Newman everywhere

AS the Beatification draws near, the Newman theme comes to dominate our attention more and more. We are delighted to see that Jack Valero has his team "Catholic Voices" up and running to deal with interested enquiries from the media. It is less than a week now to the NEWMAN'S OXFORD Exhibition, (see next "post" for details), but don't forget there will be another Exhibition two weeks later, on Vestments. In the meantime, here's a little-known advertisment we found, which sheds an unexpected light on Newman - or does it?  Can it really be he?   None of the biographies even hint at his holiday job as a tea-merchant, but if Mattie of Cranford could sell tea at a pinch, why not he?