The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
THE SCRANTON rIIBUNB-sArURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER so. 1895.

entertainments. and to see ladies and
gentleman acting as they q that
evening, but where was the sin and
where the want of relieion in such an
admirable entertainment? He hoped
the time was coming wnen such a mar
row feeling would be driven away, and
there was no better way of doing 1t
than by getting iadies and gentlemen
of position, VINO We're well known in
Glamorganshire and elsewhere. divert
ing and pleasing the people as had been
done on this occasion.
In an old issue of "Seren Conner" the
frs. Welsh periodical evcr published,
there appears the following stanza on
Merthyr. as the refuge of the r~eprobates
of the country:
"Oh, Merthyr. thou the vile, the wicked
place!
Peopled ty the scum of all the human
Thine air is tainted with the breath of
hell,
And in thee nOn but rogues and rascals
DWELL"
No poet would dare sing in that ture
nowadays.
by the death of Henry Pearce. of
Cefn. Merthyr. Wales has lost n Of its
ttbitst amateur tItlStS. al n uciiIlcdtOt
of still l:fc" he had few equals. He
was the life and soul of the great exhi-
bition started during the term Of office
of Mr.. David Williams, of Henstaff,
when the mayor and corporationofCa Car
diff attended in state. His geniality
and hospitality We're in keeping with his
attachments, which were varied. In
smith work n VOC carving he par
ticuIarly eXcel!ed. He was the open
hand" to all promising young men,
however humble. end is lamented as
much as he was esteemed.
In n of the characteristic letters of
Lewis Morris, grandfather of the au-
thor of the Epic of Hades." to Ieuan
Brydydd Hir. he says: with respect
to your borrowing Goronwy's manu-
scripts, you may make yourself easy
about 1t. l dare say he would sooner
part with his wife, and, for aught l
Know, children too; but his wife l am
sure. From which n may infer
n as Socrates had a Xantippe. the
old Welsh bards We're not ~infreQuentiy
coupled with partners in life who. it
may be mildly stated, did not under
stand them"
The Cardiff Mail says In a recent
number that the Welsh people of the
United States travel miles TO see Mrs.
Clara Novello Davies and her choir of
Welsh girls. In Philadelphia they were
met by Mr.. William d. Williams. q COM
a d of DR.. Parry in the Danyille Iron
works t~hirty-five years ago. 1t will
stimulate many Welsh youths to know
n yorngJoseph Parry vas one of the
dullest scholars in John Abel Jones'
musical class TT the end of the first
quarter. but he topped the class at the
end of the second.
The Western Mail" in a recent issue
says that Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts, late of
scranton, have taken UP residence at
CadoXton- barry, and further says that
Mrs. Roberts is n lady of considerable
literary ability and Is a popular lectur-
ess, and a frequent contributor to the
Drych. 1t says also that she was for
merly president of the philosophical
society of the West Side. president of
the Y. w. G. A.. and n of the founders
OF the White Ribbon movement. She is
also n phrenolOgist OF considerable dis
tinction. All correct.
Miss BESSIE Evans, Of the Royal
Welsh female party, has won a great
compliment in the states. Madame
Scalchi. the great contralto, crossed the
Atlantic in the strcamer which took
over the Welsh singing girls. and she
was singing in Philadelphia on a Satur-
day night, n the choir sang at the
same city on the following Monday
night. S~ingIlarly. both Madame Seal
chi and Miss Bessie Evans sang Good
bye (Tosti) and all the papers say the
singing Of the Welsh girl is the best
Cardiff Mail.
The Prince Llewelyn Memorial Fund
ought to succeed. At all events. the
secretary Is deluged with as many sug-
gestions how to get the money as II he
were q chancellor of the eXchequer
preparing a sensational Budget. The
latest Is that he should prepare to
nominate a day for a special and gen.
eral penny collection, so as to afford
the Welsh masses an opportunity of
contributing.
Once a Bala man always a Bala a
even If he lives in Spain. The president
of the Pennsylvania railroad Is
Mr.. George B.. Roberts whose
father was born In Bala, North
Wales, and whose first residence
in Philadelphia. was called Bala. This
railway is the greatest In America, and
runs through towns n villa with
such names as Merton, Narberth. Bryn-
mawr, Radnor, st. David's and Berwyn.
A useful little book. a ~"Pronouncing
Text Book of English Sounds" has beer
compiled by Miss Lucy i. Griffith, of
Glynmalden, North Wales. Although
small. the work is a serious endeavor
to help Welsh students to the better
pronunciation of English, and include
most of the words in which mistakes are
made by Welsh people who speak Eng
lish imDerfectly.
Southey's reference to Iolo Morganwg
is generally misquoted. 1t is as fol-
lows:
There went with me
IOlo, old lolo, he who knows
The virtues of all herbs Of mount or vale,
Or greenwood shade or quiet brooklet'S
bed;
Whatever lore of science or of sons
Sages and bards of old have handed
down."
The Mostyn MSS. which Mr.. Gwen
ogfryn Evans has been c~ataloguing, ore
of great historical value, AID till now
have not undergone the examination of
an expert. They We're mostly collected
during the last century by Mr.. Thomas