advice helped many a man and woman to lead straight and useful lives. Few men will be more missed than he. In 1895, when he went to Brampton Brian, he married Miss Barneby, of Longworth, who survives him. He leaves two sons and a daughter. The body was taken to Pembridge Church at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Festi- val of St. Simon and St. Jude, when the Holy Communion was celebrated by the Bishop of Hereford in the presence of a large congregation. The burial took place at 3 p.m. at his old -home, in the beautiful churchyard of Norton, where he lies beside his relations. The huge con- gregation drawn from the whole country- side was a witness to the universal esteem in which he was held. The service was conducted by the Rev. S. C. Wastkins, R.D., the Rev. P. J. Simpson (Rector of Shobdon) and the Rev. C. L. Edwards (Vicar of Weobley). A charming personality has passed beyond the veil.

REV. E. J. HOUGHTON. THE death is announced of the Rev. E. J, Houghton, for over forty years Vicar of Blockley. For twenty-seven years he had been Hon. Canon of Wor- cester. He was made Rural Dean of Blockley in 1880, and in 1882 became secretary of the Worcester Diocesan Board of Education. In 1893 he was appointed Diocesan Secretary to the I S.P.C.R. From 1871 to 1879 he was Diocesan Inspector for Worcester. Mr. Blockley had been in Orders since 1860, when he was ordained at Winchester.,

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QUEEN AND MOTHERHOOD —»— SILVER WEDDING- GIFT. By Stephen Dakeyne. STANDING back from the North-end Road, about three hundred yards further than the hostelry called Jack Straw's Castle," is a rambling, old-fashioned house. The front of the house, away from the road, looks over a garden in which Mrs. Gaskell would feel at home. Giant cedar trees shade the lawn, and beyond them stretches Hampstead Heath and the open country. To step into this old-world garden is to pass into tran- quillity. There one can breathe country air and hear no sounds of town life. Future Generations. This house is called Cedar Lawn," taking its name obviously from the cedar trees, and Her Majesty Queen Mary has graciously endowed it as a maternity home with the funds given at her silver wedding, the "shower of gifts," sent on the initiative of the branches of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. Many children yet unborn will have good cause to bless her for the womanly thought, and many a mother will remember all her life the harbour of refuge provided her away from the din and bustle of the town and the cares of domesticity. Presett Mansion Temporary. Lord Leverhulme, whose house is close to Cedar Lawn," which he lent during the war as a military hospital, has gener- ously given both house and site. The present mansion can only be temporary: it is obviously unsuited to the great pur- pose of providing comfort ajid conveni- ence to a number of women. Accordingly a permanent home is to be built as soon as possible, in which some sixteen to twenty mothers will be accommodated. Quiet seclusion and fresh air are only two of the benefits to be given. Skilled medical attendance and experienced nursing may save the mother years of subsequent suffering and give the baby a good start in life. In the past often the illegitimate child and the unwilling mother have received more attentions in our lying-in hospitals and workhouse in- firmaries than the wives of our artisans and lower middle classes, who have been dependent on the brief visits of the over- worked district nurse. This home will also probably be open to wives of profes- sional men whose incomes have been hard hit by the war. What is the real significance of Queen Mary's gift? The home at Hampstead should be a model and an example to the rest of the country. I understand that Her Majesty hopes that other similar maternity homes may be founded, for the need is great. Why should not the queens of industry in industrial centres, whose husbands are our commercial mag- nates, follow this illustrious lead? The Ministry of Health, too, are no doubt watching with sympathy this experiment in mothercraft. Benefit of Service. Families. The home at Cedar Lawn is to be used for the benefit of the wives and children of those who have served or are still serv- ing in the Army and Navy. Not only will the wives share in the advantages, but on the same site will be accommoda- tion for several children under three years of age whose parents cannot care for them personally. So the service of those who saved British women from the late that befell many of their French sisters will be appropriately commemo- rated. Many details of the scheme have yet to be announced—how the fortunate mothers will be selected, whether they will have to contribute something, how- ever small, towards the upkeep of the Home, who will be the appointed trus- tees, and how soon the permanent Home can be completed. But the broad ideal is already accom- plished. The pedestrian in Hampstead can see to-day the notice directing in- quirers to Queen Mary's Maternity Home. The Chancellor of the Exchequer last week did not count the mothers as the country's finest asset on the credit side of his balance sheet. Nevertheless, the Queen and her advisers, recognising this fact, are doing their best that the women, on whom the future of the race depends, may be tended and safeguarded in their hour of need.

NORWICH C.E.Y.M.S. WELCOME HOME DINNER. THE Norwich C.E.Y.M.S. have given a Welcome Home Dinner" at Norwich to the service of the members of the society. Nearly 300 members served in the Forces during the war. Of them twenty-seven were killed. There were a large number of members present at the dinner. Canon A. J. Bell, the president, who presided, referred to those who had laid down their lives. His special claim to this, he said, lay, perhaps, in the fact that three years ago one of his own went out for the second time, to come back no more. Another also made the great sacrifice. It had been found, not only in Norwich, but throughout the country, he went on, that during the years their fathers were away the young boys were not given much help in facing the prob- lems of young manhood. Lads had, un- fortunately, got into habits through the lack of discipline which would make it hard for them to face life in the days to oome. The great problems before the country could only be solved by sacrifice on the part of all concerned.

PRESENT-DAY NEEDS. POSITION OF THE CLERGY. A FANCY FAIR has been heJdat East Dereham, Norfolk, to aid the funds of the church. The Vicar, the Rev. W. H. Macnaughton-Jones, presided, and said that people always asserted that the clergy were continually asking for money, and the time had come when they would have to ask for money. Dur- ing the past twenty-five years he had never asked for one penny for himself. The time had come when the clergy would have to beg for themselves. The Church would have to do something to support the clergy or they would be unable to live. In some places they were almost on starvation wages. The assistant clergy should be paid a higher wage than in the past. A clergyman could not be expected to work for less than what the ordinary labourer received.

THE REV. W. J. STUART-CRUMP, curate-in [ charge of All Saints' Mission Church, Bridg- water, has been offered and has accepted, the living of Stogursey, rendered vacant by the resignation of the fFtev. C. D. E. Malet. His connection with All Saints' will be severed at Christmas, much to the regret of the con- t gregation and a wide circle of friends. OUR MISSION?O"EASTERN "WOMENI 1 PAST. jj For forty years the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society has been seeking j| to lead the women of India and China to jj Christ. The work has been threefold ijjj Evangelistic, Medical, and Educational. 9 a]. if Column after column of statistics could be §§ given regarding what has been accomplished ■g in each direction. Such statistics would form g§ fascinating reading to all who looked beneath H the surface of facts and figures, and saw the U great company of souls redeemed from sin, /= and bodies healed of manifold .disease, jj The women Missionaries of the C.E.Z.M.S. H penetrating as they have into the Zenanas of H India and homes of China, have done a work -.fj which could not have been done by men; and j| have exercised an incalculable influence for H good, not only upon the women themselves, J- m but also, directly or indirectly, upon their H young and impressionable children. How gj many men of Eastern lands, to-day, owe their J early Christian training to the work, years ago, EE of the Society's Missionaries ? PRESENT. The consideration of the present position of the C.E.Z.M.S. brings one face to face with startling matters of finance. For instance, for every £100 needed.before the war, the sum of about ^170 is now required for the carrying on of the work. That increase is due to many causes, among which are the higher cost of living, and the increasingly unfavourable rate of foreign exchange. The C.E.Z.M.S. has 210 Missionaries; 68 assistant Missionaries over 1,200 Bible- women and teachers working at 65 stations, 25 Hospitals and 40 Dispensaries. For the maintenance of existing work, and to give de quate salaries to the workers, the sum of ^80,000 will be required during the coming year. The Committee therefore appeal for the sum of 100,000 for the consolidation of the present work, and its extension in the 1 future. FUTURE. jj The C.E.Z.M.S. is not willing to rest upon fj| the successes of the past, nor to be daunted by jj the difficulties of the present. The future has M to be considered, with its vast possibilities and jj grave responsibilities. Ig This is Women's Day. Woman's worth and M work are recognised as never before all over fl the world and the women of the East, so jj long kept in thrall by national religion and H custom, are moving towards that liberty and jj light which are seen in Western lands to be H the right of all womanhood. I| Shall they go forward into that liberty and jj light under the guidance of Christian influences, §H or merely upon lines anti-Christian and secular? The latter must not be the case. The menace §| of such a course is too great and too H imminent. §§ 1 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ZENANA MISSIONARY SOCIETY ■ ?o.P* v!' and *acrifidal giving from all who desire that the women and children of the East may become converts to B A-hristiamty/ohp help m this matter would be gratefully acknowledged by the Secretaries, C.E.Z.M.S., 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. 2. 8