The Haslingden Gazette. — 1909-02-13 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

GAMES OF FOOTBALL AND BRIDGE.  TIIE CLOSING OF UNION STREET DAY SCHOOL.  A eeries of drawing-rooin concerts was opened on Tuesday evening at Unionatreet Wealey n School. The opening ceremony was 'erten- ad by the Mayor (Counoillor J. C. Lupton), who nwees, accompanied by the Mayoress. Alderman Rawson, who presided, ask..el the company aseernbled to woloome tho Mayor and Mayoress in their midst with a good beaky clap, which was aocordingly done. Alderman Rawson • went on to Nay that eine,' the day school at Union• street was closed, after having been carried oil for more than half a century, the trustees determined to bring the premium up-to-date and equip them in the very heat manner required for Sunday wheel work in the 20th century. To accomplish this a very considerable outlay was necessary. By means of now floors, new ventilation, heating ap. paratus, oleotrio lighting, decoration, and other things they had spent .inething like £1,300. They had in hand towards this aorne £7OO, no that the debt now remaining was £6OO. Those concerts were promoted for the two-fold object of providing plea.sent eveningslor Union-street people, and raising a little money towards reducing that debt. In welcoming Mr. Lupton, who was a member of the Church of England, amongst them, Alderman Rawson said the Wesleyan*, as members of • great historio body, were as loyal' as anybody to the State, to the King, and to the King's ^pre. sentativs.w. (Hear, bear, and applause.) The Mayor congratulated the Union-street people on the excellent attendance, and on the handsome appearance of the room, which be said was the finest room it had been his privilege to enter to diieharge a duty of that sort aincie ha had been Mayor. (Hear. hear.) The Chairman had mid they wore seeking to clear off • debt which had been incurred in cs.insequenoe of their abandonment of their day school. A certain eminent divine had lately been liming that the ' Nonconformists in giving up their day school' were conitnitting suicide. (Laughter.), He (the Mayor) was not going to argue that point. Nom laughter.) The membership of .me of the Free Church bodies, however, was declining, a fed whit& was very regrettable. The Church to which he (the Mayor) belonged did not increase in members, in fact be feared there was • de. 0111,10. Where were theno people being absorbed? He thought it was a bad sign, and seemed to be duo to indifference and lukewarmnem on the part of the people. He thought it name about because people were getting very fond of enjoyment. They went in for enjoyment to the neglect of their spiritual welfare. The big game of football wm responsible to some extent for the Imity of attendanoe at Sunday schools and churches. Not that he had any objection to it as a game. But let them ask any young fellbw a question about politics or religion, and they would have difficulty in moat cases in getting an answer. But ask him about football, and ho would rise to the occasion a. once and tell them every point of the game. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If there was a football match on any afternoon during the week there would be truants from every workshop in the town. How to stop this rage for football to the exclusion of other things he did not know. So much for the young men. He land been informed that a great many young ladies were getting fond of playing bridge. fie saw no barns in a. genie of curda for the love of it, but when people gambled with them a great deal of harm might ensue. People gambled on all sorts of things; and they could not stop everything because people gambled on it. Ho had heard of a eno, in which two men laid a wager as to which chapel, Cannon-street Baptists or the Swedenborgiant in Abbey-street got the biggest collections. (Laughter.) The Mayor went on to reassert that the elan& of the times were not aa. good as they I used to be, and he thought perhaps the abandonment of the. annual Sunday school processions had not been altogether for the best. In corrolusioa he wished sureness to the concerts, and declared the proceedings open. (Applause.) The mush, of the evening wan ably supplied by • the Chap 4 Choir, under the conductorship e( I Mr. W. G. Shaw, Mr. W. S. Walker, the organist, being indisposed. On Viedne...day evening Mra. Solomon was announced as opener, with Mrs. Bayamon ass chairwoman, and on Thursday evening Councillor J. H. Lupton as opener, with Mr. Ralph Walmeley as chairman. On Wednesday evening there was a 20th century home and colonial pageant, the artistes being Mrs. J. A. Foster, hfies Kenyon, Mrs. Holmes (Bradford); solo violin, Miss Hob. land, Tottington; eolo piano and accompanist, Mrs. fr. D. Lamb. Wigan; with ohorusee by the young ladies of the school. Thursday's programme sone furnished by Mr. E. Mitchell (baritone), Mr. T. Hitchon (ha*, Mr. J. Derbyshire (flute), Mr. H. Nichol (violin), Mr. W. Haythornthwaite lvioloncellol, Mr. W. Johns (concertina), Mr T. L. Whims (elocutionist). with quartette, and choruses by the young mon of the leheel. Al. cornpaniet, Mr. W. G. Shaw.  IT IS NOT "TOO LATE" to make • pod resolution for 190 E A resolution to purehase tea but Horniman's is the best- This will benefit your health and pocket. Horniman's tea, being absolutely pure, and of greet fragrance and strength, goes further than any other, snd ma be drank with pleasure and benefit at all times. For over eighty years liornimen's Pure Tea has been a household word, in feet, no household i• complete without a packet. of Homiman's Tea. it is still "Always Good Alike," and "Full weight without the wrapper." Ilomizone• ask goo to  - pay for the tes only—not fortes and paper: Don't be put off by so-called cheap tee. "It it not just as good." As for Ilornimates, that you have it, and yes will drink no oda..  The Very Rev. Robert Gregory. Dean of St,. Paul'. Cathedral, was ninety years old on Tue. day. Dr. Gregory was born at Nottingham in 1819, was ordained in 1843, and wan Canon of St. Paul's in IE6B, and ban been Dean of St, Paula 'since 1590.