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C I I T H E R O E ' A D V E R T I S E R A N D ! T IM E S » i rR ID A Y . , pQ T j 'O B ER 25f 194^0. DELVING FOR HISTORY R iD iS;


iepiflg At It! Comforts


Ither with message |con- 1 good wlshb of the Ipidlea


larty Is not -of long|dui:a- Istl three! montn^the lave already done ^ good,


pLAR^ meetings} I, the 'Mooi' Lane 'dhurch


^ ! JiV'


jful work, and are hoping' tch of the 22 i men jof; the Bon ' a Christmas; iparcel ; three garments i^ d a lei*'.' The late starU.was fact that all energies la s t .


j In the spring wer^e! con- |on the bazaar. Npw.thdre 30 to 40 ladles n|petihg iri Mondays Ih the church


idney for wool has been lut I of social piforts. ■ ‘ igregational party !l)egan it back as October 9, 1939, ;e have knit well pyar 350 : At prepnit, aboit 10


lor their fe;sent a


are in process of cb nple- ily pullovers. | In j'addltion


I


|s,! these having Ireallsed ,e! fund his been! silppje- £5 from bimbers of the the “Good Cpmpaidons.”


m mepl 101^ many s and 2ll to the on’s ; Central 0 iknlttMS are jrk, fori which obtained from e balanc^ pro- ctlons amon^t


thesegar- ^’jEEPER •SUPPLr"


I: appreciably bs a . p of members of th, nb, who last Febnia' t serving aboard p, ^___ E; a seaman’s 1 jersey,; hel- ro f mittens, two i pairs of two pairs lof sea-boot, [Since that time each


iw of the m|ne-sv |Lord .CoH,lngiwoo


^ultof (Inner i sent


eping have


arcfel


llrecelved a pair ot socks, Implete new outfit |mll be phe winter E)irthep,, par- poks are despatched 1 with


Jjfbrts, and members pf the p h also forward glj P this woik, a das urated in Mrs! Wilki


Eal year meets each he Starkle Arms Hi tea. lYool! Is !p


llabout 60 knitters, '0 to £8oThas bed,[spent


nohey thu garments &re|se_.. II for distribution I a ' yrtth the Forces,


lottb of thi class ers of the


iatlon, for I }.pf 900


lekly at the lithe finished garmd ietween me n who ha I Club anc, the Ma


ve iformed Abcut


Li CROSS


Jply Depot limenced


tas 155, re 1 approxlm (ly sewing, ns a rotd


vhlle you knitl” nilg


garments, a Nation


1. -•Womeps besidey 1


[el for ivided id the


ison’s lurs-


hlch


;o the longst In all, ■d be-


ht well '"tnlsed nlon-


bittlhg these


30 I mi Consc


il Sav- pmbers rvatlve


tits are


irvey would by no me I without a] reference he!Red Cross Oentn


e gone cress’s


|r is In a,ttendanc8 i daily.j lekly output varies, but' deludes 15 pairs pyjamas, socks, and aboht 100 ban-i 7ell over 3,000 articles have de in thd five months-of The material has been


out of a fund aided by vol- ~orts and contrlbuteji to by


half-days on Wetlhesdayi turday. Thei Secretary-j


from 10-t 0 till dus Istered w


at Castli-(street. vork lnllv lay last.


ACTIVITY, 0 the Iws-


dl


ansbe to


The COI3 which st iffs the


itely 50 cc lregu-; mitteel


irkers, | every!


In


rtUR old friend, .Mr. Sam [Bridge, the entertainer] whilstjfi^llhig


an i engagement In town, last Saturda: harrow escape In a:


while in the dresf hall, preparing for that a bomb alight and the blast flunj room and smasheu — Happily he escaped] injury. himself up,'and slmUng loose ^gs.


a Npr a nlghLoir raid! room


,d In t\it I street


,h-west had a I t was l of the


Umber,


him across the the wllndows.


In. an By“Qvis-’’


■ and seeing one of the H.G. bear­ ing' a long canvas camp bed upright before ' him, solicitously inquired “Who’s dead'"?! Apparently the bearer was 'mistaken In [the black­ out for . an undertaker’s man.! At one house where | beds: were


A‘ COUPLE! returning home late,


digging deeper, she found a partly burnt-put Incendiary bomb. “ The potatoes were fit for the table,” she


says.|


awaited, a .child cried pathetically. “Ever tried! cinder tea”? our H.G. man fadetlbusly asked the mother,


, ! :; ■ "


rpHIS story is recounted in the “Aeroplane”:—


she was-pbzkled. j “ What does he mean’’?.shd inquired of the woman


Ivad h®sn taking an engagenient at a Yorkshire town, Sam and ak car wer^eld up durlpg an eleit. .His


arid in this he succeeded, - . On' a former occasion, when be


vehicle was commandeered by the A.F.S. with.the result that he: did not get home until the “wee sma


hours.’'


CiOMEBODY in dlitheroe 1^’ probj M ably having a jhectic time with


was being taken up a staircase that had'three I awkward tarns,'| there was a! crash] A piece 6f rose-pat­ terned china fell down the, stairway.. “Thear!” exclaimed the mother of the household. “Drat;you! jl geet that when III were wed’’J Comedy is never far distant even when draina is being enacted;


for tummy ache. At yet another house, where a bed


'^Uvel/ children from ' 0 ^® needed to peel onions , eyi. _ ,


last week-end, a fr end wrlte^. They did not appear to have rldnen in many, cars; and, akthey weten t a bit shy. I was bombarded with questions about the knot s and levers and “ clockk” ' Thej' ba^y wanted to know how I sounded the horn but that Uttle mysterj I kept to myself. “ Aftajid of the cops ? , the boy suggested, [with just a faint hint in hls'voice that I was lacking In courage. He [also suggested I should let him have a try at s ;eermg.


game Mth the windows. Tlhe idqa was to see which: could tl e more GUlckly wind the i^lnddw dc wn and ^ again. Th^y had 1 a few rehearsals and the final hoqt was a — 'i—* *''ough each cl claimed to remained ifeipres-


up


dead heat, thoug! (have won; I ^ , slvely neutral, wondering


I


'Smashed. The until we got tl billeted. And wi


give way befo:


|e boy ., find girl ,s I glad


andles meld out


the youngsters’ efathuslasri would' -


tlje


fhether handles


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antics of four young evacuees They had never seen anything! hke an auction mart they said, and they


'AT the Auction] Mart the other day I was much amused by the


’ all the cows, you ?’’ one of the didn’t know whlc:


were more than


but only to look at'the Iprlce. For the houseidfe the news on Satur­ day that, the price wad to be con­ trolled at 14id. .per pohnd was the best I for i'some itlmel from the kitchen fyont,” since the price was


recently a f high as Is. per pound. !!


k:-;'- I A UNIQUE [catch was made by; a


last 'Wednesday nlght.i He went to try his luck at a spot In the West Bradford 'neighbourhood betyieen 6


Clltheroei,angler*In the Ribbie


the fly wa'sjtakeni the line whirred, and a Ash] went madly away; That it was “played’l for the best part,of 20 minutes proved that It was well worth landing. It proved to be a sea- trout of approximately 21bs. But .this was the r astonishing Iri ] its mouth,, seemingly


half-rway [down its throat, i was a young ,troU|tJ measuring over 3lns. Thai with such h mouthful, the sea


thing,


1 little Scared of Will they go for boys asked. They , , ,


a : cow, fresh approached. Reaching | through the rails, these London youngsters timidly felt at the wool on a ram’s back keeping thjeir eyes on the head of the animal lest It should turn and bite them. “Coo, how


trout had I managed i to open Its mouth sumciently to grab the fly seemed almost Incredible.: How ever] its greed was responsible for the fact that it provided a succulent dinner on tjhe day following; -When thq rodsman: showed nte his capture I suggestejd,' that he ought to have It photographed as evidence' of the authenticity] of i the] catch when relating tlje; Incident! to his plsca toriai friends. '


way to] go when IJONFIRES! and .fireworks are of rom tpe ring, ] -■-* course Itabooi again ; .they, and the black-out don’t mix. T notice that ! a variant; to stumping the couhtrysldfe for j kindling material


^


; and girls and to the experience mildly Indeed.


soft!’’ one lad called. Having had half-a-dozen adventures among.the pens, the quartqtte pus)ied'their way into' the; seats outside the ring and there sat fv|atchlng It was all fresh^.to these


is “ T JUST hadn’t


say the: to pu


the sale, city boys ! enjoyed | t it very


the heart to face


meeting; I was too full jfor words at having to 'leave so many kind friends and real men and women. So please accept my poor attempt


you all and speak at the parting


'i.;descrlbes the magnitudb -of the !. Toe H headquarters there, which,


received by the local padre of Toe H (Rev. J. A. Sinclair) from Private F. Houghton, a member hf 'a regi­ ment which was stationed hete aM 'left for a South Coast town. He


at thanking you now,” ' This is an exWact from a letter


pt into many-tailed ban J ich week, and the cost of' e is approximately nlne-j


ichleved. ' An i emergency r 90 bed jackets’has been ' with a time limit pet fop eks. Onljl one of thfe three as elapse^, and 50 |6f thd ‘•ave already been disposed- expected! that the rfemain-j- 11 be given out in the next and that the garments will!


t the moment,' p record Isi


ft of some] kind being made, Ifrom childreil’s! pennieP to ,e donations, -of ^ I ■' and, e reported that latterly thh s been used ab a sort of.' Advice I Bureau.- i Such


leted well within the given- le'Secret iry-Treasiirer rel- ,t hardly'a day passes Mtp-


Is can be delivered at llected much more (than preylously. Tpus th*i I is entering into the life p'« Jimunity and playing: mope |e humble] effort.


tn found Invaluable ance of the W.V.S„


Home Guard’’?! These ar<^ 'day occurrence. The pen- atlon of [the premises has , for the, and now*,


nd Par- exped-


ge of :ny rank,’ 'and he fore them, j


! !


part in opr I great I


.miserable, foggy] London ;umn Charles La,mb was ; y a baggar-'woman with,! bestow a little , charfty


I .


r destitute widow wompn, rlshini for lack of food. sir, I have seen better


30 have I,” said Lamb, the boor creature! a i so have I ; it’s p miser- | Goodjbye, gpod+byel|


|


■imanc& of his Ideas, ex- ‘Whatf a pltyi ’tls, Quin, lat a clever fellow like yon I a p ayer 1" Quin- flxen Id his (ye upon we person - reply, What would your


lave me be—a ; loyd y, i ;;


it a party in Bath, Quinn- ] something which caupa | murmur of delight I A i wholwas not Illustrious


d generous townspeople. £200 has been raised in! ■ About 150 yards of] mate-j


I providing every j form of amuser i ment, canteen and sleeping a c c o ­ modation, and ev^en a chapel. don’t think for one mommt that I ani'j,l,i manner


mention this- deprecatory to premises,” writes]


iii


for bonfires has I been! adopted not only' by solne Children but even by housewivei some of'whom take a basket with them on their walks, in vfhlch' to iput the twigs that the winds are scattering from the trees. Firewood is dear and hard to come by. Gleaning ! sticks Is another aspect of !the war economy which many are practicing. But pulling sticks from fences must be avoided.


H


little magazine published from, Clapharii ■which'is bearing up very T SEE that private piotor-cars fit- weli'under'wartime difficulties. The elderly woman who kept a


of “ ’The Yorkshire Dalesman,” the


ERE is: a tit-bit of Yorkshire speech'from this,month’s issue


village Shop was asked one day If she had I qny teacakes. She replied: “'Net today. Ah iwor ;ta thrang.


upon “ Come on, Margaret ” as a catch phrase. ; TheJr were all de­ lighted jby the elder'Princess’s im­


iOINCE^ l ’cast P:


“ for tifi’s particiilar Toe H has a very extensive visiting list in peace­ time as' in war. ; On toe contrary' what delighted! me al out your Clitheroe establishment was the enchantlngly frldndly, homely feel­ ing which was so] obvious to anyone entering toe, rooms, and hat is the atmosphere I am always likely to- remember you by.” , In a closing reference to enemy


your Duckick--street Private Houghton,


iS as “ mere can my wife ‘ ngs’’? “ Do you knoy? where t a second-hand pram’’? u find a chest I of drawer.^


aerial attack arid the pc unding of the guns. Private Hougl ton says: “ But never mind; we re getting used to it. Let us hope and pray that the day may not be tar distant when we lean enjew toe beauty Of God’s good sky tothout Jjar of see­ ing enemy aircraft abeve. How farewell. Good luck and God s blessing, rest upOri you; and thank you all for youj, kindly treatment and your toougl)ts for tjhe boys in


uniform.”


p.m on Sunday with a wagon on which beds and bedding were deliv­ ered to homes In different parts of the town for Loridon visitors. Be­ fore their voluntary tas’c was com­ pleted their totch balteries had given out and ] luclfers, carefully shielded by hanej, had to be utlUsed In toe identification c f specified numbered dwellings. At various, times we have [been p rivileged to hear Miss Ada ward lecture on toe courage of the Londonf r?, and toe Cockney’s sense [of humour In par­ ticular. One of the H.G’s tells me they heard many exam: lies of their t qulck-vwitted repartee: but what


QJEVERAL meri.bers of the Home Guard were occupied imtll 11-30


ally, rewarded their self-imposed tato—was the ertoression of a care­ worn mother, mth a ilred Infant drawn to her bosom, who, with tears In her eyes, said: “ You Lancashire people fill me with adir Iratlon. My husband will be grateful when' Wte and tell hlm all you have done for us, and toe trouble you havq taken to make c s comfortable.: I do hope everyorie will hi as pattern - wito'ps as you Lave be m; because


ouched them mostx-ard. Incident


can see that th life and yours differ.’


ways of our home


They bide ta mich laikin’ wi’ does curran’ cakes.”


arts ojl; the country have seized


Princess Elizabeth’s broad- ma!hy children in different


promptu! summons to her sister to I say good-bye at the end of the broadcast, and now those tb|ree words are said to be heard wherever a group] |of . children is at’play.


presumably accept vfith good grace the' new Order; against the sale of silk hosiery which cejimes Into force on December 1st. I am told that toe rush for these artlctes of wear has been, tremendous. A friend whose business takes him to Manchester, told,'me that on a! |day last week, when he entered a big store to exe­ cute a purchase for his wife, he was compelled to ■^alt 25 minutes before he could get riear the stocking counters, and that the assistants


npHOUGH they may sigh, millions I df "women In Great Britain will


•rvOR the lak 28 years a man has •T gone about his | dally work with a bullet lodged In the wall of his heart.The, history of this remark­ able case Is told Ih “The Lancet” b^ Mr.. G. Qreyi Turner; prqfooc m surgery, at London Uniyerslty.


from a machine-gun bullet jn 1917, and radiography showed that a bul­ let, with its base anchored prpbably near the tip of the'left ventricle, was pulsing 'With the heart-beat, while Its point was whirlediabout In the blood vortex Ih the heart cavity. An operation was attempted, but the bullet could not be reached.; Ten years after the | operation he married.


This man received a chest wound ;J. ! '


their appearance vori Merseyside The cars have their roOfs. covered, by a steel helmet with a sriiall space between the coyer and the toeetlng The object IS to provide protectlori for the driver and passengers against shell fragments during air raids.


ted with “tin hatq” have made • . , I ‘


R.A.F. said at a Walthamstow! in4 quest on a man and woman killed when their car collided .with ari R.A.F.;van proceeding duririg an air raid vvithout.lights.!


pAR lights can be seen from 3,00(( feet up, a ipllo^offlcer of the


]


are riot allowed to proceed without light, rior. may they be left In thq streets without lights;


; ;


fNDICATIpNS tend to show that turkeys this Christijaas. may cost


Nevertheless ordinary vehicles


baling out during a dog-fight. He was evidently ' one of Hermann s tough eggs, for' although consider­ ably shot about, , he bore himself arrogantly and showed lll^tle of the true give-and-take spirit. He spoke good English, and all the time he was being stitched and dressed he kept up a running fire of abuse against England, the nurses, doctors and anything else! that met his eyes. To roundoff the job they gave him a blood transfusion, settled him in a nice clean bed, and left him with the words: “ Now, my lad, you have two pints of good Jewish blood In you. We hope it. will improve your


A Nazi pilot was brought in after manners.” |


Make! it standard practice to tra^ns- t fuse our prisoners and tell; the^


The teller of the. story suggests:


hey have J ^ '^ h : blood ini their, veins: whether'!!} really is or not'Is immaterial This simple measure would do much to sap the offensive efforts of ,pur unworthy foes..


contribution we , can make to this subtle', cai^palgn of psycholog^al frightfulhess, is' to suggest thOT negro! bjobd 'shojild frequeiitly; be substituted "lor J.ey^sh.’


Says the “Aeroplane’]: The only I SEE that Polish refugees; in Brit­


Rotary movement in| their own country, are establlshiiig Em out­ post” inUondon, as their answer to the Nazi'bknion the'movement in German-occupied Poland. ; ;


ain, piomliient' members of the


, selv^E 'to k^ep" flying i the fl^S o Polish Rotarianism. Nor was this the only redson for the formation of the “ outpljetj” They wete hop­ ing 'as part';of' this international movement ' to I play I their imp'rOvlng' ihutual understanding between Britbns and Poles. , We


its headquarters at the disposal of the'exiles. ,A former national ex­ ecutive! of the-movement in Poland states that as outlaws! usually defy bans, they decided among them


The London Rotary Club! has put


How Archi ! Knowl


eology Hasi Extended of thel Past


I


CAPTAIN R. C. SURVEY


IMUSSON’S OF 6,Ooi)


that if we tried to undetetand the ' last, then we might live phlloso- ihlcally In the present..a id perhaps


;o members of Clithen^Rotary 31ub at their meeting pii Thursdw last. 'Reviewing aj pedod from 3 000 B.C. to the birth of the Bhristian era. Captain Rqsson said


of History” was the title of e:dremely interestii g address fhlch ICaptain R. C.|Mu5slon gave


^RCHAEOLOG-y, thej Backbone


perceive the posslbillti is of the Ut/Ur6Up to a century ago the only know­


ledge from the distant past WM that denved from literary sourci s. and there was no certainty that three sources,


T^prp ^?t?raturp!'exist«' thev c ^ d 1 .Beehie tombs. Nearly all these build-i K f / a h“ ^


archaeolOTis's^ thP ^


subject, he


bbtained from tlielr excavptos.^ w„ Lshnrp® 6: As a background to thf


from flint as far back as i alf a million' years ago. It was perhapj 20,000 years since bone needles anl haipoons appeared: -but the earlies,,known pot­ Mtery in the world, was from Egypt am


such as the-Bible or the ea!y Greek-or tloman writers, were true accounts of


actual events. That iwas w lere aremex ology came in. Through Investigation


FASCINATING years. tuntil after lie 'was married. At that


important 'eweled h£


and face ] ^wder. There wi g


landbags, ____


m h itwo-stpreyed houses, m p court- mtside staircases leadmg to storeys. The houses had


ime Urwasia town of streets xirdered


baths and pictures, and the pecjple ^ g ' hymns inscibed on day taDlqfs. 'The ' men had weapons with dies, and some wotaen had


squai*e roots in the schools, tdls ns that he moved to Ei


to n 'to Palestirie, and became in cattle, silver and gold.


i


through this unplei pOssiWe, but it will ha] orders wiil.be unfulfill


complyj with the law. We are endeavouring [to carry


IVe are faced iwlth the most difilcult am tasks, I Sales


LIMITATION OF SALES ................. ..........


at task with as pen, indeed IT


g The basic idea atithe back of out riiinds r reatest number.” There is commqn


of rationed goods are strictly limited - -‘--


when better days come round. NO ADVANCE IN ^^ICE WILL BE


SHOP EARLY PLEASE, ule, because we shall , want all our uptomers, aUd'want them ve|ry badly, too,


little inconvenience to. customers as MUST happen, that 'mar y customei _ ___ “1- is—“the greatest ^ood ,for thi.


BY US ON ANY. GOQI^S WE HAVE IN S'] I LOOK FOR tIhE


thThough Abraham was brought up in .


old manicure set Included. omplete-with minpr, comb,


is liprto-date town, where they taught ...............


e 'ven a


ypt,:'8nd very rich: i ;


Clitheroe Markei ;


Now. while Abraham is busy with' his herds of cattle, the people, of; Britain hre busy too. They are build-, ih'g' the! great stone enclbsnres of; Avebury and Stonehenge, ind other! I smaller places of similar style.'


domed'roofs, called by archaeologists;: wfihin reaspmble dte^^^^


chamoisi with!! 'Near East.: , Beehive tombs, in iGreeceJ' f the Mediterranean and tol|[ sue to the exertions or teaching of somel any; Irelahd and Scotland. ]


ultivating barley or wheit, and many kinds of fruit which grew wild there.'


It was here naturaj tha t man should give up his wandering I abits and, by 5000 B.C., was considiredito have organised himself Intt city, states, situated' about' the' hea 1 of the Per­ sian Gulf and* in'Egypt.


As time Went on. the cit' states grew b in strength and expanded in size. Areas


fecame congested, and people moved srom place to place. After a tune, atrangers penetrated fron areas round ebout, and gradually feelings of differ­


i''liiere, I'dominated by'rthe• Palace of| Minos, there was a great and oivihzed'' t communitjj that was entirely unknowH;;


ought to, notice the Island I of Crete, which is at the height'of its power.


Returning to to Mediterranean, ■w e '


Inesopotamia, dating abo it 6000 B.C.- r Mesopotamia and Egj pt were the aivers Euphrates, Tigris, tnd the Nile, gnd it was I the flooded bsnks of these creat rivers that were earl suitable for


the fact 'to t small statues, [with oWl-i| like fak:es,lhat were made in,Troy, (say|!


eafaring rieople, which is conflrmed by! i and are common'^long thel!|


style of construction and deebration; so!;I d that'it looks as if these megaliths were;


a thousand years before it fell), are also . t found in Beehive tombs in Spain, Brip


fit & Saturday R r A| c jense in the application of ithis golden 4 ^ unpleasant


(THREE)


gill revealejd by, the spade of ,archaeolo-;;| I ists. ' Though iron was unknown to .l h them, iih to capital'city Knossos, the. wouses had running water, and ittiere ]


thas an elaborate drainage systjem. .There , t e women wore corsets-whiqh pmcnto


young men, who delighted to take par* in bull fights. '! 1 * * *


ness. ■ That .was.presuma )ly about the time when,'according to the Bible story, the race of Adam was sail to have been bom.' Archaeology could hot tell them t the truths about that, hi t; it did show


nce evolved' into natioral conscious­


writing,'Which was at fir it; pictograph- ical and later hieraglypt ic. Even in


kno.w that .the | restoration _of our country will hot be!possible without th p e lp of Greit. Ejrltaln,” .he said.


hem objects of that perild insCribed m,


those'days, they had.enyeldpes tO;COver their letters, fashioned of clay, baked m thesiiri. Again, it could show them the ruins of the Temple of Bel, and the J lalace of Nimrod the biMter of the


tim through this period, and it is the 1 e'of-‘toe Exodus-from -topt-say.


e now arrived aboiit half wajj


coverles iri'Sinai;point tQ.the.'iact toap alphahetlqal:script .writing; was knoira o to toe Israelites dunngtoe forty Tears


440 'B.C-i Recent-archaeological dist


bf wandering in toe wildemeM. It may re ;toat Moses used it, fort you may-I


iblei Not that “ the mghty hunter” t meant much; it was tife fashion in


hhose' days to call the kings m gl ountere. Just as today sqi Ives and-land- swneih; were oftentimes called great


iericho have been excayatedi 'The find­ yngs point to the year 1400 B.C. ^ the toe fact .jthat the walls bni fall-down-;


flat, as slated ta the Bible] andjnore-, over that there W


portsmen” in their, obituary notices.; a Among the thousand of; things archj


Tower of Bkbel, and it could convince theih that sledges were ised, and that many-oared , rtiips were r )wed upon the watep^ays before 4000 B.p._


oeologists could describe was a inound f rums that was pi-obably the original -


since the last war. shov ed that about that!time people wefe‘living in houses


w j ' f e ______ __„ light by the spade; was s 3 great that it was dimoult to make a) sf Itction. Excav­ ations made at Ur^ in Mesopotamia,


they reached the information b


e period 3000 hrought t ■


o


made of feeds and mud pricks. Then came the flbod, so graph cally described in the Bible. ■ ^


d “Tliere were, in fact, many floods, no l oubt due to the recedbrt of the snow aine on the ranges of lugl .hills in Persia pnd; the Caucasus,” Ciiptam :Murepn


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dayd described the flood ajs if it covered the whole earth, -ivhlchj: qs struck many


roceeded ' " The John iMlsts of those


minds as impossible. Ol course, it t the whole fearth, as far a 3, was, known m


hose daystland it is oui understanding that has' peen at fault imore than the


description. ' The Ur ^e: :cavations, also business was being done in all sorts ,oi short that after the flqods, which cut | tjflngs; They were, for tastante, export-^


s'Be lauii m man-luc


off the old civilization 1 ke a knife and deposited eleven feet of sand and mud on top of it, there cai le a great ad­ vancement In ideas and craftsmanship: carved stone, hamraen d'gold; harps, t chairs, and chariots ajipean Among


mt. It is a chqrming-rep -esentationaf a wonkey, only a quarter of an toch high,


•- only


N*ow fetumtag to more mundane ^.^^gapo ins from it.


'i Inn.. fact. iactj


Gussia, and ships were tateng tin from t brnwall,- ’Thefe was alSo an export


hese numerous things tl ere is one small which got as far as; Troy, and Gaza ,m| ( i object that pleases' me < very time I see


rrade, in jet necklaces and armlets, ear-


scarf pin. It is perfect to eve^ detail. “ ' ' ' I, that could value such a thing- __:e its nroduetton (


hich forms the top'ol a gold lace .or


very culturei tWe must retoember that ai the same


British Isles, about !5.0)0 birds were sold' at an average price of £1 Os. lOd,: compered with 13s. 7d.. la^t year.


double what they did i year ago. At the rejeent anriu£ 1 turkey sals a t , Attleborough, Norf' )lk, attende i buyers from all parts of the


were “wading” almost knee deep in paper, etc. It this as an ex- been occurring


discarded wrapping would seem—taking ample 6f what has everywhere—that sUk stockings villi have disappeared firom, the shops before December 1st] After! that date, stocks' otherwise


be fattened; for the Christmas tradri the.best mpde 31s. a ht ]ad, estimated to be equivalent to .2§. e pound


Though the birds sol d have yet to :


toime similar progress was being made r Egypt,' where rock tombs and


garmenfs; of kilts ^ d clbaks, and | to Denteark! archaeologists —...


'The people at that time .. I .


one casfe, a'woman rtore a skirt, to; the knees, and a jumper


The inimense scientific and organizing powers of those times are shown by the construction of the Pyr unids,; especially the Great Pyramid. This Immense l work is said to have riquired a know­


oedge of gravitational laws and astron­ my which were untopown in* Europe


&^Jstm" cCTtr^ in’ ipbpotatoia and TTcrimf


Egypt, the rest of the world being in ta c


thp TP«; Ot Ori W uotMAi clans, now toat welab faced -with - S U S m ^ OTIQ DBUlg 111 I be tied


iiummies find archde ologists conttuu- pus work of ab^rbit g' interest.


he rtaist. She also work, fair-net, or |:ap, w th stringshtp


with a large meta!wore a utideb the cpto.


n this time, you w lfill probably rite j glad to know that we are entering


'^”^e*%vranl^ °ush1r^®i« "tatoTthe I'time^^M^rto^rieiatl? i^splta^ ruled oyer by Jeroboam, rtjfith toeir da;


iS&ITlflrifl. Slid thp in -rrpnriiHs i*oof0rt ov6r wltli 1 Assyrt& sflcks S&m&ris cErrics B^&y. j Greece, culmtaattag ■ Jenisalem-L Then a tjTant , ^ g


Intended for the home market are to be diverted overseas. Artificial silk Is not Included In,the prohlbl-, tlon. ; But the ban applies to. all sorts o9 pure silk wear, men’s as well as women’s garments. Amohg wo­ men’s wear which will be affected In addltlori to silk stockings are cos­ tumes,; two-piece or three-piece suits, jumpers, cardjgahs, pullovers, underwear, including pyjamas and nightdresses, and bathing costumes. The banned garments for men will Include ties, cravats, scarves, shirts, pyjamas, underweaf, and hose.


rpaE clergy of a London church !-*- which was damaged by Incendi­ ary bombs sat throughout Saturday, in the! main door;of their church receiving donationsjtowards repairs. The following motto was displayed: “Charted but cheery. Damp but determined. Come rain, come hurricane.” ! '!


laliotrilent uncovered a big foot of potatoes which, she avers, were per­ fectly [cooked in their jackets. , On


A !


CtOME excellent advice is given py with nfcfe made'’fronii'the antlers ti the Institute ofiOphthalmic Op- deer in the chalk'dist lets; : ' ' a pastoral people' m l . flocks of sheep


longer houts of dafknbss, To coun- teract the Injconverileuces and pos­ sible harm lof the black-out the Institute-uijges iis not to go straight from ndrinm lighting Into darkness but to’ stimd'a few] moments In the riajl to let!the eyes accus-


with bone' needles, apd mining Ifiint, a But now a new phas; was beginnmg:


' u—


toiri' .therii'selves gradually. Arid further good advice is— ]


but a good light. Donjt shine]a torch In other people’;! eyes. Avoid looking directly 'at 1 raffle or car lights. If]doubtful aboutiyour eyes, have toein carefully tested. Your glasses already In use should! (je properly checked by e xperts. , Hpto eyes should be separately and regu­ larly bathed with! a .tonic lotlonjiin an eye bath. They should-be re­ laxed and rested, as often as.ipos- stole.”;


-HENNIS (says toe " Guardian”) was lately taken!; to


- i


tat.t. story Is told by a London I grapes on toe pulpit housewife, whd] digging on hpr hls fancy. When the


please'.’/


his first,Harvest Pestlyal'ln churth. Among toe offerings flowers, the: bunches


“Don’t lead, ■write, or sew in any warlike.


mouth of the Danube. As new genera­ tions grew up they miyed slowly,'west­ wards,. tm they even dally amyed^ in what is now Belgium. Ihese.people-had n5 weapons: but there was another 'body of people < .T


gnd herds of long-hortied cattle, who sround their com between stones and itored ,it in pottery nmamented; with


ncised lines, were settled at tne battle-axe. Theiir r weapp: wliq were was a stoe 1


logy traces them across Europe as ; far as Scandinavia.


These battle-axe P 30Pl®j mte living, o in Trov about 3000 RC., and archae-1


They were' .the ances ors of the' Scan­ dinavians'. ' It nOi dou at took hundreds of; years for these n igrations. and it | was getting near'200C B.C. betore they gotito the end of their'wanderings.


i i“ Marichesteffalrr frt


came round he put hto sixpence in and said confidingly: “ Grapes,


greatly took offertory box


of fruit arid of purple


:''! i'* *


rrWO THOUSAND B.C. brtags^i^'to ,iX what one might ':aU the htttorical . period, because it begins with Abrtom ,


Though Abfaham- cai mot be idqntmed. by ' archaeologist^: t le .■ contemporaw material diig upagrei s tojvelbmto to S Ible story toat it . is (onsidered he must


Abram ocoUrsjoh-.a'died'of earlier date j ; I f sp happen ttmt^d^ _-- remember,-'j|S|^a jrulhed city in south


rate it was i locafnime, as the'.name I besieged. ave beVri a real pefsonage. - Abraham lived* in U ■ of to ; Chaldees |, hr


which archaebtogists liaye dfecipherto. ; i.As yoji will


fle^of by, the' southern half of';the Israeljtes; .ueii. u 1


the records of the Kings ot Asskia ; ahd I Babylon: which have been fl.Ug ub out of the d ^ t t , At the British nftisenm you can see syme stone rtalt carvings which! fonned. a dadqijin Sennacherib’s,Palace at Nin®vte|--


■ "These wars can be studied through


Jerusalem to the ground, i; i , " ■ ■ ........ oW’-


s anotner i w glopbus victories. .But war in toose “ ttaUv days was something like kar. , Whto,a


tag to Lybian ddsert with: a band'In front, followed by ten todusand catohy df all sorts: 'Then, himself seated above them aP.te a.high chariot drawtji by,


materials, I lembroidered I with jewels. ■Wito'ltoese, in carriages guar^^ by archers, travel his wives and chlldfen; with toeir, tutors and servants and, also dressed to royal splenddur,-three nun-, ' dred toad sixty-five concUbtaesl I,-;■


snow-'rthite horses, Then more trpbps; and,' a mil? or two'.behind', toe camel train ! bringing tents


to . richest


O But to return to'Sennacherib’s palace. 'a n one panel is represented toe siege of o city having strong walls. -It'is a scene


.Uu XUI,* 11CUCiUJt UGiun. .i^uw i^t any’j ■was[flo


UO e. - -i .ta' y, I 'was 'no, ciue.io ine c


battertag rams, chariote- and hprses, with tnen hurling


found 'and:l{yearsrarchaeologistsharte ^enti ■ - a ruined city in south Pales . .


nemy below, Bi lilt unttrt lately .there r ,J . , i,


f" immense ■ actiyity-'-etigines of iwar, things down on'toe,I


nrc+vio


the last: six! !excteat-,;l


turned out toj be Lakish,' 'Which was, In style. Imagine Mussolini cross-- toJ”iUy otoer nationFhe


I They Mostly deal Iwlth [military opera­ tions 'Which, of courscj^are all depicted |


Palestine.. That is^ perhaps wto arch­ aeologists consider Irelandnt thte time' was [one of the richest Eiirope.l


ings, and tores of Irish gold, some of; ,


countries' j:in | wore rtoolleri


complete costumes; preserved in the ground.iwhich belong to this period. |In short fringed I


saiji.to have been lowered i Moving


. . . . . .


seventy j gists


aeolog the I . sidered


deautiful Helen, and so led to its'I b


ne, to Iwhioh Paris carrrr<ied off the;:


UIysees was supposed to have made his adventurous voyages, which to- minds us that he encountered • to original sirens, who were ladies .wlto l such musical voices that their lot; in


# „ „ * * t-etum to - - o us thrbugh toe poetry .


ears ago. Since! hen arch- have found and' excavated


------


fThey aL- ------i , ._..__ before tois;| oive or, six previous, cities


estruction. iI It lias alter the fall qf Troy that'!


bife was to lure sailqrs onto the rocks t y'singing to them. Jf hope that; tive of the present-dhy warbltag


of toe wall.from which toe spies were-' ------ - jjy a rop


ERE housep on the top. Excellent b r i f i e r r ;


ypti epp themr^ I t tw


;WtiKi likeptfi^ |be^ btl ihiiigs


ahought vnll make you more appreci­ ichobse note.


_ . matters and travelling west again,' | we find the people in Britten have just learnt how to make bronze and to man- '


teg spear heads of a special p^tem'l R ^ e , Mediterranean dnd as far aq


aioVi ubu lo. ii'icifioi m Trade Enquiries tq Wi i-U aS] OA7ft iirtll beseiged by, Sennacherib during have foim ,d, I But toe greatest find of all W


' even to the! pattern or the. crest ’ soldiers’ helmets found burled, 'ryiite.


work' proceeded ,it was-found to with the .wall:-carving, from N


about 709 B.C.: and


flat pieces of potsherds which hdd been buried' in . a copier, of a guardrpom. These potsherds have letters wri^tljen 'on


£ s] some


them in ink and ta alphabetica'l toript. I have seeri 'them,- and- toe wrlttagfis t not unlike my 'own, although, of!qours^


Solomon ta ------ .----------------- -VJ-rj. I -7— . ,mlttag wa^orTtaaw O,


toe writing: runs from :iteht .to, left: In­ stead of left to right. v'They. a n mes­ sages written b r some subdrtitatee officer, named Hoshaiah, in charge'pf an! outpost"l!o the Captain ,0f the Gu'drd -at'iLhkitoi during NeHchfid- nessar’S catapalgn against Jerusalem, about 600 B.G.:' . These Lakito letters S ■ apdrtaht, as: showing .that


hey; are not written to English, and


' Perldles at Athens, abodt 450 B.CrtSuch there is ta


dispersal of Israel, were all oyer before 500 B.C.. andi'-in the meantime another ' civilisation: has been growtagMbP, to


own] w(;ittag!,^ derived. It NOrt thesrt wars, wblcli resulted! in toe


m the days ol


men as SophdCles; Plato. Herodatjisitoe historian, and many others, hiye;jleft such'a wealth-of literature t ate I the chite use of!, archaeology than the' things that


j.the light of day.


'.matter; of fact, about that d^'Jdrge fof strangers yiere ar


Himlleo .of Carthage, who reco he visited Britain and Ireiar


Brtta:


. iron; swdrds, hdrse-bits, among other ttogsj


brought toe knowledge of mta with toein and came jvith Irota


archaelogy which finds t o


Srtitzeriabd. We know .them 'nurabei


rom a district just ii


Fils' about 500_B.C.. that ^ e first As a


1 ; i


'reference to Britain is mide by toat


-,tag,m I'crth [of 'prough they s ;g!iron


they knew Kcoil! ONS’ . (ja-'Orf


SAUSAGES I


Tattwsqll 8i Son's, Ifd., BlackUum.


probablv in that connection that Pythias, a traveller sent from Mar­ seilles by Greek traders, records that


i The Kelts, no| doubt, brought an ncrease in tradq to Britain. | It .was


groups of Kelts arrived on the south coast of England fed tok Ptesesstan of a grass-grown hill about a dozen miip.A north of Weymouth. During r^ cent years this has ;been excavated and its history broufe" to light. ! Having t settled down and biade a town on toe rop of the hill,' these people buUt a wail


About the year 300 B.C . one df thete aound it. They built It ta toe stele their becomes rtf tViO Cl


with a wall about iwelve: feet high and twelve feet thick, with a gateway te


ncestors ta middle Europe.hM bufi^


Then about lOi— r-- - - the hands of another group of the rame people arrivtag frenn'Brittany.; 'Diese


each end of the tota,. Later tbe wto. overcrowded and is enlarged. 100 B.C., the- city falls into


people introduce a few form of warfp, their modem 'weapon bemg the sung- t TO conform'with feeir new axtaamtat


with [the objectrof feeP^SB'. tfe^ enemies at'd distance, so that .toy coiild bombard them"'with sltag stortre ' before they could bombard-'them with


catlons of'the town fed bufltthrre Itoes of huge Iramparts round! the hul


hfey entirely] recbnstrfeted-to forti-


sling stones before theyicould come to ■ close quarters:' Near; toe" gate wwe


tfound stores of 20 000 sling stones, arid


here - were': many taore; scattered [Over toe (area of the ramparts.. You must remember j that these .hill towns, were s isolated contauhitleS and not part of a


' weid thei first;waves of ;ihe call!to Kelts, They came ta Various


i pears, d [iron 'fhey


groilp^td different part of toe dentatte durini the pe^od, .say ,600 to abo^^^


orate'probches, or satete Pi^*i origtateed in that country and ! been teeij here before.' ..


They had' been used to tiadtag *?th to ji-Ahnrt“ tad - brought vnth to ta [elab­


hlchnot


troops, and mtay were slain,: , ; toe i The relatives were allowed to .bOT


. t o f e Roman g fallen in the space in front of toe


ates; With efeb one they placed som^ thing lor hta? to eat , when he woke, up


The pottery 'of t^esej people s h o ^ p that toy had been .in touch ^ h taher


and in another a. W mhy hope contataedhis-favoufee tetak.


aeople,, who Uved thfey or forte tales bwfe, at toe place 'Wtpow fell G l^ n -


'-toe mpVB^andgenerally up'to feischief,': t o firsrtiChrlstlan..c! They iinvadedl Italy tad sacked ;


' hey' toerpa , derive'


twere i


■ih'399lB.Crttad about a hunfeea.yete[S: ' ipijjg brings' me to to (^fstlan era, later attack^ Greece^ and} [sacked .j,bich forms a suitable place "tOj close Delphi, i : They had evidently peen ta; my .remarks, to wtach-'J have .tried-to


iT^ierKelts were nomads, alwlayi,on j Arimathea" built a' fete]; rtattje.taurch, .. Rome,) t o worita .


. , .


touch with the Scytoitas. heedfee toy show that by .examtatelon rf-iactute o^ luch influenced by their artJiandJects found'ln excavations; archatology; IsP used toe Greek art ;mPtive, J^j^is toe backbone which.'titasfonns.


.Imette, which in its turn'was tbe shadowy substance pf tradition, into from the Egyptians. ' ; i


j the solid reality-of histejy. : : . - j«5r.4rrr.==ti}fes I Aury. This 'was .(tofeanclefe Me Of


valon. where.tradirtdnl s ^ JpMph^^ rch,,bfedtog;ta


tettled countrysidfe; like'they would be m


he sailed rouiid Bntain and saw com fields as he Sailed up the coast of what is now called Kent.j


ememberj toat before ■ toqy entered ;| t Canaan, Joshua was told to meditate in


o ir waists, perhaps . to tatngue - to ;


A practical ‘iron ration’ in yh®*® tiqi®a of stress^ wl^en fqodsluffs ^UGtbe contervedilS WRIGLI 'YiS


Gum, [EacliP®ll®V] relatively toall amnuntoti i gar,


enouglt! to j tafisfy ,'toat 'niuuinil yearniiig for 6wqqtN; .W, Us, t teg- lasting: deliciOus'fiaVour is a i ioh. e 'chrt^liig; calm's


a


he' book of'the law, day and night! i I J Since the last; war. toq totes of ear Joshiua took the city; and^ also tp ,


helps V6ii overcome themofijq tony aid


Is rtte-'iYpur; '.to®®5f!i!ri?.4'


of'Ionrt hours apii .weaiy liGL;'


in 'wafftitaei and many dji :t0ts arid'


U/fn'


diiii'riie'yq.Si aric


'd ?


account of its rela3;!ng qaalitles* Buy several packets todi.y' to'tla


al-wayp tq.haye a .Supply ^and'V/ both in the house a ad in the al^ raid shelter, (live WRIGLEVS Gutaltiti’ttie ttoUdf en„ fqo-T^ey.


Just love it, and.it is g]ood for "


toelrteeth.an.dguBii, ]. ' I (


of r WRlGLE'lf’S gallant defenders t n land, in tbte aif, or at sea. Do it toda-y.’ Ifs cost


6i m is so small (pnlyld ‘


: 1 I ;l


Tfitee] !»s. ripthteg. toot® ,practicjd or for which [you receive mof^


thapks than sendln f a fqv pacjcpls u to’'6ur


o-day. They each had their chlqf arid their Home Guard rthich, no doubt,‘;m this town, put up |a.good show when it-


was attacked i by. Yespsislan,. about 46 AX)'.-' Blit ' they could not 'stand up to toe' superior' nufabers[of


in toe next wbrldi' |In ohe of grata, to afetofeaJptatof mtetom


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