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Passing Pleasantries. "Did I understand you to say that you didn't have any company in the kitchen while I was out, Katie?" "Yi". mum; that's what I said." "But I smell the tobacco from a pipe all through the house." "Yes, mum; the policeman was in for half an hour, mum, but we were in the parlour." "That novel of young Kendal's is no earthly good." "Why do you say that?" "I took it out on the porch yesterday and somebody stole it." "I don't eee how that proves its worthlese- nees. "Don't you? WeJI, the thief brought it back. SETTLED AT OXGE. A young man in a train was making fun of a, lady's hat to a.n elderly gentleman who was seated beeide him. Yes," said the gentleman, "that ia'.my! wife, and I told her if she wore that bonnet I some fool would be sure to make fun out of I it." DISCOVERED. A teacher was endeavouring to explain to his class how air is compressed, and for .example brought his bicycle into the room. Now." he remarked, "under the outer covering of that back wheel there is a hidden force. What ia it?" Injyrubber," said one smart youth. "No, try again." The boy tried again, as did nearly every member of the clues, but with- out ,success. At length one of the youngsters, who had been making a close inspection of the machine, turned ou the teacher with a beaming face. I know," he exclaimed. It's wind—just wind." The teacher commended the yonngst.e.r,/ and ask?d how he had discovered the "hidden force." Why," Wg the a?toundin? -eply, "I just stuck my knife in it and it all came out!" THE PARSON'S SAUCE. I A Yorkshire parson, who suffered from an ailment for which Ms doctor recommended hot" foodstuffs, always carried a specially-I prepared and fiery bottle of sauce with him when away from home. On one occasion, while dining et a hotel in Scarborough, he was joined at the table by a colonel who was noted for his brusque manner. After a while the latter said: "I I notice you keep the sauce at that side of the table; if you don't mind passing it along I shall be pleased to have a little myself." Certainly, my dear sir, with ail the pleasure in the world," replied the parson, handing over the bottle, "it is a brand of my own which I a.lways ca.rry with me." With the first mouthful the colonel sprang to his feet, and, after choking and splutter- ing for a time, was able to blurt out: Well, I've heard of parsons preaching about hell and describing it, but I'll be hanged if I've ever heard of one carrying samples about I with him."

MENDELSSOHN'S MUSIC I Saturday's popular concert at Cardiff took the form of a Mendelssohn oelebration, no lees than eight of the items rendered Vmg compositions of the famous master. Chief interest, perhaps, centred in the singing of the tenor, Mr. Cynlais Gibbe, who selectvd the air from "Elijah," "If with all your hearts." He was enthusiastically received, and though encores were not to be permitted. the audience was gratified after the duet "Home to Our Mountains" (Verdi's "11 Trova- tore"), in which he was joined by Miss Kate Rooney. An undeniable encore was -Iso demanded of the soprano. Miss Gertrude Reynolds, for her rendering of Purple Heather, in response to which she fcave "Coming Through the Rye." Mr. John Wal- ters, the poiseeesor of a heavy bass voice, was heard to advantage in "It is enough" (Elijah). The violinist was Mr. William Hen- ley, who delighted the audience, and \» as re-called for a composition of his own, "Hun- garian variations." It is noteworthy that he played a Strad instrument valued at 5M guineas. Mr. Wyman, the accompanist, gave three organ recitals, each the work of Men- delssohn.

MORALS OF PONTYPOOL I Preaching at St. David's Forward Move- ment-hall, Pontypool, on Sunday on the subject of "How to Make Pontypool Clean," the Rev. Watkin Williams said that when certain people were told of the miserable conditions in which some of their fellows lived they gathered their silks around them and said, in haughty tones, If you put a certain class of people into a mansion they will make a pig-stye of it." Those who took on the name of Christian fattened them- selves on the revenue received from squalid quarters and wretched dwellings. He had been asked if he had considered the cost of certain plans that he and others had advo- cated, but his reply was that he made no monetary calculation when human lives and immortal souls were in the question. They in the churches spoke of what they knew and testified to what they had seen. They had no word to say against the people who were living in the dark spots of Ponty- pool, and the wonder to him was that they were as good as they were in those surround- ings. The people who possessed such pro- perty had no right to the name of Christian unless they were prepared to alter them. With all due respect to the chairman of the Pontypool Bench, he would advise him to go out by night and see those places, and he would then make a different speech to that which he had made recently. Depravity which words could not describe existed in the town, and it could not be stamped out by the magistrates, who only acted as scavengers in clearing away the rubbish, and the police acted in a similar capacity. To do their duty in the town the police force ought to be trebled.

WELSH INDUSTRIES A movement is on foot to form a Welsh section of the International Exposition pro- posed for the White City, London, this year. Mr. T. Hurry Riches, who was chairman of the machinery section of the Franco-British Exhibition, has been asked to take the matter in hand, and the Lord Mayor of Cardiff I Alderman Lewis Morgan) is calling a meet- ing of those best able to further the move- ment.

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MITCHELDEAN COLLISION A Mitebeldean (Forest of Dean) grocer and farmer, named Rudge, was awarded damages ::t Gloucester Assizes on Saturday to the extent of £55Q against a Manchester chemical manufacturer named Thomas Ross Pattin- son. Defendant's ca.r, while tra-velling through the Forest of Dean, ran into plain- tiff's governess car, and, besides damaging the vehicle, seriously injured Mr. Budge, who -at present partially crippled.

For Women Folk. I HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES Heat some rye flour as hot as you can bear your hand on it; lay this on the fur, let it stand for a quarter of an hour, then shake or brush out. The fur will be thorough cleaned after this process. I Baked Marrow Bones Saw them to the length of a deep piedish, wash and wipe them dry, place them into it, and cover with a good batter. Bake for I an hour, and serve them in the batter. Farmhouse Savory Cakes ix ilb. of lard or beef dripping into half a quartern of flour. Chop fine four good-sized English onions, a handful of sage, a tea- spoonful of thyme, and three taaspoonfuls of baking powder. Work these, well peppered and salted, into the flour. Stir up with skim milk, cut off into small round cakes, and bake in a quick oven from 30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot on the farmhouse tea-table. To Clean Lacquered Brass Day the brass in hot soda water, and brush it well over with crystal soap. Lift it up and lay it as it is in a pan and pour clear boiling water on it. Let it remain for a few minutes, and then pour cold water on it. Dry carefully, then polish well with .powder. When the article is small enough to enable one to boil in a saucepan of soda water, it will be found to clean auickly and thoroughly. Mackerel Stewed With Wine work smoothly together a tea-spoonful of ftour, with 2oz. butter. Put them into a stowpan and shake them round over the fire until butter is dissolved. Add a quarter tea- spoonful mace, half teaspoonful salt, and seme cayenne. Pour in slowly three sr.larses claret, and when the sauce boils lay in two mackerel well cleaned and wiped dry. Stew them gently from 15 to 20 minutes, and turn them. When half done lift them out and dish them. Stir a teaspoonful of made mus- tard to the sauce, give it a boil, and pour it over the fish. Olive Oil Value A teaspoonful of pure olive oil taken three ) times daily before meals is the dose adopted by many women in their struggle for youth and beauty. This in connection with a daily all-over body massage. Besides keening the flesh soft and satiny, it arouses a torpid liver, which naturally produces a noticeable improvement in the complexion. The woman who is zealously following the olive oil cure need have no fear of rheumatism. In extreme cases of neuralgia and neuritis it has a wonderfully quieting effect, and more and more are women pinning their faith op olive oil as a panacea for all ills.

LABOUR AND LEGISLATION I The South Wales Colliery Officials' Associa- tion celebrated its twenty-second anniver- sary by a banquet at the Xew Inn Hotel Pontypridd, on Saturday, when there were present leading colliery officials and othera interested in the mining industry from all parts of the Welsh coalfield. Mr. E. S. Wil- liamis (of Messrs. Insole's, Limited) occupied the chair. Responding for "The Trade of the Dis- trict," Mr. W. J. Heppel said that on the present occasion they were confronted with greater difficulties than he had ever known since his connection with the coal trade. The price of coal was falling rapidly, biit the owners of collieries had only been a He to ask for a reduction of 5 per cent, in wages up to next June. There was also the Eight Hours Act coming into force on July 1, and though the North of England people had been given twelve months to make the neces- sary arrangements to comply with the regu- lations of the Act, they in South Wales were only given six months to prepare, and he questioned whether the difficulties incident to the operation of this Act were greater in the North of England than in South Wales. They were thus faoe to face with very great difficulties indeed. Then there was the ter- mination of the present agreement with the workmen at the emd of the year, and the present prospects, therefore, were not at all bright. He, however, had great hopes for what he felt to be the spirit of concilia- tion on all sides. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the bulk of the men's leaders were anxious that things should run smoothly, and JIe was sure that the oolliery owners were anxious that it should be so. AN INDUCEMENT TO YOUNG MEMBERS. I The Chairman in responding remarked that, undoubtedly, their difficulties as offi- cials in the future would be greater than any they had experienced in the past. There were problems facing them which intensi- fied those difficulties. The cost of produc- tion consequent upon the most easily worked and most remunerative coal seams being exhausted would be enhanced, whilst labour problems were becoming more acute and legislation was becoming a greater burden upon the industry, so that a colliery official had to be a sort of solicitor before he could know what was expected of him. In c-oncluding, t'he chairman made the interest- ing onnounicement that the association had now decided upon a new procedure with the view to enhancing its utility, and they were offering a gold medal and JE5 prize for the best-written paper upon any germane subject by any of the members not above the rank of fireman or overman. It was hoped this .1-1 L- --=- rtVUIU ue an inducement ll1 aume ui men young men to come forward and give the association the benefit of their experience, with the result that they might be helped to attain, such poeitions as, no doubt, a good many of them now deserved. (Cheers.)

COLLEGE V. CHAPEL I The Rev. J. Williamson, preaching at the Charles-street Congregational Church, Car- diff, on Sunday evening, made a deep impres- sion by his reference to the discussion now being carried on in the press with regard to the teaching in the Welsh colleges. Tak- ing as his text the words, Does man want religion," he said if there had been any sus- picion that human culture was likely to undermine the religious faith of the youth of the nation, the people would have cried with one voice, Let us keep our religion and let culture perish. The discussion that had been carried on in the press on College v. Chapel dealt with a serious problem. Speaking for myself," he continued, I do not think that any one cause can account for this defection. When young people get a wider outlook on the world of Nature and of men than that in which they have been brought up, there is always an intellectual upheaval in their life, and religion that is merely traditional is doomed. What has to be guarded against is the possible divorce between the religious and the intellectual life of the people. And the danger of this divorce must be guarded against from the side of our colleges and intermediate schools."

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-0 THRILLING FINAL RALLY Great Try at the Finish [By FORWARD."] Final score: G T. P'ts. WAMS 1 0 5 6:ND. 0 1 5 I Wales is slowly, but surely, recovering lost ground in international Rugby and after Saturday's notable victory at Inverleith is only two games in arrear to Scotland in the series of twenty-five games played since the representatives of the two countries first met in 1833 at Edinburgh. To beat the Soots on their own ground ie rightly regarded as the greatest achievement possible in the interna- tional arena, and how difficult it is to attain that end is illustrated by the fact that in the last 26 years Wales has only thrice returned victorious from the "land o' cakes." The first of the three victories was won on the old Raeburn-road ground sixteen years ago, when eight of Tom Graham's Newport invincibles played in the Welsh team, but it was not until as recently as four years ago that the initial success was gained on the Scottish Union'9 ground at Inverleith, the proud and Ila-ppy leader of the Cymric host that day being Willie Llewellyn, who scored I all the points for Wales. As an instance of the influence of environment and the native atmosphere upon the temperament of the players, we find, on the other hand, that the .Scotsmen have not won a single match in Wales for the past seventeen years. These are facta of considerable significance to those who take a studious interest in foot- ball lore, and they show clearly, without need of elaboration, how Wales has been steadily forging to the front. She is already on<> gamein advance of England, while poor Ireland has b,en loft far in the rear, and >vales, out of the total of 74 matches played with the other three countries, hae won iB and drawn four. Remembering the sad exi>erienioes of the early days of inter- national football, Wales' record, as it stand-, is a remarkable one, and, taking only the I last deoado. is unparalleled. From time to time and under varying con- ditions Wale.3 has been severely tested in Scotland, but never was there a game played under greater or more perplexing difficulties than that of Saturday at Inverleith. In the fli, ,it plac?, the first place the reforoeing was extra- ordinary, the eccentricities of Mr. Jeffares, who wLg in charge of affairs, being simply bewildering and past finding out. In the course of the game he gave seventeen penalty kicks against Wales and five against Scot- land, and from one of the former number tho Scotsmen all but won the match in the last couple of minutes. The ball was sail- ing straight for the gap between the two uprights on the Welsh goal line, when a little guot of wind carried it out of its course, and as it passed outside the post Scotland's last hope flickered, faded, and went out. I would not take upon myself the impeachment of Air. Jeflfares for being consciously unjust to YVUIC", out i am fairly entitled to say that he was eccentric, and that some of his rulings were not according to the law. to say nothing of the prophets. Let me give an example. On one occa- sion he took the ball into his own hands when a ecrum was formed and pre- tended to throw it in. He only pre- tended. Without throwing it into the scrum a.t all he blew his whistle and gave a penalty kick against Wales. Such action is certainly not authorised by the rules, one of which states clearly that the ball is dead once it touches the referee. Then, again, he admitted after the match that he had made a mistake in giving Scotland the last penalty kick, from which the match was nearly won. Bancroft in stopping a fast dribble by Tennant was knocked unconscious, and he lay on the ground in a huddled heap, quite oblivious for the moment of what was happening around him. Mr. Jeffares ordered a penalty kick against him for not playing the ball. Poor Bancroft could not play it. The referee was also somewhat peculiar in his conduct during the stoppage caused by a slight injury to one of the Scottish forwards. While hostilities were thus temporarily sus- pended he turned to the grand stand and made a leg motion which indicated that the damaged Scot had been kicked. That is cer- tainly an innovation in refereeing, and an undesirable one at that. After doing this he looked straight at the large body of Welsh enthusiasts, who had taken up their accustomed positions imme- diately in front of the palatial press-box, and he grinned at them in a manner which would have mtimidated them to do that which was irrit ating. It was not football, and it was not funny-not half so funny as the speech he made at the dinner in the evening. I shall not be giving away any secret in saying that he paid Owen a tribute for the fairness of his play, and did not connect him in any way with the numerous free-kicks he gave against Wales. Most of the penalties, he said, were given for legs-up in the serum. So much for Mr. Jeffares. In view of what has been written in pre- vious years by way of description of a Cymric invasion of the Scottish capital on an international day, it is not necessary to give again more than a bare outline of the sights witnessed in the main thoroughfares of the city and on the ground at Inverleith. Several heavily-laden excursion trains dis- charged their human freights during the early hours of Saturday morning, and by noon the beautiful Princes-street and the North Bridge were over-run with Welshmen, and there was a distinct aroma of the leek in the air. There was scarcely one out of the three or four thousand invaders who did not sport the national emblem in some form or another in his coat or cap, and they all seemed to be in jovial mood and out for a day's enjoyment. And it was a glorious day, brilliant sunshine pouring down from a cloudless sky. Edinburgh, the city beauti- ful, looked at its best, and that beet is simply wonderful. The condition of the turf at Inverleith was practically perfect, and no big match was ever played under more ideal conditions.. In the first half the Scottish forwards played a bustling, bashing game, and the Welsh citadel was frequently in serious jeopardy, but the Cymric defence was superb. No one showed any fear or hesita- tion in tackling the brawny Soots or in going down to the ball, and whatever com- parison may be made between Satur- day's team and other Welsh teams of former years, it can be truly said that Wales was never represented by a stronger or keener defensive combina- tion. The slightest weakness would have been fatal, for the Scotsmen made full use of their superiority in speed, and they were not lacking in resoluteness. Wales made some fugitive visits to the Scottish quarter, and Owen started several rounds of passing, but they all came to nought. Willie Trew was not in his happiest mood, and was handicapped through Angus and Gil'ray being allowed unlimited licence to play in front of the scrum, so that they were on top of the Welsh skipper nearly every time he received the ball. They made a point of paying special attention to Trew. J. P. Jones made a couple of capital bursts, and, on the day's form, he was the finest three- quarter on the field. He fairly came out of his shell, and, for the first time in a repre- sentative match, gave convincing proof that he is a man of international class and that we had not seen him at his best till Satur- day. While Owen and Jones were doing all that could be expected of them, there was some- thing going wrong continually in the third line mechanism J. L. Williams was clean off his game, and Baker, on the other wing, was showing a hesitancy wnich cne could understand and excuse in a youth playing his first international game against Scotland at Inverleith. He will do himself better justice next time. The second half was well advanced when the first three points accrued to Scotland from a penalty goal, and when the ball was seen going over the bar one could almost hear the death-knell of Welsh hopes and aspirations. After that reverse I was quite prepared to see the Welshmen betraying signs of flurry and excitement and breaking through all bounds of restraint and disci- pline. They did nothing of the kind, and it was their coolness and the admirable way in which they acted upon the orders of their skipper and the advice of the veteran George Travers, as leader of the pack, which com- manded my most sincere admiration. Acting on the principle that "It's dogged that does it," they pegged away quietly and methodi- cally, and their magnificent perseverance and pertinacity were justly rewarded when | at last they gained a strong attacking posi- tion. That was the crucial moment in the' strenuous and exciting struggle, and it would be almost worth while walking all the way to Inverleith to see that last quarter of an hour of the game over again. If the match was to be won it was now or never. A scrum was formed about fifteen yards from the Scottish goal-line. The ball came slick out to Owen from the last rank of the Welsh forwards. In a twinkling it was in the hands of J. P. Jones, who took it from his namesake at full-speed ahead, and, breaking through the gap between the two Scottish centres in brilliant style, he had only Schulze, the Scottish custodian, between him and the goal-line. Running bang up to him he gave the ball at the correct moment to Trew, who &printed over with a try that was worth all the other incidents in the game. Everything now depended upon Bancroft's goad-kick, Be mroful, Jeck," said Trew As he placed the ball. Cool as the proverbial cucumber, Bancroft replied, Put it down." In the next instant it was seen sailing dead over the centre of the cross-bar, and thus the game was won, It wa.s a thrilling moment, and I am not going to attempt to describe the ecstatic joy of the Welshmen. Scotland made a grand final rally, but Bancroft again was the saviour of his side with a daring save. He played a great game. Three times he tackled Martin when going full tilt for the line, and his fine play assured for him a* safe position in the Welsh team until a better man comes along, and that man is not in sight yet. It was a dramatic finish and a glorious victory,, and Wales looks like winning the Triple Crown for the second time in succession.

A SCOTTISH VIEW The Match Just One Great Big Disappointment [By OUR EDINBURGH CORRIESPONDENT.) me dramatic close was tne only redeeming feature of the contest. Viewed from any standpoint, the contest was a failure. Viewed in the glorious traditions of the mighty matches which have been fought since the days of Arthur Gould and his four three- quarter system, the engagement was just one great, big disappointment. There was an utter and absolute and complete absence of the beautiful combination bouts of passing among the Welsh backs which have year after year charmed us; there was an utter lack of those soul-stirring onsets of the Scottish forwards. In the teams which fought on Saturday at Inverleith there were few men who were fit to strip in the same box with teams which even of late years have worn the Feathers and the Thistle. The contest between Wales and Scotland has always been a battle of styles, but the latest contest was one long, scrappy, patchy scramble, and it was fortunate that something did occur in the dying moments to retrieve the play from the veriest commonplace. Of the play Scotland had quite four-fifths, but their threes had no capacity for taking advantage of their openings, and of those openings they had many, but Angus and Gilray had not the wildest conception of passing, and instead of playing to their wings, they resorted to kicking into ouch. This may have been good policy, but Martin and Simeon were starved of the ball, and the times they were served they were exceedingly well marked by Williams and Baker. On the other hand, the Welsh for- wards were quite incapable of opening the game uP. and while the Scotch forwards had the ball so often, they never carriod through a big combined dribbling onslaught; they never produced what is always regarded as the Scotch characteris- tic ga..me. Occasionally Kyle and M'Cailum made individual bursts, but they never got away in the solid phalanx which with past Scotch teams was good enough to sweep aside a steam engine. With Scotch forwards not Scotch forwards at 2.11-10 promulgate an Irish bull—and the Welsh three-quarters seeing very little, of the bail, it can be easily recognised where the game so completely fell short of inter- national possibilities. If the Welsh three- quarters had had a particle of the bail which the Scotch threes had they might have done more, but as the game was played and ended the players must be written down as mediocre. One looks for so much in this Scoto-Welsh encounter that the poor quality of the game redounds on one's senses all the more. Turning from generalities to individual criticism, the two backs could be singled out. for they gave a really outstanding display of their department. Their kicking was sure, and always long. Bancroft wears a great mantle worthily, and Sohulze added to ,referred to the thre his reputation. I have referred to the three- quarters. Owen and Jones were not a whit more clever than Tennant aind Cunningham but the quartette have no great play to commend them. The Scotch forwards were an indifferent lot in the open. In former Scotch teams Scotch forwards when near the. line could make openings for their three-quarters, but the latest lot could not do so. The Welsh forwards were beaten in the tight, and were very slow in following up, and even when Scotland were playing seven men the Welsh sc-rimmagers could not hold their own. To sum the whole situation up, the two countries have struck a lean year in foot- ball talent. The ending was a stirring one. and for the space of three out of the eighty minutes we really experienced some inter- national thrills. The Welshmen at the end were true to their traditions, and won in the last stride. The try was the cleverest bit of play of the game, Jones drawing the defence artfully, and leaving an open field for Trew. Both sides will be considerably altered against Ireland. Ifugby Football Rupture I A meeting of the Scottish EugDy union was held on Saturday evening at the Cale- donian Hotel, Edinburgh, for the purpose of selecting a team to play Ireland. The pro- ceedings were private. Subsequently it was stated that no team had been chosen. No statement was made with regard to the international dispute.

Welsh Rugby Championship I The following are the positions and scores of the leading South Wales ama.teur football clubs for matches played up to and including Saturday laet;— point& Percentage P. W. L. D F. A. of wing SwMse?.. 22 19 2 1 253 55 88.63 CM(Ua' 20 17 2 1 238 79 87.50 Neath fO 15 4 1 206 oJ 77.50 Pontypool.. 24 15 7 2 224 101 66.66 Newport 21 ..13 7 1 160 38 64.28 Llancllv 19 ..10 5 4 137 75 63.15 Brdgend. 18 9 7 2 132 100 55.55 Aberavon. 19 7 7 5 63 95 50.00 A draw counts as half a win. The Swansea v. Pontardawe, Cardiff Captain's XV. v. Aberavon, the Neath v. Ystalyfera, and Wallabies v. Neath nd Aberavon combined team matches are not included in the above table. Ll-uiieliy v. Newport match (annulled) has been deleted.

English Cup Competition The following tables show how the competition stands:- FIRST LEAGUE CLUBS. Blackburn Rovers. Newcastle United. Bradford City. Nottingham Forest. Manchester United. Sunderland. &ECOKD LEAGUE. Derby County. Tottenham Hotspur. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Norwich City. Plymouth Argyle. Live to Fight Another Day The following ties were drawn, and will be re-played on the ground of the first-named club in each ca-ce:- Bury v. Bristol City. Burnley v. Crystal Palace. Weet Ham Y. Leeds City. Sheffield Wednesday v. Portsmouth, Glossop v. Stockport County. Millwail v. Woolwich Arsenal.

TEOEDRHIWTTJWCH A.F.C. want fixtures, home and home matches, February 13th, March eth, 20th, 27th.—Lewis, Secretary. THE RUMNEY ROVERS R.F.C. is open for fixtures, home or away.—Apply Chairman, The Grove, Eumney, near Cardiff. el9p6

11 SHLIT UP THE CHURCHES" Mr. Philip Snowden, M.P., addressed a crowded I.L.P. audience at the Theatre Royal. Cardiff, on Sunday night, when the chair was occupied by Mrs. Snowden. Having traversed the arguments in favour of Tariff Reform, he said the spread of technical training would certainly have as its result the depression of wagee, which in turn meant the lessening of the spending power of the masses, and that, in ita own turn, was one of the principal causes of unemployment. It seemed likely that the Government was contemplating the introduc- tion of a scheme for the insurance of work- men against unemployment, but no such scheme could be of real benefit that did not draw its finances from the profits made out of the land and industry by landlords and capitalists. "CIVILISATION A SHAM." I- -? speaKing at Swansea on Saturday, Mr. Snowden said • if religious people and poli- ticians could not be got to see the vital im- portance of the unemployment question, let them shut up the churches and close the Houses of Parliament, for so long as un- employment was tolerated our civilisation was a eh am and our religion a huge hypoc- risy. (Load, applause.)

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I-, The Peer of Boxers." AMERICAN OPINION OF JIM DRISCOLL "Just before the last round of the Driscoll- Marto fight at the Fairmont A.O. (writes the critic of the New York 'Evening World') Driscoll's seconds poured a bottle of cha.m- pagne over the little English fighter's head. He was a fighter worth pouring wine over. They don't pour 'extra dry' on the thirsty locks of two-dollar fighters in the prelimi- naries. "It wa.sn't that Driscoll needed spirituous encouragement. Far from it. Driscoll won about as far as Longboat would beat 'Vic' ? Gu]re in a Marathon. They were just grooming Iiim for a ^ishtning spurt in the here is where I wax entliu- "And rig'ht here is where I wax e-nthu- ,iastic. I'll admit that the ordinary bouts of commerce pall upon me. I've been look- m? at fights so long that I can, on occasion, a. good story in the Saturday Evening Post, while the preliminaries are being shoyed on, and enjoy it as much as if I were sitting in my library at home. I can look at an ordinary main event without a quickening heart-beat. "But it wasn't that way last night. This boy Driscoll would stir the enthusiasm of a wood, en Indian. He is, without room for argument, the fastest and cleverest little man in America at this moment. He has everything, and Johnny Marto was given a sample from every case last night before the ten rounds were over. Marto took a bad beating. He was a very pretty boy when it started. Forty minutes later by the clock he looked a" if he had been on a tear and had fallen off the Singer Jsuiidjng and landed on his face." TL Ï'II- r- n i rie reer or boxers "Jim Driscoll." says J. Da-gan in the New i I v lork m, Journal." "is without question the peer of any featherweight in the world at any distance, and the master of any light- weight in a limited-round contest He 1 Proved conclusively at the Fairmont Club that there is no boy in the East, feather. weight or lightweight, who can take his measure. He gave away a chunk of weight t<o Johnny Marto, as good a boy as there is in the East, and beat him decisively in ten rounds. It is no disgrace to Ma rto to be beaten by Briscoll. The New Yorker was handicapped as early as the second round with a closed I eye. Driscoll ripped over a few snappy rights in the first round that landed flush on Marto's left eye, and when he came up I for the third round that optic was closed tight. Driscoll's wonderful cleverness is enough to discourage the most determined fighter." Has England Any More ? I The Ne a- York Evening Telegram sug- gests that "if England has any more hoxers I with the ability of Jim Driscoll they had be-tter be sent across the 'pond,' as there are many opportunities for them to corral the gold on this side of the ocean. The tight little isle has had some clever boxers who have come to these shores to fight, but never has so clever a Britisher been seen here as is Driscoll." 'Driscoll," says -'Tod" in the New York "Evening Journal," "is the most innocent young fellow you ever saw Talk about a new I laid egg knowing nothing, why, it's had a world of experience as compared with Jim. Some of us were really frightened wbeD. we saw the men enter the ring. Jim sat there, his little eyes peeking around at people who were buzzing. He was all a wonder. He saw the big man in the other corner who was going to spank him, but he was in for it, couldn't get out again, and, like Eva Tan- quay, didn't care. Well, he didn't know what Marto was noted for—maybe that was it. "IT11 ,L -1..1-- L vvtJix, as j ar as in ax guvo, me nght's over now, and Jim is still as rummy as to know- ledge concerning a certain Italian person by the name of J. Marto. Whatever said person had he failed to display before the eyes of Mr. Driscoll, of London, Eng. "The latter had a whole bunch of things to show John. Oh, bundles and bundles of them. The old curiosity shop wae an empty flat in comparison. "There were jabs, uppercuts, half-arm hooks, straight lefts, right crosses, side-steps, blocks, rib roasters, pot slammere, and, oh, goodness knows what not. "At first Mr. Marto opened his eyes in astonishment. He almost broke his neck looking around; then he almost broke his back trying to find Jim; then one of his eyes cloeed altogether and he took observations from the starboard side. You know how foolish a blindfolded m an looks playing blind man's buff. Well, that how's Marto looked." Boo" Driscoll Matched with I Frankie O'Neil Driscoll in a letter says that Boyo Driscoll is matched to fight Frankie O'Neil at the end of this month, and expresses confidence in "Boyo" winning, for O'Neil, he says, has gone by. Jim Driscoll states that he will leave for this oountry on either the 17th or 20th of this month, and that five or six fights he has arranged will have to wait until he goes back. Contest for Championship of Wales) A large crowd, including a big number of I Aberdare Valley sportsmen, paoked the &paoious hall at Wonderland, Merthyr, on Saturday night. The event of the evening was a fifteen two-minute round contest between Johnny Owen (Aberaman) and Syd Russell (Cheltenham) for the championship of Wales. The contest proved a short, but merry, one. Russell started briskly, but Owens soon warmed up, and in the third round Russell was floored and counted out, Owen's victory being very popular. It was announced that Owen has been matched to fight Charlie Taylor. Liverpool, for X-20 a-sida shortly. I n.i

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