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VACCINATION IN GLOUCESTER,i
VACCINATION IN GLOUCESTER, TO THE EDITOR. SlB,—My attention has been called to a lengthy epistle in your issue of the 30fch nit. from Mr Walter Hadwen, of Highbridge, Somerset, con. taining a variety of statements and charges in connection with the recent Gloucester epidemic. To answer this letter fully will entail more space than I fear you would be disposed to give, and as it is only a replioa of one which has been sent to a number of other journals, with the evident object of explaining away the obvious lesson of the epidemic, it will shortly be met by a counter- statement of which I will do myself the pleasure to send yoti,a copy, which will, I believe, convince any unprejudiced person that it is from beginning to end a tissue of gr>-ss exaggerations and mis- repregentations. -I am, &c., FRANCIS T. BOND, M.D., Gloucester. Hon. Sec. Jenner Society.
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THE LATEST PARISIAN FAD. One of the latest fads of fasnionable Paris, says the Daily Chronicle, is called the phosphores- cent 5 o clock.' Candles or lamps are not used for illumination. The walls and ceilin-t as well as the floor of the room and the furlllroureare all covered with a phosphorescent mixture which absorbs light during the day and becomes luminous at dusk. Even the flowers with which the room is decorated, and the pictures which hang on the wall, and the cups and saucers aud plates used at these entertainments are subjected to phosphorescent treatment, so that everything is bathed in a mystic glow. Not to be out of I harmony with their surroundings, the ladies bidden to thess functions wear phosphorescent gowns," which gleam with a strange, unearthly glow. In short, the only things that remain unillumined appear to be the minds of the wearers.
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BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. A WIDOW GETS JB150 DAMAGES. On Tuesday at the Middlesex Sheriff's Court, Brentford-before Mr SberitfRuston and a jury- the case of Rosenberg v. Katz, an action for breach of promise, remitted from the High Court, for assessment of damages, came on for hearing, The plaintiff was Mrs Mary Rosenberg, aged 28 years, a widow, living at 41, Warden- street, Aldgate, and following the occupation of a fur machinist, and the defendant was Mr Israel Katz, aged Sq yeal3> a carrier, of U, James-street, Aldg-ate. The Plaintiff claimed Bertram Jacobs, solicitor, ofFore-street City appeared for the plaintiff; but the defendant did not appear, and was un- represented. Mr Jacobs said that Mrs Rosen. berg, whose husband had been dead for several years. became engaged to the defendant hortly before Christmas, 1895. They continued to walk out together for six months, when the defendant suddenly ceased to visit her, and refused to give any explanation of his conduct. He wrote no letters, and simply ignored the plaintiff. A few days after the abrupt termitiation of the defendant's visits the plain. tiff found that he was living with another woman in Whitechapel, and she instituted pro. ceedings agamst the defendant for breach of promise of marriage. In the Queen's Bench Division judgment was given for the plaintiff, and during the following two weeks negotiations proceeded between the defendant and plaintiff as to the amount of damages that should be paid. Immediately at the expiration of the fourteenth day the plaintiff discovered that her lover bad fled the country, and nothing bad been heard from him since. The defendant, up to the time of his departure, was a carrier in a large way of business in Whitechapel, but he was evidently hard-up" for petty c..sh at times, for on one occasion he borrowed 210 from the plaintiff.— Mrs Rosenberg, a young lady of prepossessing appearance, stated that she" kept company" with the defendant for six roontlp, but bad occa- sion once to remonstrate with him on his carry- iugs on" with a woman in Whiteoha1. Shortly afterwards the defendant ceased visiting her, and she heard he had gone to live with a woman whom she had since heard he had taken to South Africa with him. The news very much upset her, as she had trusted in him, She never re- ceived any letters from him.—The jury awarded the plaintiff C150 damages.
THE CASE OF MRS MA YBRICK
THE CASE OF MRS MA YBRICK The Liverpool DailyPost announces in reference to the alleged death-bed statement of Supt. Bryning, who took a leading part in the prosecu- tion of Mrs Maybrick, that his widow at Lancaster declared on Tuesday that ber husband had made no such statement. She added that previous to his death her husband had not seen any of Mrs Maybrick's friends, nor had she anything to communicate beyond what came out at the trial, and in common fairness to the convict he would not have withheld any informa- tion that would have been to her advantage.
STREET HYMNODISTS,
STREET HYMNODISTS, For more classes than one the London season has recommenced. The frafernity—much too nuinerou,g-wlioivake a livingbysinging hymns in quiet, respectable streets in order to impose on the religiously benevolent are returning from the seasIde-where they find the atmosphere has become rather chilly for their comfort—and resuming their hypocritical functions in the Metronolis. The career of one of them. named George Wilson,a has, fortunately for the com- munity, been temporarily arrested. In Bays- water he was singing the simulacrum of a canticln recounting "Thirsty and footsore, in sorror I roam, Far from my Father, far from my 'ome." at the same time casting wistful glances towards the end of the street, where there was a public. house, in which he hoped to satisfy his thirst as soon as the charitable supplied him with the requisite nurrb-r of coppers to defray the cost of a pot of beer. Before that result was attained a constable arrested the singer as an incorrigible rogue and vagabond, against whom were several convictions for mendicity and imposition. On Tuesday the ohairman of the London Sessions sent him to gaol for four months with hard labour. Under these conditions street hymnodists of the Wilson class will find it more profitable to turn their attention to earning a livelihood at some honest occupation.
CHANGING THE FACE OF TIME.
CHANGING THE FACE OF TIME. The latest in clocks and watches, says the Westminster Gazette, is distinctly original. It cornea from France. The suggestion is that the decimal system should be adopted for clocks and watches, bidding good-bye to our old friends eleven and twelve o'clock entirely, and to divide the face of the clock into ten instead of twelve sections. This system is now used by the Geographical Bureau of the French Army, and it is urged that it diminishes the labour of calculation by two-thirds, and lessens the chances of mathematical error from four to one. The following is an outline of the rules of the decimal system as applied to timepieces:—The day, from midnight to the midnight following is to be divided into 100 equal parts known as ces." The subdIvisions according to the decimal plan are "decices," or tenths, "centioes," or hundredths, "millices," or thousandths. One of the main division-, the "ces," is equal to fourteen minutes and twenty four seconds, or almost a quarter of an hour. This, say the scientists, is the easiest possible system, but the poor lay mind, we are afraid, will not quite agree with such a conclusion, and six a.m. sounds as yet tar more acceptable than twenty-five ces, its decimal equivalent.
TOOLE'S THEATRE.
TOOLE'S THEATRE. At last Toole's famous theatre is in the hands of the housebreakers." The work of demoli. tion has commenced. No more will its walls echo the drollities of the comedian and the laughter of the spectator, and henceforth it will be merged in Charing-oross Hospital. In its time the house has served many purposes, some of them of widely different character. Once. even, it was a home of ecclesiastics, and In addition to a chapel served as a the Fathers of the Oratory of St. Philip Nori. Long before Mr Toole's voice was heard within its walls it was occupied by the late Cardinal Newman, who delivered a series of lectures in it on Anglican Difficulties."
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fFATHER CORMACK ON IANGLICAN…
FATHER CORMACK ON ANGLICAN ORDERS. MR DELL REPLIES. TO THR XDRTOR. SIN-1 am unable to understand how Father Cormack can assert that the issue between us is now narrowed down to "whether those Anglicans who, with more or less formality, appealed tc the Pope did so asking only for jndieial examination of the case oralsoforan authoritative statement of its merits." Waiving any dispute about such question-begging words as judicial and "authoritative," I still deny, as I have denied in both my previous letters, that any appeal was made from English Churchmen for an inquiry into Anglican orders, or that the request Of initiative came from them at all, and that is the issue. At the same time I should imagine that even if such a request had been made it would not necessarily have involved the acknow- ledgment of any right on the part of the Pope to authoritatively decide the question. If, as Father Cormack seems to maintain, the Archbishop of York, Mr Gladstone, Lord Halifax, and the others he has mentioned, have recognised any such right on the part of the Pope, he knows as well as I do that it would have mattered very little to them whether the orders of the Emhsh Church were valid or not, since in any case they would have been compelled to leave her, but that any aane person can imagine that either of them could have recognised any such right is more than one can believe. And it iq indeed a novel theory that if one sake someo, to investigate any particular subject, one therebv recognises that person's right to settle it authori- tatively, and binds oneself to accept his decision as final. But in this case Lord Halifax has expressly denied that he or his friends made any such appeal or request. Some kind of denial is a curious description to give of Lord Halifax's categorical statement that" so far as he knows and therefore certainly so far as he is concerned, the statement made by Father Cormack last Sunday evening is "absolutely untrue." This second letter of Father Cormack's makes it abundantly cl--r that, as I have already pointed out, that statement was mnr<y an inference drawn from certain well. known facts to draw a mistaken inference is in itself venial, though it should not be put forward as an absolute statement of fact, but to persist in the statement founded on that inference when the person whom it chiefly refers to has explicitly said that it is "absolutely untrue" is another matter. I am confident that the vast majority of people, however much they may differ from Lord Halifax, will consider that his word is to be believed, and that Father Cormack would have served his own cause better by frankly admitting that he was mistaken instead of implying than Lord Halifax has told an untruth. I will not follow Father Cormack's example by refusing to accept his explanation of the curious title he gave to the society over which Lord Halifax presides, which, on the face of ik suggested a certain want of acquaintance with the eircutnetancw, but I must point out that as the title was only meant for a descriptive paraphrase is most unfortunate that it was written in inverted commas, especially as an imaginary society with the exact title used by Father Cormack has been freely mentioned in the newspapers, and I have even been asked questions about it at meetings. With regard to the facts by which Father Cormack attempts to prove his statement I have never denied that when the Pope announced his intention of holding a Commission steps were taken to bring historical evidence before it, and Father Puller and the Rev. T. A. Lacey went to Rome for that purpose, nor am I concerned to deny that Mr Gladstone desired to influence the Pope but all this happened after the fact that a Commis- sion was to be held had been announced, and it certainly did not Involve any recognition of the right of the Pope to decide the matter. I have no doubt that if the Wesleyan Conference desired to investigate the history of Anglican orders Father Puller would be pleased to supply them with information on the sub. ject. Why not? As to Lord Halifax's interview with the Pope on March 2lst I have no more information than Father Cormack has, but that it indirectly led to the appointment of the Commission loan well believe, for it enraged the Ultramontane party in England to such a degree that it probably served as the last straw coming on the top of the utterances of various eminent Roman Catholic theologians in favour of Anglican orders, and determined that party to make an effort to stop at all cost the investigations in the Roman Communion that were rapidly establishing the validity of Anglican orders in the eyes of Continental Roman Catholics. It is an opsn secret that the announcement that a Commission was to be appointed came as a surprise both to English Churchmen and to the Roman Catholic supporters of Anglican orders, and that, while English Churchmen rejoiced at what they believed would be a bona-fide inquiry, to be acted on honestly, the Roman Catholics, to whom I have referred, looked upon it with grave suspicion, tbe result no doubt of their superior knowledge of tbe way in which things are managed at Rome. They evidently did not think it would be a bona-fide inquiry, and their suspicions have been amply justified, for though the inquiry waa thorough enough, so far as it went, in spite of the sudden termination of its proceedings, the Papal Bull has no conneotion with it; so in no case the outcome of it is based upon its investigations, and might just as well have been written without going though the farce of holding a Commission only to disregard entirely the results of its labours. Nine out of the twelve sessions of the Commission were devoted to investigation of the historical ques- tion, and that question is not referred to at all in the Papa) Bull for reasons which are sufficiently obvious. The Commission has had at length one result; it has completely broken down the historical case against Anglican orders, and our opponents have had to abandon it altogether, and tall back on supposed defects of form and inten- tion. And as with regard to the matter of the Sacrament of Orders, Leo XIII. flatly contra- dicts Eugenius IV. There is reaily no reason why some future Pope should not flatly con- tradict Leo XIII. with regard to the form. And when Father Cormack tells us that the refusal to recognise Anglican orders is not a party triumph," but is solely inspired by a sense of duty and a regard for truth, we must really refer him to a remarkable document pub- lished in th* otirrent numbers of the Guardimn and the Church Times, namely, the statement supplied to the Pope by Don Gasquet and Canon Meyes, which was probably not intended to find its way into an English newspaper. That state- ment not only gives us a valuable insight into the deliberate deception practised on the Pope by English members of his Communion-some of the assertions even as to present practice in the English Churoh are palpable falsehoods—but it lays bare the motives that have influenced English Roman Catholics in fighting tooth and nail against any recognition of English orders by the Pope The whole gist of the document is that any such recognition would injuriously affect the position of the Roman Catholic body in England it is absolutely necessary to abstain from anything which may even apparently give approval, or force to tbe pseudo-Catholic sect," say the illustrious writers, and they have found it absolutely necessary to abstain from telling the truth. As an instance of thavalupof theiuformation that they supplied to the Pope, I may inform my fellow Churchmen that they declare that it is now the ordinary rule" in the Ensrlish Church to celebrate the eucharist only once a month. iand that churches with a daily celebration are almost unknown It is by such means as these that historic truth has been subordinated to considerations ot advantage." The exceedingly plausible con- cluding paragraph of Father Cormack's letter is an instance of what English Roman Catholics say to our faces, This memoratulum of Dom Gaequet and Canon Mayes is an instance of what they say behind our backs, and it should be read by every member of the Church of England. English Churohmen have desired, and do desire, the most searching historical investigation into the subject of Anglican orders, and nothing would please us better than the publication of the whole of the evidence laid before the late Commission, with the statement of each member of the Commission thereupon. But we know we shall never get that-at any rate, not from the Roman autho- rities. In conclusion let me assure Father Cormack that while we deeply regret the Pope's letter ot account of the injury it does to the whole Catholic Church, if we look at it from the point of view o the interests of the English Church per se, wealmosl, if not quite, unanimously regard it as being far more to her advuutage than the opposite decisioc would have been. One hopes that English Ctiurchpeople will not take that narrow personal standpoint, which may well be left to Dom Gasquet and Canoti Mayes, and those behind them. But Cardinal Vaughan little knows his countrymen if he does not realise that nothing could have been better calculated to consolidate and brace up the English Churoh this Bull, fat from leading to sHc^ssions. will have the same effect as the Bull of Pius V. against Elizabeth, find this eff,-ct will certainly not be lessened by Cardinal Vaughan's insulting offer to bribe English priests who will desert- their clitirch.-Y, ani, &o. ROBERT E. DELL. 40, Stacy-road, Cardiff, 3rd Oct.ib"r, 1896.
CARDIFF Y.M.C.A.
CARDIFF Y.M.C.A. AN ADMIRABLE PROGRAMME. Since Mr Walter Price entered upon his duties at the Cardiff Y.M.C.A., a busy time has been spent with the various committees arranging for the winter's work. A programme of a varied character, which will meet the all-round require- ments of young men, is near completion. The most nocable feature that has been decided upon is the establishment of a gymnasium, for which purpose the basement of the Cory Memorial Hall has blJ secured, and will be opened as soon as it is fitted. with the necessary apparatus and a capable instructor is appointed. Other physical agencies and milder forms of recreation are in course of arrangement. The literary and debatmg society, elocution and mutual improve- ment classes will be under the direction of Mr Waugh, M.A., and Mr Hall, B.A., while it is hoped that an ambulance class will be formed. The religious work has also come in for its shar-g of attention. A class for the study of Christian evidences will be started in November, conducted by the Rev. T. W. Lee. The theatre services, whioh last year formed such a successful feature, are to be transferred to the Cory Memorial Hall. Now that the new secretary has fully entered upon his duties, it is hoped tbat the new building scheme will soon be developed.
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CARDIFF EISTEDDFOD.
CARDIFF EISTEDDFOD. TO THE EDITOR. SlB,—Not being able to attend the Eisteddfod on Monday when the duett from the children's cantata Up to Date was competed for, I was somewhat disappointed to read in the papers that it had been awarded to two girls. No doubt these girls sang it best, so far as the mere vocal effort was concerned, but I was in hopes the adjudicators, who are able men, would have found a boy for "Jack" and a girl for" Gill." It is true both boys and girls up to a certain age have soprano register, but the timbre of the voices is j different. No two girls could sirg that duett without destroying the character of both words and rail sic, but more especially the words. In offering the prize I was in hopes of bringing out the iriantile dramatic as well as vocal element which this duetb is capable of. Without finding any fault with the adjudicators, I feel bound to express my disappointment, knowing so many little boys who sing well here in the town.-I am &c., F. ATKINS.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL GRANTS-A…
THE COUNTY COUNCIL GRANTS-A Q 1.1 ERY. TO THE EDITOR. IR,-The grants from the county funds were ordered to be paid on the 17th of September last, but so far in our district the money is not forth- coming. It is a downright injustice to teachers, who have already waited long enough for the remuneration, and possibly some member of the Council can mform us who is nursing the cash" due to the science and art teachers at several of the centres.—I am. &c.. ALPHA AND OMEGA.
REVISION COURT, PENARTH.
REVISION COURT, PENARTH. TO THE EDITOR. ( SIR,-Will you allow me to refer briefly to Mr Smith's letter which appeared in to-day's issue of your valuable paper. The matter is simply this. The persons to whom Mr Jones objected on behalf of the Liberals are Conservatives, and their names appeared on the list of occupiers as being entitled to votes. The objections were sustained and the names struck off the list and this, of course, means a party gain. With reference to the latter portion of Mr Smith's letter, in which he states tha,t his figures were tallied by Mr R, O. Griffiths and myself before leaving the court, it is incorrect. Mr Griffiths very courteously handed me his figures before leaving, and I made a note of them, but not having made up my own figures at the time, I made no comment thereon. Therefore, to say that I sigreed with his figures is not true. As a matter of fact, after making up my Recounts, instead of admitting a Tory gain of 75, I claim a Liberal gain of 18 on the day's revision work. The Tories had sent in a large number of ownership claims on behalf of persons who were already down on the list as occupiers. They count these as gains, bub I maintain it is nob right to do so hence the great discrepancy between the figures of the respective parties.—I am, &c., J. T. PARRY. 14, Canon-street, Barry, 3 id October. 1896.
COAL ALLIANCE QUESTION.
COAL ALLIANCE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR. Sin,-In a recent issue vou state that an employer and a member of- the Sliding Scale Committee refers to the fact that no two collieries working the same seam of coal are upon all fours in respeot to the cost, and that this is against the adoption of any such scheme. I wish to point out that it is the strongest argu- ment for the adoption of some such plan, and the mode by which the objection will be removed. Take the colliery where the cost of the coal is the highest, excluding, of course, worn-out concerns add 10 per cent. to that cost, and that shall be the sale prices for the district. Thus those persons who possess the better, because cheaper producing collieries, will get, as they are entitted to do, the higher profit; but all would then be enabled to thrivo, and pay their workmen fair living wages.—I am, &c., AN EX-COALOWNER.
MR MERREI T'S ATTITUDE. I
MR MERREI T'S ATTITUDE. TO THE EDITOR. SIR. Rqferrin to the remarks of a correspon. dent in the Echo of to-day's date, to i remove any misapprehension which may possibly arise in the minds of some of the Cathays burgesses as to my attitude on the early closing movement, I desire to say that I wished to convey to the meeting that I am emphatically against working long hours in shops or any other trade, and I am in favour of an universal eight hours' day all round. My opinion is that the best way to actain this in the case of shops, in order to meet the convenience of the working men, would be to proceed by working the trade with different shifts, which to my mind would give employment to thousands of men who are now unemployed. However, if it is shown that working by shifts is impracticable, I would then be in favour of early closinir.-I am, &e. Oet. 6, 1896, CHAS. MERRETT.
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WOMEN OF THE DAYs LADY JEUNE. Lady J euue is well known as a leader of the society that she so frankly criticised. Her house in old-fashioned Harley-street in London is not a gilded abodp of wealth, but as a salon where the notable men and women of the day gather it has few rivals in the British capital. The lions of literature and art go there to rub shoulders with the wearers of ancient titles. Dukes and duchesses, bishops, Cabinet Ministers, and even Royal personages rive to be seen there, though not a few of the guests may be --cretly afraid of their nisver hostess's tren. chant pen. She bad a serious tiff, a year or so ago, with the Duchess of Sutherland, in con- sequence of a published paragraph describing that lady's alleged literary ambitions. These the Duchess vigorously disclaimed, and she is said to have stigmatised Lady Jeune as an offensive tattler." The latter proved her ability, however, to hold her own against the attacks of her ducal antagonist. Lady Jeune was a Miss Stewart. Maokenzie, a member of the Scottish family whose head is the Earl of Galloway. As a girl she was married to Colonel Stanley, a son of Lord Stanley of Alderley. After her first husband's death she married a clever young lawyer, Franois Jeune, the eldest son of the late Bishop of Peter- borough. He has since been knighted, and is now President of the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice. Besides her social duties and her literary work, Lady Jeune is deeply interested in philanthropic work, and has organised several charities whose field is among the poor of the London slums. She is an intensely practical woman, with a strong sense of the responsibilities of wealth. The waste of money in mere vulgar or frivolous ostentation is the modern social blemish at which she has always pointed her sharpest arrows of criticism.
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND…
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED OCTOBER 8TH. 1702-(Anne)-Coinmodore Benbow, who was wounded when his attack on the Frenoh Fleet in the West Indies tailed through the cowardice of his captains on August 19tb. died. 1714-(Goorge I.)—The Earl of Dorset was made Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, in place of the Duke of Ormond. 1731—(George II.)—Dr. Francis Hare, Bishop of Sc. Asaph. was translated to the See of Chichester. Dr. Tanner was nominated Bishop of St. Asaph. 1774—(George III.)—John Wilkes was elected Lord Mayor of London. 1782—(George III.)—The Independence of the United States was acknowledged by a treaty concluded at the Hague—the provisional Treaty of Iudepyndence was not signed by England till November 30th. 1796—(George III.)—Spain declared war against England. 1813—(George III.)—The British Army, under Lord Wellington, entered France by the Pyrenees.
HYPNOTISM.
HYPNOTISM. The latest hypnotic story comes from Sweden. Mme, Ida Aalberg, otherwise the Baroness Uexkull, a Finnish rival of Sarah B«miia.idc, aud Eleonora Duse, is just now starring at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm. The Swedish publio appears to have been undemonstrative, and this so preyed upon the nervous system of the artist that she was seized with aphasia, or speechlessness, whilst performing in Suderinann's Glnck im Winkel," and had to go home to bed. Dr. Wetterstrand, the well- known specialist, was at once called in. Three hours before the next performance he is said to have hypnotised his patient, and then sugffetted that she should get up, proceed to the theatre, and play with full command of her voice and faculties. Quite unconsciously she obeyed the suggestion, and rather over-aoted her part, throwing far more energy than usual into her tones and gestures. The audience, ignorant of the truth, ayplauded eagerly, and the affair passed off with complete success. All that is now wanted I is that the hypnotist should be able to hypnotise bad actors and actresses into good ones.
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MUSICIANS AT SUPPER. 1
MUSICIANS AT SUPPER. FESTIVAL COMMITTEE ENTERTAIN THE NEW CONDUCTOR. 1 MR CO WEN'S NEW WORK. DISCURSIVE CHAT ON MUSIC. R F. H. Cowen, the eminent composer and the new con- ductor of theCardiff Triennial Musical Festival, is a most amiable and oblig- ing gentleman. For did he not at the close of the supper at the Park Hotel last evening offer, if need be, to sit upon the middle of the table so that all pre- sent may have an equal chance of chatting with him. What we want is a real round table, with you as KinL, Arthur," quoth Mr H. M. Thompson, who presided over the snug little supper ab which Mr Cowen was the guest of the Provisional Com- mittee of the Festival. There were only about a dozen of us present altogether, (says one of our representatives) and, the proceed- ings taking a conversational turn, Mr Cowen chatted freely, and told us with remarkable frankness his views upon other composers, past and contemporary of the power of certain works to draw, of the charm of Wagner, of the promise of D'Albert, of his ideal concert ball, of the magnetic personality of Sarasate, of Paderewski s genius, and why he wore his hair long. Many other things also of transcendent interest to the music lover he told us. I would *TVmu°ld you man? th'n £ this column, but jyir lr.ompson made to the company present at last night's supper the remark, "Cardiff Pressmen are very judioiuus." Treasuring which thought near my heart I put my pencil through my notes of many of Mr Cowen's most interesting remarks. It is not generally known that Mr Cowen has promised a NEW WOR FOR THE CARDIFF FESTIVAL 1898. As to my own work," he said last evening, I have nob been able to choose my subject yet, and I do not want to make a mistake in my choice. I think, if you will allow me, I will leave that open for a little while. I do not think it will be what I should call quite a sacied W°u length, I confess 1 should very much like to do a work that is worthy of the occasion. If all is well I hope to do longish work to last from an hour to an hour and a half, if that meets with your views." "Why not have 'Ruth'? I'm sure that iwould be very acceptable," cliitned in one of the committee. Mr Cowen smiled and said, "Oh, she'll keep; besides, she s going up to Manchester this year. As this is my tir"t festival here I shall be only too glad to write something. We might perhaps have Ruth in 1920," added Mr Cowen with a chuckle. Conversation then drifted on to the other works likely to be performed. The question of Handel s oratorios came up. The Messiah and Israel were chatted over. How about Judas ,NlAccatceus ? queried Mr Cowen Judas ranks next to the Messsiah in in the only oratorio of Handel's that can in any way compare with the 'Messiah from the point of view of drawing an audience. I certainly think Handel should be represented. Why not have Acis and Galatea A committee man at this point suggested Bach, Mr Cowen ejaculating, Oh, but do you think A CARDIFF AUDIENCE IS RIPE FOR BACH YZ'r ? Thus the conversation drifted on until Mr Cowen (who impresses one very strongly by his strong practical common sense), exclaimed, I think that the thing for you to do is to make up your minds what you think are going to be the two or three works to attract the Cardiff public. and then after that to do as much comparative novelty as you can. That would be my sugges- tion. I further suggested to your secretary, Mr Waite, that you might go on the lines of one or two of the festivals, which found they did not get on financially as well as they mighb, by engaging some one very prominent instrumentalist. It was found to answer very well at Norwich when they had Paderewski. You see it all depends who is the artiste before the public at the time. Now if the festival were to be next week I should say that Paderewski would be an immense draw. I am doubtful about Sarasate drawing well in Cardiff," Oh, Sarasate would, for we have had him here before," responded a committee man. Yes," exclaimed another, after he bad gone lots of people asked me if be was a conjurer. I'm certain that many took him for a juggler." Then a gentle titter went round the table, and Mr Cowen smiled. You want," he said, one of those artistes who seem able to draw all the audience to themselves. Whether it is attributable to the long hair or not it is difficult to say, but nevertheless it is a fact that all artistes with long hair and curious personalities always draw people better than other artistes who look like you and I." Here it may be observed that Mr Cowen is about as much unlike the ideal musician of the bundle of nerves and chrysanthemum headed variety as could well be imagined. Strong, hearty, and burly, with a powerful frame, fine head. and short hair, the new conductor of the Cardiff Festival looks EVERY INCH AN ATHLETE, But this by the way. The interesting observation of Mr Co wen's, quoted above, gave rise to a good deal of in- teresting conversation. It seems to me." said a committee man that it is a oase of men who are good copy. That is not it altogether though. There is no denying the talent of all these great men, but there is a certain magnetism about them that seems to draw all people unto them. Such men as Lizst, Sarasate, and Paderewski are among the very few who can draw an audience absolutely by themselves. One or two present were inclined to prolong the long hair question, and urged that the great draw was the man with a legend attached to his name, but the chairman turned the conversation into more practical grooves. With regard to Grieg's possible presence at the festival Mr Cowen said that he had had a reply from the great composer, but that nothing definite had been promised at the piesent moment every thing was conditional. There was also mentioned the possibility 7of Sir Arthur Sullivan coming down to conduct one of his works. How about some Welsh musi3?" urged one committee man, but the matter fell through, and a proposal was made to the effect that something be performed of SOMB CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH COMPOSER. This was m response to a generous observation from Mr Cowen that he would be sorry that he should be the only English contemporary com- poser represented. After this other names were mentioned—Hubert Parry, Mackenzie, and Stanford. So far as Parry was concerned it was proposed that it would be well to approach him and ask whether he would be willing to write a work for the festival. The idea at present is to have all the performances at the festival, or at any rate the majority of them, in the evening, and the suggested outline is some- what as follows :-(1) Elijah or Judas," or Acis and Galatea 11 and another (2) Wagner evening (3) Concerto and" Acis and Galatea," or another (4) Mr Cow»n's new work and miscellaneous, or possibly Grieg; (5) Paradise and Peri. You must think of the financial and I of the artistio side of the matter," was the very shrewd observation of Mr Cowen. Many things did the great composer tell us concerning his appreciations of his contemporaries, but I remember the chairman's observations and bold my peace. At length, when midnight npproached and a very instructive evening closed, we all left pondering over the axiom: If an artiste does not have long hair and is a draw,' then he is a phenomenon
JOURNALISTIC LAMENT.
JOURNALISTIC LAMENT. The St. James's Gazette utters a plaintive lament over "the painful dearth of copy." And yet the St. James's has been one of the fiercest opponents of the Armenian agitation. Why, lor bless you, that agitation has been a perfect Godsend to every newspaper in the country. It has furnished reams of copy" for worried leader writers, and has done away with half the horrors of the silly season for the poor sab-editor. It has kept down the sea-serpent. It has abruptly ter- minated the crop of giant mushrooms and six- footed pigs. It has altogether annihilated the freaks." It has put an end to the usual discus- sion on Early Marriages," Is England likely to suffer from Earthquakes ?" and Do Parrots like Pork ?" Make no mistake about it, the Armenian agitation, no matter what they may say, has won the blessings of every journalist. Now it is dying out, and the sub-editor's brow is furrowed with care once more. Again the hideous message is conveyed through the speak- ing-tube, "Three columns short." And the editorial staff sit feverishly waiting for telegrams, eagerly yearning for Dreadful Suicides," Horrible Murders," and Destructive Gales." Inquests and Cycling Accidents are grweted with wild ioy. Grave Rumours and Serious Situations are effusively welcomed. Still there are columns left unfilled. And having on one or two occasions experienced the same thing myself, I sincerely condole with the St. James's Gazette on its pain- ful dearth of oopy. "-Sporting Chronicle.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A GENERAL'S…
NARROW ESCAPE OF A GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. Lieutenant-General Shaw, the well-known Indian veteran, whose daugbter had so narrow an escape of death, has been interviewed by the Hampshire Independent. General Shaw was living at a vicarage in the Isle of Wight. The house is tbe model of a haven of rest. Enclosed in its own grounds, it rests beneath the shadow of the village church. In the trees were nests of sweet songsters, who are never disturbed. The General would be recoguised as a soldier at once. His manly, upright bearing, his pleasant voice-ail told you that you stood in the presence of one of Nature's gentlemen. I explained to the General," the reporter writes, that I desired, with his consent, to obtain some explanation as to the narrow escape of his daughter. "At that he brightened visibly. 'You must know,' he said, I'm just a bit of an enthusiast on this point; but the tile is very short. Nearly two years ago my daughter—the one you referred to—c»me home from India, and when I joined her in London I found her ill in bed. She had rheumatic and neuralgic pains; she was perfectly bloodless, listless, and in a generally weak and prostrate condition. We called in a doctor, and I am bound to say that he succeeded in getting her out of bed; but she was still absolutely colourless, was in great wretchedness, and suffer- ing from what I should call anaemia or bloodless- ness. She had a kind of fever, nervous headache, and other pains. Well, we went to the Isle of Wight, and there I first heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. My daughter used the first box. and they had a marvellous effect upon her. She regained her colour; she lost her pains, and became altogether different; and after she had been taking them some time she came in one day after her walk and said to me, "Why, father, I feel quite a glow through me." She went on taking the Pills, and I am glad to tell you that she recovered completely. I recom- mended Dr, Williams' Pink Pills to all with whom I came in contact, and all who took them derived great benefit therefrom. I myself, when I have heard of people being ill, have taken them or sent them some of these Pills With what result V I asked. "'Well,' was the reply, 'my daughter's recovery was due to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People without a doubt. Their effects were marvellous, and I did not speak without first ascertaining the facts. I have had a great deal to do with medical men in this country and in India, and they laugh at the idea that patent medicines cure any disease. But I have given you this case, and that I know I won't deal with any beyond my own personal experience and knowledge, further than to say that the results have been satisfactory.' 50 Then I may say, General, that your daughter's recovery was due to Dr. Williams' Pink PiUs ?' Decidedly,' replied the General, and, ab I said, I have heard of other cases of a similar character, but into them I will not go, as I prefer only to tell you what I know to be true from my own personal observatIOn, EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER. It may be interesting, and is certainly im. portant, to record that this remarkable cure proved permanent. The events described in the above interview occurred a year and a half ago. Miss Shaw has been personally visited at her father's house in St, Leonard's within the last few days, and remains in robust and perfect health. The cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale People are permanent. They are unlike any other medicines ever discovered, in that they cnre so many diflerent ailments, such as palpita- tions, anaemia, pale and sallow complexion, geueral muscular weakness, loss of appetite, shoitness of breath, pains in the back, early decay, rheumatism, all forms of female weakness, hysteria, low vitality, paralysis, locomotor ataxy, sciatica, and wasting strength Hrom any cause. These Pills are genuine only with the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and are sold by chemists, and by Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46. Holhorn-vinduct, London, E C., at 2s 9d a box, or six for 13s 9d. Pink pills sold loose or from glass jars are not genuine do not accept them.