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On the outskirts of Vianna aro some 40 villagos of miniature gardon cities," all of which have been built by amutour Isbour. Every house, from foundation to, roof, ie the work of the mon-and women--now living in them,
Government and municipality.
American Quakers, provided tho with a group of English and
initial funds for the cuiployment There were no of architects. labour, costs. The whole work! was accomplished in the spare time of those who are now living in the housos. They wore the result, not of any glimination of skilled labour, but of a wonderful system of self-hulp, co-operation and disciplino.
"CITY OF PEACE.”
For onoh village or settlement: a building society was formed. The "capital" contributed by mambors of theso sociotion was not monoy, but an undertaking to contribute 1,500 hours of froo labour on any task to which his skill and capabilities wero bast suited. Any member) who failed to fulfil his alloited task for 1,500 hours of his sparo timo was subject to expulsion, even though his own house wore noaring completion.
nover arosu.
TO-DAY'S FASHION,
STRANGE -WAGER RECA
This particular shawl is of shoorest arape do chine in black, which affords a most striking background for magenta reds, ochre, jado green, pos groon, purplo and. lavender. The vory long fringe reaches to one's bools.
"THROWN OUT" OF FLAT.
Cock Fight For Coal Miner. Adlington Hall,
Hell a famous beauty spot of industrial Lancashire, which has just been acquired from the Wigan Corpora- tion by a local business man, was, 100 yeará ago, the sound of an amazing wager.
It is on record that a cook fight took place between two birds belonging to the lord of the manor and the then Earl of Derby, tha atakos boing all the coal minos undor the estate that could bo soon from the dining-room window at the hall.
One of the old-timo manor: halla of Lancashire, Adlington Hall and the estate wore bought jby the Wigan Corporation four! yoars ago in order to safeguard the watershed of the gathering ground which foods the Corpora- tion reservoirs.
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In disposing of the estate tho Corporation ban reserved many
for privllogos nocOHSATY
tho maintenance of the purity of the water supply.
TO-DAY,
ADHERENT, OF RICHARD 111. The Adlington family, who formerly owned the ostate, was one of the most ancient in the county. Sir John Adlyngton, a strenuous adboront of King Richard III, was one of those gentlemon who, bofore the battle
"swaro of Bosworth,
Kyngo Richard shuld wore ye crowne.'
Lator the estate passod into the possession of the family of Clayton. When Thomas Clayton diod in 1722, at the age of 92, tho estate descended to his grandson, Richard Clayton, who was Chief) Justice of Common Pleas in Irolaad.
Aftor his death, in 1770, it went to hie nephew, Bir Richard Olay- ton, who was Recorder of Wigan and Constable of Lancaster Castlo, and who diod whon Consul at Nantos in 1828, leaving an only daughter, who married General Robert Browne, hor] husband assuming the surname of Clayton.
CRICKET-BAT TREE.
in practice, the question of skilled labour Within the membership of eachị
Abrupt "Notice" to Captain. society wore non qualitied to do' ovory variety of specialised work
Acaptain, now acting as attache dis
the building of a at the Foreign Office, who was houso. But the most illuminat-turned out of a flat m the West- ing fontare of this schomo wa and, brought an action in tho tust the vast majority of the King's Bench Division recently, voluntary workers possessed no special qualification for housoj Captain William John Warron, building.
who gave his address as the
Famous London Willow. Enthusiasm and solf-sacrifico Junior Army and Navy Club, St. loat skill to untrained hands. James's, sued Mrs. Rosa Lowis, of
Threo famous cricket-bat With a little advice and some the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-willowe in the Botanical Gardons, expert assistance at the begin-street, W., claiming the return of Regent's Park, are passing away, ning, hundreds of houses ware cortam goods.
A large limb of one of the troos! built, for the greater part, by mon
Serjeant Sullivan, K.C., for the was blown off in a recent galo, who had never before built any-
plainuit, said that Captain War-and Mr. J. L. North, ourator of thing.
What is now called the "City ren and a friond, Captain Loahy, the gardens, reporta:-
It was found badly decayed at Mrs. Lowie, who showed BDW of Peace," whose site was former-
thom a flat in Duke-street which the point where it joined the ly the Imporial Hunting Park, was built entirely by 2,000 wound she agreed to let to them on the trunk, more than half of it being ed ox-noldiers. At another spot terms that each paid £3 39. little better than touch wood.
For some years past thoso 200 invalided ex-service mon built work and half the telephone bill.
willows-thore wore originally houses for thomsolves from the
The two captains moved in, but six of them-bavo beon losing bricks of an old fortross dating on February it two mon appar-vigour, as could be soot by the from Napoleonic days.
ently broke into the rooms during bunchos of lesty gails upon the Elsowhore is an "Artists' Sottle-Captain Warren's absenco.
the mont," whore a hundred painters, writers and musicians aro living in homos built with their own hands. Other amatour sparo-time builders included lawyers, doctors
and clorks.
As to the materiais, that used
When be returned Mr. Lewis told him that he was thrown out He asked for hits things, but she would not give them to him, and presented him with a bit for £10 19s. 3d. Ho offered to pay
in one of the largest villages so that he could get his property, visited consisted of blacks of some but she said that she would not form of concreto composition.
tako his cheque, and unlove ho also paid Captain Leahy's bill
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she would not let his goods go.
branches
and
amallor presence of fungi upon the trunks. They wore among the largest trees in the gardone, and this was the finest specimen, its circumference at 4ft. from the ground being 11ft. 3in.
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NO "DAT" FAMINE, "The botanical identity of the cricket-bat willow was obscure until recent years. The cricket SOUTH CHINA KNITTING FACTORY
hat matter know the trous bost Bitod to his purpose, but it was A WITHDRAWAL.
rule-of-thumb knowledgo.
Various colours Captain Warron daid he was 'It was not until 1906, whon
and sizes. formerly British Vico-Consul at Mr. W. J. Boan, of Kew, took up
Excellent Bushiro, in the Persian Gulf, and the matter in connection with was at the Foreign Office. On profitable troeplanting in this Quality. discovering that his goods had country, that the botanical points Lowest Pricon. baon seizod he realised that it wore determined, and it was
flosiery Manufacturers
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A good many parallels might be found for the story told in the current International Psychic Gazete, of the wife of an overseer would be wiser not to discuss proved to be a compara tively Inspection and Enquírios who dreamt that she saw a flow in mattors with the landlady, and rare varioty of Salix alba the Solicited. the machinery which her husband he and his friende retired to a white willow.
was using on some excavation work noar London. When the machinory was examined the flaw was actually found and a disaster
500 averted.
Against auch storios, however, have to be sat others, like that told by Andrew Lang of a warn-
cafe around the cornor to hold a "Since 1907 the variety has council of war." (Laughtor), boon largely propagated by cut- tings all over the country, and as He returned that evening and it is a quick grower there is not tendered a chuque, which was not likely to be any dearth in future, accepted. Subsequently he went It is at English monopoly, for of back to inspect his goods.
all the tropical and temperate They appoarod to have boon timbers knowo, it is the only one
Kindsing disregarded. A Scottish family ransacked. Several boxes had suitable for cricket-bat making."
of
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Mr. Justiob Rowlatt: You did not ask him how he got it?
One been broken open, and a had a poodle named Fanti. morning a. daughter of the house which had contained a valuable camo down to bruskfast and platinum diamond pandant was told her brother she Lad drosmed ompty. He purchased the pon- that Fanti had gono mad and bitdout from the skipper of a ton thom. The brother, astonished Bolshovint battleship for £30, declared that he had dreamed the very same thing. "Botter not tell mother," they agreed. But noxt minuto the mother ontorod the room and said, "Where is Fanti? I dreamed that he wont mad and bit. During the morning two! The captain said ho also had a other daughters, who had boon valuable collection of Porsian! away from home returned and rugs which had taken him 10 immediately made inquiry for the years to obtain.
dog, stating that they had dreamt
he wont mad and bit thom.
Captain Warren: I thought it wisor not to. (Laughter!
The Judge: Thoy will soon
Despite the multiple warning spoil in London. (Laughter.)-
nothing was dono to Fanti-and Thoy are spoilt now.
nothing happened to him. Ho
The judgo found in favour of
tived to a good old age without Captain Warren, awarding £5
DAILY HUMOUR.
MY!
How you've
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