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mature of modern Piano easy papents. Ulus. Catalope.


CHILD’S CLI


Being a Smes Ribblkdale


Lessons 'Pmpar id 'for .Senioy,' School.


By ARTHUR LANGSHAW E s t ; i 8!!4: TREAb SOI


B LACKBURN SOCIETY’S


tje a minimumiof action and a masdmiltn ( f dialogue. iAt any rate this descrip­ tion is well suited to Peter T rm ’sithree- ^ct comedy, ",Tread Softly,” which was presented with considerable a c c e s s by 5he Blackburn Garrick Society iat th e ' ,ecture Hall,i Northgate, on] Mondbjr, , 'uesday and Wednesday evenlhgS' Thbse ho like incident crowding upon incident ight have been disappointed] but


The modem tendency in playh seems to


Subtle and witty repartee woiudi delight many.


„in -when the affair became seribus and . there.\yas almost a tragic ending. . Mrl i Rowland Handled , his difficult role w ith ' skill, although on Monday there -were ‘ 1 imes when' he,' lowered his voice un- :iecessarlly] .His happy senieipt;pro­ portion saved him from serious pitfalls, ■ however. ■ '


for a group of amateur playei|s,jbut the Garrick cast came through thei I i ordeal With distinct credit. ;Mr. R. p ; A. H. Rowland gave a polished perto:niance as Harry 'Willett^; whp had retired ito the peace of the Country among his books and flowers after a hectic youtmlbut was ‘f recalled to life ” by the machmatlonaof a French widow with deslgiis upon his young and Inraperlenced son. iTp save his offspring: the book-lovlng;j i father ' decided once again to become the gay ; philanderer arid divert the attehtion' bf ’ th e'fair charmer, but complications se t


t Such a medium was not an easy one ' , ' i ’ , ; ,■ |;i " ', j


::t was easy to understand wh;r Tom lost' lis head and why father near y followed n his son’s footstep's.' Perhipsl.lt was i pity Mrs. Val Shannon spoki chiefly in jroken English for one felt evbry word ihe uttered w^s full of subtle meaning md should n o t be missed. . i i..;, Mr. D. B. Driscoll made^theJmeist of his


511a Duckett possessed an aUthehtlc i'rench accent and delightful ;iang frold.


As the alluring Mrs. Val Sha inbn, Miss.


STRANGERS IN !


' M l e y ! has told us that;: r and also that: I


lS week we want to know wha^ happened in our valley when the Romans left the country In the year 410. Rudyaid Iflpling 1 , [j


They killed; the trader, they sacked the 1 shops, I ,


‘ ftey swept like wolves through’ the 8tan.d- ] tag crops.i . !


'hiey ruined temple and town;! ■ I '


. Crying that Rome was down, j '


countryside. ’The. great Roman, fort at Rl|f Chester was burnt to the ground, as the ashes


And that was just what did happen In otir


found there, pfoVe; the vUlagej with Ita temples,' arena,! ,shops, and the people who lived there were' utterly wiped out, and all that Rome hadjdone for Britain ^uring'her- four hundred years’ stay vanished.: The only thing these red.lnen from the north cbuld not ' destroy, was thej solid road, which .was still to’ endure for many centuries. When the raids mto Ribblesdale were over, a few isurvivdrs would creep back tato a silent, ideserted, and wasteland,


^. ■! ;1 -■ j|.


4Vhat a loo tin g th a t must have b e tn ! ’Dae' Britons In th e south-east o f Engijand pid put op a v a lia n t f ig h t fo r th e ir homes, p iit in Ihe end they were driven to ask th e helP of a ba.rid; o f adventurous I sca-farpig faiWers, who were p o t a t aU ea^isfiCd w ith th d r bleak arid ra th e r desolate homes - - th( other side o f th e grey N o r th Sea.


' North Germany. The people who! lived there were (f one rade.but of seyerahtribes; people 'whom we should call'EngUsh today, sohto ■.them the cduiitry vfe! bhve.''just, noted,.f,as,


■ stretebtag northward from a: great plain, which m parts Is known today as Holland and


Fyou look at a map of north-west Europe. ym will a country called Demn^k'


When Rome was rotten-ripe to!her fall;!' The pestlleitt Piets leaped over, the Wall; To harry the English , land. i | ; 1


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J ■ i


the fields werp the pastures fo belonging to the town, Then can.v v„v „wv.- lands'tlAtU whlchithe swtae were (riven in the


by a.dltoh. The plough-land lay In large patches near to the town, and It was dlvidei' up into strips separated by gras: paths, ani eachVof the fremen had.a,certain number of these strips, f After the sprit gtlme these fields' were fenced off, so 'that i ;he anltagls could not damage the young cop. Next'to


canlie the wood- the cattle


autumn' to feed'on,the fallen nuts.' JPurther lip the; hill lay the sheep lands,.while oh the flats near the water were the ,mea 16ws, fenced off. ta;thb summer.' ,Flsh !was bltalned from the river'and ghtpe from the woo|ds;


J


men have was brought: to judgment.'.-.He* twelve nieh of the family to swea: to his giillt or innocence. Here took place the trial by fire and'pe trial by water. Here the councU met to settle P e division of the! plough lands among Pe freemeh ment. Here choice was made


who should go tolpe more Import int Hundred Court which waS held at Blackb iih.


strips Inthe _____


ff the settle- of the "men


the itree In the ceptre of the the elder-i


w n t„ _____________ , nine feet fromiybur own sldq? -Wltrietsi iThat Is possible.


ri8r?-'-N6, 'th e ' tyre was cut t P tb thfe other car. i i ln


; Do jmu think your'tyre h'at caused, "you to ban into


Mr. Bat^khduse, Vrttnets said t ti it when he || Spanish applled.'hls! braked'he fhought


apswer to further ques,Ions,fromite ■


twelve great gods and .P'e twerii.y-four great goddesses 'who ffved In the palate of Asga'rd, but who-(sometimes camh down■»earth and mixed, with humtins. :In'pe days ef the week we ffnd the nkpps of some of'Pem.' The All­ father was Offin-jor iVode'n, and'the day of Pe week setiapaH-.for his (worship ivasWedn^ day. He wjs .the great law-gl rer,- and the' P'st day.bf Mw Was his feast-day. Then the whole top-dwellers would go to hfe shrtae.'anfl hold feasts andldances there,; while songs-in his hohopr werd sung by the scjalds or glp- men, who wep rewaPed for their minstrelsy by the ^ t of bolden bracelets or 'armlet^, wWch cM ed tp at Pe end, and were callea


riTHESB English were heathen They woij- ■L shipped I and offered sacrifices: to > the.


Odln’s's^pents;.'


"Gld Ehgland.’f T h e land which they vfqre prosptoig to- the west ‘On the'other side ;ot


descendants^ j


,'well portrayed by Kathlet n', ■! L is ter.' ifelUe Walsh was happy as the: faithful


wife who never doubted her, husband]s, nte^rity.' The cast wasexcellently iompleted by Mr. B. S. Jepso i'a n d Mr] J. Kenyon.


evelled that the make-up was not'quite jatisfactory, and it was a pity th a t the arrangements of the stage h lone intervals.


BRITISH LECifeN AT


CLITHEROE MEMBER! PENDLETON CHDRdH.


to its utmost capacity.' Durhig; the ser­ vice, the British; Legion hyhm, " 0 Valiant Hearts,” was sung, ai d; Captain Darnell read the lessons.. i r


jrelation to life. , j


;he British Legion, along with their vives, paid a visit to All Sain Bt'Church,' Pendleton, on Sunday. ’The Viear (Rev. 1 M. Rogerson), who Is chap alii to the Legion, conducted the service, which wfas largely attended, the,church l)elng'flUed


;hurch services were often ciltlcfsed'jas learlng no proper relation to life. . He loped the service th a t night lid have a , . I


In his sermon, the Vicar; said th|at


rdinister, and the King, and pointed out, that the hardest service was th a t dohe ■ without being noticed, which pdkSed uh- praised and unblamed, lonely sentry at his post. the British Legion, ■ he said


The Vicar gave examples of service-,ta ithers by domestic! senants, ;hbi Prime


Service men of war, but he irg ed them to carry on In the service of tnelrlhomes, their country, and their God, mi —


like th a t, of the Members of were ejXr


3f the Round Table—“ Live j ure, speak rue, right wrong, follow t ie 'C h r is t, lonour the King; else] where ore bom.”


them a slogan—the slogan of S f the Knights ----- ------------ — , .^dhegaive


3crvice men should try to kiep to the l itandard of family life of whl(: “ ' '


ad always been proud, and standard of Hollywood.


In their homes, the Vicar s: Id, the ex- ; HJ. VI


hiEngland not to ilShe.


! • ' Members of the Clltherde, Branch o f ' In one or two cases crlticlsn could be ' 1 ecessitated


ipportunlty as Harry Willett’s 'fiend who iltimately fell for his vivacloui daughter, ;,


■ band ■ of ‘(Romans'’’ was to Ijmd', thefe ^pn, , -another kind j of; 'conquest alt(^ether-}^he . wtantag of the land for Christ.


: of the entrance to the 'Thames. This wps a spot full of hlstoiy, for 600 yeats before.the .great Julius Ctesar had beached his Roiian galleys very near to this place, and, less tlian 'a hundred and! fifty years afterwaWs,; another


helped ' the • desperate Brltops pcessfi|Uy,. were granted a Settlement on tht south side


The first parly of-these prospec ors, having i ' ' , ,■ ♦ yER'Y soon news'.bt this “New Eng


to build up tlielr new homes, to live accoi ding , to t tlheir own [laws, customs ana leugion,; and to divide thei whole .land up tato small kjng- doTM,’ each ol which started to' Straggle i i t h P e Others fot iriastery.


western land tor f armtag and fishing, and of the ease with which the land could be gaihed. Wave after wave of emigrant boats landect on these shores,|-spoiled the land,! and eitper massticred, enslaved, or'drove ,the Britons mto "the. mduntalnous.. west country, .[and began the work of wibihg out aU 'trac^ of the fact thatjthls country had been once an, outpost of Christendom, and a fiouri^tag unit In the Rbman Empire. Theh they began


. iblr f . . . . „— d relig a


- u t most northerly of these togaomS 'iumbrla.


inamed Bede,'that: " One of the'Kings 'of Northuiribria 'rayi


V/'if'are told by a monk of Jai


' "of the English. For he conquered " terrltorieri from them-, either imaktag “ tributary,'! or drlvtag the mhribltants


Forth in Scotland, an(i .was known as N()rP- ,w, whoiwas


^ I'lEtretched from the Humber to the Rher \'


ged' ' “ the Britoris more than all'the great men


' "Out, and blao^log English in theli; pUces, " than any 'other King.’!' ■ ,


that the English settled down to the- Rlbble Valley.,:


It might very well be that tol^ was thp [


The, amount bf land that each little band of ipitlers reaulied was staked out and cons^ted eenerally of a long strip stretching doTO;!™™ the hm to.ttfe water,-tod; toludto “ “ xiand, pasture, woqRand, land suita,ble for


year 600, [ . ' ' ' , .


and meadow! land. These fbstiEngM whocambto mbh


lands of the colonies,; iiiit blobd-relatlons, who were headman' - quickly cured


In a few houii Cephoj will ly banish a cold or arrest - 'jlu. Thousands say "there like this Eminent Harffi Physician’s remedy” (or Headache or Neuralgia, not aSect the heart and is certain remedy to keep in the home always,


Sold ky all CkomtiU fit Staja In Powder or , (ablet /orm lli and 3l'. „


PHYSICIAN REMEO|y


THE S filNOLE DOSE Pandee or Tablets m t'rpp/itiors 1 Ctphot Ud, Sloeiltu n


" photdoe* a lafa arid .


i.ey Street (olds, 'Fljj,


t liraculouif 11 attack of il nothing


BETTLEMENT‘usually conslstedibLthe S a n ' - o r cblef.lwltti a nutober 0 .en, and some


Tito w -s riito sold; t o t a e s W rS o t « a c T s lw 3 'b u t they were


unfree-mem’ elther.captured t o The j te e e -


of the settlements usually ended to '


of the freemen of the


“ hm." and the first parrat of ly. 0


_____ tostaince. Billing-ton was -i-


P te e to n was Tha':“ ton’’;w a s to e - to ^ .P ^W


topeemem 8^


ran ^ r i r th e n hank tePP®d! by U' P ^ d ® g* woodTand Bometlmes protected on .toe outside


in " ton^of ,tpn . or


usqfromehatoralleature^^^^^^^^^ man o7 ttiellamUy, or toe ^


^ i.» ----


crops, l!Uisdale


and would be to the Bame.pos t t o ® ' theta descendants,! who bad to tac^e the vlrg


I f th a t is| so,, then th e v illa g e toa:,| arc scattered UP and down Eibblcsdalej :are


about. 1300 years old, W M th e E n g lish ” took place ju s t beforp.the


, 1 L, . England," .telltag of the suitability of this was sent by' the first settlers to ,


the sea vras to be to’th'em a v New England.” just as America over, a thousand years later was to be thfe "New Englandf’- of their


“Thofsday,” as we call it ln![Lancashirei was dacred to Thor, the benevolent god; who rode in p chariot of brass drawit by two gb'ats, from whose teeth andpoofs, the ■sparks conStahUiy flew. T ^ roU anfl rumble qf tne. thunder signified the-past sage bf hisi&r, and the stoim^Ioud, wa4 the bToad-bjfimnied haf be amays wore,


' ' ' ■ ' ' 'I'' !'


in Ws haPd ^pe '(iarried a mighty ihamiher arid Peihanipier was Pe 'sa c rp ' epiblm !o; the heatben'ErigltP. .'Our. forefaPers made P e slpjof P e hammer, just as,the Christian made the sign (if P e Cross, td.ward oSAriy- thlng, evil. It I was: P e sign nmde • over the new-born tafarit. at its baptism, ■; at the marriage cerypbny, and at the funeral: pyre before the body, of the hero anijmls helonglpgs went UR ta -flamd. T h e slgh'of Pe':hamriier was useff overj the door-step of p e new home, arid Pe'boupdaty stakes of thp new “ tori" were driven iri With Pe hamme


- T0ST, as' the May-day W hoiiour. of Odta, so to'


Burme?, whii'was/'fldlng his pedal, cycle towards'i.'BadMm a t the tune of the Incident,;iaid he; was traveUliig forty or fiftV^dsibehin'dttfle', motor wagon. I t overtook him near the. junci lm of Sab- den and Whalley roads. The motor wagon was travelling very little , faster than hri was. : DefePdant’s m r overtook him a short distance nearer: Accrington. There waB room for three llnes of traflic arid defendant d|d nbt ;fc'ut ()ut suddenly ftoiri behind the wagon;; '- ' ,


' In answer to Mr. iBacmcuse, witness said th a t Iri'hls opinion,Mr. Sbrsfield wps too hear the middle of tpe ifd^d: .' '


t ■


V 'iM I iiS i' ON !i||Ef:]j^()iU). , Insp^ctibi: Eastoh sdld^defenditot, re--


ported : thb accident kt'OTiTley' police station and referred to isklo, marks on the


bto'afl'which he alleged 'h ad [b e en !mad®


measured the .Triad-and found ItlitO be 29ft, 9lns.1wide'iab 'th'e' point vvhere thri impact took 'pla'ife.'' There'were. Wo"me markslrurintog on th e nearfslde of the road ficlnfe'the direction otiWhalley and defendantf alleged t e e : wfTe, made by) Mr/ Sarsfleld’s oa£ I'phe n ears id e wheel


him to! go [with hlm'ldnd ha,ye’ a look at the marks, which i h e d i d : , n r tt


y Mr. sarsfleld’s car.DefeMant;askled a mark ,s#i;46 feet


ifrom h e


fashion td' a polnt(’2ft.'41hs. from the: kerb, when it tumedisharpW to the; right !Un to that' point the marks were deflmlte-' ly brake piarks,; 'j .Continuing jfrom thi W b '


T pblnt five feet from the.;nriar-ride kerbJ his P a rk contlhwd' !lh-; te - c l r c u la r j - LUC .Utts-WMgy - r •


had been drliffilg for ten yCars and this was his first' accident for eight [years; , Prior ,to overtaking the van he was 0:


the crown'of the iroad;'and there was ni


re-els were !in rquestlbfii ,of.ihli!l:cu^'.Ott(L, ,t! S” 8t S ’of fleld’si'car: approached a n j got -into ri


Yule held ta; honour. Of ^ ’hor. ' Yule iVlplent swm^^^^


time'(il-'feastiri'g and rejohtag,...for’:it r:the accldcnv heralded the return of the sur; "The word |; A??]® 9-


"■yule’] means’ "wheel,” the to b o l:o f the' sun, and on Yule night, the ^igllsh of the


valley climbed pendle, and theie, setting fire to an .Old 'wooden wheel twine I-with straw, sent It spinning In flames dowr the hill side. At % feast)ng,;Odin and each god \yere


month [began on the longes; night, the kerb rind.-fhe r e b ^ Motherinight of the year.


I t ’ was!’a I WM nothing he coffld have pone to a ■


and Cicosts wajslmpo®®^- ■ i


young of some, towns'.then.roff their eggs? I : It was alcustom of [the heathen EngMm


'flesh, the food that made min,Strong and terrible, crowiied with laurel irid rosemary, and to! .this day the men of Qieen’s College, Oxford,'still smg on Christmai D a y ■


pledge(|’ln thC'Ble-hom by name, and the flrst missionaries] ;\yhen they saw tl e great popu­ larity [of this "feast, though; it , bestj to encourage the people to drmk to the herilth of Christ and his,twelve apos.les. Into the feast was brought the great ha inch of boar’s


The boar’i B'edeckgd


Quotestls Reddens


And I pray you, my'masteis, be .merry/ to convivio.


head in hand bear I ,'; with bays and bseftiary;,


Caput apri defero. laudes Domino.


Or in the English tongue, "So many as:are at the'feast, the boar's head'[-brlhg,, giving


praises to Go(i.’’


I'toelr great yearly feast at that season rif-tm 'year, held Ito' hoflour' ol EasNC, 'toe [gqddes of toe Spring, - to I exchange presents to coloured eggs. To these, the egg was th


’symbol ol’ the beginning ot the new Ito , sprtagtag out around them.: pere agata the


m C O U N TY


PENCH ■ j |)R iY


89, Woodgrove-road, Burnley. lonedipt ClltHeroe County Sei


.(Horace'BrililhghanH bbhacc


ffe was defended by Mr. HVB: icl housp; of Blackburn.'! i r .


..jend5y,rifot drlvPg a motor “ r due care arid attention P


ley;


dW .m a lM on Friday, Novel iberl^P. ''■ /


Novemb«rl2th, he was Aticrington-]j(Q'ad,' In I'the WliMley, at'-a'.bpeed i of abobt an hour; Midway between Tfoi apd g a l l e y QblT Club he spV approa(!lilng'and andVrhen.He. twenty yards away a ' ca: defendaritJ cut out J from


collision occurred.' As a rfes actjjdent, Ms front! [bumpt broken (off,fthe front, axle wf ihu'dgllardsi wrire'damaged ai 6f m e front wheel was bursti


.R'oberb’SUMeld, 1, 'Abbey- :oi d, 5--10 D.m


Whal- : a t e on - Of mllfesfi


’ know!'more about„ mis!bfaneh_of_^&^ 1 —o. —-r— the fa j(t


le tterr; : bbvy!f‘ O bssee rv e rIn , yput, Jast ,1m le, and f wojuild bS g laadd 'lf'h e jVvould'


1


SfeSbSStkinis be


i;veri’ juu ---------- - -r


wa'goii.' Tvltnesk'drew In aslnjutn asffle could :t(X his tiear side of. thi


...5,. i(MM.''tllP' drivi ,


branch In CUtheroC nqr,'m lacv, had mQje does It Via it? The working-classes there eyer been ohP, Hqwpyer, perna^i-gj.g


‘tObsemr ” could tell us. J May i s gn | wanting any. Ijettpr. system than the foo.sm!tteselyes('fdr T p liA wiefe;'aii! least ] equM .firi


iirsted and thfflaOther ;|


u finished I satisfied .that m e ifotrigne su p p o rt| ck the ' t B ^ ”,'mfSpaln'hi;f ^


Slr,-i^Iii reply to , |‘lW 4 '”' ; ^ Dm i terest l ' ’!A.B.” ,


ng the ‘‘.Manchester , — -7


S ! : | i i l P i i S » 2p i th e foliowffig, which a t leriSt should^^


M . IS are heaviWttodeMedlm; if [ pot


ehdapt. [ aid te fw h u ld ;'h 4 v e b® '^® » ^ ^ :x-ayenue, | ago. !;'n[Frahco were-to’-W j


he hit the il c o n tto eP t|lo ? f f ic tte


th a t a strong continentaylqwer shrald the m m ,The danger tri Fraftce of^^hamg, | choseh people and I


years n, «Bsiuccu,a-.a-v-


would'have ' some fhought for the sa: ety paying of out! great democratic friend acr(Ks tpe yyi.


thought that evewone'^


Channel.; , : , '■ [ ’ ! ’ “ YCt there;ls hnolsy


vlc'tory. for Qenerril Franco.^ .^ p e^ om y I laiuhg that, to be ^ co n ten ted 'vylth the possible explanation Is t h i s , tnese existing stirite' lif thhgs- ,f So T say to propertied genflemen, Inj sP‘to pf


dolngi'aU: th a t . t e ^ a n Ito .criuntfy , ; ! taU . . ;®®14


ro 'om te the ui del & i'e ltS e r to bqlleve he can wotk h s 'w 'u p fri'the


T thinkhey ' are lahillords and' capltallst3;prst,.,|> and British i f


you will-,find, the prototypes Qf tliese; gently rea'ctlonarles' a t home and: abroad.” r


'(' , PEb DLE i HH- h. VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN.


%P(OTa ,: MA^. 1INI SPAIN.


should nave


a hostile Power oh her s o u th p frontier their j Is equally obvlouS,


their!


not: leel thpir (?VnttVself-lmp(jrta'nfC(ln to thrir ihferlorteipblbyees!


awkw;ard ItiwoiW; be y th ^ .th e y lpya good iwofild p


And the


wot Id’ h a v f no]use nteptlons; /


c , __ould how foj "|g' t 'a jcOrdaripe' wph Mf- „„ Tattersall’s;static'1 leas.'' It 1^^^ or, 1 Tatwftall, ver:' hetirtlest congratu-


th e iria lk of patrioUsnij dOjnot,pu_y|tetr:[j^tiops onihls pole] dlscovsry of what, ter all,,!


a:'i)lty ,we,^ ((S tflS f* !'?' W”'


[Novepibef 26th as one who has spent 17 iy'erirs In Spain and been clqseiy con-, fleeted with' pi lUtri laris'rilid.! public irien ’Of all parties, perhaps yri i wOuld'mllo#


lecture a trth e 'Wh lUey iChurch -of Eng­ land


Sir With iegaird tri Mr.' Logan’s Schobl, iDpoited In your: Issue of


s h , - l think most of your reaaersiwll|| “ i t s absolutelYM jrefe


patby ^ th Whah Sis^l’rijtS^edS


Noflflntoryentlon:Committee, e e ,h e s a ld :; 1 W | andleconomic conditions: of; SpMn. As ■'used certata 'figure^ quo.tefl j rqm (a matter of-fact, h i those partoof. Spain


TiT*v(i erventlohComml


f ’nTnTnitt’pp (10 RUKi* q.


I s t iiow s'uv d )wfl the w a r -to the socia: Put a m


sources which, eyen from the, pqiM or [ such as Crital)nla ?|Bllba'p vtOjo; Valencia view of hon; Meiflbers bpppsite y:md, 1 pnd] Madrim; whe reRfhq’ wporkerq'. p ew n o t:'b e /re g a rd e d as ta in ted Th® ■nothing [of )lg eslat'es where small “jgffnday'Tltnes . . . Is a Stjeadfast


supporter' 'of 'th e . GOvernmeht . . . . .1' workers were but l.CSt and most highly , T h e r 'S u a d a r '


ItllS'ri very a b l e - p a p e r 1 its lews p a i j theHep ibllcrin Govi'mment, Com- . :


is generally reffaffle.


Times” Had a very remarkable ai'Ucle . by 'an, Itopartlal ohserver and


appeared on last Suriday rieqk., T h i s oh,srirver'had seen heth Sides, h ad been liffiomiflutocatlofl With brith Sides hafl


mlssloflaries'aUowed-thrir converts, tO;kMp up


The cristom, but the 'bgg bec^e'.the sign (if •the resuniction.' This was a Season, of great,; 'joy, for winter .had been baflitoed, . A w w . went th® jfoung Into the woods of Blbblesdale,; wherei'the: stones reared to Eristre were to' tje j


; found] and .there they Ut bonfires, and danerf, I and sarig, crowned with [he fresh-green stuff


J and flowers, the whole , night throq^h.' 1*)® ibeglnriingiof a custorii that was kept up m


[isome bouritries until ;toe mlcdle of the 19tji’ f century.' !, . . ’ [ ■


AS [the servtog man laid me boar’s flesh | (Ue god of Ught, was [slain bjj the. shaft i kinsmen, and perform all his duties towards | mbblesdale "tons" gathered together out


rose, and placing his hand on he sacreii dish, I jjjefHodrir, the goff of' d a te s s . ‘lOn ,th he [swore that he would betalthful td'.lto ^ay, the longest of the-yeqr, the people o ft


upon the headman’s tEbleV'the latter I from.i the 1


therii. I.Thenjta turn would ome up'aU'the freemen, and they ta similar manqer, made their vow. jThe->boar's heai.’W.as ri .sacred


embleifl to tlie English, for it was 'supp,bscd( coming of the mlsslriflarles to'toe valley, 'It


sun froitt''Its late staking'to I That 'Was the Mothbr, Day


d jieL.


ornament on; the warrior’s hiilmet. The gift of its [flesh’was made to the married people who could show that they hi d lived happily


oors,! and havtag lit] great ___ _


_sT_ .Jit 1.U.V VMtnntAy\nwiafl


together,, and, the custom r |U suiwives. to the yearly pfesentatlon of a flitch of bacon


Its early, rtoit but,; (:^to,;t


to tasplre fear,'and was frequently Used as'an I ^^5 set ‘apart ta, honour of the Good and Well-beloyed St. John.


. ,


to the'.contented couples of D’mraow to Emcx. At the. feast, was dragget Into’.the;Hall


,c^HEN( 'dld these


Irrim-thd wriods of the valliy the huge log which had t i last through ti e night, o r mis- forturie would befall the fat illy,'and it was lit bV a brand prepared frtm the charred remains fo the Yule log of the previous year,


. . 4


, j : panledher.oneof AUgustlnri’sband.Paultous, Because he,}s one.of topse with a s^ io l courage and of f a r , ap.d whose |


emblem was toe sword, On' the tip oLthe sword wereithe solemn oatts: sworn, and on


the circle o f: his kmsrnen’s blades was tn e returhlng victor carried ro u id ,h to " tp n . ,


Preys, thb goddess of beDuty 'and o f love,


was' specially: worshipped or, Pri,driy.' [ [ [ , ■ 'Why doj witches always go about w ith


black cats? Because poor Frayu banished- as a wicked witch by; the


Satufd8y,.toe driy of r tfe f t t lo n . to most


Chrlstla(i English, and. to at, bla®k ®st; Aent with her, for when she was a goauess Rwas ones of her saertd animals, 1 ,


English people, was honoured by the Heatoenj English as itho day of the god of agriculture 'rind'bf'recreatlon, Batffire,


'


do boys gri/" pace-eggmg,’------------b“ do toe j N eek: T amel against the (fross. | ^d Hitler to anxious to bargfjlh \|lth ........................................................


■WHY do we make pr|sents of colpita^ ' W eggs to one another qt Easter, and why


anf W y ext W he Hm n


did prcacii:mere, ana meymara iuo pvvM ^ wbete.fhe people of Rjmiesd^^^


' I f these.people,are r lg flt, the cross has; been to ld In


those early English Chij^lians then.the slbry


heard t lie " good news.’


beett- baptised (n its torte.^krea* .riycw, I 4 Ian ^ crn/in tlPWA '


years, and ofle by, qna •to? | Write bu It to.hccoramride


our valley foriover -I':^ .. ) IYl>. __ ___ _ . Spaniards fight amongst themselves becaufee: they [


mere to anothey just llkejhli T h e poor Span V. V


In th a t IldO m m ■«A W liMiAMaaLn '


fight the Chinese because the p h te® & a lot of territory and God'toas only w th alU)'®:'®8


has re-create'd the old Ronian Em ['Corporative,' or raised; In this


I tlon to rise In Ife own defence, how much


from which the qoun^ry suffered. • Ilf it to wrong for a liergecilted opposl-.l


provided the-Japs with a small Island.! to permlLthe lersecution of, It.s adver- MussoUnl win only be satisfied when] he I sarles.: Spalp


w u " ' ' . \ — party In power ^


iBtsecution or u s auvur-j fs flotlFasctot, butilt-to; wlllibei' ■No’ouWry„was! country when Portugal:


I'also,be a Civil. W In this country, and, i t 'sm i l be to


^ FPEajiPALL


tarlanism. succeed I n ' driving this ep u n t^ Ihtf) war ofl behalf of: SoclaUsl rarlqfe ah d Bolshevist Russia, t e e wUl,


’ and yet, prate aboUt totaljt,


pmiSEII&TtllES OF/ICE market place i


:('l!|!'' is.4


wooden church was,built where York Mtoriter j^ j jg jg would.be no .need for Parllam^tl stands today. He tells us that this ta ll dark {g j local . authUritles. for public bodies monk went'about Northumbria, baptising [the I any description. The world .to ftlreq^y heathen English a t the gteat:/rlvers of |the 1 ci,f and dried and woe he to h im ■who I north. :• We are, also tolq ,thqt,.yfherej he | ^gsires to alte r It. W f fe n ^ ^ .


^ p j^ o ts , and how [the | as h e


e ;cbedrecfe'd'to mark’the placel, and therer,alter- srill quotes toe Scripture.s It Is Imeitely! th e ' Gospel,. stpqq, crosses fW®)r®


to' confirm th a t the world to'anil'.miurt:


daughtet-ol this rtiyal pair came; northl to Itp the wage payer,.for the meahs^^^ I wed the'Ktag of Northumbria, there accOm- 3^3; that must: be so to toewd of t t e H L


.p e r to a .ilS nTO v ^ :'^ BubjMts.! ,,Yoii also know


______ .______ that: when to® I e a m e r . t e t contlnuip fo go crip Ifl haStol .to S!?'r4d ' ' t e ®l


mUESDAY was consecrate! to TiU, the god I ^jgjiouafy converted E d t^ , the King of thing .Is the same yesterday, to - ^ y jm d ' i -


________________ Ribblesdallans turn from thelr.heritheri g(lds to the Worsfflp


of the orie true Go(f? You St; AUgusttae, sent by Pope Kent, and'1 aided , by the


mistletoe; hurled Ry his,blind


: Balder thb Good, lorj it was considered to . . . . i . — .--"matle


___________ _____ ■es, watched t,


0N E of the most [imports it'.fesUyals wjs | held on Midsummer’s eve, ,to honour’ if le


ttie'annivbrsary of that luckliss day when he, . . . . .


bfo- ,t


SSfnrXin of'these ■ fig u re s - i ro n 't le opponents; the/: used vlolwce .In .the i f f i fT e l eM a o h ’’ or


being at any: rate too partial, w' tl ' Government of Spain.


I as;quite a reasonable estimate.: : 7


Gregory, camd to 3lr,—The’ oracle has spoken : again (Christian Quben Ttlls the same old ta lq - th e mse paye


have,heard how,,


th e PFBFECT WORLD, , .


, , , .


■ I think the above figures, can be taken "PROMETHEUS.”


[ ,


m d right hon. gentleroent; ■ opposite [ jW these cl: cumstances thei parties of ^11 not for a moment challenge ff®' th |r ig h t 'h a c o w Wo courses open to. thrim: [(1) to ffiow! themselves to [be:j graduaUy ■ e x t e t e r i t e i ’ with the


° m quoting authorities which hofli buj clubs a n i rewspap^ toffl®®®-


i seive meals la tifelr hotels tq the great I unwashed wl'ho it beina paid;;, to have I thriir hrits ktocl ed off ffjhe streets If thriv were m6n (md posblbly thelr heads tow arid these if their wives wrenched ofl • to see thdr wlvet and daughters Iniiulted', stfick and; oiltraged: ort,(2) risri up ag£ Inrt this InjusWre and %ht]


revolver] the kii fe and the | bomb; to j seto their churches and, their property, burnt or dessrri:red: [ tp crintlnue • to [ allow their ! ho; )s


to M pillaged :


A .V E E V E R S & S O N S C L I T n t K U t


their


c],nXen, their'c()untry’ and.' Ttat to'vtoat mis warris,


T | f lg h n :e s s ’o n th e ! p a r t o ^ m e r i ^ ^ ■I lals


cs,““M ti ..v to


riuntry, wit! r m e ' aggfavatlng .clrcum. stoice th a t effe'superioi


■ ....-i—.-si—m i 'th ' the OoOr, j^g re p f fr ilw a y s ,^ ^ ^


F a iso ’notlcel Isl very pfbomlnent ;tooi thisr I :hel'rlch hbre


and UNDERTAKEKb i<e<irtp0uym T R iep h o n e /C i Tm | v


— ------- , ran “ean.' I Moreover


fellowship! between ah classes) ;■ none j .jgstiflsj mere Is md. doubt mefpajority these thin fs, sir, ?9«td Jusrify mejin-1 .gf the peppV to this.


imagine they ii^ggan’s nor md British Goveamments r, whereas In I hiislnriss to [dictate to; Spain the-regime which sh6LShall__^have.; H I m a t be


ffecame Oorboratlvei although 1 she tqo hommandAthe entrance to, the Medlter: It Is


i .a—.— ! li '» neit ,her Mr. wptod,


(Dontbiued from preceding col mm), j ; T; 1 ’ T 1' "1 1' ' ' ■ : , I :


S E E OUR RANGE OF Wedding Stationery


in v it a t io n '* COMPLIMENTARY .CARDS, CAKE BOXES,' ETC


■■([[iir. OF ■i/V i : INDj 1^


muiltots, Soclihst; [an(| Anarrihlsts held, swato 'Wher ids’, ihri moile: ■ poorly paid country districts )f-'Crist le, an a Anda­ lusia, the! poo' fls lerjflen of Galicia, the hardy Navarrese [and Aragonese, who


■ - .......... '


;y,as thi! [ rule',-arid ' the town ■ • "


rSceWed ■ his' IrifofmriHrih' Ifonl' both sides, and’ the flgfffSS; which’'he grivt ................. ........... ds'to'the number of Italians, Gen i w


whefl Sl'gnor.MussqUnl made m a t 0^ . rrigeous attock w o n me


th a t there (were' 80,009 ItallanSJ and 10,000.[Germans, and th a t rin thff side of the Government there were •


volunteers. T n f l t o ...... The’ ” Sunday _[Htoes :SaM ^ ^


. supported Get eral Praiicri heart and soul from the be( In n to of (|;he moxement. |


werri InflnlteU.piorer,' were,-.those,'Who!


Russians’;' a n d F r e n c h mere ; were gp^ip. For. i 1 Si aln as elsewhere social approritoately mose whlchT hadjilyeti^^^y


but with th e ' extent; of Soviet


‘ra j;p ro p a g a n d a t i a t lad beeh permitted,by Mr.iLrigan’s pretence


iX that it wris ajconplct.betjveefl; the haves I the have- not: has a Sentimental and


Germans and Itauans mere, waq ^ 3 0 p j .j. ,g 7 ff foreign legion, th e number: of .whimi


' i] do not know, and of[.mto!®®-^tra hut he. atoo said were employed' on wqrk-v behind, the' ___ 4 f ^ ! j f d o f reniembeFho^ Azana had the ■ 1, h ^ !


Communist riVOltrirs phot'quit of ffanil, s «: ' 1 a t Casas 'flejas) but be^ ,e edeli their j^votes; to remain


j Sori,et h


l Uitteerrature promising rthe -. sold


’ ice the proiffisl!


r iv f s p e m e l t e n g of. th e las beefl flooded with earthly


sectarian basis; hjut none a t all In fa c t) -


Extj’rimtots.jnot hecessririly |


phinonlenoE' to riot peculiar ,'to[ h aM In handi not .with


......... !!! liKiiKlIRRiifftRfHfiff!!!!” " ! % P '“5 e n d t t ] , / ..... r.... ,r----q i ■rr^.'L/ijra7'Y-_. uv n f ,(SfWaV" Tri'hlS I howriver, dolni: ( n.uih jgobd wltli'mfe'ifl, 1. the, slde'of ! estates-itrithout; - the Your] Itj wa i itherefqre coi„. at the the^bulk'of the


nflthts hands of thq ii ndc vteg (glasses and the — .-


' ‘|W-A.: - 1 '


Francql:|ne iW- r


Quardlriri,” le t me say th a tjth e _lact{s | . quotod’ih’my lastiletter ^


here',near;


1 4 -- , |


I wage; i paying a id i he wage receiving I t Is ac( qrd ng tri the Old Bool lUst be right : Dldjiot th e Lor B men wl: h t lelr' different talents !e having’ Ive, somp two ,and some!


ing well off, an 1 the poor, [and th a t the latter: should al vays well outnumber the i t e i , two pu t t jgether so ■ th a t tht y a td 'th fm lp d lin g wellrifl 'tVoulc


pi 1 tjioir iiiDorfa


plhers-should lu b n lt? Of course»He jud.,i:[ Then w ly s iek ri way out ? : .1 Capitalism was li Id down by!'the Old Boofciand only the wicked] and;debased woul(f ever| desi re s riythlng dlflefent. i t was laid dpwn bef( re th e flood toat there Ishrittld be the wealthy, the middl­


'. : Whq Is the Mcreta] ■y?| nayerjhas iffie:: Ig h ; an(l-the power to ----------vynpre say who'hewill, Ind whohe|will;hot,;pay en wages! to I [ To ny trlend Mr. Tattersall J, ‘ A rthe''Worid haf li iflg been j perfect';'' what


1 “cvv-a -71 ,— - '


that- the wage cai


) dealer, jof ., sum- ilonsi.Jon j wlfhout


rPgcon- c m Sir,-'-"!] am; to ld jth a tit tis a fact th a t m ;‘- h a t a Co: n-


m S t p*rirty TW m ’ffias^ CathqUcs]'10r'thelri;,0yetla^g^^^^^^^^


,lhe.-' libeiglnfi5 trierf- ^an b^e* anything I fkW ♦w-h.k'.^agi


J ig -M ^


What imoreidods th< fellow want?, Hp .must -be reWy’ 'or- a lunatjlc.asylum 11


fatieriough ’for.'bli dommonl'sense when he has developeii.ln 0 a being wUUiig to a(!cept: 'his' Vrajes ' from'’ 'hisboss I


n sT s ;


Britain for a bigger 'v iu t l ln all Uieto thereire wage payei s and wage earners.


place to the'suril ? , ; places referred: tri,’


Md! iJ.i.-. of this


■nid whole of , tl nj^cefrbfntjie


:i;he.:|ank s'uppjle .* 'ffrculto nickel ’bothpartmehti":''^


hclllty when ti I I I


S'referred, a ’b r'icb'n'ventent DECEl ' ; . , : 'I ■


to


lehabtpfithrlft ni ip'plej ad4;jttfpsfto


i:rp|tiotrijf aiffopg’ .^th|y,burtg , "jigtijre years by pp.erilrig.8


pipe^.afeaccountv 'ffh the Mmirinci Bank: ■■ fbafures


Kaijdlng tb;’tl)'4 credit, of a;,Homa ^ e ', deppsltq^^^ l' f f


il .tylthdrawible without


£ l [or less Is ob: .the),ipMS .book,


ilnible bn demand Upon'presbntini ( { .any. brapcli This Is 's' helpful 'elllng. or during holiday perlodsj


, free of chffio a pasi bciqk anti plated Hom'el Safe with Separatb' ■ cbfrii' 'of! different kinds I or; j;lf resembling d small teudd' (bbk


e for the! pocket: or::hindbjig!


one—rind Intel d ; ihat q n e .'lo t sUould: -over'tie' 'o;hers; and th a t thei


' tob''liiome^Saf6"l'^ice solely ty prbvM'e a tirtipiellnii-’ mlereby'' s|Till( ^ums may pe saved wlth se^rlty.


' [lie tjlldisndBaHk |j|the largest ii|stltut|on of Its.kfrjd and ' ateri fqral[:C|assdsof the tommunity."!lt'ti?s 9«Jgn,q(j.


iff tiulnablt uj branch or the


“ SAMl«9tH4DiDE^SlMPLE'.t giyliil full parilculirs' iftjpqrsohol or [written, oj


Ij/ustratet [An Ij/ustrajed hooklef: ,'! ■ Wend Offf!ice,' Poultry, lo'ndon, E.C, llcailon U'^


ountina'ybi openedwithridephilcof li.br more. Interest Is piyabje ‘(ialityearly orj evely compffteKk


) v.v III.• ' s. r ,,.i:■. . '


service derlt your considefanlon: {’


1


not have! control cf the ilbenm.Bemn- exlstem^ of the ie pirir people, fancy, thi sula. (' ,The danger to "r^®®


fot 'themsdvei ;a: certalh'.’hlaCe li, I( it weifehot.frir thi


sOijn'ethlng'r for 'coifimoi. It: suited them and: so


lithe Habit if i'Ti ., , . s . . t rTT 'j ■ .■ i» ^; ‘i J M ^ IC U R E ; ' . ' ' , .1


iodem $^auty Treatmettt anent Wavlilg by 1


Experts. ' MA$SAGE. I iy^row SKaping and!' Tititing.


WALSHS 7, iPreston New Rd. A C K B U R N .


I jTel.' 5 9 2 3 Ull HnJd cf WIOS


: |2 'B A N s i’PM A 2 'iO N S /or ThtatrM on Hire 'or for^Sale


I m ' ''


Yii


m Now Is


iw ever


Iqre SCO]


the time to ■idous to (ivc 1PH0N£


to-day


purchase vqnf RADIO for CHRISTMAS. you a Demonstration, l^ y n o tb u y a ■the. wpflder Radio of the age.'


cf. DIXON) Matcom Dealer


ASliE GA^E, CLITHEI Tel 214 T ‘i| ‘ »6 1.


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