that compulsion is not ■e to express mv sinccr» issistance that the pres^ ivocating the


lemorial, will do so at


d to add the hope that reason, may have de-


ours faithfully. C. W. ,UAC.\R.\. mehester,


-G - c Clitheroe Advertiser, itioii in field arrange-


n of the Coronation at 1 reference was made your last issue it ts


ord h.ad “objected very ing of the field on a r the purposes of music ving received a promise so let .again without his iigiiam at finding that en imade to ufilise the ’"■ledge.” Ple.ase per-


t. to the be.st of mv prami.se h.as been made f ktiew of an objection kl was the night before


For the celehration,s. nilv. THE TE.V.XN’r.


« Wi £ - iv . -fi' comiectiun with


itnesi and best cropped lich Lord Kibblesdale gli the Gisburn Floral ieiy, the following re- rd from the judge, Mr. ■roe; "Ih e seven gar- July 21st were a cred-


ether, paruoularly so -S concerned. \umbers ve. special mention for ere entirely free from


hink the priaes offered ating effect upon the ns.


I consider that


would be a credit to ii'i the country, or to


Is a model cottage gar- ; well arranged and the id as if managed by a took a pride in his


;e ran up close tor lut the culture was not our aLso ran close for ■i the same variety or o. t) deserves special and leeks and a few iiowers, and was also


:hc .(isjxictive gardens numloer of jxiinls gmn- Ham .Slater, •‘c point;; rts, 67 (first prbe, ton Grier.son, 50 (third Jo h n l■■,•^wl■ett, 36; r. GO (hah a ton of '■ Wight, :19; Xo. 7,


r . Wednesday. — A from 250' u> ;i00 head


d a good number of nglng cattle. Included M;rc sijrae best quality date cattle made one


r some time. There ince erf customers, and it of the recent rains improvement in the


1 trade lieiiig carried cxhiViit; changing


2 17s. 6d; November f r to ^19 10s: long- dlG t.i


- 1.5s. Of L ea se .


3ortunity ture Buyers.


'f lease


iLETON, IT, CLITHEROE, Pnblio of Clitberoe


is LAEGE STOCK' , HIGH-CLAS.S


TORE Cleared at deduced


l e s !


D. :UEE EAEGAINS. >


a» MV *• *


U PERMANENT SOCIETY,


it, cntiieroa. per week. Intereit


n in proti' b. ■sits from 3 d. upwards,


is paid on erery »pply to the Secretary,


JESTER, F.A.A,, Kinjf Street, Clitheroe


i> calved rows up to f.'J2 15s. ; short date - September, to


1 ihu moral effe.^ which ‘Vorking would Uiidoubt- years’ experieiico has


CLITH&titOE A D V E R T IS E R , S e p t em b e r 1s t , 1911. P.s.A. prize d is t r ib u t io n .


RKV. J. s. BAKER AND


i.v afternoon on the occasion of the half- “ ■ ••


lided over die proceedings; - ” P fi-A-


•ehrly distriburion of prizes to members of Councillor J. Thornber pre- and' was ac-


enibe


compaiiied on the platfonn by Mrs. W. S. UVeb (who distributed the prizes). Rev.


!,d Mrs. J. S. Baker (Bun), Rev.;. E. A. Apperley and G. R. Russell, Messrs. H. Taylor and J. Ford. The smging, which IV.1S of a very hearty diar.acter, was led by orchestra and <


a large choir under the


le.ider.dilp of Mr. W. Wilkin.soii (Low -I. liie climr also sang the anthem,


“llv Babylon's Wave,” and the “Hallelujah” (jhonii (Messiah) with great success. Miss Haiisoiii of Rlshton, was the special solo­ ist. anti created a very favourable impres- -joii. She ixissesses a fresh, sweet voice of iTood r.aiige, which ought to be carefully cultivated. Her solos, “They that dwell in thv courts," .and “Babylon,” were sung with EDod taste, and met with the whole-hearted approbation of the audience. Mr. J. C. Ford played the accompaniments. After praver bv the Rev. G. Russell, and ’ 1


Scripture reading by Mr. H. Taylor, S ive>rretarv (Rev. E. A. Apperley) in a few


the cr y _


general observations, mentioned that the miniher of prizes was not so large as fast time, the re-ason being attributable to the bright weather of a mast unusually brignt 511,inner. He was sorry to hear that same people had a wrong impression about those prue distributions, and under an entirely erroneous idea the assertion had been made that -some men went up for prizes who ought not to do so, and those men had been sneered at in consequence. It ought to be clearly understood ’hat the P.S.A. was a Brotlierhood, and whether rich or poor, great or small, they were as one. Further, every man paid for his prize week by week, one idea of the Brotherhood being that every man should gather together a good library, and he could assure the outside public that the men were proud of the libraries which they were slowly building up. He was sorry tliai the Prize Secretary was un- avoidablv absent. Several members were in camp with tiie Territorials; others were too shy to come for their books; and one brother had sustained a sad bereavement, in the hour of his affliction and sorrow their sjmpatliies went out to him, and they prayed God to comfort bun. Goimcillor Thornber said he was sure


the audience were in sympathy with the objects of the P.S_^. movement. They ought to be brotherly in the best sense of the word, in their attitude and relationship to one another, and he had no doubt it was that feelmg which had brought them to­ gether that afternoon. If they could only sincerely try to live good lives and be act­ uated by all that was noble and upright and true, who could tell the extent of the in­ fluence their lives would have upon those by whom they were surrounded. On his business iourneys to Manchester, he often got into discussion with his colleagues in the train on all manner of topics. The other day. the question was asked,


“What Constitutes a Gentleman?”


The best answer, in Ids opinion, was that o( a friend who said, “A gentleman is one who lias the greatest consideration for others.” He was quite sure a brotherhood such as the P.S..-V., with its social work, as well as its Sunday meetings, must tend to foster that consideration for one another which could do so much to secure jseace and happiness, and more effectually pave the way to a deeper sense and a wider realisa­ tion of spiritual power. The work of the P.S.A. ill the cultivation of character was biund to have an inliuence for good in the lo’.vn, and must have an effect upon a bet­ ter aiiciulance at the Sunday schools, be­ cause tliey could not get men Into a better atmosphere without getting their cliildren ulto a lietter sphere also. Mrs. Weeks presented the prizes, alter


"iiich an address was given by the Rev. J. S. H.iker. Mr. Baker, who was given a very warm


greeting, -ailI he was sure the members of the I’.S.A. would perndt him to say how Rreat a pleasure it was for him to stand betciie them once again, and he must say, too, that he wtis abundantly gratified to see such a magnificent meeting. He thought A was a very eloquent testimony to the power of the P.S.A. When they started th; local branch at first, of course there was a good deal of enthusiasm, and he would never forget the first meetmg they had for the distribution of prizes. But, to f nteat extent, the novelty had passed, and h must be a source of great gratification and much thankfulness~bn the part of the offic­ ers and those who had the responsibility of that movement to find that they were still receiving .such support as was etddenced by that meeting. It was his privilege to address the meeting on the occasion of the second prize distribution, and he remembered say- mtt at that time th.it one of the greatest difficulties, as they looked into the future, "as the expense of the movement. They had to p.iy for the hire of a room, and the many other incidental expenses; members had to pay for their prizes week by week, snd the originators wondered whether the working men of Clitheroe would be enthus- mstic enough to support the movement for any great length of time. The answer to that W


AS the splendid success which had


attended the movement. They had been willing to pav; thev had supported the


'"'wemem right noblv, and all honour to them.


“The tyranny of the street" was the sub^ lent upon which he wished to speak.


al'Ht: TVIUNNY OF THE STREET." The Public Hall was well filled on Sun- .......'■


me when 1 say there is Nothing Worse than Tyranny,


but 1 wonder if 1 shall carry you with me as enthusiastically when i say that m everjMay life there are some tyrannies which men not only encourage, but even cherish. Linked together, these constitute what I shall call, for want of a better ex­ pression, “the tyranny of the street.” You have doubtless heard of what psy-


Aologists call “the power of suggestion,’’ 1 can best illustrate this by a story of several men who resolved to try an experi­ ment on a friend whom they knew to be in perfect health and strength. Thev decided to approacli him next day, and,' by sug­ gesting that he was looking very ill, see what effect it would produce. When the gentleman in question left liis house, next morning, a friend accosted him with the remark, “You’re looking very poorlv this morning.” “Oh, 1 feel perfectly welC” was the reply. Several times on the way to his office, friends stopped him and anxiously asked if he had been ill, His reply was the same to each one. that he had never felt better. After lunch, he was again and again interrogated on the subject of h'is health, with the result that he began to


feel re,illy ill. and he had to go home and go to bed. Now the suggestion of ill-health to that


mail became a cruel tyranny, and it caused an illness, though not serious. I daresay most of you will have noticed that certain firms plaster the hoardings of our towns with all sorts of advertisements. There are some very well-known ones, such, for ex­ ample, as “Alas my poor brother!” “Every picture tells a stoii’,” is another, and you will agree with me when I say these par­ ticular firms are not in any sense philan­ thropists ; they do not pose as such. Their business in life i^to sell their own partic­ ular goods, and I think you will see what I mean. They put these advertisements in the street, in the iieriodicals, and the d'aily press in order that they may harness the power of suggestion and compel you to pur­ chase their wares, and they succeed, else they would not continue to do it.


Don’t you see how all this works out in


t' c realm of moral life? There are a great number of men and women in this country who seldom read, and who pay little tliought to the greater subjects of life. Unfortunately, the stress and strain is so exacting, and the struggle for existence is often so bitter that they have not the opportunity, and these men and women are influenced to a very great degree by what they see and what they hear. The street and the market place become a tyranny which rules their thoughts and their lives. If this is the case with men and women, how much more so in the case of the young people of our towns and villages. You know perfectly well that you can teach .a little child by a picture better than you can in any other way. That is the secret of the success of our modem teach­ ing. You know that if there is anything a child values, it is a picture book and, as the child gets older it is still profoundly influenced by what it sees and hears. The streets of onr towns are, in reality, palaces of living pictures. These palaces are in­ fluencing the present generation and will influence the lives of the generations that conic .after. Allow me to .say, therefore, that if you permit these palaces to become a tyranny, to blight and warp the lives of your people, you are responsible in the


sight of God and man. You take, for instance, the loiterer at the.


street comer—the man who never has work­ ed and never will work as long as he can get other folks to support him. ?nch a man is not only


A Drag on Society,


—^Ln the sense that society has to keep liim —^but he is also displaying a picture before the life of the people every day which is, whether we are conscious of it or not, pro­ foundly influencing us. The drunkard as he reels along the street is not only pnosti- tuting God’s greatest gifts and ruinmg his physical, moral, and spiritual constitution, but he, too, is displaying a picture to the world which is influencing—often for evil __the minds of men and women in the streets of the town where he lives. The man or woman who gads about the street filled with tlie spirit of idle gaiety and friv- olitv, is missing golden opportunities which they cannot afford to lose. They are show­ ing a picture to the young life of the town, a picture which is for evil, not lor


good. We say, in the words of the advertise­


ment, “everv picture tells a story,” and that picture, or'much of it, of which I have been speaking, not only tells a story, but influences the life of the people, and not for good. We all owe a duty, not only to ourselves, but to the community. The most far-reaching discovery of our age is that ot .society. After three years of increasmg ’


l - ^ e r i d i n g i ^ i b r a r i y 2d. per Vol.


individualism, we have at last come to recognise the value of corporate life, and the business of the Christian Church, and of every man who calls himself by the name of Christian, is to vitalise the life of the community in which he lives, and to aspire to high ideals and lofty motives m- life. It our Christianity fails, the commumty is m- fficting upon it irreparable loss. But it ought not to fail, and, by the grace of G-zd


it shall not fail. If, knowledge, the pivot of


followers is faith, on which has been buffi up high and lofty pnnaples. And I ^ h^re to tell you that you eann^ bmld up strong character—character that voB sway


buUt J[s. E


anomie for good the life of the among whom you Eve and work, w i t ta t


adequate faith, or without the faith which is in Christ Jesus,.


sure.” he said. “I ..shan carry you with 1 judgment, one of the most aang I I Dne


One of the most perplexing, and m my dangerous ten


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dencies in religious drought to-day is ration­ alism—the attempt_io do ■without faith—to make religion an intellectual accomplish- men, acquired as other things are—to do away with the supernatural, witli the mirac­ ulous, with enthusiasm and emotion which, after all, has been, and still is to-day, one of the mast potent factors in the religious life of the people. I deplore that more than anything else in our religious life to­ day, and if any of you think that—^for we speak of faith in (Christ, the faith which has bmlt up the Christian church—^i£ you


think that we speak of something which lacks power and potency, you are making a great mistake. A lot of people think


there is no power in our human personality worth talking of outside


Our Intellectual Faculties.


'Ihere are bound up in our human person­ alities forces, the influence of which, and the potency of wliich ivill always transcend the thing we call our intellect and under­ standing. The Gospel of Jesus Christ does not demand that we should give up our reason in our religion—divorce ourselves from the intellectual side of our nature, but that all the powers—not only the intellect, but every power—our emotion and faith, should he united together in the accom­ plishment of that great duty to which the Lord has called u;, and we shall only real­ ise the great and bfty thing we call Christ­ ianity with the aid of a pervading faith in Christ which lives .and moves and must prevail. I never have .spoken at a P.S.A. without


a feeling of tremendous responsibility, and I tell you that no .man can e.stim.ate the potenti;dity of a gathering like this.


If


every man, woman, ..nd child here were to say that “for twelve months we will believe in Christ, ue .will work for Him and put


idle cause for the kingdom the first item in our programme in life,” no man living can estimate the influence that would have upon the toivn in which you live. It is absolute­ ly necessary for those of us who believe in Christ to unite together in a stiong army against not only the forces of evil without us, but the evil influences of those within. /- nd I do pray and hope in the days to oame you will develope in the miSst of you character such as shall accomplish what 1 have indicated. We hear a lot of ffip- pancy about religion, but I have lived among the people here, have gone about m their homes, and if there is much to be deplored in this, in common with other towns, there L Christian character in the midst of our community which is exercising good, not only here, but elsewhere. As long as we have men and women of char­ acter, willing to make sacrifices for the cause of .alt that lis best, and noblest, and truest in life, the life in which we live shall not be so degraded that it shall loose its motives and high ideals. I do hope, there­ fore, you will stand by this P.S.A. It 'S one of the finest things in the town, and it would be very regrettable if, after all the work and energy which has been put into it, you should allow it to deteriorate. But 1 fee! sure there is no danger of that, and that you will do your best to make it a greater power for good than it has ever been in the days gone by. Mr. Apperley proposed a comprehensive •ote of thanks, which was seconded by Mr.


Ford, and unanimously approved. S tA n d tn a r & S o n * don’t prepare to


offer any article but of the best, JO that boaseholders may rest as.»tired w.aen buy iriK they get value for money if they buy ' n.nd 'S preparations- — .Mamifacturinj: Drvsalter.N. Cliftion Work;, ('olne


N EW R E IHEDY FOR NEURALGIA.


T H E NEW B IR D N E S T IN G . M'riiing in the September numuher of


“World’s Work,’’ on “The new bird nest­ ing,” “Home Counties'’ states: The person who cames to live in the


country whose case is the most pitiful is surely c' e man who fears that the means of recreation will be insufficient. The case is one which the true TOuntryman finds it diffi- culut to understand. He is never at a loss for sometliing to do. He is never bored. His outstanding trouble is that tlie days never seem long enough to get all the things done he wants to do, and that month ailer month and year after year go by, and many schemes are never carried out. I once described in this magazine the


back-to-the-landing of a City man who fina'ly returned to town and took up an active directorate of a company because, as ho put it, he had “exhausted all the pos- s'bilities of the country.” He had improved his place, he said, “as far as it could be improved.” He had tried different kinds of stock keeping and had made experiments w’di crops and with gardening, and his interest and curiosity had been satisfied. Such a man had, of course, no abiding in­ terest in ru.al things, and except for the temporary benefit of his he,alth he ought never to have left town or have given up his urban occupation. For myself, I have only u little place,


but some fine schemes for it I h.ave hardly been able to begin upon. . I see, first and foremost, a ..vonderful garden and wonderful hedges. So far I have only the skeletons of these things. 1 have a large number of things growing well, but I want to see a lot of other things growing well too. And there is any; amount of rough carpentering and agricultural labourei's work that I should like to do ray.self be­ cause 1 cannot very well explain to any one else how I want it done.


-A. Map of Nests and Holes. There are things I want to do, however,


which are not “improvements.” I want, for one thing, to make a careful map o', the whole place and to mark in every tree, with notes as to its history. And 1 want to make a collection of all


the grasses and all the plants which are warring with them in the orchard. And I very much want to Jake a census


of all the living thhigs on Hie place. I want to know exactly what birds, and how many of them are nesting on 'the place, and 1 want to mark these nests on my map. Also, 1 want to take note of all the other


wild life in a year. How many ants’ nests apd where? And the position of wild bees’ and wasps’ nests. And I should like to attempt a list of the I’.arieties of animals that live underground. I am perfectly certain that it would


come as a revelation to many newcomers to the country to know how large is the bird and beast population of their territories. It can only be after months in the open, after constant sleeping out. after constant early rising, .after a very great deal of patient investigation that the true popula­ tion in fur and feather can be determined. But 1 tliink the result wouM be worth while. The Boy Scout, who although he was


reviewed by the King .at Windsor, still co­ operates in my garden and orchard, m.ake.s out for me to-day the following list of birds and animals which he says he has seen in the garden or orcliard or witliin sight of them :


finch, greenfinch, yellow hammer, rohci. woodpecker, blackbird, thrush, .sparrow, linnet, greater white-throat, wren, nxik, wood pigeon, tomtit, wagtail, lark, cuckoo, peewit, starling, moor hen, partridge, pheasant, golden plover, martin, .sw.allow, jay, owl. hawk, magpie, hare, rabbit, fox. sow mouse, house mouse, lield mouse, toad, frog, hedgehog, otter, mole, stoat, weasel, rat. ■When people ask me what stock I keep


Kingfisher, goldfinch, bullfinch, inal-


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cupations which one can fuid on the small est place in the country. A neighbour of mine has done a lot of interestmg work in measuring the rate at wliich leaves grow and the conditions affecting their growth. Without becoming much of a botanist or much of a bacteriologist there are hundreds of problems inviting investigation by those who have the requisite time to visit iheir plants day after day with a notebook. Wliat could be more interesting, for ex


ample, than the way in which some plants edge out others ? And the exact length of time in which they are able to effect their purpose within a given radius? When one gets to stock ot any kind there


is a whole world of problems. Take the idiocyncrasies of birds and animab of the same parentage. Cat lovers and dog lovers are laughed at for their devotion to their pets. No dog and no cat, one hears it said, can be worth so much considera tion. In the differing cliaracters of dogs or the differing characters of other domestic animals there is a field for curious inquiry and experiment which many people taow nothing whatever about. Only by living with animals or birds do you really get to know them. Those who see them practit ally only at their meal-times are only nodd


ing acquaintances. Of course I am speaking of no very pro found investigations, of no work which calls for the labour of the skilled naturalist, the studious botanist or the accomplished bac teriologist. It is the kind of work which’ the most moderately equipped person may 'undertake.


If it he supplemented by OB LMM, Clitlieroe I esting work to be done by quite average


text-books and instruments all the better, But my point is that there is much infer


lolk who have no particular scientific training.


Umluubledly during the last quarter of a


century an immense amount of work lias been done by lay observers in adding to the stock of knowledge of Uie life led by the companions of our rural existence. If we do not soon arrive at certainty as to many disputed pointa Of Mtoral history, it will hardly be because of the lack of ob­ servers. They were never more numerous nor better fitted, as a rule, for the tasks they undertake. It is small wonder that the chroniclers


of the incidents of bird and animal life for private diaries, for societies, and tor tile Press are so numerous. Almost every one who comes to live in the country be­ comes a bit of a naturalist in a modest way. Wiilc man-els reward t’ e slightest trouble in the way of search or ’ ivestigation, inter­ esting and stimulating things are always happening under the rural resident’s eye without any trouble being taken. While I have been dLtating the previous


paragraph a thrush n.os been hnmmer’ng a sn.oil on the p.ath, as thmshes have kept on doing all through the hot weather, and a very bulky and dry-looking toad has come wearily aceoss the lawn in the sunffiinc. Just befose I began this article I saw a young cuckoo which haunts the dried-up stream, and a kingfisher shot it.s bolt of blue across the garden.


Natural History with a Gun. The older naturffiists carried a gun. 'The


new one may have an air-gun, but it is quite possible that ne has not oven that, nor a pot of cyanide of potassium. He collects, not birds and beasts themselves, but the images of them. He is, in short, a photographer. Among all the remarkable things the


camera has done for us none is more re­ markable than the help it has given to the intelligent study of natural history. Th-j old naturalist was often a draugmsman, but the personal equation had to be considered in regard to his best sketches, and where the sketches had to be reproduced for the benefit ot the public, a very great deal depended upon the skill of the engraver. However inexperienced a photographer may he, he may .at any time chance to perform by means of his camera some ser­ vice to knowledge. The distortions of the camera are well known, but the lens cannot lie.


The camera has done more aian add to


the interest of natural history. In the old days the best of all ways open to the nat­ uralist for making a record of what he saw was to bring it home with him. Hence the continual shooting and the continual harry­ ing of nests. And w-hen the object was brought liome, everything depended upon the stuffer. Finally, there was the moth to take account of. Many modern naturalists most frequently


bring nothing home liut photographic plates. Especially in our big schools is the new pirit manifest in the study of natural liis-


torv. Not every L-amera in a .-diool rt owned liy a lioy who, can ia:<e crcdit.ahle photographs, or by a Ixiv who is a natural­ ist. But among all the spoilt plates, and among all the subjects attempted there are frcqiieiitlv a few good things. I do not live very tar away from Felsted


.School. It has a most .active scientific society with I do not know how many dif­ ferent sections. A master and a boy are associated in the direction of each section, and one h.os only to Hsit the school museum or the biological laboratory to sec what p.ainstaking work is being done,”


T H E H AN D ON H IS CO L LA R . There is always an Inditadual amongst


one’s acquaintances who never by any chance finishes any undertaking. Work always half done, and half measures con­ tent tills type of person, who never makes a goad job of anything tu.less kept at it, figuratively, by a firm grip on his collar. Slack in mind and body, without stimulus to apply himself, such a man becomes a perfect nuisance in his helpless leaning on his fellows, who will find it is much more practical to let him draw his energy from Phosferine, than exhaust their own time and effort. Naturally, possessing no energy of his own, such a man draws upon that 'jf his friends, but he will be the first to relieve them of the troublesome responsibility when provided with the inexhaustible nervous id tal’tv which Ptosferine establisKes.


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4:7, CASTLE Vlirt W GOOD BOOK.


CH O O S IN G To fall in love with- a good book is one


of the greatest event; that can befall us. It is to have a new influence pouting itself into our life—a new teacher to inspire and isAm nif a dow fiiend to be by our side always, who, when life grows narrow and weary, will take us into his wider and calmer and higher world. Whetlier it be biography , imioducing us


to some humble life made great by duty done, or history, opening vistas into the movements and destinies of nations that have passed away, or poetry, making music of all the common things around us and filling the fields and skies and the work of the city and the cottage with eternal mean­ ings; whether it be these, or story books, or religious books, or science, no one can become the friend even of one good book without being made wimt and better.


Do not tliiiik that I am going to recom-


qiend any such book to you. The beauty of a friend is that we discover him, and we must each taste the books that are accessible to us fur ourselves. Do not be disheartened at first if you like none of them. 'I'hat is possibly their fault, not yours; hut .'searc'a and search until you find what you like. In an amazingly cheap form—for a fe'iv


pence, indded—almost all the Lest hooks are to be had, and I think everyone owe'; it as a sacred duty to his mind to start a little library of his own. How much do we not do for our bodies? How much thought and money do they not cost us? And shall we not think a little ior tlie clothing and adorning of the unperishable muid? This private library may begin, per­ haps, with a single volume, and grow at the rate of one or two a year; but titese, well- chosen and well-mastered, will become such a fountain of strength and wisdom rhat each shall be eager to .add to his dare. A dozen books accumulated iu this way may be better than a whole library.


Do not be distressed if you do not like


time-honoured books, or classical works, or recommended books. Choo^.for your­ self, plant yourself on your oWn instincts; that which is natural for us,^!-that whic.h nourishes us and gives us appetites i; tliat wiiich is right for us. We have all different miiid.s-, and we are all at different stages of growth. Some other day we may find food in ilic recommended book, though we shoii’d positively starve on it to-da\ . The mind develop.; and changes, and the favotir- itc.s of this year also may one day cease to imcrcsi us. Xothing better, indeed, can liappen to ns than to lose interest in a hook we have often re.ad, for it means th.at it li.as done its work upon us and Inoiighl u- up lo its level and taught us all it had to teach.


— Professor 1-lomv 1 Irumiiioiul.


WOMEN’S A D U LX S CH O O L . Last Sunday we had the prmlege of


hearing an account of the summer sdiool at Woodbrooke where some of our members have been spending a week’s holiday. They have returned full of enthusiasm and re­ commend anyone who would like a good holiday to go and see for themselves what the place is like. “Perhaps the name Summer School” makes one think it will


be all studies and a bit above one’s head, ” said they, “but don’t be afraid. Just try it once and you will have such a good time that you will want to go again and will try to persuade others to go.” The black­ board was again used for our Bible les»n which was made so interesting that the time seemed ail too short. Next Sunday we are to have a lecturette from Mr. J. Higson, entitled “Samuel Lavcock.”


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