25th Ionawr 1902

A "HWFA MON" HOAX. letter purporting to come from Hwfa Arohdruid. reached the gallery of tbe on Monday evening. It addressed to the Knights of the pen. "onae of Commons," and bore an Irish post- II.rk. It ran as follows: — Sanered. Parish Cornell, < 19 merry •Raidens. National Eistedfod". A prize of .£15 15s. and a silver medal will be given at the next eistedfod for the best speci- "ien of a Blue Book.—' Hwfa Mon.' Arch- dnrid." Postmark and the use of a single d in were unmistakable evidences of a i taaS" a,part from any question of the merry I ^'deos, 19 or otherwise.

PONTXEWYDD CHILD'S DEATH. Mr. W. J. Everett, deputy-coroner for South Monmouthshire, held an inquiry at the police- station. Pontnewydd, respecting the death of Fmily Maria Crockett, the ten-year-old child of James Crockett, of 6, Nightingale-row. Pontnewydd. On the 15th inst. the deceased stood on a fender to reach a comb on the mantel-shelf, when her clothes caught fire. She immediately ran upstairs to her mother, who was dressing, and who is also very deaf, and afterwards ran out of the house, when the flames were extinguished by Mrs. Margaret Morgan, a neighbour. The unfortunate child was seriously burnt about the legs and stomach, and succumbed to the injuries on tho 17th inst.—The Coroner, m summing up. referred to the sad fa.ct that there was no fireguard, because of which the accident undoubtedly b vppened.—The jury returned a j verdict of "Accidental death.

CARDIFF JEWS' DISPUTE. THE DISORDERLY SCENES AT A RECENT FUNERAL. A further incident in the disorderly scenes which recently took place at the Cardiff Jewish Burial Orounds was related at Lhindaff Police- court on Monday (before Colonel Woods. in the chair, Colonel Fisher, and Mr. Insoles Barnett Jacobs and Alfred Nathan, president and treasurer respectively of the Cathedral- road Synagogue, summoned Charles Abrabam- son. pawnbroker; Joshua Abrahamnon, pawn- broker; and Asher Epstein, tailor, for violent misbehaviour at the Jewish Cemetery on January 5, the occasion being the burial of a Mr. White. Mr. George David, solicitov, prose- j cuted, and Mr. Joseph Henry Jones defended. In opening the case, Mr. David said the facts of the case were closely connected with those disclosed in a case heard in that court last week. Messrs. Nathan and Jacobs were war- dens at the Cathedral-road Congregation, the original Jewish congregation in Cardiff. In this congregation there was vested ail the commu- nications of the Jewish ecclesiastical authori- ties, and they had possession of the Jewish burial grounds, presented to the Jews of Car- diff by the grandfather of the present Mar- quess of Bute. They had made regulations for the proper conduct of the funerals on the burial ground. They maintained it. and all funeral arrangements were carried out under their charge. The defendants were connected with another congregation, and he (Mr. David) anticipated that they would contend that they had the same right of control. Apart from the question of right. it was not a proper course for the defendants to create a disturb- ance at a funeral. Mr. Barnett Jacobs, president and one of the wardens of the Cnrdiff Hebrew Congrega- tion worshipping at the Cathedral-road syna- gogue, stated that in the early part of I January a Mr. Martin White died. and the deceased's son-in-law, Mr. Woolf Pollock, came to see him, and made arrangements for the funeral. The service, which was conducted hy Mr. Wolfers, the minister of the Cathe- dral-road Synagogue, had been concluded, when the defendant Epstein came up to him and asked him il he would allow a Mr. Macht to speak. Complainant pointed out to him that the service was over. and inquired what Mr. Macht wished to speak about. He replied. Well, about our society." Complainant said Mr. Wolfera had spoken of the society in the hall at the burial ground, and suggested to Epstein to get Mr. Macht to speak about the society in the hall, and that. as it was getting dark and a stone had to be unveiled rthe same afternoon, there was no time to allow Mr. Macht to speak. One of the defen- dants then remarked. We will not be trodden upon; it is a free country; we shall have our rights," and Mr. Macht was brought forward in a forcible manner to the grave by the three defendants. They said "Mr. Macht must, speak." Witness again refused to allow Mr. Macht to speak, and warned them that if they made Mr. Macht speak they would have to suffer the consequences. A disturbance fol- lowed. and they were unable to make a col- lection amongst those present-a custom at Jewish runerals. Mr. Jones: We are a separate congregation. and we say we have the same right as the I people attending tne Cathedral-road congre- gation have to bury at this cemetery, and I shall prove to you that we had the authority) of the relatives of the deceased that 1fr. Macht should epeak. (To the witness): I ¡ think the ground was given for the whole of the Jewish people?—To our Church. I There is a tablet at the gromnd bearing these ¡ words, is there not, "This ground was given Tor a Jews cemetery by the Most Noble John, Marquess of Bute"?—Yes. Did you say Mr. Maxrht has not the autho- rity to conduct worship?—It is this: Dr. Adler suspended his authority. Mr. Jones then read a letter which had been written by the Chief Rabbi five years ago. which stated that Mr. Macht was a suitable person to discharge the duties of minister at the defendants' synagogue. Alfred Nathan, one of the wardens of the Cathedral-road Synagogue, stated that he attended the funeral in an official capacity. He distinctly heard Abrahamson say that -hey would not be priest-ridden, and that they were prepared to fight for it. Witness nearly fell into the grave, and, to save liim- self, caught hold of Mr. Abrahameon. senior. the defence Mr. Joseph Henry Jones pointed out to their worships that all arrange- ments for the funeral were performed by Epstein. At Jewish burials it was customary for someone to apeak a few words of a spiritual character at the graveaide. and a sister oi the deceased requested Epstein to get Mr. Macht to deliver a short address rela- tive to the deceased's connection with the Order of Mount Sinai. There was no distur- bance. I The defendant Asher Epstein declared that he had charge of the funeral. Outside I White's house he had a conversation with Mr. Jacobs, and told him that, as the majority of the persons who attended the funeral could only understandYiddish, it was the desire of tlie people to hear Mr. Ma<-ht speak at the I graveside inYiddish after Mr. Wolfers had a/Idressed them in English. At the graveride Mr. Jacobs refused to allow Mr. Macht to make an address, and he (defendant) then called Jacobs a turncoat. There was no I violence used, nor was there a disturbance, The Bench found the ease proved, and fined The Bench found the ease proved, and fined each of the defendants 10s. and costs.

I CRUELTY CASE AT NEWPORT I At Newport Police-court on Monday the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cliildrcu prosecuted Alfred Dowding, a labourer at a tallow wonts, and his wife, Catherine Dowding, for neglecting their eight, children and allowing them to get into a d'rty, abandoned condition.—Mr. W. Lyndon Moore appeared for the prosecution, and. in opening, said the facts disclosed revealed, he thought, the most hopeless, degraded, and un- happy home for children that be had ever lizard of. As iar back as twelve months ago Superintendent Brook;; visited the house of the defendants (they now lived at 13. Rudry-street), and found that the woman was cohabiting with bad characters, and there were fourteen persons huddled in a three-roomed hou3e. The parties, especially the mother, were warned then, and they were given a year in which to reform, but things had become worse. The woman had given way to drink. It was true that the husband was only now getting 2C:>. per week, but the parties ought not to drink and neglect the children. The woman had sold the children's boots and goods out of the house to get drink.—Inspector Sharks, of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, spoke to visiting the house on the 29th of December. He found it in a foul and disgraceful condition, and the children were very much neglected. There was no food in the house, and he provided some.—Dr. Basset spoke to examining the two youngest children, and finding thpm dirty and neglected, and the conditions of the house were such as to be a danger to the health of all the inmate?.—In the result the Bench sent the woman to prison for two months, and bound the man over to look after the children.

DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD AND EARS. The last issue of the Journal for the Deaf describes some remarkable cures of deafness, and noises in the head by treatment accord- ing to the methods of Dr. Drouet, a well- known physician of the Paris Academy of Medicines. For the benefit of those who are interested in the subject an extract from the records of one C3-se is reproduced here. This is the case of a professional nurse, Jane Rad. j bourne, of Lambourne. This patient suffered many years from a severe form of deafness caused by catarrh of the middle ear. but the annoyance from the noises in the head was still more troublesome; in fact, the noises in the head affected her general nervous system to such an extent that she was quite unfitted for work. The cure resulting from the use of the Drouet Treatment is related in the follow- ing letter — "Salisbury Cottage. Lambourne. "October 26, 1901. "I am pleased to thank you for your kind- neas to me. IJ: was troubled with noises in my left ear for over twelve months, which made me feel quite ill. At times I thought I I should lose my reason. I was able to do but very little work. Now. I am thankful to say, I can work all day with pleasure. I am not like the same woman, and my hearing is quite perfect.—Yours very truly, "JANE RADBOURNE." Thoae who are desirous of seeing the reports of upwards of 200 lately cured cases of Deaf- ness and ear. nose. and throat diseases by the Drouet treatment are referred to the "Journal I for the Deaf," a free copy of which can be obtained by post on application to the Sec- retary, Drouet Institute, Regent's Park-road, London, N.W. Each journal is accompanied by a Patient's Report Form, which enables applicants to receive full particulars for applying the treatment at, home. Any advice by cor- respondence is absolutely free. L2342

DISTRESSING CASE AT CLYDACH- .1' ON-TAWE. A shocking homing fatality occurred in St. I John's-road. Clydach. in which Rachael Ann, the ten-year-old daughter of John Da.vies. collier, lost her life. The little girl went downstairs to the kitchen with her nine- year-old brother. She was in her nightdress, and her parents were in bed. The fire had been kept alight all night. Her father heard screams, and he at once rushed downstairs, to find his little daughter enveloped in flames. These were quickly extinguished, but not before she had been badly burnt. Dr. Hava.rd Jones was sent for. but, although he was promptly on the scene, there was no hope of J the recovery of the child, and she afterwarde ncenmbei

CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD. MR. LEWIS WILLIAMS ATTACKS THE GOVERNMENT. The first meeting of the Cardiff School Board since the recent election took place on Monday. c —The Clerk, having explained that the meeting had been convened by requisition, congratu- lated the old members and welcomed the new, hoping they would have a successful triennial period. Dr. W. T. Edwards proposed the re-election of M-r. Lewis Williams as chairman. Expatia- tion on his qualifications was unnecessary, for his 24 years' service would determine the general concensus of opinion that he should re-elected. The Rev. F. J. Beck, seconding, said that Mr. Williams's experience had grown with the development of the board's work. He was keenly interested in the general education question, which could not find a solution except by taking a broad view and frankly expressing opinions. If they were fated as Church members to be in a minority it was pleasant to be under a courteous chairman who never emphasised his side."—The elec- tion was unanimous. Mr. Williams, in returning thanks for his eighth ejection to the post. mentioned that be and Father Hayde were the only remain ng representatives of the original board of 1875. Cardiff had witnessed an educational develop- ment almost unparalleled in any other town. The present year would be one of the most eventful in the history of education of the country. It. was possible that the services of boards would be dispensed with. or they would be relegated to the position of a committee. He rejoiced that. in the past they had helped to uplift the morality of the town. He was concerned in looking forward to the coming session of Par- liament, when he feared proposals would be submitted which might destroy past efforts. The stand and action of the Cardiff School Board during the past year had elicited the warm praise of educationists in all parts of the country. The miserable expedient which the Government had resorted to in trying to find a solution of the chaotic muddle and its arbitrary regulations would involve the re- opening of the whole education question, and he trusted the committee would display spirit in the solution. Quoting the opinion of the Bishop of Coventry at a Birmingham School Board meeting the chairman described the history of the past twelve months as memor able for the Cockerton judgment and the dis- appointing treatment by the Government of the resulting position. The element of uncer- tainty introduced into higher grade and even- ing school work by the interim measure was made far more trying by a new minute and a narrow interpretation on the minute refer- ring to higher elementary schools. The whole situation could be summed up as an absurd and wholly mischievous attempt to differen- tiate schools according to authority or department. and to limit instruction. The guerilla. warfare of the new Board of Education threatened and hampered work that bad begun by the express wish of that board, while the very class that needed instruction most was in most danger of losing it. Mr. Williams trusted that instead of strife of parties there wouid be unity in efforts to solve the difficulties, for already there were 30.000 fewer scholars in the even- ing schools than last year. He welcomed the three new members of the board--the Rev. A. Henderson, Mr. J. Chappell, and Mr. H. White. Dr. W. T. Edwards was unanimously re- elected vice-chairman, a post he had held for twelve years out of the 21 he had been on the board. Dr. T. Wallace in proposing him said he had earned the title of founder of the medical school at the Cardiff University College. The chairman and the Rev. A. Henderson were appointed representatives on the inter- mediate education committep.

CARDIFF PUBLIC AUDITOR. SALARY INCREASED BY FIFTY POUNDS A YEAR. A letter from Mr. C. E. Dovey. who has for some years audited, the accounts of the Cardiff Corporation, was read at a meeting of the finance committee on Monday. Mr. Dovev asked to be re-appointed, but called attention to the fact that the work was increasing, and the tramway accounts would have to be audited in future. The committee agreed to recommend the council to re-appoint Mr. Dovey at a salary of £ 350 as from the 1st of April next. His remuneration at present is £3JCJ. The Borough Treasurer reported that he bad received accounts from the assistant overseers for supplemental valuation lists which had been supplied. In two parishes Id. per line was charged, in one parish lid. per line. and in the fourth |d. per line. Pre- viously the corporation had paid id. per line and Id. for the totals, and it was resolved that the same remuneration be paid in the present case.

BIG WELSH PROBATE CASE. | NEARLY HALF A MILLION IN DISPUTE. In the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice on Monday, before the President uSir Francis .leune). an application was made to postpone the hearing of the case of Thoma.3 v. Mathi&s. which was likelv to be reached shortly. The suit has reference to the testa- mentary dispositions of the late Mr. James Thomas, a colliery proprietor, of Llanedarne. The amount in dispute is stated to bo from £ 400,000 to £ 500,000. Mr. Grazebrook (instructed by Messrs. Downing and Haudeock who appeared for the defendant!*—M'-s. Rachel Matliias, Mrs. Mary Ann Packer, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins (daughters of the deceased;—asked that the case, which was likely soon tA) be reached before the court and a special jury, should be postponed until later in the term. He said that the case for his clients was not in a sufficiently prepared state to enable them to go on with it. at an early date, and he also explained that a gentleman belonging to the firm of solici- tors representing the defendants was too un- well at present to attend to business, and it would be inconvenient to take the case in his absence. The sum involved was about £ 4-00,000 or £ 500.000. and the ease was a heavy one, and the three daughters of the deceased only took k6 a-piece. It was important, there- fore, that a case of this kind should noT. be hurried on. Counsel suggested that as a. fresh panel of special jurors had been sum- moned for March 18 to try a case the present case should ba taken after that date. The application was opposed by Mr. Bar- nard (instructed by Vachell and Co.) on behalf of the plaintiff, but The President decided that the case should be taken after March 18.

PROPOSED WELSH FISHERIES EXHIBITION. In the course of the first of a series of lectures, to be delivered in Bangor and else- where. on Fish Culture." Professor White, addressing a large audience at the Bangor University College on Friday evening, over which Alderman Henry Lewis, mayor of Bangor, presided, said that the lectures, pro- ] vided for by the technical committee of the Carnarvonshire County Council and by the towns where they were delivered, were designed for the instruction of those engaged in the fishing industry, and for those also who desired to acquire an interest in it. As they very well knew. the University College of North Wales had taken a keen interest in the development of ttoe fishing industries of North Wales. He advocated the holding of a Welsh Fisheries Exhibition, and stated that a year would not be too long in which to prepare for it.—Our Bangor correspondent adds that the Prince of Wales is to be asked to open the exhibition.

TOPICS FOR WOMEN THE INFIRMARY BALLS: A SUGGESTION. The Cardiff Infirmary Balls were decidedly a ffeater success this year than they ha■ 6 *°r the last few years. The fancy competition was an additional attr^. com- am surprised that not a larger 1111 cnrelv »*ted on the first night. Cardiff ought, to have been able to v™*™* that nest °" original designs. I would ^ear we go one step further si, mafce J°r a thoroughly good bal m.asq « fancy costume compulsory.. *ould be more exciting and much joiner. In the midst of one season we want to pene- Jrate into the fashion m dress for the neiL ft has been hinted that green will be a very favourite spring colour. Some of the ioveliest thin and gauze materials have appeared the shops for next summer's gowns, aB wei *8 in heavier makes for the early • ^is pretty shade. I should advise ^rgai ^hnters in the present winter sales any dresses they can pick up m Sreen for the coming season. Even in the British Royal Household the *°st of housemaid is. apparently, no s • there is a etory of a lady who. while ^eaging a new servant, naturally made the *<luiry to why she had left her las. place cams out then that she had been last ployed at Buckingham Palace, and th..t »be had left because "really her Majesty late Queen) was that particular that alter you jja(j done dusting everything quite as 1nuch as necessary she would pass her lace handkerchief across a table or a chair and Notice even the tiniest speck." It was also told of the late Queen that she was so exact- Ing as to the making of her bed that it took the chambermaids two hours daily to make it, a.s the undersheet had to be most carefully ^nd smoothly stitched to the lower mattrese 110 that there never was the slightest wrinkle. I amttlare we should be glad to feel like garah Bernhardt, particularly the next morn- 1ng after any social festivity that had kept jjs up into the early morning hours. fatigue," Madame Bernhardt says, is my timulant. Instead of pulling me down it IIIpUrs me on." She goes to bed at three clock in the morning invariably, and always J^Bes at nine. The usual prescriptions for the "reservation Qf health receive scant atteution Ir°ffl the Divine Sarah. There is no doubt that women plod too r4lleh over their tasks and do not take suffi- cient recreation to relieve the strain when ■frey become breadwinners. Any business Bianager who employs both sexes will tell von that women are far more conscientious and turn out more m a given time. The sensitive ^e>r^8therwaref • WW*h to those b T,k 18 Tery easily influenced by surroundings. It makes all the. difference tbe W°J"ld t0 them lf at the end J thei" I hours there is someone waiting to t t Ke them to some place of recreation. Going V,? theatre for a business woman is often staying at home. Lack t "tcreation not OBly rutin me health and ,^3 girls into old women, bat it xwuita in «!*t awful product of the twentieth century— fe Woman who has only one idea in life, and lhat is of course, the particular branch of *0« £ in which she is engaged. .The Park-hall presented a very £ rett £ Picture on Thursday afternoon, though a'n entirely different one from that of the Previous night. Great credit is due to 6atrice Jones, the hon. secretary o e auxiliary for the lifeboat fund, for ,{*e admirable way in which she organised i&e. cafe chantant held in the large ha l. ^3-inty little tables were arranged artistically over the room. An excellent programme Qf nrusic was arranged for. and over a hun- ted pretty girls in white dresses with diffe- ent-coloured ribbons made most attentive "d energetic waitresses, and succeeded in Qring unfortunate young men to at least **alf a dozen different teas, until at last one ?*aU ventured to ask what happened when had had tea at every table in the Toom. (heat excitement centred in the ping-pong tournainents for gentlemen and ladies. and the was a very large number of entries. 8 effort of Miss Beatrice Jones' ought to ^courage other ladies in similar under- takings.

FEMININE FASHIONS, AND FANCIES. I am fain to confess that when I hear so much of coming fashions—and such contra- dictory accounts, too—I get not a- little bewil- dered. As yet the rigidly-guarded sccreta^ot the power called Fashion-porruanent k at home" in the ateliers of Paris dressmakers have yet to be revealed in full- Of course, there are rumours many, for where is tnc-.e any secret that does not leak out, much or little? Still, one should not, trust implicitly to rumours that, maybe, have no solid jasis of fact. Again, limited information, sutxepa- tiously obtained, a>nd supP'CJii^nted ).v imagination, is apt to he misleading. I regret to write that everything l'11 • increased extravagance as regards dress and its accessories. Women whose al.ovoance ior dress i3 limited, and who are rightly ecrumilous not to exceed that allowance, hut for social reasons must appear m apparel suited to their station iu Me. w.ll have to ),f. careful how and r.-hat tlisy buy. It bus always been my practice to seicct one colour h. the current year-a colour that wil. assimilate will, two or more other colours. Some years it is brown, or green, or blue, and then black co?,t3e*? 111 occasionally for a change Creayn nml certain shades of pink tone "with the ftrpt-named colours. Ivory relieves blue. Certain tones of ereen blend with black. :>ud white with black is ever a favourite, and now is a fashionable combina- tion By choosing carefully the several articles of the toilette—always keeping in mind the keynote of colour—you avoid "■la-ring discrepancies which offend your taste. cr you are driven to the expensive expedient of buying a new bnt or coat, yon would not otherwise need. "Will it assimilate with the things I have?" is tlw ouestion every woman should nut to herself when eye or fancy is caught by something in a shop window. "Do I I really nee<l it?" is another query that ¡ should be conscientiously answered hefore the purchase is completed. Attention to the fore- going advice wilÍ gave vonr, poclœt. and yon will fare never the worse. The maintenance of a white elephnrit is a costly thing to burden yourself with. by which I mean that if vou have a. dress that declines to agree with the hats. coats. gloves. &,c.. you now have, you perforce must get others with which it does not onarrel. Avoid extreme styles. Tf you. can only buy a few gowns, and must wear them Ion!?, constant chances of fashion soon give an incriminating d",te to what was until recently the mode. Choice of material and pattern must also be iudicions. Ser^e, twsort. and cashmere are never out of fashion. The two nrst-named are most, serviceable, and for dressier wear cashmere and fine face-cloth leave nothing to be desired for smart, visiting gowns, assuming, of conrse, that they fit perfectly and are snitablv trimmed. Never ffmdpe the prico n+' 1 making if satisfactory. It, bas been proved iin to the hilt that it is >»o economy to nay mtle and find VOTIT gown URWOAMBLE. Talent :mn nainstr-V>>^ mnst bp ptid for. I now end thin ho-oilitic disconine. trusting, however, it will serv.- ao the guide nnd warn- ing it is meant to be. BOTTP,T.T;.r;T>]? COAT?. Tturinn* the biting weatlipv we are hnvin** now and again a ■nnnhpr of w^niito-br^nci" coats are worn "vpn indoors, and thnv depend a. great deal for their ^lorificat'on on the ^agniflconee of the buttons n?ed to fipiT* the coat. The basone. com'ne jast in 1]. centre of tJlP h.irV, and only tb»>re. hr»aks the bard line which has so many objections. EVENING DRESSES. Vany cown" of the kind are now gathered round the h^ns just under the waistband. The gathers, how(>Yf>r, arp TInt. CtlT";P,1 far. 1lT1r1 it is onlv thin drefls materials which can lie "0 treate'1. Nevertheless, it is a pr»t.tv fashion. Do not, however, put narrow black velvet over the gathering threads. This ..Ii occasionally done. but it gives undesirable rotundity. WAISTBANDS. In waisBiands Fashion g'Ws extreme lati- tude. Ouf belts may be as wide or as narrow as we plekse. Not a few are mere inoh-wiHe bands of velvet: other belts are moderately wide. The favourite shape is wide at the back of the fieure, tanerinsr to nothing, so to sneak, in the immediate front, and the bodice hanes over it invariably. The introduction of straight-fronted corset has r^vo'tionise.' the "ut of our bodices. The waist in not itefin^d in front: indeed, all modem styh's of dress- making srive an opnosite efTeet to that of t1)P waflp-waist once the nroud boast of the foolish woman who. at the expense of health nnd comfort, had reduced her natural dimen- sions to a ridiculous eighteen inches or leas. A RFVIVAL. Tired, nerhnps, of the p"nched or longing bodice. I notice in some West. End "nonq a revival of the coat-bodice, the fronts of which are cut wide—that is. much in excess of the size o* the natural figure—and stand well awt&ir from ifc, mnetinir at the edeen. bat not fastened topetli^r, and ao aDowinC an occa- sional glimpse of the indisxiensahle vest There are revers to the. cout, mnaHy faced with silk, stitched elaborately. The coat is waist length at tbe back and tight-fitting: tht, fronts are carried a little be'ow the wnist TaHors' material*—that. is. cloth, tweed, and heavy woollen fabrica—aie mosllv made up in this fashion. SMART. Speckled woollen goods are considered verv tf' 8n costumier in the Mest I(,nd disclosed 1.he fav.-k One rlrfss was of brown tweed. with a pattern of hsir- like stripes in white, and otherwhere thiddv speckled with white s,k^s. some the size of a small pea. others no larger than a pin-h-ul A black dress was similarly patterned fl. slightly hairv surface of tlie mat^r'^l s^ib duing the aggressiveness of 1hp white dots" There was a made-up d)--F« of 1.1H' t,ron,n material. The revers on the short coat- bodice were faced with ivorv silk. A con- ventional and elaborate design was s+ifch^,] on the revers. brown silk being UI9"-I1 for the purpose. Tlie skirt of the gown was hardly longer than walking length. VELVET DRESSES are indispensable; at lea.it. the woman of fashion thinks them so. And nothing can be handsomer or more serviceable. Very little trimming is needed. Grey-green velvet is a favourite with young married women. Lace and chiffon of the same tone are u»ed for the trimming. This particular shade is. how- ever. unkind to many. To blondes, with a touch of the rose in their cheeks, it. is eminently becoming. Princess shape is the more elegant style, but corselet skirts—that is. skirts cut to form a wide Swiss belt. with- out join at the waist—are very charming-Iy worn with full bodices of lace over silk, trimmed with narrow dark fur and paste buckles. A PASSING. FAXCY. Some dressy bodices are decorated with large stars of narrow velvet i-ihboii It is a, novel fashion and a pretty one. A skirt of strawberry colour facc-cloth had a very largf true-lovers' knot in black ribbon velvet on the front part. It was very effective A three-quarter length seal coat was worn with the skirt. and a black beaver hat. with, two long ostrich feathers in it. Seal plush ia an excellent substitute for real seal, and wjars far better than the dyed rabbit skins, which ma.y bear some rcseD'hhnni'e to the expensive Seal, bnt wear abominably. SLEEVES. A new sleeve is made to the wrist on that inner side of the arm. but. is rounded off at the back and left open to just below the elhow, where the opening forms an acute angle. There is an undcr-sleeve of silk, which is gathered into a- band. A double bow of velvet ia laid on the wristband. A short over- sleeve starts from the shoulder. It is some- times braided, and fits the upper arm some- what loosely so far as it goes. The edge is sometimes cut up to the depth of two or more inches. AN EXCELLENT CARD TIneR. The tactics to be observed are these — Take two packs of playing cards, give them another person to shuffle, then direct him or her to lay the cards out in the manner I describe, understanding that every court-card counts as ten and an ace as one, the rest ol the cards being of the uutaerical value represented by them. The operator, we will suppose, finds a king on the top of the paok; this he lays face ùownwards-it counts as ten- he then adds two other cards, making twelve in a1J. Next we will assnme an ace is pro- duced. Lay it face down. ÅS it counts one. eleven other cards are required to complete that pack. Again, suppose the five of any suit is produced. Proceed as before, putting seven cards on the top of it. all face downwards. Proceed in this manner until you have six packs on the table, then hand the remaining cards back to the initiated person (who during the laying out of the packs has been in another part of the room). The novice must now secretly look at the lowest card of each of the six packs, and. without regard to the others, sum up the total represented by them. Say, king. aca. five, seven, three, and eight are the numbers severally—thirty- four in all. You now request the holder of the large pack to tell you what the total is. He counts the cards you returned, mentally adding twenty-six to the number, and. strangely enough. can name a total identicai with your numerals. A NICE APPEARANCE. Food daintily served commends itself. and will often tempt a failing appetite. It may be considered a very old fashion, but it is certainly a pretty one. to print a pattern on dumplings, roly-poly puddings, and puddings boiled in basius. The coarscst knitting cotton is used, and steel pins to match. Cut, on the, number of Btitcbcs required, and knit, til rows plain. Seventh row. Knit two plain, tbrwfcd over. take two together, knit ana. and so on to end of row; finish with two plain, Righth row: Plain. Xinth row: Knit two plain, thread over. take two together, knit one. and continue as seventh row. Tenth lOW plain. Then five plain rows. Begin at seventh row' again. The pattern is, simply, six rows plain, two rows open work, with a plain row between, six rows plain again. The pudding cover is not to be used in place 01 a pudding cloth, but as an addition to it. When you I dish your roly-poly or other pudding you will be delighted to And the knitted pattern re- produced on its surface. Dumpling nets can be netted. A TOILET COVER. An exceedingly pretty toilet cover may he made after tha following fashion Take knit- ting cotton No. 10. a.nd steel pins of suitable sise—that ls, not too fine. The cover is doue in patches or squares of corresponding size. but in all kinds of different patterns—ribbed squares, openwork squares, squares of one plain and one purl, and so on. You cannot have too great, variety. When you have enough squares join them. arranging them according to taste. You may make the squares of what size you like, but they must be exactly square. A bed cover to match would be uke work for those who prefer knitting to other kinds' of fancy work. My own luti'e inclines to the bedspreads of the day rather than to quilts of the marcella type, and knitted quilts, though handsome. are apt to be heavy for some sleepers. A DUTCH RECIPE. The recipe is for red cabbage, but the ordinary kind may be used:—Clean the cabbage, cut it into shreds, and put in a net. boiling until tender. Drain as dry as possible, put it into a stewpan with a large lump of butt?r fsalt- or frosh). a small glass of sharp vinegar, an onion cut, fine, pepper and salt to taste, and a spoonful or two of water if not moist, enough to prevent burning. C >ok gently, stir- ring occasionally until all moisture is absorbed. In Holland the cabbage is eaten hot or cold. Excellent with roast beef. steaks, and sausages. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Elsie Venner."—You would like the loose blotting-cover in tan linen, sold traced for working, and furnished with a blotting-book filled with paper. The cover slips off to be worked, and the price is half fI- crown. "Mrs. B." has an exhaustive collection of these in all kinds of designs, and she sells the silks for the embroidery. It does not take much silk, but is very effective when worked. Send a stamped self-addressed envelope, and I will give Mra. B.'s address.

[THE AMERICAN INVADERS. SITE OFFERED AT NEWPORT FOR EXTENSIVE WORKS. A deputation of four gentlemen from don visited Newport on Friday for the purpose of making a preliminary inspection of an eligible site on the banks of the River Lsk with a. view to the establishment of quite a Siew industry to this part of the world. The idea ia to set up a European house, with a manufacturing and distributing centre, for a large American concern which is aL present doing a large- trade in the States. For t le pre- sent tbe identity of the concern is kep., a eecroi, but it is stated by those who know sotne, hing of the preliminaries that it is qu.te a new departure, and will not be in Wl:l1 anything of the kind on this side the Atlantic. The land required is something over oO acres in extent, and a waterway is nocessary. as I the whole of Europe is to be eervea from the centre, which will, probably, give employment to hundreds, and. perhaps, thousands, of hands. Preliminary inspections of. eligible sites have taken plac* not on,y at Newport, but at something like 30 other places in the United Kingdom. It is thought that either the eastern bank of the Usk at Newport or the vicinity of the Manchester Ship Canal may I be in the final running, but must be a con- siderable time before a final selection is made. as the gentlemen who have been making the preliminary investigations have to report to the heads of the concern in America, with whom the ultimate choice will rest.

STRANDING OF THE EUREKA. THE CARDIFF INQUIRY: PILOT ADJUDGED AT FAULT. Judgment in the Board of Trade inquiry affecting the steamship Eureka. of Cardiff, was given at Cardiff on Friday. The vessel stranded opposite Moss Bay Ironworks, in the Firth of Solway, on November 26, and also at Silloth, in the same firth, on November 27. Tlie circumstances were that on the dates named the vessel was bound to Silioth with copper or". The weather was very foggy. The captain could not obtain the services of a licensed pilot for the' latter part of the journey, eo engaged an unlicensed pilot at Maryport. The Court found that the captain exercised proper care; that the Teesel stranded on the 26th through being set upon a course that was baæd upon a wrong estimate of the distance from the shore; that it w&s not possible to take proper bearings on account of the fog; but that the accident might have been averted if the pilot had taken proper soundings. With regard to the accident on the 27th, the Court found that the vessel went on a bank the I existence, of which the pilot did not know but I that the pilot was at fault in not making proper allowance for the flow of the tide which carried the vessel on the bank.

I CAR DIF F S NEW m \J SE U M. ARCHITECT'S REPORT ON THE PLANS. A special meeting of the Cardiff Museum and Art Gallery Committee was held on Friday night (Councillor Ultyd Thomas pre- siding) to inspect the plans submitted by Mr. Edwin Seward. P.R.I.B.A., architect. The plans were accompanied by a report, in which the architect stated that he had visited various museums in Engiaud and on the Con- tinent in order to gain information as to what was needful. In the plans the most has been made of the space at the disposal of the com-j mittee, and the architect appears to have exercised considerable foresight in their execution. A detailed discussion took place, the com- mittee approving generally of the plans, and it was resolved to supply each member with a lithographed copy for further consideration, ^he cost of the portion of tbe buildings covered hy the plans is roughly estimated at £ 30,000, whereas the amount available is £:?D.OOO, in- cluding £ 6,000 generously promised by the lnompson family.

DR. RUTHERFOOKD HARRIS AND NEWPORT. The testimonial which the electors of the Monmouth boroughs and friends of Dr. and drs. Ruthertoord Harris have provided will be presented to the recipients L'D TuMdav. February 4. It consists or a full dinner ser- vice in solid silver, decorated with the arms j of ihe borongfia nnd Dr. Huri is's crest, tin illuminated aibum bearing the signatures of! tne subscribers (who mufnoer over 2.000), and a handsome jewel fur Mrs. Harris. The sliver dinner wsrvtee has been supplied by Messrs. Nugent Wells and bons, jeweller? and si'ver-' smiths, of Newport, as their last biir contract I' before retiring r,om business. It has bee«i in the town for some little time past, and has been deposited in one or the banks, pending the presentation cerpmony. which will be per- iormed by Lord rJ redegar. The album, which has been tastefully designed and artistically executed, i» tlie work of Miss Lilian I. Johns and Mr..T. C. Hnxtable. who were responsible for the illuminated address which was pre- sented to the doctor some time ago.

SOUTH GLAMORGAN SEAT A meeting of the South Glamorgan Liberal Executive was held in the Liberal Offices, Cardiff, on Monday evening, The Rev. W. Evans presided, and there wall a large gathering of members. The chairman of the finance committee, Mr. George Dobson, sub- mitted his report, ou the financial position of I' the association, which showed that it was in a better position than it had been for some years. At. the same time it was necessary to augment the funds in order to do effective work in organisation. The candidates sub-committee presented their report in regard to the procedure to be adopted in the selection of a candidate to oppose Colonel Wyndham-Quin, D.S.O., at the next election. A Parliamentary committee was appointed to select the name of a suit- able candidate to fight the seat, and this com- mittee will submit the name to the next meet- ing of the executive. Mr. Edward Rees, Barry, and the Rev. V?. Williams, Oadoxton, were appointed auditors. appointed auditors. We understand that Mr. Jea«e Herbert, of I Birmingham, has been asked if he will con- test tha seat, and that he is considering the offer.

GALLANT SEAMAN: A CARDIFF PRESENTATION. J. Bradley, an able seaman, of Cork, was, at Cardiff on Monday, presented with a medal and diploma of the Royal Humane Society and £ 3 in money from the Indian Government for conspicuous bravery at sea. He formed one of the volunteers from the crew of the Wil- helmina, of London, in an attempt to rescue the crew of the Indian -essel Talier, which had got on the rocks off the Mauritius in March last. In this gallant attempt the second engineer and the carpenter were drowned by the capsizing of the boat. and it was only by the greatest efforts that the boat was got back, without being able to render the Ta.bcr any assistance. She soon after broke in two. and further assistance '.v.• is ini- jiossible. owing to the fearful sea. A Penarth man, named Nicholas Bowman, was one of the volunteers, and was given a similar mark of appreciation some time ago. Mr. John Cory, in making the presentation at the Board of Trade Offices, highly commended the gallantry of the boat's crew.

SWANSEA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. The annual meeting of the governors of the Swansea Intermediate Schools was held on Monday afternoon. Mr. Richard Martin was re-elected chairman of the body. and Mr. Howel Watkins vice-chairman.—The Chair- man expressed the hope that the proposed measures respecting secondary education would make some provision for the training of secondary teachers. Without properly trained teachers the Welsh secondary educa- tion scheme must suffer, for it was its one defect. Mr. Martin feared after that the dis- continuance of the annual examinations in primary schools the teaching was not now so thorough as it usei to be. If so secondary education must suffer. In the colleges, too. certain improvements were required in extending the time devoted to practical teach- ing.—It was decided to apply for a loan of £12.820 from the Public Works Loan Board.

'■I ■ IS BABY TEETHING ? THE fatal effects on Infants frequently following the use o, soothing medicines as is proved by the large number of in quests on children dying after taking those dangeron. remedies, make it incum- bent or. purchasers to oe very particular to distinguish. TPIOCTOR yTEDMAN'S rpEETHING poWDERS Fro» all others., sim'tar or dissimilar. The dangerous ingredient in all soothing remedies is the opn n or morphia which they contain, bnt from which Olt DOCTOR gTEDMAN'S I^ETHING poWDERS Are entirely free. as witness Dr. Hassall's oer- tificate. Hence for the welfare anu safety of the child, putchaeers should inaist on seeing the Registered Trade Mark, a Gum Lancet, on every single powder and packet, and should refuse to have others imposed upon them. PjOCTOK gTEDMAN'S IJUJSTHING pOWDERS CONTAIN NO OPIUM. The Analytical Liotitution, 04, Hoi bora Viaduct E.G.. London. Nov. 29th, 1877. Report on the Teething Powder prepared by Mr. James Stedman. Hoxton. "I herebv certify that 1 have purchased a sample of Stedman a Teething Powder, and have at the request of the proprietor, sub- jected it to analysis for morphia or opium in al«I *axn enabled to state that I found the bamole in question to be absolutely free fr-un morphia or any other aliaioiu or constituent °f' Thus'stedman's Teething Powder is firour- alto airtinsoishg^oj ASK FOR DOCTOR STEDMAN'S TEETHING POWDERS Observe Trade Mark or every Packet ana Powder without which none are genuine. h. lid and 2s. 9d. per Packet,, of all Chemists. DEPOT:— 126, IØW NORTH-ROAD, HOXTON, Alb zr COCOA is a notmsliiiig, Jjfr Apr delicious, acceptable and economical beverage. rlL It is a dd%"htiu] char.g.e from tea and conee. JB wliile its low cost (30 cttps for gd.) snakes it one of the clies-pest dfi-uks obtaiaable. 71 Ths hslesam par ridge, chief rt Scotia's food."—tains. P A14 Lh IT Buy Them Try Them I Two Packets of Provost" will make as muoh Porridg# as THREE Packets American. H! IfilfillriH There are no Oats like Scctch. Oats, IH an(* n0 Provo3t" Oats. I We are STILI. giving FREE a beautifully enamelled Por. SmJ ringer to users of "Provost" Oats in exchange for Coupon* which are on ^very Jacket. ^P§§ii^ R. ROBINSON & SONS, ANNAN, N.S. ^=5SS^ L2297—3

COMPARISON BY THE POST- S TELEGRAPHS. MASTER GENERAL, I Sir John Leng, M.P.. who wrote to the Post master-General suggesting that a submarim cable should lie laid along the East Coast, say. from Harwich to Aberdeen, in order to avoid I, telegraphic interruption in stormy weather, has received a. reply from Lord Londonderry stating:— The underground line to the North which is now being laid will extend, in the first instance, to Birmingham, Liverpool. Man- Chester. Leeds. Newcastle, Glasgow, and Edin- j burgh, and will afford security against inter- ruption of telegraphic communication, not only t) these important cities, but also to. many intermediate towns, while it will give J practical security to Sheffield and the towns j on" the East Coast, and increase the stability I of the telegraphic service generally. To carry out your plan with any approach to ¡ efficiency it would be necessary to lay one four-wire cable from a point near Harwich to a point near Hull, one four-wire cable from a point near Hull, to a point near Newcastle. three four-wire cables from a point near New- castle to a point near Leith. one four-wire cable from a point near Leith to a point near Dundee, aud continue this last cable to a point near Aberdeen. These cables, together with the necessary connecting wires to the j Central Telegraphic Office and post-offices at Hull, Newcastle. Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen would cost 53 per cent, more than the underground line to the North this department ia laying down, and it would j afford no security to liirmingham, Man-1 Chester. Liverpool. Leeds, or Glasgow. There are other respects in which the sub- marine cables would compare unfavourably with the underground line. They would be more costly to maintain; they would be often and for considerable periods interrupted; they would increase the difficulty and cost of main- taining the existing Anglo-Continental catrice across which tliey wouH be laid, and they would require to be er; rely renewed much sooner than the underground line. But the main objections are that they would cost more to construct, would be less efficient frorq an electrical point of view. and would afford less security to the telegraphic communication of j the kingdom."

CARMARTHEN COUNTY GAOL. An Order from the Home Secretary was received a few days ago by Mr. Brodie, clerk to the Llanelly magistrates, that instead of sending the prisoners to Swansea gaol, which course has been customary for some time past. they are to be sent to Car- marthen. This Order is now being acted upon. We may add that the Llanelly magistrates. at their annual meeting in December, dis- cussed this question, and decided to write to the Home Secretary suggesting that the gaol in the county should be utilised for local prisoners. That suggestion has now been acted upon by the Home Secretary.

TRAGIC DEATH AT BARGOED. Ac. old man named Thomas Lewis met with his death at Bargoed on Friday under dis- tressing circumstances. He had been engaged in a stone quarry situated about half a mile to the north-west of Bargoed. As he had not returned from his work up till seven o'clock, his son-in-law. with whom he lived, went in search of him. and about hall-past eight found his fatbtr-in-law dead in close proximity to a. huxdie. which served as a gate. near to the quarry. Evidently the old man mast have lost his balance whilst trying to cross the hurdle, for his legs were in an inclined posi- tion towards the hurdle, whilst, his body was on the ground. The frail in which he carried his food was hanging on the stave of the hurdle. as if placed there before he attempted to cross it. Deceased was about 70 shears of age, and was » crippta. <

WELSHMEN IN PATAGONIA. FAILURE OF THE COLONISATION SCHEME. Mr. Gwilym Lewis, formerly of the Rboudda, Valley, who has rt -ently returned from Patar sonia, en route for Canada, and bad been in Chi tut 26 years, takes a very hope- ess view of the future of the Welsh Colony. He was fort#nate to sell his land and stock before the recent floods which have devastated he country. The floods, he told one of our reporters, make the irrigation canals unworkable, tear i. j great hoies in the earth. and wash away h. uses built on easily-satu- rated ground and is impossible to prevent them. The value of land in Patagonia." he said, "is not juai to half the value of the labour that 1.as been spent on it for irrigation, and now we get too much water. Besides, the insecurity is as great as the material damage. You cannot put up a fence and be sure that it will stay there for a year." So things are pretty hopeless out there?" The place is dying out. so far as Welsh, colonisation is concerned. Not a single Britisher has come there for years past, but they are going away fast. There are any amount of foreigntrs coming in." Any other rauses besides the floods?" "Yes; the place is so limited—there is no room for expansion. The children will natu- ra'ly gravitate to marriage with foreigner@, anl British sentiments. especially Welsh. mu.t always clash with those of the, Argfitine people. A few Welsh people LJ. e become naturalised Argentinos for the sake of acquiring land. because the Government only give land to the Argen- tinos. They have had too much trouble with us. I think. The sentiment of the community is still loyal to England—in fact, they are, more loyal than many I have met in this country, and those who have been undei*^a foreign Government can realise better than, anyone the worth of the British Government. Welsh customs are now the most prominent out there, but they are decreasing every year, ousted by the foreigners, and the young people take no interest in affairs. They go with the foreign element, a-nd it was to take my family out of such an influence that I left." "And what of the conscription? That is another thing that compels tblo men to leave the country. There is no pros- pect. tUat makes it worth while defending a. place like that. and the parents are afraid. They are not cowards, but they are afraid of ths moral influences, because the regular sol- diers of the Argentine Government are a low let. recruited from the violent classes. There are one or two Welshmen serving now. We took a great objection to the Sunday drilling, and it was discontinued until the dispute with Chili arose." Asked the future intentions of the Colonists, Mr. Lewis said they wanted to colonise to- gether as far as possible somewhere in Canada. The feeling had been divided between South. Africa and Canada as places to which to emi- grate. Since the visit of the Canadian Com- mil'! iC:rJcrs. however, the feeling had become general in favour of Canada. But they required time and assistance time to realise their property in Patagonia, and. while they were doing that. it would be neces- sary to have land elsewhere ready for them to colonise." Of one thing Mr. Lewis is quite convinced, that Patagonia, is not the Welshman'# paradise.

FAREWELL LETTER BY THE VICAR OF SWANSEA. The retiring vicar of Swansea, the Rev. Chancellor Smith. addressed to hie parishioners at St. Mary's annual social gathering on Thursday evening a letter respecting his approaching removal from the pa-riah-ill which he says he has no idea who is to succeed him. but hopes for the best. He adds Those who know me will be sure that I did not decide to resign this important charge without very careful thought and very clear guidance that I was taking the right step. Swansea must ever be to me a very sacred spot and fuli of the most tender and happy memories of my life. I would certainly not have decided remove to Hay if I had seen it possible i prudent way to continue my work Though my future life is to be spent else my heart will always be here, for seve years' hard work has endeared to me many warm friends, but all the bT:l: parish organisations in whj Y-. privileged to take part. T cob- to your day pchoo's. never ronr to extend the Redeemer's r. Ky t: sionary work among the at and to determine that yo new P. Church shall be the symbol of an ever-im ing number of living stones purified fo: heavenly temple above."

MAESYCWMMER ACCIDE SMASH ON THE GREAT WEST1 RAILWAY. A serious accident occurred late on S day night on the Great Western Railwt Maesyewmmer. A train was standing a water-tank at Sirhowy Junction, near M cwmmer, when another train ran into tho i of the standing train. This train had cleared the tunnel, so that a great smash place, blocking the roads for several b An excursion train was due to travel the route soon after, and the passengert to get out and walk a considerable distai

WELSH BOOKS OF TRAVEi Mr. T. Marchant Williams discourse "Welsh Books of Travel" to the C Cymmrodorion on Friday. The Rev. J. M Jones presided. The lecturer dealt wil "Itinerary of Giraldus Cambrensis, "Per Tours ia North Wales." "Malkin's To j South Wales." and George Borrow's travels as apart from the many othev he regretted that these English writers, < the last. wpre badly equipped for thei by not possessing a knowledge of Welsl plentifully described castles, churches, i and hills and a few of the Welsh custoi failed to understand the "genius" Welsh people. The other authors prin dealt with were Leland (1536i, "W¡¡11()¡:, by "W. R. a mighty lover of Wel' (1738;; Wyndhain (1.774). Joan Evans ber (1803). and Donovan. tiiraJ^ti-: b as the "greatest Welsh Kational Mr. Williams confessed « di t ;• -with Pennant (1773), in spite 01 :>ui of the book George Borrow v pr the most, interesting and ir ■ 5c .t t'' inaccuracies existed in his v.

The Best Remedy of the Age, Gwilym 1 Quinine Bittere. for Weakness. Nervou and Indigestion, for Sleeplessness, Chest tions, and Influenza, for Doss of AppeUt Low Spirits.