The Cambria Daily Leader

THE BATH AND WEST SHOW fevransea. lias started well. Yester- day's attendance at tho Bath and W&st Show was well in advance of what has I been registered on the first day else- where in recent years., and there, are in- dications that as the days proceed the town will maintain its place in the j Annals as holding the records for | everywhere outside the immediate hom-e of the Bath and West Society. It is quite possible that, amid all the entini- siasan and attraction of the occasion, "crne people might be tempted to ask: tV hat is the real use of such institu- [tiaiis? One answer is quite clear up-ern tho surface. Such an exhibition is an occasion wlwm breeders of various kinds of farming stock can put their possessions to the test of the competi- tive element. Men's fancier and liking have a wide rango of diversity over which to wander. Tito sporting ele- ment enters into many of them. The. cattle breeder on the one hand finds! pride in owning an animal that' wins a prixe just as much ais does the owner of a famous racing yacht. But there is this difference, 'apparent as one looks around such a scene as that in the Jiath and Wost Showground this we*?k—that the result of the latter is found in the benefit that it bestows upon the agriculturist. The. more perfectly cattle can be reared, the greater the chance of success to agriculture as a Witole. This the judges of such exhi- bitions have in mind. In s-hire horses they look for the graxrefully sloping patterns that denote <jar;y action and greater pulling power. In tJieep they leak for the even growth of coating and the well rounded limbs that indicate the best results in wool and mutton. In cattle they look for the evidences that prove capacity for milk-giving and beef- giving. All over th4 country fanners and fanciers arc busy all the yurc round, fostering the multiplication of ilwks and herds, selecting the most promising prodnœ, and maintaining their stocks in tho best- possible condi- tion. Suœœs or. failure can be ascer- ?t,ain,o(f by but one test, and that is the test of collective comparison in places where all gathered come into competi- tion for the favours of accredited e)&-i perts. As one walks amongst the varied ranks of. stalls at, the Swansea ground this week ho finds manifold in- dications of differences of idotil and of opinion, but the end is the same, in that I it encourages the necessarily constant struggle for the atinment of perfec- tion.

THE FREE CHURCHES AND AI LITURGY. The expression. of opinion which came from the Moderator of the GenBral; Assembly at Liverpool this week to the I, effectthat the Free Churches of Wales might well consider the question of re- vising their form of service, does not fall upon unprepared ears. Among the younger men the advisability of I some form of liturgy has been discuss-cd for a long time, and the balance weighs over in favour of a variation in the I system under which the Sunday gather-^ ings are, from start to finish, in the I hands of one man. There is) of course., a school which will give. any proposal to introduce even the briefest liturgy their most strenuous opposition. This is the school in direct line. of d«scent to that which was shocked when musical instruments wero broug11 t into use in the froo churches, the school which re- gards.a liturgy as tending to sacerdotal- ism. But another generation has come to the iront, which would give the wor- shipper ;i more- intimate part in the service and would accord him sumethin-g to do besides joining in the singing of hymns. "We? only outline the position here, 10- oarse its discussion in detail is not a matter for the lay press. But we would emphasise the significance of the tnovement as betokening that, when disestablishment- has become law of the land, the relations between A liturgical and Free Church of Waies, and the other churches now known as Noncon- formists, will be nearer., AY-o do not think that the present bitterness of feol- i fig will last. It will gradually disap- pear; and wo arc s-anguiue eawjugh. to believe that, in the course of years, the younger nwi in the Free Chuirohes of Wale." will bo working togetlier heartily m their common purpose. Definite re- union is a drea.ji). A union wliioli wiil altow all parts in x-1k> tHx-desiaisticai body 3, considerable amount of la I it vie in thøir doctrinal aad admini&fci'si.tiyo views, is quite pcssible within our time. Non- conformity in Walc,6 is moving towards it now. The Free Church of Wales cam- not keep out of that movement.

The. needs of Brynhyfryd are being carefully watched on the Council by Mr. Councillor Evan Jones, who has just se- cured. a promise that the electric light- ing of E-tlon-r(-,ad,- as far as the present tram terminus, shall be considered. At present the lighting leaves much to bo desired in effectiveness, and the exten- sion of the electric light well into Rryn- hyfryd will be a boon keenly appre- ciated by the inhabitants. Councillor W. G. Lloyd is also interesting himself in a similar question with regard to Neath-road. It's dogged as does it, and we do not doubt that these two excel- lent ward representatives will secure the reforms in lighting for which they ape now agitating.

A JUDGE AND WALES. We are authorised to state that with r^g-ai-d to t-lve recently reported utter- ance of Judge C-uor respecting Welsh- men, his honour washes to expirees his Biueesro regret that he used, the expres- sion, and to say that he had no desire that his statHnczii should be meant as a reflection upon Welshmen generally. jTho Judge is hut;.self Welsh on his mother' s side

VALLEY RAILWAY AND THE SHOW To the Editor, Sir,—I would thank you for drawing the attention of your readers in the Swamea V alley t the unfairness of the Midland Railway towards t-heill JJ1 regard to the issuing of cheap tickets to the Bath and West Show this week. Handbills have been freely distributed by the company stating that tickets will be issued to Swansea (to tho show) from all parts within a radius of 200 miles, Swansea Vale excepted," at a fare aud-a-third, minimum Is. Whv don't they allow the same privilege to the inhabitants of Swansea Valley- especially the upper part? Considering that this branch pays the com- any as good returns, if not better, than a.nv other on their system, I think tV-- should not havo inserted" Swansea Vale cvcept.ivl. Where are our Cham bers of Trade ?— Yours, etc., 0. L. J. Ystalvfei-a,, May 28, 1914. 0. L. J

WELbH BIBLE IN BRAILLE -To the Editor. Sir,—Many of your readers will doubt- less be interested to read the enclosed letter which I received from Mr. C. Arthur Pearson, of the National Insti- tute for tho Blind, in answer to illV re- quest that the Welsh-speaking blind should Lave a Welsh Bible in thej Braille type, and also that books should j be Brailled in the English language dealing with the history and literature of Wales. When this becomes an ae- complished fact, I trust that all blind j persons able to read Welsh will at least do all they can to procure some volumes-of the Bible.—Yours, etc., David T. Rees. [Enclosure. ] 27th May, 1914. David J. Recs, Esq., 32, Cae-bricks-road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea. Dear sir,—The Editor of Progress has read me your letter, which I under- stand he is printing in his magazine. I shall certainly ta,kü up the question of the Bible and a supply of educative and recreative books in Welsh, and have every hope that something definite will be done in the near future.—Yours faith- fully, C. Arthnir Pearson.

H lT DEPA ULT OF PA. YMENTr To the Editor. Sir.—Nearly 80,000 persons were, ac-' cording to the latest annual report of H.M. Prison Commissioners, committed to prison in default of payment of fines during the 12 months to which the re- port relates. It is needless to dilate upon the suffering so caused, not only to the actual otienders, but to tiieir families. I There is a Bill now before Parliament which, should it become Law, will, it is hoped, have the effect of reducing this enormous number of commitments. 1 Meanwhile the Church Army is pro-! Spared, to give faaLtK- in ]) L-, C-'i w, oj we have a Labour Home, to men sen- tenced to payment of a. fine, and im- prisonment in default and willing to work, to earn the auiount of the xiiiv, by working at our Labour Home, by ar- rangement with the oiffcer-in-charge, a.t such hours as will not interfere with their ordinary employment. We trust; that magistrates will avail themselves freely, of this opportunity, and will al- low time for payment of finos on con- dLtion of the offender working at the Houio. in his spare time until tho amount of the tir.e is earned. The ex- periment' hay already been successful in certain cases. We have brought this plan to the notice of the Home Secretary, and it has his full approval. We trust that the result may bo to do away with a very great number of instances of the prison stigi^a, being placed upon men who are oiten little (kEernng or it, and /rith a vast amount of sniftering to de- pendents.—Yours, etc., W. Cartile, I Hon. chief secretary. I

Going up in a lift. at 36-38, White- friars-strept, E.C., last night, a young woman cleaner named Hill, of Penton- place, Walworth, became caught in the automatic guard grate and was in- stntly killed.

Show Impression- I Things to be Noted. j OUT of the many i?LLha? cl- OUT' of lhe many b out the ?s?* pÐOpJf\ who read about te tt' :¡.j — and West of England Sh° Swansea, there are bound to be a grt?'o many wao have never visited ? these historc .metillgs, as the^ arg ?Uied, and it is for the benefit o £^ inteje?t?d p.eop k t!a:t Tite v?n?i & j? deavouring to create a prsona t pre?sion ot the show, from the p<? ? v?w of tl? un-a?ri?dtLu?J ?-? ?'  The nrst thing that strikes on entering the ?ho? -L'i t?? ?' pond<;rance of the different kinds  hibits. Flowers, grain, agrieult0 t 111lplmnts, working machinery, tractIon, and a tho?aud and oo.? ?<1?, thiQ?s, all have their P?.,d whuo the 6Lands ?prs?° tjLl' our colonies s.nd c??'? Dominions occupy prcnmient t-e?tiD?. poaitior?. Having ntn tile gauntlet of all these iotea-escing ^ega^^ iaons to In gcr, one comes to th?o ??'? jj ring, but there is &tÜI a long waV  90  before ono reaches the peuR 4; sc? artything which, in th? k1i gests the fact t]?, one of tho S?"?' ? of o? <tgneult IlnÜ shows i& being here. Howevea-, on arriving at the [J1Ø 1j oue may be luoky enough to see of the jumping or other oomp LeØ H'lid those will provide e,xcitkOL enough and to spare. Despite the gJ t.be I ing poipulari ty of the motor-car? horse still has its lovers in. 11 numbeis, aud these find an tlr. excited pk-atiure in the JuJ'¡ld ing events, niatsica-l chairs; a. qJ '11 t ,I )< polo-hall competitions, showing J they do, the pitch of ir-,tclligej-lco j1 well trained horse Having j.pent sufficient time at The show ring, one proceeds further to to part w here the stock is housed, here even the rawest of t<)wnies,J bound to Tt IS Indeed rii.i-ely that it is possible to cØ' cattle in such a pmk of tb dition as at a show like the 13atb and West, and, therefore, there is small wonder that cro throng around the pens, and ask herdsmen questions tLat seem to aoo them hugely. .?J ? I have only m?mtioce? tio prin^P^ attractions so far, bui there ? } flower show where some g?orious blo??a .4- h ore IS are to be seen; model dairies, wher?% produce bufur and choeM that 1Ø-tti- t,?- mouth water; a forestry and hor!W cuJtur&I gallery where 1t.r1'JS arO d& K\ ered at intervals, and l<?t. b'li far from least there is the band of b Royal Marine Artillery, conlncted ø Lieut. B. S. Green, M.V.O. Wheal .9l is tired of walkwg-and one can v j9 tfiiles without seeing everythiog-—1 a pleasure to stop and listen band, for—to use a Yankee thia-se they can play some." Having done the shmr thoroi^^ or as thoimughly as timo will P<rn?? there is &ne thought that is bcrtD-d istrike eveiyono, ^and thai is ?.? excellence of the aj'mngementt? wb:141,jo a coxr^Kirai tvoly small space h?,fo !nappe<l things out so conci?iy th" can waLk for miles without aipP?'?M going &ut of the Park. In. adclitdoii^ I aH8ir. arc so excellently managed it seems almost imp4c,,?ble for a. '?'? to occur. 1.0 Sv.-ausea Iwlds a high neoord for show, but, if this yes eyen;ti II 01 with the sticcess that it merits, town ought to siirtva^'s her-r-lr all recoi<N Itr-. •.•. cai>if3f is likely to -Uy o. T. 0. ———— THE JUMPERS. -,t •it I, « For thousands of people wbn this, week and next visit the Bath West Show, the principal attra £ will be the jumpixjg conteste. y j??i irresistibly to a1'1 sorts and  lions, to the man who cannot teh, 09' class of hone from another as D1clt 0f to the exj^rt well up in aU the poi-Ilt6f the perfect a?uma, It is easy t°  .stand why. There are few more bell tiful sights Ulan that of a horse toill- ?e re,, a fenc,; ?r?c'eIuUy, or speeding UP p parakxry to a &tifi water jump. ?f<! Ypsterda-y? events at the sbol'Ir "Crd watched by a crowd -which thick^ ,eLl- circled the ring. It was a symp? ot'lc crowd. It??rrowful "1.)h"s" fortilo uder who met with misfortune, ,ba just shaveù the pMC? of timber o& ?ate, or touched a. brick on top .?' <? wall jnmp, were heartfelt expr???r regret. Its applause fOT "b dean formance, in which wall, water jump w ere alb. cJc?oriy ma?'?' water jump m-ei-O alli Inhere is v-ari."Ly fofr spectator. The jumpers appe? ? inform to no ? rn)&- 'Ø1J. the compctitionK yesterday »n ?"j?), t  which appeared to tho nnjnitt:,t (I ?to lack the fire and ner* t4 its rivals, wOlÙd canter up gently "cPleqf the gate and the wall, ?ud then ? '[g? them a? If they were but c^s1^i)c0 staclos in the wa; the pertorM?j" seemed to lack effort. Perhaps  ceeding it would oomo a horse wl"o,.o rider would set it grimly, and ?? 9? the work; it would come with the work; it would come with ? ? strides to the brick wall and talc ftving- £) xW Alas, the leap has not been T?p .Q CN preparation, and the symjKithe ?c??" damations of 6pectators attest tLJoesø fact that one hoof has just grazed? j??? brick. And another "Oh," s?tl ^4 sorrowful, explains that a.t the test, one of these slips of wood ???4' rests on the gato has been dï:pla, ÍJ!c, But r&?ly is there a trinity of t.r'f olr The animal which fails at the stacks ?enera,Hy takes a water 1;^ -ti?? though it were the easiest leap 1 world. Not always a.re the jumpers t? a.ct? when they get into the ring. bad who competed yesterday afternJ1. hr( who competed yesterday afterc?0 cOlwiderahle diiEcuItv in gett? h?r?p to f:M? the hrxt obstacLe. ? | secoiKl it baulked. The third i,? not successfully clear. The lovely aiiiiiial-on,e of the "ttiest iC];!1 ring during th? afkrnoon--was ???'3' out of tho contest. u^rflO^ And often there were h1;lØ tit-bits—as when » horse full went splendidly up to the ga V^f i then stopped to inspect it, or a s another approached the ohsta.c 4D tried to get around the ftJJlI There is excitement enough, aestP. enough, during the jumping °

Yfi IJ,¡ Three trawlers are to be  the Now South Wa,?s Gov-,? stj}.tØ which has decided to ,,tablisil n ^g}j- a agency for the supply of cheap Osb* The Rev. F. W. I?-nke. T'li+-- It ev- F. W. .z car St. Savour's, Denmark Park, ?"1'? p ptet-? b¡n appoint? incar ? ?"t? 1^ Brock?y', in STicoession ? io Rev. C. H. Grun d y. oiff '!f Rev. C. H. Grundy. officer 1 The Kent county ??i? c48<?'? ?kiug for the ?)p of -q,l thetbo sanitary auth?OTitiCS al'ld 'Chool a?ers in a general campus |0r ,gers in t of the bous-fly-  :1 Middl?x County Counci v-oTj o' j o pp roved the plans for approvf'<l th(} nlans for t e ('Š(iO .VI sana.torium, at a. (,'()':o' of £D¡, Il{¡5, ¡¡,Ii,(  ?0 U? .? ? with :Jœommodation for 260 P | Eastvvoodj nar SouthpuIL" j|