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I The Omnibus i I [Things Heard avui Seen cry the Conductor.] ( Revised Proveries- One swallow docs I' not, make a summer, but several swigs f make a drunkard. Tonypaudy has lost, its distinction. Stepney has takea the cake—in cartloads! The Parish of Ystradyfodwg has ceased to oxist since Saturday. Henceforth it Nill be Parish of Rhondda." Chick reappeared at Ystrad Police Court oa Monday all a charge of drunken- ness. Too muck "stuffing," apparently Thai error in the "Times" proved prophetic after all. And here goes- Three cheers for the Right Hon. t Ma-bou I We ai-e informed on the authority of a daily newspaper that no one is created a peer against his will. Now we appre- ciate the self-effacement of Tom Davies. Frederick Ludd's mother told the Leicester magistrates that her son was soldier mad." Had someone said that of Tonypandy girls, Good Ludd, there would have been a to-do. At au eisteddfod at Cwmparc on Satur- day, a tenor taking part in a duet trolled with much gusto, Betty Wyn, Betty iwyn." "Bet he won't," shouted a wag, and we are sorry to say—he didn't! A four-year-old child, taking a morning walk with his pa on a frosty morning lately, made a pretty remark. Passing a little pond of clear water, the surface of which a slight breeze was just ruffling, the child said, See, dad, even the water is shivering with the cold! A friendly Kindof figlit, rat h er than "A friendly ?n? of iight, rather than a play ot recreation," is the way an old writer describes football. Concerning the players, he says: Sometimes their noses gush out with blood, sometimes their eyes start out." Alas! how they enjoyed themselves ii/v those days. No wonder the foreigner says that in perfidious Albion men take their pleasures sadly. A topsy-turvy banquet takes place at Matlock ou Saturday, at which the guests will be servants, whilst the visitors will do the waiting. Why not extend the principle? Mr. D. A. Thomas, with Mr. .Leonard Llewelyn as his "butty," cut- ting coal in the Bute Seam at 2<>. 1.3d. plus percentage, would he better worth seeing than a Drury Lane pantomime. Mr. Noah Morgan dictating interviews to a Press representative on the wage- eaining capacity of his workmen would round off the situation nicely. The letters M.P." after Mr. Abraham's name were the source of a lot of guessing on the part of the Americans during Mabon's tour of the States some years ago. Some opined they stood for" Miners' President," others swore they denoted Methodist Preacher." It is to be hoped that when he next visits the States Cousin Jonathan "will not confuse Mabon, P.C. with a Right Hon. Policc Constable." Ferndale coal was used exclusively on the Mauretania's outward trip in her recent record voyage. Although the passage to New York was not a record one, good time was done, considering the fierce gale encountered. The story that a prominent Ferndale official proposes to christen his newest baby Maurctania i to commemorate the feat lacks authen- ticity. It isn't every day we see such a candid person as the Rev. T. W. Ingram, who in his farewell sermon at the Farnliam (Surrey) Congregational Church said that, owing to discontent, a change in the pastorate was desirable, and that he allowed the usual discount for the eulogistic speeches delivered at his pre- sentation meeting. Evidently, soft soap did not wash with him. We know of some ministers in the Rhondda who can wade through oceans of it. A clergyman, in giving a lecture on parish work and experiences, told a capital story of an encounter of a dis- trict visitor with a. lady of the slums. Ckiing on her rounds one day, the mis- sionary met a woman whose eye had lost its normal colour and was encircled with a purple hue. She was horrified, and told the woman so. She was a maiden lady, prim and proper. The woman was the mother of ten, and had buried six. Wko did that? said the sympathetic one. My 'usbin' said the Amazonian. Oh, how awful it must be to be married to such a brute," was the pious ejaculation. It might be worse," said the woman, nonchalantly. "Re?lly it cannot be worse," was the t.   1 "w II mum I mIght surprised reply. "Well, mum, I might be like you," was the woman's remark, without a' 'usbin' at al1." An old lady from the Rhondda went to London to see her son. Travelling by a local line, she heard" All change," so she got out opened her capacious bag, and changed her clothes! This happened three times. Suddenly the train stopped. On asking what it was, she received a reply that it was in a siding. Eventually, she reached her destination. Telling her troubles to her son, she said, Before I got here I had to change my clothes three times, then I had to turn on my side. I'll never come here again." Another old lady was suddenly startled by the communication card suddenly ?Pping, the end of it falling on her lap. Ask,ng a gentleman what was the mat- Tj he, fond of a joke told her the train had broken in two. "No wonder." grunted the old lady; did they expect ) *?. I""p' »t to?ther with a bit of string like this? '» The honour conferred upon Mabon re- calls a prophecy penned by Mr. T. Pascoe Jenkins T.P., 'III an article which he contributed to the Leader last January on the "Revolution of 1910." Says Mr. Jenkins I can conscien- tiously say that there is no part of my public life for which I cherish a greater pride than the humble part I took in the historical struggle in opening the door I of St. Stephen to admit the first mem- ber of Parliament for the Rhondda Divi- sion, and the first direct Labour repre- sentative for Wales. I don't think that I am Dredioting wildly in stating that some day fifaJxMt will stand in bronze on a high pedestal in Cathays Park, Cardiff as the Right Honourable William Abraham as a public reward for distinguished ser- vices rendered South Wales inside and outside of Parliament by the famous Labour leader, and I hope to live to see the .production of my prophetic camera realised." Tie Privy Councillorship has arrived, the monwment is to follow. Meanwhile, we look forward to the canonisation of Mr. Jenkins among the prophets, and not among the Minor variety either.

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