i-i u m m . '-I-,; ' I 'i! . 1 ta rH E R O E IDVERIISER AND TIMES. FRIDAY,^ pilCEMBER 3, 1)37 JOTTINGS TOPICAL EVENTS. ’^RS.— “SNIPE.” executiv.


wlio are Staging the WUmott ( Jjames'si ,


singles or Monday, December tjo-morroW and


and the ofBclals of E.t, the


Seconc


: Dlvlsloa 3thJ . . i


llerrace a: d a gentleman was g ilngidown; 'e were the only two in the thorough-


!nt) match. A few Weeks ago I was comlim up Well-:


(he overcoat. It was Charles 11. Sutcliffe, President of the Football Assoc laUon.;


Some hone truths to the referees ast Friday evening, and alvays has been


;are. Piobably If there had been halt f Clltheroe’s residents In the street n o t ne would have recognlse(M,he I man Ih.


characteilstlc. He has called a i spade- saw that Mr. Sutcliffe had b


I was reminded of this Incl letit[ wheti eehiteiullg


hatUe’^ ”


a spade from the time I first knew hip and that Is thirty years ago. : IThere -k not a S t


I There s not room here for e reriia Sum­ mary of what he said at Blsckbum om Friday n ght, but one part mui t Certaltily


the foottall governing bodies. In'private i life Mr. Sutcliffe Is a solicitor practising^


alghter man inside or : outside n Burnl iy and Rossendale. : i ;i! |-


be quoted. Most of us, I ; ;hlhk, will agree wl ,h him. After ment(oiilng th a t Wheneve i the elimination of foul play In t football- -and all my readers vvUl agree


f t-ls mentioned the llmellgh; is turned.- bn the F.A., the referees andithCjClub- directors and managers, Mr. ISutclIfle said he would turn the limelight bn solfie pthers-the respective captalmiand th e spectators. " I t wasino use saying th e referee must be strong-or courageous. What If the crowd would not let him be?P All a referee could db was tils best, ,bbt:. t how could he do that If the players, cap­


hat eve i to-day there Is far t jolmuch b f


ains, and spectators were all up;agalnsfc blm?" I


;


I Mr. Sutcliffe never mmeed matters 'and: independently of his present top posltlbn- 'in football he was entitled, to Ispeak ias an old referee. Mr. Sutcliffe iias refeteed;


bn the old Waterloo ground raamir a tlme- in the days of the old Clltheroe - club. iAnd he was one of the best referees Whot ever stepped on a field. Bui, my Word, wasn’t he a disclpimarian?, f liave;knbte


moment that he was ^the refetee!: ; Ahotlrer point “C.E.’' w|s;;;deflmte‘ _


players turn white on being reprimanded- b y


him; 'They had; forgotten for'the:


60,000 ind even 100,000 igate^ But: “ Charli: ” was very definite—as always- on the inatter. “ We afe pc .t prepared', to be a party to such footbajl,’’ :he sald^


about was Sunday football., jThey playedf on Sundays on the Contlneit. he. sald, s and there was an agitation to: do the;


And that's that! Workshofs arid Clubs’ BiUiard


Ford and Sons ....... .,8 Rlbblesdale C.C........ / 8 Weavers Institute.... \ 8 Liberal Cluhl..........8 Chatburn ...........u . 8 Holmes


Sun Street Mill ....8


Ambulance Brigade ].. 8 Tradesnien.... ............8 Social Centre......... ;.. 8


ftate of League, week endlpi; P. I


■ri:--0'|14' I ■r.':o''i4 :1 2 0 !12' f 3 ': .0 lib i :4 . -6-i


Nov. 24thi. D.PtSi


8 , LIBERAL CLUB -V.: SOCI


100 J. H a r g r e a v e s ..... 1 100 C. Roddls .........J...... 100 E. Hartley...... .i.... A 100 R. Faulkner.....L'...... 94 F. Hindle......... !.. T. 1


100 A. Scott .....W. ( 30 Handicap 624 1- '


I ■ ■ ■'! WEAVERS’ INSTITUTE vi


'80 J . s U l e .........J....E.:0 100 A. Eccles ..... F. 'Tomlinson


100 T. Howarth 100 J. Ki


100 F. Cawley 10 Handicap


Knowles.


. J, E.' lj Ideson .78 R.


590 I AMBULANCE BRIGADE I STREET MHA.


100 W. Waddlcar .......... ' J - W. Winckley.......... W


100 F. Dean. 160 Handicap 607 ' ■.


100 T. Riding ..... 47 J. Horn.... 100 H. Yeoman


:orsfield I 83 S Parker| 73


cratch'!:.514 : SUNV;|


TO'Neill i 80 S Turner i 54mithies ilOO


rotter jlOO


. J. Burgisi I a


. jr. HaUj 79 S3,


a junr.! 46


J. FORD AND SONS V. .HOLMES MILL. 100-W. Marsland...........R Swales r29'


100 T. Norcross..... ..... C. Vlhcklby,- 86 100 J. Waddlngton ... A, Rawsthbme 100 J. H a ll................... lJ -— 100 A, Hall


680 ,TRAD5SMEN V. RIBBLESjOAj^l C.C. 76 G. Burgess


100 H. Fisher 100 J. Riiad.... 100 A. Jmes . 54 J, Carden . 21 F, Morton . 4 Scratch


50


100 L: Geldard...... .......... LHoyIe:^20 80 Handicap


jTrimbyrSO /: 'RUey.i 91


'l471 86


E andicap 106. ^


..... ...... J Turneri 95 ..........E. Cornwall TOO lUdnsomlOO andicap 100 657


....... :G.Swales!. 79 MinON InA very-successful jumble s .


of the church funds. Therp good-attendance and the were almost sold out. :


Mlttojn School, last Satur


amounteid to about £7. A was provided. : Thanks to all who sent jumble or produce ptall and to -all helpers;


London parks and open i ter to commemorate the Co


Over 1,400 trees are to:


half of Victims on Spanish Civil War,


;


wene expressed i goods fotithp I


planted to . : lesthis-wto- ifonatlomi


£5,000 have been contritji British Government to the itl(


Interna iona Red Cross for work onibe- tl


both :^lde8to ti he - _ , I


Aite'd by the i !unds oi l the |


1beiproceeds i er ery good: tea >


lie was held r day, in:aid | was a very I Btallholpers I


G. Woodworth 1,106 E.


Weaver! -83


ndicap.’ 70 1528


7 cMutt loo* latfleld 1 8T _ Hayes 193.


. '6;8f pi: -0) I , (IjenTr e .. !


'S.'.'o l.ff: 5: :'0 '! S’- ! , 5i .'O'-i ;S-j


;


ohilson j 84 j ; . , Scottt i 3T I


I Inishaw 13S mdlcap lOS


windle 138 'i l Walker 13S 1 £Hiinond 100: ;


ame here. It meant, they i lalto 40,000,,


Blackbutn. GI lh a t la


I i MIXED toMOS.


• of any bloom. The tulips coming Werylyear—from, the original scanert to h washy pink, perhaps—may be because the blilbs are impoverished. Feed the bed with a mixed manure tfils ye'M, and feed for directly heightening the cpldurs of the! blooms in February—with a imrely; potash fertiliser., -


• colourings of. the Darwin ivarletlCs their ichlef feature. . Potash should iused If it Is desired to Intensify the


The Perennial Tulips.—jrhe,go . :|


[ The' Garden Boundary.—TfValls are ,b - penslve for .villadora. Hedges and fertces are the alternatlve.s. :The|former have the disadvantage of limiting'the space for flowering plants. This objictlon would be overcome If the garden Were bclosed by a flowering shr to. Ir swad of all! the .blooms being in .the gwden,; some would be on the hour darlcs.


.fnanure, and the future plpns wU . feed bn thfe slugs. Manure.—A blanket of toanure Wopld


this upper crust of animal end vegitable matter, and bury it under a tpade’s depth of .soil. Insects and leaved will become


beneath decaying leafage. ’ Sera; )ej off wonderfully: made: and lasted fpr a quarter of |a century.


Slugs.—They And places of refuge


keep heavy soils too wet, so (hat it ^ould. hot bb spread around the flowers! until the spring. Rotted manurb may be dug Into heavy or into Ught soil in wlnferi or fresh manure may be stacked In ordei} to :decay ilnto material suitable for usewhen spring comes. In the case of light Soli, lotted manure may now be spreafla round


Iplantod so th a t their shoulders arp just boverpd. ' The shoots must start to the 'dark for the encouragementjof roots. Top progress before rooting results In smaller hells. Keep the plants ln;:a dark clip­ iboard for two months. | Do not stralgnt-


the plants. : Hyacinths.—In the pots! they should be


way put them 1-n the Window, but gradu- [ally accustom, them to the j light. - 1


i Barrels of Big Bells.-More Itoport- 'ance thould be attached to the sbUdity lof hyacinths than to thelrjslze. SmaUer bulbs i give better results If the iilgfer ones are not firm. T h e: bulbs c f the double varieties run smaller^ thah the varieties with single hellsj thougi the stems; of bells of the ; former m|ay|be


equally - fine.


face downwards In order that It wofld r o t


caus^fthe° we7d7! mlght Apt die. J to s “ wood ash," as it is.called, 6hodldi.be


depth of soli. Bad turf, 'which IS gfass full of big weeds,-should, bp


Turf.-Good grass should be tiirled, the 1 top


; J quickly,'beneath


Ich is grasi buriipd be-


o spades’i


stored In a dry place fbr hoeing to between the rows of theffrultlnp and of the root crops In the spring.


Rhubarb.—Rhubarb Is thp easiest fruit to grow because the plant IS of vemtable ihablt, Plant the perennial this iear If


;forclng should be put .to bed. several clumps, Lay tiem or their


eating. Early Sticks.-Rhubarb' for


.indoor pi^-up


![■them to sleep. Weather


sowings of the round-seedt ■the broad beans, which are the I groups, should be eartheil I only the tips are exposed.


-these balls of, crowns. The Peas and'Beans.-j'The


shc-‘-


sides on the ground in order to send ■


----- -will not harm d peas and of hSrdy a.uturan


I The-tips may not continue growi g i the spring, but strong. I produced from below the


! plants will be .well-rooted i b,y the spr ,ing, v ine In


up sb that The little


Cropping: will be stronger than from, and much In.adyance of, spring sowings.


oots vflllT be ridges ff |Soll.


I where they are to tetoalr to grew ,lnto toulbs: is the way t o ! make thlk crop profitable.: The, seedlings are not cheap ■ to buy, as they have' to be ra|sed In


Making Onions Pay.-rSo vlng,th e seeds


outdoor sowing will be-on;the small side, but they may be closelY cropped, to order to get the fine soli ueewsary for raising onions from seeds, rough tob toe site ithls year because wtotor weather deprives soil of much| of Its sylcky


warmth. Ttoe ' bulbs i ■ lifted from an


property.' the


be given to the menus; with secoiid- class sprouts—the Brussels


forked up; once a month. around toe beet can


cabbage greens—the i shoot from stuinps of the lent cabbi ges, aifd


turnip tops—the leaves from toe that have refused to i tuber.


the [allot ON THE LAND.


'WEN ^ r o to s , Uaye^bren ^c^f wRb growths, frera where the


with rnlps


around the prlckly-seedec, splnabh, . and . sseedlings Is Varlj


Tlie Season of Scardty,—Greens spring can toe provided If the


. ' i [ spinach I .


for soil


ilt Is to be cropped next spring- Use the? '.sticks while they are young, for then the Iflbre is young and Is not noticeable in its


'raised bed as an alterriatlvei. to 'deep cultivation.! Turf may be used for the Sides of this foot-hlgh.btd, :Or. the! bed may be [supported with boards, If thb bed!Is shaped so th a t'if need not be walked ' over, the sides; will not be broken, The raised bed' could be four feet; wide for two rows of plants a td as long as your purte It. A long puise ls required for an extehitoe planting straightway) but propagation by root division Is easy.


'want elght^n Inches of .room between the tows mid twelve inchp In toe yows. Turn over the bottom spit of this trench; and turn to[ material, such as long-straw, seaweed, and turf, !for dnlnlng the’top' Bplt i of soil. Manure t lay be mixed Into! the top spit. : Hot manure may WIUtI advantage! toe used early In, the winter. It| Is fuller of p l ^ foods than decayed mahure, and aspqragus,responds to . Jjberal treatment b y : producing' fat sticks.


Of growing [asparagus in toe reveri e'pf light ground: Growing asparagus.level with the sbrface begins with cutting- a trench one, foot deep: and four feet wide for two lines of plants. . Itoe plants will


. Asparagus Is native to ; toe sandy soil l of our coasts; thereforf. It .Will not


. ove:sticky land. The flat-bed memod


. , Orlflnating as a wild plant of the f sandhills toy-the sea, besides its Uktog


I ' ' ! ■: ’’ ' ■ -j , .1


agricultural salt every wlrtfer. An.cunce per blunt Is sufficient. Keep the salt from within four Inches, the ctownb. The'first sbrlnkllng of salt may be put all over an unoccupied bed. Feeding may take the fi rm of a mulch


sor a porou.s root-run, as) laTagus enjoys alt.1 Give' toe crop s..,sprlnkling of


flourish With common Weeds, forgetting. Its yrtto origin on the /seacoast; other- ' wise, It heed not remalm a Iqxury oj the wellrto-do. 1 The ralsed-jed method: The! crowns; of the clump! are theLsus- ceptlble part of the'plirit. Build a


results are bbtalned without this labour. Asparagus Is a snob. : I t ' refijsp to


lolour paler


:eous are be


shoots that!are not.blanched Is suplerlor to the flavour of those grown to cark- ness,'


The beds of our forefathers were satisfactory


I , !■ .- . , ,, !


hardy! perenolalsr^asparagus. rhubaib, the globe artichoke; and pepkale. 'Hiey succeed in tougher igrdund than arhual crops because they are started from plants Instead of from seedlings, Aspar- agusj:can,:be. naturally Propped: to. the open' ground; or It can be forced by cover­ ing the clumps with boxes covered with fresfl manbre, ' The flavour of the


settled. ' Tfle cyowns of! them be covered to a ufilform _ Deep}y-ln the ground, ti e crowns be In too Wet soil in .Wtoter; Shallpwly In,(he ground,.they exposed,to |the weather.; The bate of the crowns should be planted two liches deep! ’The ;bed will slnkMinevenlv for some, weeks following Its making.' More spdce. 'shopld be - given to the


the soil' would haye tine to bewme; ____


will be


Nriw cusjtomers isften rrim^rk upon the tremendous yari Ibeeri inside Jur hrisy stprejwe should c (^nsider I


w iri|(^ thoM|h bi*g^ ririd 4 gteat often reyea oply


to show you our of compreW


m) , ,,, , , BBlTli:H,,BAl)IIJM;, mmmm p' Gold.rind'dl'amprids a n cheap ln com-;'


substance in-thi .jwortd, found’In com-' f


toe plants cani depth. Wwifihile,


DartmCjit ;the iSjog this 'Week [gave nstructlons for the erection of four new l mngaiows In the 'picturesque, old-pyld


To:th3 Sandringham e^ate worlmlder


, father, 1 he King takes a personal Inter :st ' In his i)ld servants, and as the hesvy,


workers .on the estate or for pensioners retired from;. Royril service. !Llke!fls


sates of Saridrlngham House. '! | The rew hqmes wlU be for the rise of


amlet )f West Newton, riot far from the


ji ows to be built, and chose one of the bpst used


. -The. need[ for| morri .housing at 3atodrlngham;havlng .shown Itself, iris ; Majesty Immediately ordered the bringa-


' velfare of the Royal .'servants; arid ;enants,. :■ .


: ■■ K-


'hat only Royal thriber, from Sa^jlrlrg- )am estates,' shall be idnstrui tlon,.; [ |


TIMBER


!)oth In fondon ana in,top country, forig desplsefl since It passed put of fayourjln "he rilneteenth centurw: toe • riatufal i jeauty of timber! In the exterlilr epnr


onstruction of the'Sandnngham punga- n : ows Is an interestlrtg commentary on toe


c The King’s ■ c'holce of ew trend that Is developing In hbuslrig


new “ country type’’ he uses that are iprlnglng up In mews andtoye-rokds are making [extensive use of half-tlmberlrig ind wood decbratlbn. . I t may [not be


ll-tlmbCr houses. . ■


nelngredlscoveredby arbiltects.'I | : In Lofadon’s We'st End the surbrlslrig


tructlon and dedoratloi bf houses Is


n : ong befpre Loridonihas Iti, first “niodern’’ STOUT , STUFF. [ '


remphaslse'the word modern, because London toready has a verj Important arid [ : nuch-rfvered' block of old timber houses.


' Fhey are In Holbofri; oldekt housep In the city, anH offer remarkable evidence of ;he durabllltyof timber.


Boulton of the City of London College, luotes many [examples, notably that of ihe bid! Savoy ■ Palace! bri: the ThEimes,


ihat Is being [stressed by architeqts Who favour a return to timber in the edri- itructlon of [modern homes. In his new wok, ‘Timber Houses,’’ Mr. E. H. B.


Ttoe question of 'long life Is a point |


bn, the bite' of. whith- the ipodern. Sa'foy Ibtel now stands, i Pile? dug from the fdilridatloris of thelold Palace, he recalls, vere perfectly sbiind after' six hundred ind fifty years o f use; !' . . [


of manurb every, spring; '-Makb the start the fltst spring. Do not mu ch a heavy soli before the sprl ig becaus crowns may be In too wet soil In w Market garflenets further help, this


with! a complete artlflcla. manure Ing ! the foUaglng sease n—toe si half I


when the plants are busy taking In out of the pit through their follagd are storing the food in their c n Theifern-like foliage mus'; nottoe c(it for decorative purposes, for itj Is the breath­ ing aparatus of the plaiits.


of t o d summer. Tills Is the


THE FLOWER FLOWERS ALL T IE YEAH.


provide r with such a mPaty sub, dlscusshn for years.


i thenter, the second time food and 3wns.


crop dur^


top of 1 Is elghty-foot'column, doririnated by two )f London’s largei flanked by [moUuy sta Square, hub of the West; under the eye of popular, o f Worki


Commli Slone? Sassooti.


yens, R.A., Sir Philip labt .week [devised a scheme to' make Trafalgar Square a


In consultation [with .Sir Edwin Lut­ ! , i L


s Sir : Philip -


GARDEN, WHALLEY BANE.


doors. Plans can be tliought out for the coming floral dlsplayi. One may talk flowers with friends and one may note the !lnstrufctlve pafagrapis of thd con­ versations. A well-ariahged, lower border Is sure toicommEnd admiration. Have a long bed [and let the bed be_ as wide as lb suitable to the size of the garden, Fill toe bed-mth herbaceous perennlalsj-plants toe flower stejns ;of which, not necessarily the leaves, die annually! [ A herbaceous plant I s , t plant with non-woody stems as opPOtoA


Horticultural brans esn be used In­


evergreen,! herbaceous pirennlals. ' The whole of the tops of thaforiner Plants dies every year, like phlAxes; wh le toe latter plants furnish the garden through the[wlntef, like auriculas, Seeing-that over a hundred, hardy lerbaceous per­ ennials are marketed, vlth their very numerous!' varletlds a id numberless nambs,' space forbids [of reepmmenda-: tlons Sqund advice IS to buy varieties from a' njirseryman who has a reputa­ tion to lose, because these varietjes are


are permanent. There I are deciduous' and there are


the I exteiislon ;of the anotmeni. ment among I urban dwellers


a At a. time wliemour pWest lidte^^^ c£n do


griculture. Is lexperlendlng dlfacpltles, iiove-


time occupation oL near a town snould tenq to gopd


tloids beween town-and (buntryj No finer tonlfe for unsbiadled •


much to establish a borid of .sOTf ^ between them and their fellows jvhD live wholly by the land. -A dl^oser acqilalnt- ance with toeijsolljgained bytope


lart:


thCTq than dlgmg. One'earns repose, and has thd satlflactlon tb hag taken the first step In pro' vegetables for the'famllj had come In from idlggfliB a, Ps a new plot. : Blocks of cejmrat h removed, huge weeds have bem out ; :yet, aftejr a pot of tea, nc


fit [as a fiddle. A ! CHdlCJE PraENNlAL.


. The ground' • in readiness f(


should now be prbpared r spring ijilantlnf: so that


or


irtlon of ivb been dragged


.erves Is plght's at'he riding 'vrlter


fdels as o a shrubby plant, the stems of [which


NEW Rboi! bPENED BY WR. G. H. 1AYLGR. JNE!; ENTERPRISE


their. new premises.;at Gri igeBahi, StE.tlon


road, til parents arid frierids of membei[s ,ol the bard, and took [the! opportunity offldaliy to open the bandroqm. ’Iflose of the ger .eral public who had notipald'ari earlier visit sere astonished, at'the remarkEiDle work the .boys and yo'iths in the band have dohe;At oW joiner’s shop has been concerted .Into a. irst- class nom capable-of sea;lng-eighty-peopli in fipn ,bf a platform givlpg ample roonji for twenty-tour ■ performers.


Last -week, 'the Wha __ ___ . . .


C)ronatlo'n Band gi .^ .


year. The garden ougfl; not to bf giyra over to decay and to liud between the autumn pnd the sprlhg. Plan,ts can be had in flower every month, ! "The daughters ot thq yea]


fai! superior to the.oldillnds. ‘ Colour [ can be had throughout the


One aftor one In that "till garden pws, Each fearlanded. vflto her peculiar .jflower."


[


Winter-flowering chrySinthemutos and pansies, ICe violas, I a heatherica parnea,


nurserymen’s reference!


growth, shade pr sun loving, month' of !0 on.


books for


flowering) cblduf, and ta ll plants should not toe' back, nor


■Avoid floWerlessl space.s’ flowering roots next I Aftahge [the colours to advantage-and


planted, [only with


■y >ry spiah by havlnMater-


[should


!)e marshalled at t h ema


Height, habit All


the


P : earlier roots. gin ' be


plants.


remember that white Is a useful neigh- bout for showing up t.ellcate stades.


catalogue


winter heliotrope (tussllage' fragrails), thel arable alblda [and Christmas roses ............ s) will; cheer[ihe beds. he bed In pen and Ink The ps may


of youths^d deserved 'support, fully! eqImpped,


be the of


flve -local gentlemen, .but] by 'thelr"6Wri‘[eari ' ihgs this year, the banq had'defrayed


Taylor said, the .band was now. fully equ ppei .', e sbeteen new! Instirimenta having beenj pur-


taken to giVe all' their band earnings to toe furid tor ■ two yetirs, and I to give .


So far as Instruinents iere coricemei . Mi; baseq. ', For thrt'e, thm were Indebted; to of tori cost, and Ets'the meriibers had unde:'-,


public on toe band’s bellalf was toe sum.of . £30. This would tover tng.cost of.cdnvertlim arid (!umlshtog::toe: 'premls'es,'!- Mesirs.’ 'T,


well,ptoers were prepared .to help all m toer powe'n;, ;AU !toat he askCd 'from.’tbe gener-d


concerts: i s


band was formed and' glieri its: name, sale that he personally had not. the.'sUgitest reason for giving hla'lielp, except^to use 6 Lancasrire expression—thrt;it was.a 'pool do ’’ not to help others when a favou abli opportimity occurred. 1 e was approE chec on the[matter, ..and ,cam^ to this conchslor on three considerations.' I irst, the popul itlor and wealth of Whalley and district wa: pufidclent to run a [brass band, undSr.-P 'ops" nitoageriierit: secondly, 'frbiri -lriqulrlis .hi- had made, he learnt that he boys and youn(: men l id now a remarkably good'chaijjg;o’ d receiving tulttoij -from'a jreally capable con


Mr, Alfred Taylor, who jexplairied whj( the


years' experience in an Army band, »ulq play, any brass .instrument and was excbllenp


uotor, for Mr.' Robertson, had had . t velvi


ley -and' Dlsxict ,ve a concer; in


Presided over by Lord Nelson a t : the ]


t fountains, rind ,ubs, Trafalgar End, has come : efllclent First


iiealthy Uttle controversy began! develop in London this week over luestlon of Trafalgar Sqiiare, Sriioking rooms, and cqcktall bars] have nbt been ect for


FIT FOR HEROES 'TO LiyEj IN, Politics and fine’ arts [apart, qult’d a


ltes oil the estate; He' has stipulated th ilr


HOMES. timber for i the


iutles E ssoclated with the first: year of ils reign have spread thdmselvesput, [he las been .turning ihls attention to the


.fountains! as memorials to Earl JelUcoe andiRarl Beatty.j


national memortal to all Ndval heroes, and as a start to reconstruct the present


:.:!;[;■ : FR P ■ SPEECH.


po f‘ Leave Trafalgar. ;Spare albhe. I Is a o pulati cry'bf toe. momerit.j Adririrers df JelUcoe,arid Beatty ,tolce demands for r lgiufled statues,'people .who [hbldlpubUc cifee'tlrigs under,.toe itoadow [Of Nelson’s tbluiriri see In the new proposals a tthreaf 1o free speechj ,lovers of old Lbridon want


j In'ce someone or other ,h[ad toe pre!- I lumptuous idea of cutting, down dour


: ouhtalris anyway. ■ ' ! ( •; j (There hasn’t been, qnythlng Uke it


rees in the Lelcester Square Gardens. ; ROUND THE FESTIVE BO A ^


. In the' days I when i an.iBngllshman’s J ibme was his cEistle—and not his pat!--^


1 Uled for many: a prodigal Bon at this time of the year.; ..


II used to be quite a ritual for. the. tautoy 10 gather iri jthe -ancestral' ball fpt the, (Ihrlstmas celebrations. Hardy sons In- laterrupted - their Empire bulldmg to i return to the bosom of their-family a?


he Christmas festival, fattcd'calves wCre ; ’


t qiiare ’blocks the conjestion, would be i :rlflc. Maybe' this Is’ the 'reasori Why


le “ home for Christmas ’’ Idea has'died fUt.' /[.. ,:


,[1 , | WEST END CELEBRATIONS.


More; people! than ever, are;,,riiaklhg for i i hose spots where the fUn arid festivities


: ind hotels over -toe Christmas hoUdays ind joining In the communal .gfiletles.: : Jouhtry


l r at their brightest and best; for Ghrlstj- as. ‘ Loridoners.are staylng ln the West


jlthln memory, and West End hptels, I im told, are preparing,for .one pf top jayest festivals of the year.


ear, London looks like being, more fuU ;han


omlng to Town for toe holidays. It


and has been „ WHO WANTS A BEAR?


about bears.! -But this:,week bews are news.' /It appears'j'altoough 1 have never


I t Is not often that I talk about! bears. There just'doesn’t sebm anyicafl to talk


Whlpsnade, and. the society, ij, anxious to dispose of a few tojmake.ropnl (or two young, Wrarigel Island beats recently acquired from Moscow. At rirbsent they, are In the Zoe’s sanatorium and 'cannot be shown to the public for! the.]simple reason that aU available bear houses are


r was , told th a t -Lbndon has thlrt:: bears


noticed It before, th a t there ate top many bears in LondPri—far’ tbO many; ■ , At the Zoological Gardens this week I


esiding' permanently at the Zpo ut occupied.


toe other day to Mr. GeraldHes, manager of toe Zoo at.Belle Vue, Manchester, hut he wouldn't have a hear as.aglft.! Belle Vue already has all the bears It needs.,It I seems to me, on mature reflectlmi, that


’ The society made a very gerierops oner


to the Zoo he could have a bear (for the asking, brown, polax or grizzly at his own


f anyone Were, to make a decent offer choice, _ ^ ^ ja ck -LONDONER,:


.Varley. and Son* and W. Langshaw and . Sons Ltd., had supplied materials at' cost price,' and, said Mr. Taylor, he had been amazed at the skill and willingness .of the boys'In bricklaying, jolneiy, concreting,'etc. Never in his long , experience of Whalley boys had he seen anythlnglllke it. [ [ I


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would, be. self-supporting. .'.At ariy Tate, for r less than 7/6 per week they woiild hrive first-


wouli be covered for this sum. Ttiey had got proriilSes towards toe amqunt-lequlfed, arid he appealed- confidently to to^ general public for their, help.! At toe Same gave, an'.Invitation to'the public t toe preriilses at-ahy time. Mrs.] G. I delighted at.toe efforts of toe hoys, kindly tastalled tWo stoves to heat tog, for which the committee were-i


When! toe debt wSs pald,be hiped the band ate premiKsi and heating and I lighting


tone, he I tospect [.Taylor, had very -e build- 'ateful..


healthy PROSPECti thMr. G.- H/ Taylor, elected'-by the! boys as‘


arient the old Whalley bands,'declared toe premises open, land endorsed; all that ,Iris brother had said; .- He .was convinced that two hr .three years under, toe present .conductor would produce' some' fine ■ instrumentalists. The members were young,: and'whe: i he had walked into the- room during rehei.rsals. ’he had peen pleased to notice pqwjwell lisclpllne yias'preserved by Mr. Roberirion,.. :


eir president, after'a few humbroud remarks


Parish Council,’said the general pMc did not realise toe hours and hoiirs of practice which bandsmen hadto putln. ’That was At toe reason bands were.so expensive to engage,


Mr. R.’T.'Varley, chairman of ttic Whalley I the Coronation celebrations It was abnbst


llkejy to be placed In such a fl? agam in ary of -toeir festlvlties. Wishing toe band luck, Mr. Varley added that he could see the mak­ ings of a very creditable lot'of players, and day It might be-one could never, t^ll.-r-.ihat some


mpossible fd- get 'a - band.' They [were riot


He ,'they' would be'heard on.'-thd wireless. h thought- It q splendid thing .that the lads


place at'which -to meet-! ’.'!| - - ®.:;, Mr. Hy.-Topping edded hrt gocd-.wish'ep,


ad something to Interest them, arid su^sh


and spoke of the advantage , of bemg' able to play an instrument.


' RIGHT NUMBERS.


h In toe last twelve months ihe! lost Ofdce t as Installed about, q quarter of (8 million


made In this country have ! increased by 'eleven million ta.a'slngle y a e r . '


elephones, and more - than I two thousand additional public -call :]poxea.i .Trunk calls


[ „!■


-are This


Provincial' people


iri'; any| Chijlstmas K iB X


1 be sariie klnd’of spirit wheri;the 'family, iesldes in a flat. If toe whole-family £ 'ere to ’ gather -In orie- bf those Berkeley


curiously enough, you can't wqrk up -i. 0' know whaf 'ls wrong with the old


,orf to yield .c ne .twei ty-elghth of ari ouface'of radium and . then .only.after f mrichi.treatment ..For sample, between


ag very rich deposits aiscovered beside Grpat jBear; Lakf jn thd North Western Teirrltorles. .Hire In frozen ground a mine has been si nk to g !t out the pitch^ blqnde. . .It reqtlres Oi tons.of selected


This material Is carried 4,0 0 0miles to Port Hope,iOnta lo, for' treatment,'be-! catisel nearly .ffty toris,. of different chiemleals'. have to be,.'ised uri on :the concentrates in extrac;lng one gram of radium-salts. -


norty [and- fifty ;ons of ore have to be uned.tp obtain me ton of concentrates;


quantities, .It Is!very,potent and takes 1,690 years to lose half Its energy., In all top hopltals in the; Morld,'at present there' Is probably not more than two porinds of radliim. ' G ridually Canada will ta,crease the world’s supply.


In "hospitals n dlum Is used In minute , !■ . : ' j J -i.,;. .-.'.mtIK.",,,


,, 'This is the name given to all Britons lni:Gi:eenlarid. - The vrard came, from another; “ tuluss iq,” the native word for ship’s -biscuits, ’Thlch ivrero:firstilntrof duced Into Greenland by Scottish whalers of[last century. '


:


!- I FblJR-.T('"KEfep' CLEAN. ' ; Piriud-Mrs,.Purr ilduch


w a fineith'four. lwhite pat, - .pPhatiPlay onpur mat.


ovely.kittens.


Fqur - IRtle darlings, ■Such a criarmlhg sight.


Flriff .toqk the .bliie bag. Started ilaylnglball,


Brit, oh, SI eh a worry! ■"'or tnp[y Won’t keep white.


But It, mac e them dirty, jtod Pusi I spEUiked them all.


And made Pussy .grumble [Athlsscotyback.


Sathey.wi nt ahufating [ |o l ar[olher,hpme.


Tim went jxplorlrig: ■ ' In'the g: ate .so black.


Then,Mrs. Purr Much iThought they’d always roam,: [


And'there In our jflpur.bin. Left them fast asleep. -


She fourid 'a deCp! tin, Gne-wltn sides sp steep*


THE JESTER.! i m m m m m m m m . “ [ :':|,!y'| ^„S


THE WINTER By PHYLLIS PATERSON.


GUEST.


wlthouti carrylrii mud irito the house. A mirror to enable you to straighten your hrilr, a clothes .brush on the hall stand, id a-place for your wet umbrella, are Her conveniences that put you at once


- What': are the you call on a frl' (If It Is Xi • ' jpreclrite a goon door-i really dry your shi


nd? g when you arrive, you lat on which you IS so' as to enter


points you -notice when at your] ease. -


gukst when she Is taken to her room. I t celfor her to see an electric or gas fifri 'Ili'e decc rations [of the 'room, too,


■rherriare miny simple details that .ve a itvelcommg atmosphere to'' the


, 1 , „ 71.,.


shbuld ib? brigl t ,and cheerful. ■ A few sm'all pictures I elp if theyare colourful. Frirther thoughtful touches can be pro-' ided by the tedslde lamp on a small


.able,, an ash-t :ay, a -book or two, and itiaterlals for le -ter-wrl ;lng.. They, seem to rionfer on the ^ e s t t! ieiright to .retreat ' 1 -her own room wheri-iver she likes. wA thoughtful hostess sees to It that the


Etoid shut easily Wedries should be prov; vlded If the wtidows are liable to rattle Ih! the: night, i nd, ofjeoursq, the blind dr' curtalris should function properly, On a cold ng h t pn vlde a. hot-water


indow-in the guest’d, room . will , qpen


uottle and extr i blanket for your visitor. She may not nsed the:n but ,the gesture of offering them Is a practical Way .of ' ”


a guesp perfectly comfortable.


box cbats, aric—equally Important—fur dmmlngs, pro dde the high lights of this jason’sfashlbis.


t [Designers hEive planned fur trimmings ,


Idriger conteri to confine their use: to duffs and colars of our winter coats, Now the entlrs front] coUar, and back yoke of a jacki t Is made of flat fur, such as antfelope,- In lian laiib, or Persian paw. Fur slfeeves an 1 back panels or fur with rin uprtandlng fur collar mqke origjnal, and bMomlng trimmings to a loose;fit-, e ting three-qua 'ter length coat. Muffs of


a a [most o ■iglnal Imanner,’ being no


dent rfevers of :ox are the features of yeti, fenothfer model: , ■


I - Muff cuffs ate often the .only trlmmtoi to an btherwlsfe trimly cut top-egat. Th- duffs ire adju itable ari a muff lor chll Mata weather, or may be.pulled,up o: the slieve for warmer days. , - t [! strips of fur are also fourid running ui


I : This season’s cloth dapes with wide fu: panels over th i arms k e very smart pni may be worri'c u all occasions. - n American B roadtalV,’ of Indian Lamb, Is utilised for trimming.’ hlgh-crownef" hEits of fur feat. -, Tflese hats look, ve; [ charriilng for the fur trimming softei


he ftont.sean s of Jackets. ,, *


normous size, accompanyingmagnlfl-} ,! J


[tall j high h£ts, periill skirts, straight '


ORIGINAL designs WITH FUR. j " -


By “ P: EMP IR E ' i


little dry -sbap powfler* - ’ The reugh sur-- iface of .thfe i towelling al^s tolthe quicl^:


removal' of the mark. Scouring powder or gritty agents [must not be [used with the towelling. ‘ 1 1 ! : ,


by rubbing} with-a dloth fllpped|4n a solu-- luyg-Trail Smoke . tlon of fequal partkiof turpefltlne and' water,


Grease dap be| removed from the bath' |


CHILDREN’^ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.: ■ .-BySEpiZABETHra


.


the conversation of .adults. If |they listen at meal-times about the! news,


fen, however,,we should alsolflnd that 4^?—Hfithof St, Ronan’s .... Angel they have plokqd.up mariy-.feqrs .frota 1869-Held by Chinese Brigands...


strike one: a i intelligent and liit’erested ln the world-It wWeri they live, [ j If we coil d sfeaffeh the ririnds of child-;


___ triavel, or polltlcs, they


scraps of ta 'ornlatlon thoughtlessly men­ tioned In-tl elr presence. Dread of hos-1 pltals, of: d )ctors bV of dentists, fof ln-t Btancfe,-ma3 arise 'from morbldi-accdunts I of sufierlni, which fehould not have been iiientlohed ■ u n til! [the children were


absent.' i


: wise, we shall avoid taking youngsters tg horror films at the. cinema. [ . The delliate child Is a special problem.


a good deal of parental differences. These may crop up ta any normal family, but It should be part of the parental code that bickering does not take place before | the children.


In some homes [children, see and hear !; - TIME D,jddlngs shorun—ld be! made well to advance' j Evei7 house’


of the'greqt day,'for these puddlrigs Im- rich puLdliig.! -


.a x'^'_ , Uddirig


By! Mri IHRISTMAS PUDDINGS. ----- ----


Mix welli together a pound pf raisins, e ilb. of currants-and shredded suet, , ilb.


and hlixediearidled' peelKchopped). and a quarter Of ri nUtirieg (grated). Now stir I n '3 beaten [efegs, a;,tablespDonful bf golden skup, |2 tablespopnfuls bf brandy and a i tejicupful of beer. Butter and fill your' pudding bsislris with! the mlx- ture, coVer


ach of moist sugiir, flour, breadcrumbs; I


recipe. , , Thoroughly


the'hard! line of thes^ off-the-face skyf [scraper styles,


i |pojlC^I|AW '■■ENlUHElt.lEDjBATHS; 1 i Thfe 'srikpy-''rater m^afkTiirh'ieh^PPears ion a porcelEiii: enamelled'bath after, use 'can be easily removed', by Tubbing :lt entW with an old 'piece 'of Turklsfl. bweUlng on ihlch has been sprinkled a


with a greaseproof- ^ --------- --


breadcrumbs. Bleated icpco:


____ .^ .lut,Mlb. „ . shredded mixed ' peel,!


;i‘eclpe'. "wlnealassfol ol rum (or bffendy) and London felready, toe Government Is consWer-


' salt. NOW acd VeiU of basins,


a tfle your pui mixture


c r " -


Well-beatfep eggS'One at a time, and aqd le stralrifedllulce’of the lemon. Butter


fill them with the Lord Jelllcoe and Lord, Beatty should take as to''previous | the form of new ornamental founatalns la Trafalgar Square,


ngr. ------ , _ Ing whether ,.......... . national monuments to


ralxi tbgethei: Jli). each of 2oz. eac’ I of flovif and des- leach iof .


currants, half a grated nutmeg, loT each of groundfelmiambn'and mixed spice. the,| grated rind of a! lemon and A pinch of -


sul anas, itEiiu


finely and


MABEL; M. H/IrT. 'fe,knows that Christmas j kn/\ *\i iI n In i' I


-


do ndt-want any uhpleasant-ldeas to sink j Into their mlndfe. ' We should riot, therer fore, permit children to stuff their minds | with crime or mufder‘Btories.:)[f-we are


Children are easily frightened and, we ' | [ ) ■'■'■ '


His health'fehoiild not be discussed In his presence. We can do nothing to help the child by pumping thoughts of Invalldlsiri Into his mind. : I


G 94-^Working Models: CLASS B.


79-^apan's Feet of Clay .... Preia Utley i;;:' ' ■ .CLASS C. !


55S-The .True Face of Japan Komakiteh Nohara


CLASS D. . 394— Plays Unpleasant....G.’['Bemferd Shaw


395- Doctor’s Dilemma, etc. ..... ].'........ G. Bernqrd Shaw


, .CLASS G.


93— The Book of Mechanics and Hand!- , ! crafts' ................. .


,j ■ CLASS,!. ■ .


31—The Economist in toe Witness Box ' S. King-Hall and N. J. Hall


READ.


■ MILL -STOPPAGE.—Last Saturday noon the OUve Bank' Manufacturing Company closed their Friendship Mill for a week for boiler repairs,


j


gregatlonal School Chapel las? Sunday the cgUectlons at each service, jvere for the London Mlssloriary Society’s fupd. The preacher at the morning service was Mr. Belsfey, of Accrington, and| In the


MISSIONARY SERViCES.-In thfe Con-, ..........


94- Worklng Models: How to raalie them I


. , F. ji. Camm / [


Childfen absorb iscbrefe of t|tblts from.| 'to ' well-lnfortned talk


i i,


lally .profit! ible quintltles In only! t ten places In the V orld. ■


.pi ei:ricnest!, 'adlum-bearlrig; ore 'Is' t tchblende, and Canada Is novr develop-]


!


mm ’S


D O HlSTbRIC IHIGHWAYS.


arjBori with radium; . it is the rarest] opened , to the public I n _toe gtounds of uq,-Por'd works. Dearborn, ,U.S!A,


-ithrough Cari(«tburyl, jLoridon,! St. Dover


own historic Watltag Street,’ he old [Roman roaii .whlcri_ ran from]


jDunstable, -'and Toiycester to W roxeter.- Of course, the hlstqiy. of Watllri; Street back'to before' thp arrlya! of'.the track-


g o e s___ ___________ Romans,' for it wap I’driglnally; e way used as a tradp route by the


In Ariother famous Roman .'road taduded ir this ‘‘.taternatlonal’’ ! half-Me . of [ oad Is the Ariplan Way, ;a highway which Romeled from-; toe - Applan; Pate dfl ancient


Brltqns.,!. , W£(tling| Street stlll,-< partp,\fdrtlt forms isPctloris of to r to London and London to [H


o a d s


each end Is a hole -with a cordli ttached; f so that it cah be handled easily.


away,' for a!|tambu'a Is a whalp’s tooth' which .has been polished and. bHed. At


couldilve, you are u: i a Fiji


kely;


OUR [ PUZZLE CORNER. '


JUMBLED WORDS.'


SNIPE li Backbone; INCOii CLAMi- TENCS


My next-is In flower-and also in My third Ik in weaker as strength)


My,,.flrst Is' doze.


My last Is In topic and also in chat, li^ whole Is a gift and I’m silre you'll , like that.


My sixth Is In written but i hever in ■ • wrote, ■ '-i : - ■ i


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E L E 'P H A N T 1!!2 3 4 i 5 6 7 8 i'


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My fifth Is In vessel but. not fCund In float* ■ I


My fourth Is In distance but i pever In -length. !


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[WHAT I AM T? ' In sleep but not


!: Piece of n(oney. 1 Peaceful.! Perfume.;


riund in


_ rose, v/ell as in


A tambua|s the most precious gift you :iowever.


to. top site of the impderri Brindisi. A


,WA to , have onC to give.


TAIWBDAZ Islander. -


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ixlsts-in e'DoVer olyhead ,


ancient ,


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of 'Whalleyrroad Congregational] Church, Accrington.' The Rev. R. -Rankin, of Papua, preached at the evening service, When he exhibited .native utensils and handicraft.


. ' -!i i]' ! TOO MANY STATUES;


As there sire said to be too many}statues in. the


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