The Cambria Daily Leader

DU PATY DE CLAM. I ♦ Patriot's Death Recalls I Dreyfus Case. Paris, Monday.—The death is announced I of Lieutenant-Colonel Du Paty de Clam as the result of ill-health following upon wounds received at the front. It is not the Du Paty de Clam of Zola's famous lettet J accuse that Frenchmen will remember, but the good patriot. His epitaph will not be Du Paty de Clam is the whole Dreyfus affair," but the words of the army orders:-H He gave the finest example of courage in leading his troogs through fire to the assault. Twice wotmded, in the arm and the face, he nevertheless remained in command until the end of the engagement." At the result of the Dreyfus affair Du Paty de Clam's actions were investigated and be Was foand guilty of reprehensible conduct and retired from active service. In 1913, on the eve of the Presidential election, a Ministerial crisis was brought about by the reinstatement of this officer by the Miirister of War, M. Millerand. It was then explained that in 1911, during the Agadir incident, Du Paty de Clam had offered his services and was given a pro- mise for the future, which M. Millerand had fulfilled. At the outbreak of war Du Paty de Clam was reinstated, but, being desirous of avoiding service in the rear, *=*- which his age, 63, would have con- jpmned him, he enHsted on At 4, 1911. as a private in his son's company of Chas- seurs. He was subsequently given com- mand of the 117th Infantry, in which post he gained the Legion of Honour for dis- tinguished conduct His -r)n has lost a leg; his second son, who has been mentioned in dispatcher, commands a squadron of cavalry, the third commands a submarine, and the fourth is in hospital wounded.

RHEUMATISM-KIDNEY TROUBLE Rheumatism is due to uric acid crystals in the joints and muscles, the result of ex- cessive uric acid in the system that the kidneys failsjd to remove as nature in- tended, and this acid is also the cause of ba-ckache, lumbago sciatica, gout, urinary trouble, stone, gravel, dropsy. Estora Tab- lets. a specific based on modern medical science, are the successful treatment* and have cured numberle-sa obstinate oases afver the failure of all other tried remedies, which accounts for them super- seding out-of-date medicines sold at a, price beyond all but the wealthy. All Chemists, J/3 per box of 40 tablets, or postage free, from Estora Co., 132. Charing Cross Road, London. W" C. Agent." Boots. ÛM-h Chemists.

RECORD PRICE FOR WHEAT. A Cambridgeshire farmer sold 100 quar- ters of old wheat at the St. Ives, Hunts, market on Monday at the record price of. 70s. a quarter. The Board of Agriculture announces that, according to returns published by the International Statistical Institute, the area under wheat 4-his year in Canada is 10 per cent., in the United States 8 per cent., and in India 3 per cent, above the average. Estimates of the great crop from eight countries, representing 41 per cent. of the world's cfrop, put the yield at 1 per cent. oelow average. The United States crop is estimated at 5 per cent. below and the Canadian crop at 11 per cent. above the average.

Mr. and Mrs. Asquith returned to 16, Downing-etreet on Monday from the country.

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OUR SHORT STORY. l I THE EMPTY CHAIR. f By Alice and Claude /L??eu? 1 By Alice and Claude Askew. i — ———- — I've never yet told this 6tory to any one without observations being. made upon the hrfig arm of coincidence." That sort of thing only happens in novels." I'm always prepared for this remark, and sometimes, as a joke, I tell the yarn without mentioning names, just for dIe sake of eliciting the invariable I comment. I've even had bets on it—and won them. A coincidence like that couldn't occur in real life-it's impossible." So, my prosaic friends have assured me over and over again. Then, of course, I laugh and tell them that the happenings are true, and that I myself can vouch for them. I'm not 6ure that they are quite con- vinced even then. You're a novelist," I've been told, grudgingly, and so it's only to be ex- pec ted that coincidence should come natural to you." As a matter of fact, I'm certain that coincidences—or what we are pleased to look upon as such—do occur in real life far more frequently than is imagined, Bring the conversation round to the sub- ject and ask any one-I don't mind who it is-if he or she cannot cite some remark- able instance in his or her own experi- ence, and the chances are ten to one that the answer is in the affirmative, and that you will be asked to listen to a story quite as fantastic as any that brain of novelist has devised. Besides, I have my doubts as to what we call coincidences always being so in fact. Human understanding is still so limited, and there may be factors at work of which we have no knowledge whatever. I'm inclined to believe, for instance, that, in my own case, it was not chance alone tbat sent my wife ard myself to the Lake ■ district for our honeymoon, or that de- creed I should lose my way on the hills in a fog—with all that happened subse- quently. You see May-that is my wife—is, in some ways, a queer little person. She dreams dreams and sees visisions, though she will hardly ever speak of them, be- cause she was brought up in a strictly orthodox manner,, and Mr. and Mrs. Grt eon ing—the good people who adopted l hM-would have held up their hands in horror if they had suspected that there was anything unconventional about their I little girl. But the disposition, the power —call it what you will-was there all the same. Had May been of Scotch extrac- tion—she might have been for all I knew when I married her-folk would have said of her that she was occasionally fey," which means, I takeit, that she has what we would call mediumistic I I faculties. Anyway, it was she who proposed that we should spend our honeymoon at the I Lakes. Far my part, I had contemplated a trip abroad But, of course, I was ¡ ■ ready to yield to her whim. VVrhv the Lakes particularly, dear? I inquired. I don't know exactly," she replied, a delightful flush coming to her soft cheeks at this, her first opposition to my will. But I have always felt that I should love the English Lakes better than any other part of the world. And I've been dream- ing of them lately.-nigbt after night. It's just as if they were calling me." So that is why we decided to spend our honeymoon in Cumberland, and people may say what they like about the long arm of coincidence in connection with what followed. T may be forgiven for having my own ideas on the subject. Just a word or two about May and my- self before I go any further. She had been adopted, when quite a baby, by the Green- ings, most excellent kind people, who owned a nice property at G-lenholt, the delightful Sussex village where I had. elected to rent a cottage in order that I might enjoy peace and quietude while completing some literary work which I had allowed to hang fire overlong. My cottage happened to be on the Greening estate, and the two old people soon showed themsel ves to be of a very friendly dis-1 position. Mr. Greening had been a barrister of repute. Unfortunately, a slight deaf-1 ness, following a gun accident, had inter- fered with his own career, and so, having a good fortune of his own, he had settled down with his wife in the country. Just, before doing so, however, the couple, be- ing childless, and loving children, had adopted May in circumstances which were rather peculiar, and to which I shall re- vert later on in the story. These circum- stances were only told me in conifdence when I proposed for May's hand-she her- self was the fLrft to speak of them, and Mr. Greening went into details later on. May was just twenty when I first, met her—in the springtime of life—and if ever a name suited its owner, May's suited her. She made one think of nothing so mUehl' as a tender apple blossom, and ahe had none of the hoydenish ways of the modern girl. She was of the spring, of the coun- try, fresh and fragrant as the budding dower tipped with dew—and yet there was that intensity in her clear, violet eyes which denoted that to her the world was wider and more wonderful than it is to the everyday man or woman. But I won't attempt to describe her further- she is my wife. I fell in love with her at once, and she -weB, she soon learnt to reciprocate my affection. I have knocked about a good deal all over the world, and so I co«J.d tell 4ier of queer out-of-the-way places that I have visited, and -she loved nothing better than to sit. listening to the stories I had to spin of my adventures. Curiously enough, it was of the rougher parts of Ehirope that she preferred me to speak— Russia, the Balkan States, and Hungary particularly, I remember.. She was loss interested in places further afield. For herself sh e was quite a country mouse; she had hardly ever been away from her home more than three or four times in her life—the Greenings were not people who cared about travelling, you see. Well, I didn't gef through much work that, autumn, but I fell more and more in love every day instead. At last I proposed, nd was accepted-su bjeot to my not being dissuaded from my intention when those i circumstances to which I have referred— and which Iimay say, at once, reflected upon May's pammtage—were revealed to me. 1 was not dissuaded. My nature is not like that. On the contrary, I regarded May as A little heroine of romance, and loved her all the more. I have .some small independent means, besides what I earn with my pen, eo it 4lid oot-matter to ukle)14 that my people raised objections, and tried to put obstacles in the way. My father and mother—bless them!—were not happy, but when they saw that I was determined, they gave in and consented to receive May as a daughter, but my two aunts, the Misses Anne and Lavinia Burdon-from whom I was supposed to have expectations —took a high hand, and said they would shut their door upon me if I married May. This made my mother weep, but did not affect me—love is the essential, after all. I quite thought that May would be overjoyed at the idea of visiting on her: honeymon some of those places which I had told her about; therefore, her sug- gestion of going to the English lakps took me by surprise. But her word was law, so I hired a comfortable motor-ear—I fancy that I can drive a car as well as most men—and engaged rooms at Keswick which we decided to make our head-j quarters. We were married in April—quite at the end of the month; it would have seemed an anomaly somehow to have married May at any time of the year but in the spring. My parents came to the wedding, but the Misses Burdon kept studiously away-nor did they even send a present. I suppose they'll leave all their money to Robert's boy now," my mother pined with a sigh. My uncle Robert's son is a sanctimonious young prig, whom I cor- dially detest, but I replied that he might have the money and welcome—I had won something that was worth more than; gold. j Well, I can pass right on to the day, when I met my adventure, onlvimention.1 ing—as a curious fact—that May, on several occasions, manifested what I can only describe as a clairvoyante knowledge of sceneg and places which we visited. "I have seen them in my dreams," she said, with a emile, and this must have been true, for it was an undoubted fact' that she. in the flesh, had never been in that part of the country, nor was her in. formation of such a nature to have been acquired from any handbook. It was in the third week of our honey- moon—we had arranged to stay a month in the disti-ict-that one day I went out for a walk by myself, intending, of course,, to be back well in time for dinner. May had a slight headache, and preferred to remain quietly at the hotel, but, knowing how keen I am on rock-climbing, she sug- gested that this was an excellent oppor- tunity for me to have a scramble among the fells—" a day off duty "she called it. J I have done some mountaineering in the higher Alps, and so never thought for a moment of taking a guide, although T had no acquaintance with the hills that I proposed to negotiate. A good map and a compass were as much as I should need; besides; I had no intention of doing any actual climbing—May had begged me not to. as she would be nervous, and I had given her my word. It was she herself who suggested the route that I should take-I mustn't forget to mention that. Some lady at the hotel had been dilating to her on the lonely beauty of the Watendlath valley, and the hills and woods that hem it in. Why don't you go in that direction ? she Ug-I gested. I think I should like you to. And you'll tell me all about it after- wards? 11 So, I had no preference of route, I arranged to explore the Watendlath val- ley and the fells in its vicinity. There could not have been a more perfect day for such an expedition, and as I trudged along, now following -some mountain path, now striking out a track for myself over, the soft, springy turf of the hillside, I felt that it was good to be alive. I could dilate at length upon the beauty of that walk, even at the rifek of being tedious, but it has nothing to do with! my tale. The only material point is that1 I lost my way. I was rather amused at first, for I hadn't the smallest doubt that I should come out all right in the end. I con-: suited my compass, laying it down on a big boulder while I smoked a cigarette and admired the view. Then I took a path which promised to lead in the right I direction. That path meandered in an astonish- ing fashion; moreover, it was intersected by a number of other tracks. It l('d me through the most delightful scenery, i however, and so I went on and on, al- ways anxious to see what wis round the next bend, till I had realised that I had lost my bearing again, and it was high time for me to be on the direct route home. And then I found that T had left my compass upon that rock where I had placed it. I examined my map, but could not locate myself by it. And for the last two hours at least I had been walking without, meeting a soul. 1 might have been in a deserted land. I mounted a hillock, and looked about me for signs of house or habitation of any sort, but there was none—hill rising upon hill, rocky crag and wood-crested emin- ence—the same thing whichever way I gazed. A silver shimmer in the distam-e raised my hopes, and I thought I might be descending upon Derwentwater, but after walking for half an hour I discovered that what I had seen was nothing more than a mountain tarn. Then, to make matters worse, a mist drifted over the hills. The sun, nearly setting by now, was blotted out, and a heavy white mantle was thrown over the world. Very soon I could hardly see half a dozen yards before me, and if I had been following any path at all it was quickly lost. Of course, I made for the valley below, but the danger of my position was made manifest when I luckily pulled my- self up almost on the edge of a precipice the depth of which I eould not estimate because of the fog. I was in a parlous state, as I rea-Hsed when after one or two more attempts to direct my 6teps downwards the experience of the precipice was repeated every time Of course, what I took to be sheer falls may have been simple declivities. I couldn't tell in such a mist, and I dared not take any risl-s-who could say that an incautious step slight not prove fatal? And in the meanwhile time was passing. I managed to look at my watch, and real- ised that it was near the liotel dinner-' hour. I wa.s miles away from home, and did not know in which direction to turn. How anxious May would be! Poor little girl—suppose I did not get back at all that night, but had to remain out on the hills till the wTetched mist had paesed away? Had not somebody to!d me that these mists might hang about for days,I (To be Continued To-morrow.)

EIN HIAITH, fiN CWLAD, A'N GENEDl (Gan AWSTIN). Er mai ar wyliau Medi yr wyf yn treulio ychydig ddyddiau, y niae enghenion y Golofn Gymraeg, fel galwadau y rhyfel, yn ddiderfyn a difwlch. Felly, gwell dechieu cipdrem yr wythnos gyda nodlftd ar anfndwaith yr Ellmyn gyda'r ymwel- iad diweddaf a dalwyd a'n gwlad gan dair- ar-ddeg o awyr-longau nos Sadwrn a boreu y Sul. Tebyg iddynt lwyddo i lofruddio dau berson a chlwyfo tua. thri-ar-ddeg, ond llawenydd ma.wr i mi ydyw cofnodi, o'r ochr arall, fod y Zeppelin wedi e.i saethu a'i rhoddi ar dan gan ein liamddiffynwyr, ac i'r awyr-long anferth ddisgyn, ar dan ac yn chwilfriw, mewn maes ago red yn agos i Enfield. Mewn rhyfel gyffredin buasem yn teimlo rlivivfaint o olid am farwolaeth arswydus y dwylaw, oblogid llosgwyd hwy i farwol- aeth cyn i'r awyren gyrraedd y tir, ond am filwvr oeddvnt aHan i lofruddio gv/ragedd a phi ant, ac nid i ymladd a'u cydradd, nirI oes gennyf fi fymryn o alar i'w wastraffu. Dichon y bydd y dynghed ch werw o gael eu pobi rh wng nefoedd a daiar yn wers i ereill o giwk-,ifiiau-r gelyn i gadw ymaith, gan mai poethach v dTw'r croesaw y maent yn gael bob tro y deuant. Dyna ddigon am yr hanes, er fod yn ddiddadl gannoedd, os nad miloedd, o Cirmry Llundain wedi gweled golygfa nad allant byth ei hanghofio, pan yn syllu ar y peiriant llosgedig yn syrthio o'r cymylau a'r niwl. Sylwaf fod y gystadleuaeth am Eistedd- fod Genedlaethol 1918 yn cynhyddu, gan fod trefvdd y Deheudir yn awr ar ddihun, nid yn unig am fod Aberystwyth wedi profi poblogrwydd gwyl ddar.-ddi wrnod, ond am fod lie i obeithio, ac i ddisgwyl, y bydd y rhyfel ar ben ymhell cyn adeg cynnal Eisteddfod nesaf y De. Y mae dyfarniad Syr William Pickford ar bwnc cyflogau y glowyr wedi rhoddi terfyn ar y ddadl ddyblyg—pa un ai codiad o 12' v cant, neu ostyngiad o 15 y cant, oedd deg. Dim un o'r ddau, medd efe, yr hyn o'i gyfieithu yw Fel yr oeddych." Yn ol pob tebvgolrwydd, hefyd, bydd penderfvniad cyfarfod misol diweddaf Dosbarfch y Glo Carreg yn foddion i der- fynu dad] y swllt benthyg," hyd nes fo'r rhyfel ar ben. Gwir mai cyflwyno'r mater i-'r cyfrinfaoedd a wnawd, ond gan fod barn y cvnrychiolwyr tu cefn i'r cyflwyn- iad, y mae digon o synnwyr cyffredin vmhlith yr aelodau idderbyn a dilyn barn dog. Bydd cyfle i ail-agor y pwnc, gyda gwell rhagolygon, mewn gwedd arall, pan ddaw amser vstvried y priodoldeb o ffurfio cyhmdeb cyffredinol newydd i holl lowyr Deheudir Cymru a Mynwy. Hyd bynny, dan yr amgylchiadau, caffed amynedd ei pherffaith waith." Er fv mod ar hyn o bryd allan o'r cylch ym mha un y bu gwedthredoedd pwysig yr wythnos c'r blaen yn cynorthwyo mudiad priodol iawn i gydnabod tref Abertawe fel canolbwynt addysg gclfyddydol, y mae yn hyfryd gennyf longyfarch arweinwyr y bobl ar eu hymdrechion. Yng ngwyneb adroddiad Arglwydd Haldane a sefyllfa fasnachol a chelfyddydol y dref, ni ddylai fod lie i'r Llywodraeth asgoi y ddyled- swydd o wneud Athrofa Gelfau Abertawe yn Brifr-sgol. Nid yn unig y mae trefn- iadau addysg heb eu bath yn Neheudir Cymru yml., ond y mae y cylch gweith- faol yn ddigymhar. Nid annharawiadol fyddai cymhwyso rhai o linellau y bardd Americanaidd am Pittsburgh erbyn hyn at dref a chylch Abertawe: I am monarch of all the forges, I have solved the riddle of fire; The Amen of Nature to need of Man Echoes at my desire; I search with the subtle soul of flame The heart of the rocky earth, And hot from my anvils the prophecies Of the miracle years blaze forth." Gailaswn fyned ymlaen, fel Andrew Car- negie, i ddyfynnu pennill arall yn son am orch wyiion ein gweithfeydd—"And build the roads for the bannered march of Crowned Humanity," ond y mae yr hawl- iau yn ddigon cryfion heb angen lliwio na darlunio. Rhag i neb o'm darllenwyr dybio fv mod wedi troi yn Sais wrth rodiana deu- dvdd neu dri yn y Bettws—a gwyr pawb nad vw'r Bettws yn y byd—brysiaf i'w sicrhau fod y plwyf a'r pentre mor Gym- re.iga.idd, bron, ag yn amser Adda, a ther- fynaf gyda pheiiillion « Ta wela," Rhyd- aman, ar destyn y dywedwyd wrthyf, y dydd o'r blaen, sydd mor fyw ac erdoed, sef Hen Lanciau y Bettws," ydynt i fyny a'n hen dricie," fel arfer:— Hen lanciau mwvn y Bettws fad. Afradlon blant carwriaeth, Calonnau rhai'n sy'n llawn o frad Archollion gwaodlyd hiraeth. Fe doddi-dcalon hen Garnswllt Yn ddyfroedd gan yr heulwen Cyn toddid calon un o'r rhai'n Gan wen yn lly-gad meínwen r 0 Faesyquarre i Bentwyn, A draw yn mro ewincathan, 0 hellder Pantyffynon fwyn I diroedd Elin Morgan, Mae Ilawer gwraig yn llwvd ei gwedd A'i gwen yn llawn o ddagrau— I Mil haws yw dal y madyTi gwyllt Na thripdo un or llanciatt. O! na fai'r goedwig ar y hry* Am awr yn medru siarad, Caem glywed rhai dirgelion syn Am lanciau mor ddigariad. Mae'r adar man yn pyncio'n lan 0 lwyn i lWYll i'w gilydd, Ond nid mor ddenol y w eu can A min hen lane y mynydd! Ond cyn bo hir, daw terfyn haf, I A Hydref wedi hynny, Ac oer fydd eist-edd ger y tfin- Mil oerach yn y gwely! Fe di-y'r hen lan-c i chwilio'n ddwya Am un o'i hen gariadau, A rhyfedd eu bod wedi troi Boii un yn hen lancesau."

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[A BUILDER OFCiKESj Uk'l REMARKABLE 17 YtARS' BECOFiD OF THE VICAR OF OYSTERMjUIH I ALL SAINTS' REfiOVATiON The enlarged and restored Parish Church of U'stenuuuth, ilroh w'il be opened on Thursday next, September 7, when the new channel, and nave, and vestries will be consecrated, has a history reaching far back into antiquity. It was grey with age when the now crumbling castle, a few hundred yards distant, first raised its head hautily to survey the nollkJ sweep of Swansea Bay. Historians and antiquarians tell us so in unhesita- ting language, which brooks no contradic- tion. And the discoveries incidental to the restoration confirm their view. For instance, when the old organ chamber—built in 1870-was removed, and the plastering in the chancel was taken away, tlieiv was brought to light the re- mains of two ancient windows and a doorway, investigation of which wouldi wel repay the student of bygone ecclesia- stical architecture. One of the windows was of the 13th century design. But this in turn had. when built on, cut into a? still older one, traces of which still re- main. This article, however, is not a histori- cal sketch of the ancient church of All Saints'; it has to do with a restored church. Let it suffice, then. to say that in the new work, the progress of which has been so eagerly watched by the people of the village, all has been done with loving care for the work of the dead hands that wrought the old fabric. Nothing of histoi 'cal value has been des- troyed; and that well-known antiquarian, Col. Morgan, was consulted before a stick or stone was displaced, and fully ap-j proves of all that has been done. A VICAR'S RECORD. But if the old fabric is associated with the contemporaries of William the Nor- man, the new church and the whole mod- Ie rn activity of church work in the parish is intertwined with the vicariate of the Rev. Harold S. Williams, the present in- cumbent, who for nearly 18 years has been in targe. He has lavished more en- thW>iasmranJ energy on his cure, and his efforts have won the success they deserve. His is a record which must be unique in the diocese, and probably in Principality. It was in December, 1898, that he came to Oystermouth. A son of the late Canon Williams, one time vicar of St. Paul's, Llaneily, and later of Llangammarch Wells, Mr. Williams had previously held with marked ability curacies at Gowcrton and St. Jude's, and had been curate-in- charge of St. John's, Hafod, Swansea. Had be been in business or professional life, Mr. Williams would undoubtedly have got there." When he came to Oystermuth, there was but one church, the Parish Church of All Saints', with a mission room at Clyne. Since then many things have been accomplished. In 1899 and 1900 nearly £ 600 wit spent in renovating the Parish Church, which was in poor condition. The virile work of the vicar, ably seconded by his curate—there was but one at first, the Rev. Tudor Phillips, now vicar of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest—had filled the church, and it was with a view of reliev- ing the pressure on the Parish Church that the erection of St. Peter's, Newton, was mooted. In the autunA of 1903 the new church was opened, it cost up to date being approximately E9,000, and there is no debt. The following year the Vicarage House was completed, the proportion of the cost of this defrayed by the parishioners being £ 1,266. I DAY SCHOOLS AND A CHAPEL. It was in 1907 that the new and com- ) modious day schools were built—without doubt, the finest Church school in the county of Glamorgan, or in the diocese of St. David's. They had cost practically 94,000. The same year the late Mr. Graham Vivian built Clyne Chapel, Blackpill, at his own charge, the amount spent by the late squire being about £ 3,000. He fur- ther left £5,000 to endow the chapel. Prior to the erection of the new church here, mission services had been con- ducted at Blackpill Schoolroom. The Rev. Harold Williams did not rest. In 1908 a mission room that has done much good work was opened at Norton at a cost of £30(). The next project to take definite shape was one which had long existed in nebu- lous form-that for the restoration of and enlargement of the Parish Church. It was a scheme the necessity of which had struck the vicar very early in his clerical life in the parish. The urgency of restoration bad been stalled off by the measures taken soon after his arrival: that of enlargement by the building of St. Peter's. But the earlier restoration was only a temporary measure, and the erection of the church at Newton had added new ad- herents to the cause there and made room for others at All Saints. The church's faniilv still grew, and it was imperative that they should be adequately housed. In 1910, therefore, the fund was opened. Early in 1914 it was hoped that the whota scheme wou ld be put in hand in the autumn of that year. The war, however, intervened, and for the time being all idea of proceeding was held up. Mean- while. some thousands of pounds had been contributed and more promised. I THE PARISH CHURCH SCHEME. The summer of 1914 saw me pansn church more overcrowded than ever, and it was decided to proceed with a modified scheme, comprising about two-thirds the original, and in such a manner that the work could be done later and with no very great additional expense. In the autumn of 1915 a start was made on the work of building the new ohancel and v-estriea and half the nave, as well as the restoration of bho oild fabric of the venerable pile. It is striking testimony of the public approval and enthusiasm that a sum of -C7,00 has already been oontri- buted towards the objects in view and all in clean giving, without any such ac- cessories as bazaars, sale of work, or con- certs as are usually associated with church building. And further proof that the scheme commends itself to all, without distinction of class, is to be found in the subscription lists. They start with such figures as the following:— 4J Mr. Roger Beck 1,000 Col. Wright 1,000 Major Lowts 500 Mrs. and Miss Richards, West- cross 350 Miss Dulcie Vii-ian 300 Mr. Arthur Eden, Mrs. Leigh, Westcross, Col. and Mrs. Jones (ach) 250 Sir J ohn LlfJelyn 100 Nfr. W, T. Farr 100 I CLASSES AND MASSES ALIKE. And so on tne use runs down, uncu at the bottom we find the humble, but equally welcome, shilling as spontaneous g-ifts to the holy work. It is noteworthy that the fishermen of Mumbles have given their quota cheerfully and eagerly, often without request. There yet remains a sum of £ 2.000 to be raised. and it would be the greatest tri- bute to the indefatigable work of the vicar if the new church could be opened debt-free. The vicar himsetf has set his heart on a collection of 91,000 on Thurs- day, but, with every possible effort made by the parishioners, there seems no rea- son why this figure should not be nearly doubled. It would doubtless shock the vicar. but there is every reason to hope he ould survive it! The figures given in connection with parish develonment and enterprise are re- mar but they do not quite exhaust all that has been done. For instance, two church clubs have been provided, one at Newton at a cost of £200, the other at Newton at a6 co-,t o? Mumbles at a cost of about £350. It has been money well spent, for there are no sectarian barriers to membership, and the institutes have done much for sobriety and the general uplifting of local thought. NAMES THAT SPEAK. Analysed, the figures show that in the last 17 yeare the money subscribed in Oystermouth for church buildings in the parish, and the upkeep of church work in the parish and diocese, has averaged 93,000 a year. Nor are the figures all financial. On the present vicar's first Easter Day, 1899, there were about 200 communicants at the Easter Celebrations. On Easter Day this year there were over 1,000, and in 1915 the same-and these figures, despite the war. This is the largest number of communi- cants in any parish in the Swansea dis- trict. The restored church will contain many memorials, notable among them being one which the vicar intends providing to the memory of a long-dead lady of title, whose remains were buried in the body of the church. The beautiful altar haa been given by Mi's. Morgan Davies, in memory of her husband; the aJtar rails as a memorial by an anonymous donor; the bishop's chair as a memorial to the late Miss Davies (whose beneficent work in connection with the local branch of the Girls' Friendly Society is not -for gotten by many women and girls of the village); a handsome banner by the mem- bers and associates of the same society. And there are many other gifts. THE PLANS AND THE WORK. As to the work itself, the architects were Messrs. Protheroe, Phillott and Barnes, of Cheltenham, the well-known ecclesiastical firm, who have designed not only the church, but the ornaments aaci furniture. Valuable aid has been rendered by Mr. C. Russell Peacock, who has acted as as- sistant architect. It speaks volumes fot the patriotism of the firm that their office in Cheltenham is now closed, ever1. member being with the colours. The paintings and panels have been executed by Mr. Eadie Read, the well- known artist, one of whose paintings, by the way, was in Antwerp Cathedral, and was removed at the time the city was evacuated. The builders were Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Peterborough, one of the lar- gest and most experienced firms of church builders in the Kingdom, and who have dona a great amount of cathedral work. It is worthy of note that they are at pre- sent engaged in the under-pinning of St. Paul's. The beautiful new brgan has been built by Mr. Peter Conacher, of Hud- dersfield. It is a three-manual, and hyckaulic-blown. As to the finished work, it should b? j added that as a result the seating capacity  of the church will be increased fr).L 550 to about 850. The Rev. Harold Williams is inde- I fatigable. He has done much beside his church work in the village. Few will forget the able part he played in raising the fund for the dependants of the brave men who perished in the last Mumbles lifeboat disaster and he has rendered yeoman service as a Gower Guardian and a year or two ago as Chairman of the Board.

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