THE, CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 676, 29 November 1909, Page 8

THE, CHANGING SCENE

I J A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. According to a Christchurch papet,- Mr. G.' ■Uussoll,:M.P, has -stated that 1 he kno-ivs "no . in- the English language Tyhioh. is Buporiqr for condcmsed thought and crystal- .< Used statements of'fact '.to-.- the tjro reptarkablo - books,--.'Tho liomanco of the Heavens,' and . The Tiomaiice of tho Earth."' Ton didn't ~p v you, l that Mr. Russell was a" learned ; . professor of English literature? And ho is not fto oiily one. Mr. H.'G. Ell. MJ?., is also a • jnan of. letters, and it. is, believed that ho will * I:- :-.;-;, Jhprtly. bring out-: a" notr'translation- of 'Danto's' V Vita Mr. Glover -fills in his spare •>.i-, -wnting-his; life-work, a study of early :>• Flemish: painting; - Mr. Buddo, many people ;. :- . - >ill bo surprised to learn, is "Anon," ■ whose ;-t: - .-- ; .-Serges ; -are justly -famous.- Mr.; Hogg, although ■ :,-) U great: admirer of the naturalist 'Button's • jiplendi'd littlo pamphlet on ! "Style," has . nearly,? completed: a crushing exposure of tho i;4fv, u - Jrenajrman'e sfMrpra ; ' ; iwv .natural;; Wstpij^JSir; •: Joseph Ward is incensed at the slur cast upon v.,, -. ■■his Budget by Mr. Russell. To a Dojuniok : f , -said that..he . does- not place Prof, ■s Bickerton's books ■. even: Tempting s:.*; offers .'have , been made to several members by - the ; editors of. many foreign . literary. reviews, ??f e a nxiousWJget;; : m6n:^6f,;np^ : i iship 1 on their staffs., '•' • _ losing as I was, I think I .perceived the If S9?ting: into:' a : doii't'- ■ thinki-j however, ~that;; liwas;; a , young-.; prig, -all . natural-'delights^ 1 For somc'i Sordid' To* of many 1 ..hard-fought pume nf football, and whatever 1 © J'itpokvmy';fun ; share in, :loving, and still continuing to love, sjport and games of all kinds "—Sir J. G. Ward, in ; '"M.A.P." i,: There's a lucky fellow somewhere, far' away, -in ! (Though ho doesn't know his fortune) who remembers httfo-.Joo, - - . But doesn't know "Sli J' 0. Ward, V Dhas ' X'.'.".- '• the. : yonngstOT;.that, he-, tackled ,'in the 0! long it t " ,:,v M-Ihinkin^;.sometimes, of . the - comrades of his pleasant adolo«6enco, He- V wlll nevtr for a moment think tho Ward ' oico. -iiQ V :.;' l '-:' - - v ■: ■ , ' ta, any .wayf related ;to ,the :'nian of' portly ; presence , ■: . : Who tho other day alarmed us 'with a Bndeet btg and blue ;:,Ee.?iiH«yvsometlnie3 -idly' wonder-' if- ; vthat' -half-' hack slim and sprightly, TJrat oarsman,; spriiiter. oycllat, of- an era gy.' : i jl- Js.-the,boss ,of,:some,:gjmnaßlnmi.- giving iboxlne>v ;■ j: i:-r: i: v. ■: v Or a ..highly, -export • trainer 1 '; of ■ tSa '■ Tracing Quedruped/ 'TVell," .ho'll*'say, "tiiere's one thing certain"-^' r when .they're,-'wondering what Ward did"— • 1:, -; ■, "Hell be - down .on-politicians," wheresoover he V , % ,How -;he hated grooves and -grabbers!. How- ho : S \ said success is tordidl", *r. j 1 Happy' dreamer, r may he neVer. Bevcr grow as , ' ■' wise as we. I* 'vi * 1-v'' '- i"= n'miid! ■: -'.i-

always-;flUs :my-i/is(TO;.Hbdit I...think' V' i '^w/mnch:t^ey/dlffor;''•;•'/ .•:.•■ V-j: Their swcet'-rimd^drofimyMight-have-been,'' the t it ] plain and hornl la, find" I cnTy, when I notice Jhat Sir Joseph's g, 1 • • The men who used to ■ knowv him ere 'the -'metamorphosis ' ' / ~•, .(Setting . sound'in,r/ind, and-- muscle ..was our■ ( ' oldtimo athlete slobby- ' * . ■ .-■ Even iiow- wo KM the ; traces of : thoso:pames~of ' jßkiU,' > ! V' ~i r; .-■ wo.mia liis mtraclo as 'iivtviiV! i,-/(j* s :.: j -:. : yetrhla;a>orfect»mfid/s : apparent in l, hla luntflc Bjjy/tf ; ;A; i'-■: >:P.' -'■■ ■ :-■- '"I Bee/'said Mr. Dooley, "that'.th'.sthruggle t/-/ - . fr iiatio4al,.eiKtenco is gromn'.iturr'bio in- its l « , intensity in <Cferrniany< an* Engl&nV ' ' 1 "Th* burrden iv armainejiU/" Sir. Hcnaessy, "ought if bo stopped.",, O .. VP , M , "Bat they've got fa worfse f stage, Jawn. ;w o . Th' . cry ja,-jM>. longe^:.'iTa > a J^%n.' J waii''llrto<lnought.'rTh^case;.is/.too.:deqperat? - wen f'r. .totoon.igsThose': foveqsh efforts f develop their 'hidden re- ;' 2 sources, an' I'm • boun' f say I admire 'their. S . worago an'< alertness. Mo < fnnd. 'Williim ; -.-••• .Qohehzolleni has • lonnd :.'£hat -,bo. ( dncaurasjin' Jaorrse-racin.',, on Sunday th.'i , arem 4 iv th 1 , , v Tathedan' ifill bocoiiiQ big da' " Now/ Wi'i -ye.-.can't •. imagwo ~a." Gerrman■ horrse,: , Jawn.. I can'tribut if I cud J lvudn't bo t>blq„, f ' imagine'it rocln'. ■ But'm JV cause iv inwalj -stren'tk oran ;tli'. Gerrman 'horrse. must :: io; exploited.' < Th'^more»races rttf.'<moro<'Diead* •: noughts. ..flui-Britain, th''homo.jiv'iSporrt,- has. • tnader.as.inaste move* in <neply,!parii-,.;.wanv- tliat «-s : : well •, displays, aa -Hogan- .-'says,- -those instructs that has mod th'.Empire what it is an' that inspires ;im i |]his.]'jfin^t: thoughts. 1 T'r.tb' roller skate'is dhragged. out again, an*. \..th'- poplation is whirling: about tf such an exa dhrag on- : • jiuctive'] wurrk iv tryin'-.oft' ! ; th' ];] skates an' pickin' up th' fat old pathntes who, in their s.'.vv-:. .HaveL, determined- itfr- hit- th' ( . .floor, f'&pjti'r ■sEnglan',^;• home ;:an^-,b^iij^^^e2seei'[Jawn/' r? 'J -V .in; .time'*] iv; • thrwible/;^"■; An',^, so' V-tli'; rivalry goes on. WiUum Hohonzollern Mnll ; ;ihbitly:'See£'t l ';fdrco : t^^pace/.be'-appearin^ith' : green] bag: : on 'Tho OuldJ?irm,'whilo his uncle will .give, ex? • •]. ;•] .iibitibns (if grourid'iili'. lofty .'skatin" in 'lHcca--dilly. Whin th' German horrses are done, t' -K-r.: • .:.'rWhere,will- it '"On th'- field .iv'battfe..»At th':fiiial contest ; f ■ .-.-'betweeji th' skatin' champeen ttn' th.*'.' crack • sixteen-year-old Gerrman horrse]"]; ii< v- >:" "Mr. J.:, C. Wilhamsoiii"- so -. tho' cable • man f^i' : ]] ln]- ; . Sydney reports, . "denies-' rumours"that" ho' ■ He] ' :rrcßardirigSfc»]imajns] aihalteredi";^ipnoi]:if^]^thevGoyernment: • -ißupporters in the House, it is understood, in.

ito 'ask lVimo'Slinister,'''without no■i'lt ftice. iwhGthor'hia "attention 'ihas - been ; directed i ". ■ -:to <thiß message.The. following exiempore rewill,be made by Sir - Joseph* ; t"Thorstatcilientvof' Mr. s William-- '- ; , Bou i 3 dho' bcst. arawer. to the croakers, that, ||:|K;.;CoWd^be^,cmc6lyed;; ; ';'i For ;yeiirs''these;' ptoplo v,havo. boon .asserting . that -.the.,: Government's ii:. ::■.:> policy has .been driving, melodrama and opera' and moving , pictures out of the country, and "what do we: findWe find that the public's ability to ~s(ipport'. .tlie. .stage .19 as -great ; as :.evfir,-:anii,: I. do;,not .hesitate',tor.Gay that the .. .. . v theatrical, manager will, find our people as • ap. *• -of-,tho .dTama .as any. other people m the world. (Hear, hear.) Before the Liberal - < Groyernment caine ■ into power 'there was theatri- ,, • cal 'distress' in; ; the', land,' Irat. at tho "present ... time the number of ptays attended hns in- : ' ; creased ,by." CSO. per cent./.v: The people - who are' to miuis the credit of tho'country by 'asserting that plays are being driven 5 out .of ; the; country are -actuated'; by tho 'mean- 1 ; -est.,n^otives ; and,desire only to-stab the' Government in the back. The Government will ■. .v- have to consider'.whether.,it will not bo advisabjo to .pass a law: which will 'make it a 'criminal offonce to vilify tho nation and shake tho confidence in it of the foreign play-producer. :'-.v ; ;-\Vhen I was in London I arranged for a large quantity of plays, which ■ caji .be obtained by • . local bodies, and legislation'' on"> thesnbjoct will bo introduced."