(THRl IE) ireS: IE PICXUEE I HATJ^ NEEDED


p^day, Thu^day, and! f-30. Wednesday and! 16-0 and 8-15. MaUneei 2-15.


ITHERS COMEDY.


withers and carefree Leo I are txjgetlier again [la p ton Family,” which Will


| r chlckena which they Iv get to the big tovfns.. ‘ plenty of excitement well as plenty! of


fcountry in their mille-, trading anything and


g week-end. The merry the adventures of] a family, who travel


} with Leci Carrillo are iaver, who plays Jane’s J who will be remembered Irayal of Mary; Todd in fuck’s production “Young ISpring Byington, lovable }e' famous Jones Family ■ k: their motier, and Kane C seen as .a handsome han who helps the little Of their difficulties—land with Maiijprie: Weaker.


I eD^ IN TROUBLE


" Iri ' an office is quite I from love in a cottage pence makes for hilarious


j e, 20th Centui7 -Pox B


|in and Marjorie Weaver a i couple of newlyweds,


ehs on Mbnday.


|d his means slows up I at the office aiid!he'sees. get the prombtipn he had


lies i begin when the^, get tlth a crovyd of spongmg hours and the, worry of


J ends well for-the young fat is said tb be one of the dies I ever filmed. I 1 klni and Marjorie i Weaver


* in d ; the pa}r are deserted -weather friends. j


ih tfu l pair of newly-weds Irominently featured to the Tic Knowle?, Russejl Hicks. [ Hobart Cpanaugh.jJune lE. iClive.-


j AND HARDY- bERGRADtlATES.”


» the most ! side splitting i s of the year “A! Chump is the atjtraction at the ,


Joutj as the Itei ragging. | -the peanjj m- —- - ' j.


ILaurel and rotund Oliver' teries of gay misadventures As soon as they arrive they


cpmedy presents sombre-


Te shrubbery in which they [ele^ly losi


fe, ithe hci’oes wander aim- id down fbr the entire day iter a ntiost Remarkable I form of an undergraduate


k under th^ weight o{ their


Iwherein Laurel and jHardy.i yinto an ntervlew with a 1 who assigns them tb living I the rooms of the real dean. Icarry on in regal style, un- id ! themselves ■


, comes, j L i fiinny and uproario^ arc


Itly directed comedyi filled Ikltog dialogue, . tppnotcl* fall the ingredients of real, I'thi entertainment. I


ih.i “A Chump at Oxford ’ in a j pretty


ECTS FEEL PAIN ? I aic uiildoubtedly- con-


ro what degree this pro-^ J a problem with Iwhlcli btlll grapples, ; Of one may be tolerably |sure—


........... sort oi Intelli-


J . By attributing Ito an I highly sensitive nervous ^ Ike our own, we can. of Instruct a terrible tragedy I such' episodes as the* inis attac t upon a| cater-


tee that man does. PChe Jfor pain Is In proportion is organisations! which is ) lower type In Inkecffi th an B beings. Moreover.!the; prms of suffering! which. „ fear and apprehension possible wherd there is


cts cannot suffer


I that is Jt st what we have I to! do. preatures| which


J many nerves do not feel Ih.' .. Ever! parasites may n the softer paffis pf their - Bout interfering iwlth ner- hglla. Mutilated linsects n seen eating !mott con-


ganlsed ■ creatures may be or made Imlnce-


r , as thoufeh nothing In | had happened, T Some ..... ........fangs of a spider


;bwlng new limbs,j or re- ■ .vlduals from the divided


___ ‘will continue to I bodies.


. I more merciful fate than [lingering decay. i


lENBEB


Ii’ll be glad you rertlsemeht In


at you ge Ipay . . .........


not what you; pay but ; back 'for what th a t dounts. put your


1 I ' ^ 1


Qithei^oe &i Times


ieroe’s Family Weekly T '„ Pa^er, i L'l


[MARKET p l a c e , CLITHEROE! |


Ine 407/8 (two lines). .


I women’s work of the Metho- liortaiy Society, the IClitheroe l.Circuit promoted a picnic, tea «ttog which was _held at In Saturday, when there was 1 large company present from iiapels in the circuit.. The tea


I S A ^ Y j hNi. WoAk.—In connection


Ivhen Mrs. Greaves.! of Wad- ipresided. i Prayer i was .oflerea


fed to tie schoolroom ana ps there was a meeting in me


1 Allen, and a fluent and m- Bdaress on “Rahator to ■was delivered by Mrs. Harry g iChatbum. : The i procee^


" work. I i . ; I ,■ ■ ■;


o the Mate, a complicated I i J


,d. : Things go from] bad te climax it reached When Vinocently threatened iwith


ITO-DAY’S will of God


jrelgn and cpm conformity to'


Is the! solp Dlete liberty.'


D’Aublgne.


blows nobody any good! One effect of war-timelcoiditlons in tpe


IT’A an il l wind, they say, th a t ■greatest The Timber Commission,


toitioris ne( velopment ^ maturity at demand for


resoilts of the Souti has transfer hollday-{m^ep ,tp the safer areas, 'and 1 Mbblesdtoe and


afar! I hear of normally resident


________ home-grown timber is


feetljigh, st:' the timber Evidently thp


riecesdary for proper de­ ad they have reached the ■very time the


up trees towered lOp ■alght arid strong, and s just i about perfect, jy found just trie ebri-


I learn.' Is Raking great care tha t timber is felled for the present demand,


Howland are this year uiore popul^ than ever before with visitors from


several families, irilthe war zones,


who have come to tffiis district “for the duration,” and It is Impossime to. knock about the town ^nd the rural area without encountering mariy who are enjbylng holidays. Not I all of them by any ; meaps, would have come[ to Clltheroe and ^ s tr ict in normal times. Some |of theffi have told ]me so. and they ^ v l gone on to; re f^ in enthusias­ tic Vrms to trie semwy and the romantic haunts to be found [in


Eibblesdale. ‘I This visit! but not the last, said the spokesman of one g roup. Manyj^to these war-time visitors come from S and , cltied v hlch have ^x- nerlenced more of toe hazards|0f


raiding 'planes thhn we have knojvn L d It Is obvious! th a t they regard Clltheroe' and ! its countryside I as TPlatlvelv a safe as well as a de-


llghtf to; ha iieato good was man


relativeiy^aa ^ ^


ihve a lot of imaginatlonj to £,e that a bomber could dp a deal of ’damage if Its cargo


disposition,


'released ovpr a town.’ one W me. ,“ If Vou are of th a t


ui.i,ositlon, you| c;in get rather worried and dephesked about it. but


out here among ths fields and hills there is not only a feeling of


security, but the! s ^ s e tha t R will take! far more bonhs than Hitler and his gang hgve got


Eng and. I t would need the whole a r ^ a l of Europe, for Instance to


‘destroy


change the shape Lob ring over tiie vast expanse of


•


meadows and ffioors from to thelhelghts, I coulcn’t help feeling tha t ‘There’ll alwdys be; an Eng, land,’ a r id . l t tods ben a realrin- splration to come PUt here. Now th a t Is exactly the sort of mental refreshment our city and town workers need In these times and stress, and I fejt proud tha t Rlb- blesdale and Bcfwland were giving th a t encouragement and vision


needed to stiffen th people who are nedrer the thick of


It! than we are


TPARMBRS q i


They, frequently have done so In the pkst, but this Season,! there are more sorts of crops to compare.,.Up above Read, an'evehlng ortwo'ago.


nulte a 1 lot of comparing crops.


ensation, knd where there ■; wotild I seem-


I was listening lo a couple engaged on this very interesting pastime, As a matter oflfacit, one had been surprised bjl the other In the act of examining a glorious field of oats, perhaps the best in the dls _ trlct "L couldn t have believed it possible to grow [such cprn round here,” exclaimed


He became afinoit lyrical in his praise of tlie strorig^straw and the full ears, and Iti certainly did make a' lovely picture! Inj the setting sun making pretty Spatterns upon Iv as gently In


trespasser.


the crop swayed evening breezi beat me wltri o;its,” the passer ” told his nffighbour. never seen a j bo: where. But I


“ Yes, you ‘f.tres


I" I ’ve


innier crop' any win on kale---by


gum, when you ge[ among ffi there isn’t half somfe grand stuff,


going to be a jebi getting it eaten before frost gets Itop


i t -


Birds have had more than their share of my | oats—sparrows and pheasants, rvd ne'fer seen as inany


pheasants a^ this year.. Must have been a graito-season for em. Found a nest with seven eggs in a week or two since—second lot. I expect. I ’ve beeri coming across


wanton deriudatloh could only spell ultimate disaster. I t Is also good to know that locally, re-plant- -


ing ischemet high! costs.


them in the Castle!grounds. development


had a : Sunday


are In hand, despite


are toagnlftcent and all concerned Remained sceptical. I haye no jPRESTpN


ew hours in Clltheroe and spent several of


friend writes : ‘‘ I


this 1 splendid park deserves every possible wofd of pialse.’’


-■-* j! ward to nearly nine o’clock, and I the mcrnlng air has a nip that foreshadow; autumn. I t Is not permitted Ro speak of the sort of weather w^ are getting, but when nights dra\/ In and dawns are cool we know t r a t the lyear Is running on fast and th a t we must give the days our serious attention If we are not! to fine the best of them gone before we have, had time to look , round.


-otlT time has crept' for- j ! /


reasonable exercise th a t your par­ ticular mixture of ordinary work and war work allows. Last winter was! a hard test, particularly in the severity of Its later months. ;riTo make up for i t we! had the kindest


and' taken at this time of year It is jpack ii; all the fresh air and


I f there s any advice to be given !■ GATHER from the above that, ' ^ ■ ------- I that,robubtlng the eviden:e, I


■ some'' weeks ago, my ci irres- ondent [old me the corncraks had een heard at Four Lane Ends, and


I iecollectlon of the Incident. '1 To I his! letter, “ H.R.B.’’ adds the


[/could furnish him with my name land address with a view | to his being able to make personal con- itact with my ‘unimpeachable Authority’ who’m, I am Ihe would find extremely interesting


following, marked N.B.: i ‘‘Mr. Forrest won’t iriind, I am sui e, my rectlfylrig an error into which he has fallen. The Tithe Barn in the Pimlico' district does- not now exist. The site of the building on which i t stood where sacrificed to t l e pur­ poses of the Railway Company, when the railway: line extension i i tha t idlrectiori was carried out I n the long ago. I have th a t on unim­ peachable authority. If Mr. [ Torrest Is a t ' all interested in that, you


jand. enlightening.” ■


I


of springs I and early summers. The coming winter may be a compara­ tively mild affair, I but whatever it is we shallTface It the better for the good use we make of the remain­ ing opportunities for building- up a reserve of good health. Getting a hit! of stout resistance Into : the physical bank Is the tip for to-day.


r rH E Asjlstant Chaplain-General ■^1 for tile Northern Command,


lour old pots and pans, hah led the hospitals the rejfects frc;m our bookshelves, and dispensed with


B


y the time we have cleated our attics of junk, given the nation


'


I should be well on the way ';o being [| a tidy people. ,


I our pre-war superfluity o f ; :artons. Wrappings and tin contah.ers, we


the Rev. w. M. A. iFarren, has Ibeen looking up the records ,of the Chap­ lain’s Department and has found sortie odd facts. ! One. discovery, is th a t whe i the Deriartment. was seriously organised at the end of the 18th century no fewer than 340, chaplains were ori leave. The.new head of ihe department promptly; recalled them to!duty on pain pf| dlsmisal.


Government granted £600: ;d yearj to! the department “ to carry on ani establishment of 'telegraphs In the army’” - po the first signal offlceri in the British Army was a chaplain.! What hafce the Royal Corps of! Signals tp say to ! th a t?


Another discovery Is th a t the ' |


to the garrlsoni at Pendenhls, on April 6tm 1658, there Is provlsloh for a “ preacher or chaplain, a ser-j geant quartermaster, a ! provost Marshal and a clerk, ah auditor and a ha igman.” Did the duties of trie last-named connect ydth the; efforts of the Lord Protector to keepi hls troops in-a condition of “ vital godliness ”? ' There Is’ also proji rislon for dealing with such minister ‘‘as shall be drunken a[i such times as he ought to preach or say prayers ” though the penalty not stated.


In a licence granted by Cromwell I ''


ripHE Chaplain-General of the tlm' , seems to have been one Edwar(


Bowles, the only Presbyterian S'


far as can be recalled to have acteo a£ Dean of York. He regularljf preached in York Minster! durinif


the Commonwealth. He; vyas the chaplaiir of Fairfax’s troops and a


’em all over t' pie ce.” ; ^ Then these neighbours began to


of ploughing,


talk about valueL They agreed the season had been marvellous


field of oats £200.” one sa:


for the new; or renewed, experience ‘‘ I heard about a


at Low Moor worth d, adding : ‘‘ If it is.


End I shouldn’t he surprised., thut


field theer’s iworto £500.”, The owner of It agreed. Potatoes, swedes, kale, and mixed crops Alike all seemed to have done well and the concern seerred to be how all this food was going to be used to te s t advantage. If it hadn’t bera for those sparrovis and pheasants,


personal] friend; of “ Black Tom’s.]’ Bowles bad several claims; to rto membrance, for toe was the author of a catechism which a t orie time riad a great vogue and was made a [est for election to certain alms}-


iouses. A gre3(ter claim to historical men . . , . i , I


Fairfax and Monk at YorH aftto the death of the Protector at? which


ton Is fe a t he was present! a t ap( ecordec the secret meeting ol


: t was :*esolved by Monk Irmy to recgll Charles II. from


Breda . This historic meeting took olaqe in the old Deanery at York, Falrfex’p headquatters in' the cltyj


there wouldn’t have been a ............ !whole conversa-


^ i' miles lavyay, chatting 'With a ----- crops, arid he! showed me where j the of swedes and;the


ends of the rows TN ANOTHER


farmer about his


field altogether- in fact—I was


border of the ksle, too, had been eaten by rabbits. ' “We had a real job shifting’em,' hejtqld me We netted and we sriot'’cm, and still they came! 1 Thfen we! gassed em


and we put |the a motor car into


about finished think there’p a place nowi”


riondeni;-‘‘H.D.B..” sends following: ‘‘Amongst the interest- ing^bi'ts and I pieces’ that; secured 'my ' attention I In your last wee^s inotes Iwas Mr. F re d ; Forrests reference to i tlie corncrake in tne course [of wrilch he told of an experience he! had with. Mr. Coun­ cillor Dewhurst. who also ! person­ ally had the opportunity of markn ing triM tha t


H' feB.,” Who should •feonfused with my


towhs suddenly decided to have a day out. They went to r i ’bus stand


and you wouldn’t have thought xabblt could have.been!alive In the burrow. But th jre were still some


exhaust gas from the holes. That ’em iand I don’ rabbit about the


Then he turnfe round. Drat it. there’s one tnefer,” lio said. Sure


enough there vras. not one> out several. What , ?hat farmer said about rabbits, printer’s'lnk wouldn s ta n d ! Certainly Intense war on


blrd, sferi'-nocturnal In habit v/ris by no means extinct, but, as ^ a c t , had been near* or about, the ’Wfie Barn iri the Pimlico district: I ] fe s the more Interested because. to rne.


and!joined the queue Ipr a motor Excursion, having no Idea where the coach was going. lifter a most enjoyable run the ’bus came to a halt! in Settle market place, and the small party debated where they had arrived. They did aot want to


It mearit, virtually,, verification I lof la report I was! Interested in a we


'heard Ih the Four Lane Ends djs- itrict ')f Clltheroe whlch| Quiz, 'apparently in one of hlsi'gravely


them will! htve to oontlnue. "They’re fermir, and feeyll have to be cleared,” was the mildest thing my farmei about them.


friend had to say


q Qme fferiiarkible specimens ^ larch. jrecenRly felled at-Brad- dup, Bashall E wes, are probably among the iearl est samples Intro­ duced Into ithls country from tne lower Alps, for Ihey are approffim


< to £2 are I credited , W portion I of Euppori tof'


larch was first planted, in England, round about 183ff One or two of.


ately a hundred years old tne 1


' doubt! ig mondents, did not carq[te I accept but, on the contrary. tMfew out the ungallant aspersion t to t the arithor was not altogether,to [be relied I upon; ,• simply bec^u^ he himself had not heard trie bird I of the raucous note nor had he countfeed anyone who had. Coi


‘ Quiz,’ come! Must all, in many wonderful and perple:


worldi" there! arej necessarily ci vrithiii youri keit and knowledi In the event! ypu are tempted! to fly toTthe argurilentative’s weappn of equivocation. let me ensure ffou a t ' orice- t h a t ' I am already frilly awarri of the old saw about |two swallows andi a'summer. , ,


||


Show their Ignorance and one member went In a stat oner s to buy a picture post- :ard ^of the


[own. I t was thus th a t the name Iwas! learned. I


•3k " * '! ■ ■ I


i shortage as achieving ! a happy issue out of our p r e s e n b i t of affliction, with some mild wonder however as to how long it vlll take us to get back to the bad 3ld ways when we once more have peace. We shall' riot have achieve! virtue until -we give proof tha t we are fre« of the little habit in d;iys when


For the time being we can cer­ tainly regard this salvaje and


Migtatory by Instinct rd may! have made its


:ome this n|ore particularly Olltneroe m


concerned, but go out into the Fyldej country at the appropriate time. |of I year and having' then gained in knowledge, you will, henceforth, hes itate; to question


trie ' honest statements of o because purely personal exper lacjkln^. A. journalist,, you


tekklpg notes.’ ” I . i [


“ S o e f 1 1 '


Minister of the Clitheroe Methodist (Wesley) Circuit for the past year, said farewell on Sunday levening, when he preached for the last time


hers ence ^rill


need no Reminder of the old!warn­ ing about the need for care in one’s jpurnallstlc perambulations! toere bedng:' always ‘ a chijl amonjg yo


Tuesday he left Clitheroe to go Into retirement on superannuation at Embsay. near Skipton. He is retiring sooner than would have been the . case in ordlnarjf circum­ stances, owing to the! poor state of his health. Mr. Macgarr, who came to the Clitheroe Circuit from Don­ caster after a wide jexperlence in all parts of the country, was ex­ tremely unfortunate In tha t the war broke out just as hejarrived in CUtheroe, thus , placing | an ex­ tremely heavy burden upon his shoulders. As a niatter of fact the very first service] he |conducted In Clitheroe—he was preaching at Wesley Church—was. i .interrupted by the declaration th a t war had been declared. With-the introduc­ tion of i the black-out; many lay preachers were unable to fulfll appointments and M[. Macgarr had an extremely hard task in finding his way about the darkened streets of an unfamiliar towf^ trying to secure substitutes. During hls; brief stay In Clltheroe, Mr. Macgarr has shown remarkable energy for one so advanced in years and he has paid frequent visits!to the homes of his congregation.!


oiitheroe to eo Into w e ® “ on


Sunday evening. Mr.,. Maogarr re­ ferred to the kindness he! had received, a t every hand:! during his brief stay In the Circuit: and spoke


In the course of hls sermon on ! ‘


iwell known for hls; work amongst yoiing p^ple. I t is iriterestlng tc note, by the way. th a t he Is a direct descendant of thei famous Sir Cloudsley Shovel, who was!com­ mander-in-chief of the! Britsh Flee^ in the reign of Queen Anne. anc. who is buried in Westminstef


of the very happy time he had spent. He appealed to! everyone to give loyal support to hls .successor, the Rev. G. Cloudsley Shovel, who will begin hls ministry In the Clltheroe Circuit on the first; Sun­ day In September. , jMr- Shovel h


Abbey.


'succeed the Rev. Roland Holt Methodist minister at 'Whalley. T h ! Rev N. Green, who has been four years in hls pflesent circuit, has preached at 'Whalley on two o triree occasions. Mr. Holt does net leave Whalley until Septemh,e|’, 1941. ■ » '■ ' '


I t Is understood th a t an Invita • tlon Is being sent ,tb the; Rev, , ,PadUiam,


, Norman Green, ' ' ■■■*»'


■litter Is once again freely available. I t wasiall vdry well having" things attractively ! a n d hyglenically wrapped up, but it made for some sorry blots on the countryside arid a vast amount of work ar,d organ­ isation! ih “ servicing ” ,a town. Can we dispense, with most of'the pre, war nuisance and necessity for good -and all? I doubt it.


y o u n g buSy


In open country in 'toe .South of Englarid last week.


A hnbv after a bomb'ha 1 dropped ,


•war profltee rs ” were


a number of .children searched the bomb I crater and ’ the mmedlate


Quickly forming a ‘‘ syndicate,


nelgribourhood for splinh rs. By the time the usual crowd of sightseers had come along they h£ d secured the monopoly of all relic: and were offering souvenirs at 2d; 4d„ and


even 6d. a time.


were those ■ft?hlch had teen found embedded In the tiuhk and branches o f . near-by trees^the risks Ihvolved to life and limb being taken; Into consideration when the


Highest priced bomb splinters i, ,. .


selling price was fixed. Trie proceeds amounted to lls. jq.


arid the ‘‘ syndicate” was last seen retiring in the direction of the


local Ice cream shop. A young Cockney recruit had


In saluting, so when left to hls own resoutces he sallied out in the hope th a t rie might meet an : officer on whoto he could practise his new


just been given hls initial lesson accoiriplshment. Hejwas in luck.. Just. Mead were , . , ___


the Commanding Offipto and Adju­ tant of, the Depot deep Iri conversa-


youngster’s rlgllt hand shot


UP with military precis! m, but the officers apparently did [not notice hls .beautiful salute. i Be retraced hls steps and passed tnem again, reperitlng the salute, aR the same time! giving a shrill whistle attract their attention ^ Then using hls lefi hand to


indicate the salute, he palled out “ Oi! 'What abaht i t?


. „ MHTON


, WOMEN’S INSTITUTE.^ ® .Tfie August meeting of the Mltton Womeris Institute, i was only, moderately attended, as several members were


of . the usual lectupe ojf derapns^trabonl a flower and vegetable, shovr had beta arranged, whlcn.'was a great success. Seventeen really- g6od exhibits weae brought and MrJ Wigby, i head gardener at Mltton Ball, vtoo was t o Judge, specially remarked omsoffie sweet peas, pansies, candy tuft, and beetroot; jwhich were exceptlonallv goed. Afterwards hd gave a short talk on some vegetable pests,and the btet and cheapest way to destroy them. Many questions were asked on garaen- ing matters which were answered by him, and he said that, any time he would be willttg Jto gwetolp w th advice to members who sought it. Mrs Ackerley, on behalf of t o mer accorded Mr. Wigb^ a hearty vote of thanks, which was'Seconded by Mrs. Airey and carried. Tea was tlen served: A whist drive followed, N re, Kav winning a small prize for :he highest score. Thelifollowmg memters gained six stare Ifor their exhibits"


Barron, Mrs, Kay, Miss Walmsley. i


Mrs. Walmsley i nd Since the outbreak of the war lup


to 26th July, 1940, there have bfen 49 prosecutions loi farmers who have failed to comply vrith orders for cultivating [heir land, total o f fines imposed , has b;en £1,477 and the costs £144 8s. £d.


(Continued from preceding. Colunjn)


us enough copies pf hls speech (Copies of leaflets dropped froni


the air were soM for lOs;—for Red Cross funds, and jin, public.)


A SQUADRON of British fighters covering trie evacuation of the


Channel Islands occupied


Jersey airfield. i ] Out of a cloudy,sky appeared


w 'Ponlr WfiUdav some D60PIg' iri I t6 text^book one of the large! Yorkshire


which was Intendedlto be what calls;


formed Xt“b


an aerodr_qmeA^lth a view to \ind-


unstea,dlly. a manoe caliS; ! ‘‘ an approachdtij


I t u French mclnoplane.


oldest—or one of; the oldest— of


;


■)er- ivre the to


the ■ype


T


was enthusiastically received by, the Minister! and^leaders of the local. Con­


ma-ae the cal vices ffir esting held 0)


gregational


attentife congregations; an atmosphere of quiet manifest The ini


;md stimulating services were Sunday ■ last with large and


the occasion. Two most inter- choice and reverent worship,bemg IS


ing through : of special ser-


Church, who immediately iate arrangements for


■ ' ' ! '


by the Mtoister, Rev. John A. Sinclan, who in! t o course of a talk to the children! Ulustrated by stories, stressed the value and importance of their liule prayers iin the life of the nation. The


loming service: was conducted] S A U S A G E S


' Westoad gave an address which was ‘most inspiring and forceful; Although I Mr. Westhead concerned : hunself specially with youth, he was followed with iffierest and delight' by the older | folks also.


scriptm'd lessons were read by Mr. R. W. Hai-ris. Special;intercessions,were offered by Mr. 'Walter Turner and Mr. Ronald Sellers, while in place of t o usual sermon. Scout-master. Stanley


.


stitions! of ancient Egypt, by which a little " ushabtr’i figure; was buned with all dead Egyptians to do their work for them in heaven,; Mr. Westhead declared that youth was not respons­


YOUTH NOT RESPONSIBLE. After! recounting one of;, the super­


tesf Counts! N


‘ 'What was youth going to do about It? When the time!came were,toy


ible for! the awftil mess which the world was in at the present time. 'Whether they liked it or not, however, youth was responsible for! t o ' kind ^ of world which would be made after t o war.


going to dig out the old. “ ushabti” figure and repeat the formula-know­ ing jolly well that it wouldn’t work; or w^e feev going to face t o difficulties and see the job through. , : “Before long it is more than probable


that some'of you will becom.e ppUtlcally I minded,’’ continued ; Mr; - Westoad. “ You J may be blue-blooded Tories, ardent' Liberals, or red Reds. . may look upon the world’s ills and,; well-being as being dependant on economics. So they may be, but no new ideas about economics, of a different |


social iorder will ever help t o world,


ity. We just cannot iexcludfe Qgd frmn our lilies, if those lives are to be worth | living/*It had been said: that' as a systeni o f ! ■government a dictatorship, suph as I there rwas in Germany, would work well if thfere 'was-a! virtuous, dictator, but iti wag.the .special glory of .democ­ racy, Which meant government by the peo|)le, that it required a virtuous ]


unless' to y are based on the moral les,,whlch we know as Christian,


" ffiffividiially and!'Collectively young :


the nor *S6ITiC56


-hia parents to Nazarreth and was sub-. Oect to them. And Jesus increased m iwisdom and stature and In .favour with


God ;and man,’ ” , '


words in the 127th Psalm: “Except; the Lord build the house- they labour- in. vain that build it. except the!Lord;|


:e took part along with the _ t o latter preaching from the I


EVENING ' SERVICE. t o , evking service foiu- j


but :in vam.'


corrective to much loose thinking and irrelevant talking about the Kmgdorn


of God. . .! £ challenge to youth, as well as at


, the watchman: waketh The sermon was a call;


lYiiM May Sbuttleworth and Mr. James Thoi-nber,' while appropriate prayere of, intercession were offered -by Missi] Beatrice Dugdale and Mr. Peter.Liver. During the , service the nmes of t o ’men connected with t o j Church or


e Kripture readings were taken by! _____________ui.ij


Sunday School, now serving in t o Forces’^ were read, these numbering 20. The! service had a very fitting conclu- ;! " ,:singmg of t o National


FASHION FOLLIES.


elelant bucks and “ wits’’ of olden tiiries was to carry In their vest combs of ivory and tortoiseshell, and at theatres, or public places, to produce theni. and commence; tabbing their, wigs. The elder, Laroon painted a portrait of John Duke of Marlborough a t hls levee In! it trie, Duke Is represented; dressed in' a! scarlet suit, large, white satin! cuffs, and' a long white wig, which he is combing, while hls ^ valet who Is stationed behind the I chair, adjusts! the curls after the; coriib has passed through them. Dryden. in hls prologue to Almari- zor and Almahide,” touches on this


„ favourite custom! among the custom:


Straight every man who thinks i himself a wit


as when jvlzard Inask appears te Pte


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Perks up ; arid managing hls comri with grace,.


With hls white wig sets off his nUt- brown face.’’


tu we find by the “ Spectator.” to de­


ing.” The actual , touch-do shocked the professional onlookers. Thev moved I forward curiously


and whose face dripped ^ t h sweat of a great ordeal. This


hls Story. o r twri 'preVlbusly th a t the ’crake 11 . Australian on leavt in London, j not'^goTO anfercirattslnce thO last


the Nazi onslaright, the squadron of which he was adjutant h e ^ d a rumour th a t the bulk of Me Fr mch Air Force was | going to Morjcco They decided to give In—afi, tha t Is .except'the adjutant. He had


When France ffiegan to wilt u i '


with e s creak^had been dpflnit^ly [ lA 'o n visiting Madamje Tussauds ^/ar b ^ h e took the ancient kite Waxworks, had to be retrained by u ju the air and headed due Iwest hls . companions from!‘‘ smashing '


Hitler’s face in,” as he put it. when


ihe saw th a t man’s with triose of Goerinri, Goebbels,


[he’s not good enough to knock down into the Chamber of, Horrors.


I People were risking their necks by climbing trees to get a t leaflets,


10s: was being offe red In Eng­ land for a "Hitler's Spf ech


i Dutch listeners th a t as much


he said and the cry of the English p eo p le_ ^ s : “ Hitler lias not sent


iGo&ti&ufid toot ol ne^ t Column)


iRlbbentrop and the re s t ! “Waal,” he drawled I reckon


■RREMEN radio has j been telling JJ iDi itah


Hls idea was to and come downjon tyaterbesffi- the


.a-


first ship he saw--.for, he said to himself. “ It Is bound to British.”


Visibility grew worse. He foupa himself flying .helplessly in.


'


giadlv and put! him aboard a the Evacuation ships, bouno


The! squadron welcomed ' ,i , , Leader, walking i" man can be.i


London ran Into the Indoniltable adjutant. He was as happif as "


.later the Squadroii: strp^^^^^^


tT


and when-he (iame.lower thing I he saw Rwas the alrpojrt Jersey. -:


to find out wholthe arrival was and discovered a feenchman, fiftylsh, whose hands shook uncontrollably


atches, or-beauty spots, which worn: by ladles, used used .as


note to which political party the, enthusiastic ladies might belong., Ladies who Inclined ;to the Whigs


patched,on the right cheek; the Tory lad les ! patched on the left clieek.r [The ‘‘Spectator’’ has an' amusing account of a lady called; Rosalinda, who, being a noted, ■Whig unfortunately had on the Tory part of her forehead a nmle, wriich made.jher look as If she had, abandoned f e e Whlfe and goneij


oyer to fee Tortes.


I The “ fentln.” a little figure with trings attacried to fee arms and: 1


, icgs bvNwhicri it was


crime into fashion in France. Laffies arid gentlemen, and even the magls-; trates arid ! officers a t a ball, or while conversing, would produce i their pahtln and work the strings.;


to dance,


Secretary In reg a rd ; to Increa^d | drinking In [certain areas have, for the most: prirt, proved on enquffyri to have little or no information and there is po evidence of more drink­ ing in the country generally.


I Complalnis reaching' the Home K ■


j Eleven! pfeple returning from a day trip to Blackpool lost their lives wheri a motor-toach tame inro collision with a lorry; neat,Rugeley,: [Staffordshire) and caught Are. opl |


Tuesday.,


D0d3i IN AIR RAIDS BAD AS THEY


By PHILOKUON.


. J through an air raid tell [me their dbg behaved very much asi he does m .


OME friends of imlne who have been . ,


which,! however, did not last Hong as a storm.! and when! it was all oyer he settled down comfortably. Of Icouree, if is unwise to generalise from a single instance, but the| probability is that raids will not be as terrifying to dogs as they sound In anticipation. As those !we have had have mostly been dt night dogs are then under pontrpl, 3l- should be, ai^d to y get comfort from t o presence of masteyapd mis­ tress Remember that they largely take their cue from you. If you show signs if nervousness orj fright, to y will epr tainlyj do the same. I ■ ] ■ I


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'fecordlng to the size of the dog. Thbse 1 ; “ that lare : kept i In outside [ kennels


' steady down before the racket begms. The ;doses- vary' from 3 grains to! 20 grains in a tablespoonfuT of wgter,


ii Some people have bromide ready give 'the dogs when the [ 318™ sounded. In such a case it! should given!at once to let them,have time to


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cover I During the day they shpuldlal- iwavsliwear thercoUar to! which the iTail-'Waggers’ Club medallion | is !attached. As this bears t o name and laddress of the owner they can be Iden-


to; ue bcaieu auu, uitjr exposed to danger than whta under


Itifledj if they bolt.


[T h e danger from incendiary bombs is just the same for dogs las it is for huirian beings, and the Precautions


[ j


taken for , yourselves willj apply; to tom. Every household ot, group of houses shpuld have a fire-fighting squad that'understands thC u^


___ Mnl- 1nef llrvfifT On O ' SOUND


THE MODERN^ THE ANCI


AND NTS.'


ai particularly heavy thunderstorm. Be been beaten ! by the a,thletes of was upset, as he always is. at ithe noise, these days.


tion [whether In.physlcal sowers the best[men of this age ericel the best menR of. ancient times, no well-authenticated . ^


Itils no, longer a debatable ques­ Grecian athletic feat .t rtiit has nbt record of a


pont was far outdone when Captain Webb swam across the Straits of Dover from England Ro France. Lord Byron had alretdy equalled Leander’s feat;


Leanderls swim across the Helles­


runffer. Ladas dropped dead on , completing a race; ofj two and ' three-quarter miles, pnd i t was thought'to bp not surprising th a t he should, as I the dlstrince was re­ garded as very Jong. iWe have no record of [he speed at which Ladas Irani but the distance I fevered was trifling compared with Ithe distance ng athletes


’Ths,- Spartan


[h a t manly of our runn: cover.


TJie size of ithe herqfe of classic


days like! most other t lings about therii, wals mythical, ft was only in statuary fea t Ajax and fee other large-limber men of ailtlqulty ever had an existence. Many year's ago an [old-frishloned tournament was projected In England, ’fe e corselets and greaves of the mailed men of the! Plantagenet period! were taken out of.thte closets of the old castles to ! be [used by; fee modern, descendants of the:-'" brave knights of pld." I I t was at onde discovered th a t trie modern Englishman was muc hto6 tall In statute and large girth to get Into thpm.. Thereby rished the long-cherished fiction


sumip pump. ! Tlie spray frouj fejf pump will, not; extinguish the .bomb, but, having the effect of taPPfeng oxy- sen tb the he&t it inskes it jburn oht in fe^ S K l f the time that would be


[tube^of tannic acid jelly as a dressing for burns, which will answer either for feu or your dog. Do not apply oil,


'taken if it were left. Ke^p you a


affording first aid to wounfed animals is functioning in most districts, but therU tealways a fessibUity that your


The N.AR.P.A.C. organisation for


' iltoSniquet of broad tape totween the ’ 'l iU lS 'fed t o heart, fi me wourid is


'severed artery, mdicated by t o Wood Iwmtog out In jerks, twist round a


id^fmlght be in ju ^ by I bleeding be: caUsed by ■ a


ot rone of the limbs that can be so. treated. This; with dogs as wfe ag


K a h beings, should, be, loosened » v minutes to allow t o cireffi^ to n to start. ' In the event of body wounds pressure by the. feiger^ may stav the haemorrhage until competent aid!can be-fetataed- ^Amateurs-would


.


made in a thick'pad and tled .firnfly “ver t o Dlacelis a temporary e x ^ i -


feitiseptic' gauze or mfe^-aWd tot,


th a t the human race jis physically degeherritlng and thati the men of to-day I ,are ‘‘not thei men their forefathers were.”


done on- landi and on. fea in- lower­ ing the! racing records, alike o f ; mbn, horses and ships] we may feel th a t we iare Indeed “ the heirs of all the ages in the foreinost files of


As we Hook over all th a t has been


tlmh,” I We ' are fas,ter runners, stouter swimmers, surer marksmen, better rowers and yacjitsmen, finer horsemen than ever wjere known In the Europe of feudal times or the of Homeric ffays. , .


; (Continued from preceding Column)


to' her feends intimallng that bombs haffbeeri dropped near her. “ ItseeiM a long way wr them to come just to kill t*o|horses.” ,


■


not! understand how tause forceps to pick up I the severed arteiy. !


'356-360 Grays; Inn Road, London.' 'W.C.1. The Club wll be pleised to :answer. any enquiries submitted by' 'Tail-Wagger' ownersj in connection ' with canine hygienp and welfare. ;


Tail-IYaggers’ Club, 'WlUing_ House, This chat Is issued, by. The Thei;e Is


themselves, biit remember that like' yourselves Jesus during his youth .pre­ pare-! Himself for His future task. ’ Mr; | Westhead said in conclusion. As St. Luke!,tells us; ‘He went down with


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