THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

A BIRD'S EYE VIEW.

' (By M.0.K.) ' His Majesty the King has entrusted Sir .J G. Ward 'with a message to New Zealand expressive his . satisfaction . with, .our "patriotism . and progress." . From, private but unreliable sources ■ it is learned that his " Majesty first wrote out the message on, a postage stamp, but was assured by Sir Joseph that l the'public woiild like 1 something more for their money. His Majesty, after cudgelling his brains, was unable to Bpm the message out to more than thirty worjis. Then, with, characteristic geniality, he decided tomake a verbal oile, and to trust to Sir Joseph to paraphrase and expandvit -to vmeek the'country's;, requirements. An advance copy of the message, when it becomes' available, will be published as' follows: —"I am overwhelmed when I think that my loyal subjects in God's Own Country have decided to take up the position- ;... of saying that..they-''will.not,-under -any circumstances, and I say it with a full knowledge* of the position, and m the interests of the* country as a whole —I am when I reflect that, despite'" the croakers and ; their efforts to-injure: icredit, and to .place' the ■. Government -in.; the -.position- of v "having.-to -say/ that -they -will act iiot,in the ' interests of the peoplo Now, one word as . to the: progress of the country, and Tthose * who are - constantly; telling ..me .that f the coun-. .-StryMSton-itbe.:^ them saying it; for'twenty years—and what, dol'.ys'd .find?V.We. find .that, the ..country "is' leaping, ahead,■ an'd. if..we are .to be told that ... we-are to act 'so' that: the'.public as-'aiwhole i'' will/not' tolerate it for. one'moment,' 1 will fJ-tlialj-rtli'o' -XjSoyerayoitot" • it. >The offer of s .battleshipj I. repeat,- is ; the, v^st^jirabf^thaiVthe^Doirto^ . swim-with'the lion mother,-, and : I have ,to gay'that I am overwhelmed as I look:across, . the sea and mtri<»s'the 'new spirit.of loyalty. ••» and 'progress, which/- as- Ivsaid bofore, is>in the-best interests"ofl the "people, as a whole'.".. : : Jr : : ;lri.3 ;i :,K'3 ii.;'4;Shefloclsj;-IMnteß.'^as'/-tib^ '■■■ The other 'day wo wero told of a sea-captain femg informed'' >!;by, ibreathle gs' -V.Bt'ewoid:;that ;a;-mufder;.liad : been;".committed,': immediately. ; Assembled,; thecrewand jpickea 1 '.'outi : the j criminal inbtiiig V tK6 CextrSf .'speed-; of his pulse We have not yet heard whether . the poor tellow had .not- Simply. been. writing ■ ' a'passionate' onthinking :of bis . distant • 'Folly.'. .'Now the/.;teble .message . informs-.us that at Barcelona "a coilrt-martial has been Bitting all day,'and lioters taken red-handed, -.or; smelling; of ■ petroleum, '.or.~ showing ! traces • of gunpowder,: aro< found ■ guilty and •/shot in '• batches- a -few hours .later."- Wo shall learn : vin 'due • course of the sad itragedies of this method of detection Juan, for example, did noj; know .that Nita had taken the grease spots out of his coat with benzine He •w in I ,:the;moming,.puffing a cigarette, and thanking his utars-.tnatihe was,not a revolutionary "Carramba I" -he . -muttered; ''.Why does-he follow me?". -For .=* a - policeman was shadowing- him,' and appeared to be stuffing the air. Juan, grew uneasy, but went on his pay 'At last he . turned a corner, • bringing i .the . policeman /.'directly to. leeward.- The . policeman rushed forward — -

• No, he did not arrest Juan.: /''Where,"' he, asked.''"where -do.you :get^'that;glorious ■ tobacco ? . > And'- Juan breathed freely again. '.. In tho meantime a -great - trade is being done • in-garlic, guaranteed ,to mako petro- , ieum* seem like Peau d'Espagno. • '

■J-;:.* A telegram from Taihapo on Monday last ; v i said: .''The.'Governor '.and.rßunis,. rthe nex' ; • v : champion ..boxer,- ara on":tha train.- : A large •.: arowd assembled to - see; the,.latter." .• v,-,-:. Time -was when, our loyalty , 1 Drove tis to crowd , > ■ ' For a elimpso at vicc-royalty— Now we are-.proud . ■ . . , When a vision of Burns's. great'biceps to us vJ''■'■/ViSiflilcraeil. '^YpY /.■;.-^v:.: Gone now is the charm of . •• ' A real live lord Now the lure is the arm of ; ■ ■ The scrapper aboard,. • , . ;-;,.y v ":- • While blood that -is 'ancient l and : azure.; ib : wholly ignored. When, joining the.bustle, . :/ ; .Vli You jostle and shove < For a feast on the muscle Y, How ,-you"anqxt wliea .you find-;,the excitement is only the Gov, . y ■. It's time, we 'brought Tennysom, ''Y!At)i: i Qaltbap-to^&ato;■■ i :'''iV :iK%w;:^^o^l6nEeKhi4^benison;K^; > ; *v ! ':i .... • . 'Bland,-and ■ ; , On the' tilings- that, .'oiitweigh' mero'/J nobility ; ; ;J#:;,'o! weight^v;;' >■- i-' i . .-.rf-Kirid'hearts"-, : must.m^e:wayifor~w^'.*-■?.;!(< '■■■■[ i . The. champion belt; . ~ f '.v.v .. : "Simple huth's" h;ul it 3 day,for , >: 4 It's commonly felt .that Vgave ...Johnson a . 'welt...: ■ ■ ■ -. 1 '-ft/iV ■ •' '.'■ i"i -• V '■"■ ■ -. ; . The dames 'of; the story . .y; Who happily die, _ Having seen in his glory ' King, Edward, now. sigh. ;;iV' . For a peep as ..the,, 'muscular man of the moment;'goes'by.;'."ft. ft'. ' .- ftft r':''The' following cable message was- received ■ /-this week from Now .-York:—' Joffrios, the .■v prize-fighter, has Sailed -for- Europe. 'He will ■ ■ take, the waters at-Carlsbad, and then go into ' '• strict training. • He.;hopes, tight; Johnson, early in 1910." ' i •- .'lt'is that, the : future;-chapters; of • this important movement; will be rccordcd in cable as follow — ' ..: ' August 30.—Jeffries is -already, the heavy*! v,: : V i'V;;;^tw;3sWbitiohsf;d3ily£of:vgrouiul ,and';%ofty; drinking. It is cilculfited ithat --the; waters; will • last until. September 7. Jeffries; Willi • then tour Europe, until lie has exhausted all', the known spas > , y. '■ rapidlygetting' ' • ..into-form; When , he completeshis mounK ; ;;.-'taiMenhg ! - V tHe'-Massage lnstituto' specially built, in St.- Petersburg;.-. and.'.-undergo -\ia ; -'Vthree, months' course. He has brolight has, weight; • doVn. to. 26' stone, and' is.;con4dent;'that iiiT 1 v- will beat' Johnson when, they .meet in .1915., '' - May-15, 1916.—Since his recant deposition ■ ' ihe-ex-Kaiser has: .become.' Jeffries's chief backer., They start on June 1 by airship for the South Pole, where Jeffries will. ■ undergo .th 6 rest' cure.?. He -hopes fight Johnson early in 1920 -December 25,' spent Christ-, -: •:mas quietly with. . Ho says. t-hat : he-is -feeling,a little-homesiek, ■ft; I?, but. is sustained by the/fact .that he is rapidly ; / approaching j form, ' and that .all' the hitches : ■ ■. in'tho ; 'arrangements with : Johnson are nearly,, overcome , : January 1, 1927.—Th0 prospect of an car'y , fight between, Johnson and Jcnnds has caused a rapid extension of the -international. mpve- : ' m-ent to . stop the : fight.- ilr. . W.' T. ' Stead has-articles in 37 of this month's. Reviews. ™.' v denouncing .the limpendihg- battle; '• .Jeffries says he is determined to fight, and the nego-: tiations with Johnson are being pushed on. iVr;- ; ' January :1, 1960.—8y ' mutual' agreement ■ Jeffries and Johnson. have docided .to fight • ' in bath chairs next week. , . ~ ' 'January 3, 1 -1966. —Jeffries. died -this morn- >..-- ,ing. : His last words.were that he was con- ' fident that ho would win. .-

j v . ; ."Tho 1 future Now Zealander, if Maoaulay j / . could" liaVe pictured him, would not be like ■an - Englishman, and-ho would not spend his I : ' time sitting on a .broken-down: bridge* Ho would have more'idealism than the English- ' ; more alertness, -more poetry, and more imagination."—Sir Robert Stout at. the New [: v .:.. Zealand dinner. , . .. . ( . s < ."gursum corda!" Bid your Bpirits of'the dull ; . • depressing loads .. iU'yj 'V..'.; .'.-. That havo pressed upon you sorely . L •.Since that vision of-Jfacaulay; ; ' '■ -Por/you're marching* tb' the,; distance; ■ j: Down-tho rosiest of roads, it-V ' 'Where you'll lead a bright existence [ \ - Writing odea.> ;: -V ■' ■■ ; ;V' : ■

■ Though tho age is prim and sordid, and though • blue tho outlook eccms, . i- , There's a noble era coming, ' When; 1 with luteal and lyros a-strumming, We shall/ pluck immortal blossoms * On the banks of faory streams, ■: And when even in butchers' boßoms . . >.. Will bo dreams. ' When the old, . exhausted nations in the slough • . of ruin are, Bound .by-rules, that do not bind us, ' Crushed by, laws we cast behind us ■-. , ' : As a heavy, olog'ging drag on ■ ~ \' ' Rapid movement to afar— We'll have hitched our little wagon ; To a'star. ~ • •.■ ■ .... "'i' ,• ■ Yet in that Ethereal futnre, .there-will One be filled with ruo. , ; 'Let us think with-kindness of him, For of old we ÜBed to love himPoor old onetime-cheerful Cohen,, Weeping wildly, feeling blue, Waving, hopeless In his woe, an ... lO.U. "Well, sir,", said Mr. Dooley, "be th' way this hero Ddcthor is catm' up the topics, we'll have th' airship mjstery dared up before th' weather settles..'. "Isn't he th' Attomcy-Ginral," isked Mr. . Honnessy. • : : ~ . "Be hivens, so he/is. Bht x fcis a fac that he's doiu' his best't' render-obsolete. Whin, me frind Jog wmt away, I looked forward ■t' a blessed- rest fr-'in"speeches., Idhreamed 'iv openin' th' pa-aper day afther day an' onjovin' mesilf nuntiu f'r th' five-line paragraph in which Mr! Buddo would mako his fortnightly observation on >the onion vcrop. [ dhreamcd iv such a hollyday fr'm Mims.there; that a,-speech .:fr'm . even Mr. Fdwlds wud be a novelty an' iead.ible. An' what .do I find? That th' English speakin' population consists almost entirely lv.DocthorWhere '.wanco ih' silver-tongued clergyman an' th' - ardent path rile iv tho statute an', th' storekeeper who wmt toi Pctone ai' came I'back Jburrstin':' Wj'tli 1 'impressions, / an'... Pat.. 'Oll'aygan' an' th'".otlier arrticulafe .exponents ■ ; iV: th' : modheren 'OnrESt—where. wanoe -they got columns -iv type,,there now appears only a-steady flood' iv th' Docthor's eloquendo. An' ■So th' pa-apers have begun t' luk like a seer- ! iyal biograpi'y, or ' I shoud say kinematography 'iv-,'th', Doqthor. They, ain't annythin', : now, paper boy' told me iAiat'thl editors.ar'reifirin', -all th' corryspondents an! loolun' coldly on :th'--;'cayes,i.,f , r/./^they.'see-thatwith.-careful, ■ nursin' th Docthor is betther thin Pro,,Bono 'Publican, as a spaoe-filler.. Have ye .idees .on ar-rt? D'ye think iv gettm? a new pair 'iv pants 'instead-iv =th'- outrages ye have,; got ' on?; Read Docthor Fm'lay.on iThe thrend iv •ar-rt;' - v Are-yexworryin 1 . 1 about, th' weather ■ f'r th' football match ? D!yo want t' know who'll win th' -New.i' t ZflalandGup? ' Dhrop-into'.th''fir-rst'. 1 hall yeymee't; an' .listen . t'; Docthor Firi'lay "on 'The developmmt jv ■raeech.'ology':and.spoirt..jy. democracy. He flits lightly fr'm 'IV outldok f'r- 3000 Ay Day' t' Th' absuirJities iv gravitation ' Whin ye seo'a long - arrticle m th'pa-aper jfl •will know • bs's been discussin'.i'.Th'. iiighoi an'-lpwcr rents. ? He has ousted tV- . .Czar : ir^m-.tli , 8--: ; a; , Mn^'tll^'•nove^:tb^auo,-•al»^.^ll,»Tppp;lataon i is stu>sl3tlll , entirely on th J pa-apers *■ Tli . encyclopeoja. coiupanies ..is rooncK^.V n Wl)y does he 'it ?-"<■asked . Mr. 1 Hen-

nessy;w ?i -' v '^ I : l, Welh <Jawn, ,thV]ast* session,? as yo. know, collapsed, m ordhe'rHhat th' loyality iv th couuthr-y 'not become,suspect. . An; th,. "overstocked. He's, sacnficin at. k turr'ble .eost .th'-'eloquence he : 3rt.' 'ThiV ; a gr-reat clearance-, sale. pendin'.. th , new • season. Damaged "goods almost> given ■away;. : Gr-reat barrgains in reipnants. An now let roe 'fread, Fin'layon rh hope iv Lib'rahsm.' " i