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Williams, Y.H. (blaenoriaid), Mri. H. O. Hughes, J. Griffiths a'r Parch. R. Parry Jones,—pob un yn dwyn tystiolaeth uchel i gymeriad a gwasanaeth Mr. Hughes. Daeth i Warrington o Sir F6n, chwe blynedd ar hugain yn ol, gan ymaelodi yn yr Eglwys Gymraeg, ac fe'i dewiswyd yn flaenor yn 1897. Bu llwydd yr achos yn agos at ei galon, ac nid oes neb a wyr pa sawl un a ddaeth o Gymru a gadwyd rhag myned ar ddisberod trwy ei ffyddlondeb a'i garedigrwydd ef. Dymuniad pawb ydyw am i'r ddau gael eu harbed am flvnyddau lawer, a pharhau i fod o wasanaeth mawr yng ngwinllan cu Harglwydd. Wedi gair gan Mr. Hughes ei hun, diolchodd v Parch. R. Parry Jones a Mr. A. Woodward i Mr. a Mrs. Hughes am yr arlwy, ac i'r cadeir- ydd. y cantorion, etc., ac i Mr. D. J. Price, yn nwylo medrus yr hwn yr oedd yr holl drefn- iadau. Gwasanaethwyd wrth yr offeryn gan Miss Bibby a Mr. R. J. Williams. Terfynwyd cyfarfod gwir dda trwy ganu Hen Wlad fy Nhadau.—Bendith arnoch. Gymdeithas Lenyddol Warritigton.Chwef. 11, cynhaliwyd cyfarfod cystadleuol blynydd- ol y plant,—y cyfarfod yr edrychir ymlaen ato fwyaf o holl rai'r tymor. Cystadleuaeth ad- rodd, Wyt ti yn fy ngharu i, i rai dan 10 1, Megan Price 2, Dorothy Griffiths; 3, Caradog Jones. Arholiad ysgrifenedig, i rai dan 15: 1, Mary Griffiths; 2, Blodwen Peris Jones; 3, Blodwen Emanuel Jones. Canu Dennis, i rai dan 10 1, Dorothy Griffiths; 2, Caradog Jones. Canu Garnant, i rai dan 15 1, Blodwen Emanuel Jones 2, Megan Wood- ward 3, Blodwen Peris Jones. Adrodd Oweddi Foreuol, i-rai dan 12: 1, Caradog Jones 2, Megan Price 3, Roy Price. Paentio The Allies' Flags, i rai dan 15: 1 a 2, Nellie Griffiths 3, Master Idwal Parry Jones. Cyfieithu ffigyrau o Gymraeg i Saes- neg, i rai dan 10 Dorothy Griffiths, Megan a Roy Price-y tri'n gydradd. Adrodd Cyngor i Blentyn, i rai dan 15: 1, Blodwen E. Jones 2, Caradog Jones. Woollen Cuffs rhannwyd v wobr rhwng Megan Price, Jessie Howard, atDorothy Griffiths. Cyfieithu o'r Gymraeg i'r Saesneg, i rai dan 12 1, Glyn Parry Jones 2, Blodwen E. Jones 3, Megan Woodward, Cyfansoddi geiriau Cymraeg o lythrennau a roddid ar y pryd 1, Mary Griffiths a G. Parry Jones 2, BIodwen Peris Jones 3, Blodwen E. Jones. Crynhodeb o Bregethau, i rai dan' 19: 1, G. Parry Jones; 2, Blodwen Peris Jones. Her-unawd, i rai dan 20 1, Blodwen E. Jones; 2, Megan Woodward. Canu ton ar vr olwg gyntaf, i bob oed Mrs. Morgan. Beirniaid Canu, Mrs. W. T. Williams a. Mr. Willie Hughes adrodd, Mri. J. H. Jones ac I E. T. Edwards cyneithu, Mri. John .11.1;01 a J. E. Jones cyfansoddi geiriau, Mr. W. T. Williams, Y.H. painting, Miss Richards a Miss Jennie Roberts crynhodeb o bregethau, y Parch. E. T. Davies, Rhyl. Un o'r cyfar- fodydd goreu a gafwyd yma erioed, a thystiol- aeth pawb ydoedd ei fod yn ateb y diben i'r dim, sef dysgu'r ieuenctyd i gymryd rhan yn gyhoeddus. Rhoddwyd te i'r plant yn rhad gan chwiorydd caredig yr eglwys. Diolch- wvd i bawb wnaeth unrhyw beth at lwydd y cyfarfod gan y Parch. R. Parry Jones. Llywyddwyd gan Mr. Willie Hughes, y beim- iad canu, ac aeth trwy raglen faith yn hynod drefnus ft hwylus.—E. R. EGLWYS WEASTE (A.).—Cafwyd cyngerdd arall yngtyn &'r eglwys uchod y 6ed cyfisol, Mri. E. R. Morris a Mr. Gwilym T. Jones yn gofalu. Llwyddodd y brodyr i gael gwasan- aeth doniau da, sef Miss Lee, o g6r merched Manchester, sydd dan fatwn yr arweinydd medrus, Mr. Edwards o Pendleton Mr. Dav- id Jones, Moss Side; Mr. W. A. Jones, Bagillt. Adroddwyd gan Miss Marjorie Thomas. Y cadeirydd oedd Mr. R. J. Will- iams, Eccles,—brawd parod ei gymwynas i bob achos da. Dibennwyd drwy i Mr. Ed- wards, Pendleton, arwain yn yr Anthem Genedlaethol. Y nos Saboth dilynol, canodd Mr. W. A. Jones, Bagillt, yn yr oedfa er boddhad pawb ac nid rhyfedd, oblegid y mae Mr. Jones yn gerddor o radd uchel, ac wedi arwain cymanfaoedd canu.-Arfonydd. EGLWYS WEASTE (A.), MANCHESTER.— Mae'r Parch. W. Washington Jones, Weaste, wedi cydsynio a'r alwad a gafodd o Hermon, Ystradfelite, Aberdar, ac i gychwyn ar ei waith yno ddechreu Mai. Dechreuodd ei weinidogaeth yn Salem, Bagillt, a bu yno dros 16 mlynedd, a symudodd yma i Salford yn y flwyddyn 1905. Ma 'n bregethwr da, a'r galwadau amdano o Gymru ac eglwysi'r dref yma a'r cylchoedd yn profi hynny y mae yn weithiwr rhagorol, ac wedi pregethu a dar- lithio llawer yng Nghymru a Lloegr i gynorth- wyo eglwysi gweiniaid, wedi bod yn flaenllaw gyda'r Eglwysi Rhyddion, ac yn gefnogydd eiddgar i Ddirwest, a chymdeithasau eraill. Bydd yn golled fawr i'r cylch i'w golli oddi yma. Yr ydym o galon yn dymuno'i lwydd yn ei faes newydd.-Aelod.
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" The Poacher," I
The Poacher," I By J. O. FRANCIS. One hardly expected to make acquaintance with one of the most promising of the new school of Welsh Dramatists in a Liverpool Music Hall. Yet so it was, for at the Olympia Mr. J. O. Francis' sketch The Poacher is being played this week by Welsh actors. We think this is Mr. Francis' first, appearance before a Liverpool audience, and notwith- standing a certain prejudice against music halls in general we could not resist the temptation to see this example of his art. After reading Change--wliieh gained for the author Lord Howard de Walden's prize and was received with such acclamation by the London critics—we anticipated a treat. Nor' were we disappointed. The suJfiect certainly was rather hackneyed and centred round the conflict between the old life and the new in a recently converted Welsh poacher but by skilful characterisation and some deft human touches the dramatist fully sustained the interest of a music hall audience,—always rather a difficult matter with this class of work. We had of course the deacon with his pompous moralising and as usual when the deacon proved,in spite of his selfrighteousness, to be the "usual" hypocrite, the old poacher, shocked by the revelation, succumbs once more to his old Adam. We fear the Welsh deacon is going to become an obsession with the Welsh dramatist, the same as the comic stage Irishman was to the Irish drama until Bernard Shaw killed him beyond hope of serious resurrection. The now Irish Drama has got rid of him and back to the national Irishman, and we hope one day to see a Welsh play where the Welsh deacon is not such a hopeless automatic and self-evident hypocrite as our dramatists would have us believe. Let us be portrayed as we are and not as the superficial observer would have us be. Not- withstanding this the sketch was very enjoy- able, though perhaps hardly worthy of the author's reputation. The touch of the true dramatist was easily felt, and made us long to see his Change produced. Why do not some of our local amateurs try such a play,instead of producing dramas which are only so in name, and quite unworthy generally of the care lavished on their production ? But a word as to the acting. The players were very good, especially Miss May Hopkins, though perhaps a little over emphatic— which is the usual fault of music hall acting, striving as it does after broad effects. To complete the Welsh atmosphere we had Dafydd y Garreg Wen, softly played by' the orchestra very feelingly it would have delighted Harry Evans to hear his favourite Welsh air thus, and added much to the pleasure of the production.—L.