Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

The vicar of a South Staffordshire parish (writes a correspondent who is pleased with his peoplA for using scriptual names, is, properly speaking, pleased with their use of the Old Testament names. Those he cites are all, with the exception of Gabriel, from the Old Testament. But all Christen- dom has been using scriptural names for these nineteen hundred years. Has it not occurred to the vicar that Mary, Joseph, James, John, Martha, Peter, Paul, Philip, Magdalen (Maud), An drew, Timothy. Elizabeth, and a few more, are scriptural2 And they are to be found fairly well scattered beyond South Staffordshire.
 Nevertheless the love of bestowing on their children the less familiar Biblical names is still cherished by parents in the north of England Here are the names of six out of seven boys and girls of one family; CD Zipporah Elizabeth, (2) Meshullemeth Asenath Miriam, (3), Paul Theophilus, (4) Zephaniah Enos. (5) Alpheus Thad- deus, (6) Abdiel Trophimus. This, we imagine, would be hard to beat even by the mythical father who is said to have called his thirteenth boy Acts because there were no more Apostles
 A we'll known priest in Dublin, re- nowned not alone for his wit, but also for his detestation of Sim Fein, was giving a lecture the other day in the parish hall. He began his discourse There have been many eras in Irish history. We have had the Pagan era the Christian era, and now we are having the Devil era (De Valera)- it is on the latter I propose speaking tonight"
 References to what Canadian anc Australian women have accomplished | in the way of sock knitting has brought to light other triumphs of tht busy needles. A Belgian refugee iron | Brussels. aged 75, living in the soutf 1 of England, has knitted $50 pairs O
 socks. besides many pairs of mittens 1 All these comforts have gone to tn. French, Belgian. and English soldiers 1 In the north of England a lady get l ting on toward the allotted span ha
 mended or paid for mending in he
 own house over 42.o00 pairs of sock l belonging to wounded soldiers in ad | jacent hospitals, She employs wo man at a guinea 8 week to help hei
 And mending often means refooting alarming holes large and small, an
 washing and ironing. The socks com
 to her house by the sackful.
 | 4 soldiers pocket-book will be
 queathing everything to girl wh had rejected him came before the Pro
 bate Court.
 The testator, Morgan Scotlock Vii Hams, of Winster, Derby, in Deeembe 1914 made will leaving his interes
 in certain freehold and leasehold pror erty to Miss Winifred TrendaIl Nixo1 ; daughter of a clergyman, of Winste He bequeathed the rest of his estat
 to Miss and Mrs. Nixon.
 Later on Mr Williams proposed a Miss May Prince, but was refuse Last year, when in the Army ar : about to undergo the gas test, he wroi a message in his notebook saying I
 might "go West" and also made a
 entry leaving "al1 have to my deal 5 est friend, Miss May Prince, of Star . ton House, Stanton n-the-Pe l Derbyshire."
 MT. Justice Hill held that tn
 soldiers will revoked the earli will, but that it could not revoke u : devise of real estate. He believed was MT. Williams's intention to revol : the whole of the first will It VI e power, not intention, that failed him.
 The result would have been diffe
 ent, added the judge, if the will h; 3 been made since the passing of u S recent Act making it possible for SC q diers wills to deal with realty. F
 present will could not affect realt
 and therefore both wills must be a
 mitted to probate.
 -i Every housewife and all the lit n maids who help to wash up" can io If the guns in France ii, they ob 0 the injunction of the Domestic Savin n Committee to save all waste bon
 and fat
 "Start a bone and fiat bucket" is t l. advice; for these materials are esser . ial for making explosives. Import .s glycerihe costs s 800 ton, but wh it is produced in England it costs or -- 59s a ton. Out of the waste bor 9f and fats of our own Army kitche
 the propellants for 23 million
 pounder shells have been produc J. Sold to any rag-and bone dealer, 1 ls contents of the bucket will duly fl ,a their way to the war factories. $ "Be of good cheer; we are all righ That is the message which the Arn r through it's chiefs, sends home to