THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 781, 2 April 1910, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE.

A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.

CBf M.CX) '

On one day this week The Dominion reprinted one Munby's sonnet to a ■-■;,': MolL; This reminds us that the writing . - Df asonnet to Mr.Buddo cannot he put ;- ■ ctff any -longer; •••'.■ ■■.:., .-■.-• , ■■' JAa a brown savage, wandering on the _■■■■ -.■".' ;eho«, J ■ -'■ -' .;' ■•. ■ " / .' ■'' ' ■;'; Finds buried • in the.,- sand, : ■■■■ : '■' .-' ..through: '-.. . ■ ■•..■■ ■■•,■-■ -■ ■"" : Bat legible, a "Quarterly Review," ■ And,'full of wonder, turns the n'cr, .:.".And-'be'ars itto his palm-buti evernure ' '■ To con it, feeling dimly that Bomi true ■ ■■■:- Light, would emerge .could; he but fer.d , ■ ;.-V /the clrie, -' ; ;•;■--r.'. -. ' .-' : . ~ ;;:■■' And/dies at last!' no' wiser than before. Boi'Buddo,' we, in primal ignown.Ni. ■.:.'■.■-'■Gaze upon thee, aud daily no aghast -.-■'■.. '■ In fruitless quest your import.to descry. Whilst thou, Unfathomable Oiroumßtance, :-. Knpw'et that in vain we hope to. find at .-■.; ; . ,'last, /. •., .': ■■";;■ ■;■•■ '■'' ■ '.-"-. - Eie How and Whence 01. Thee, the :'■■ r: ;.: awful..Why?; •'•'''. * , .-.'-, ■' .-.' .■ ,' ... : ; :'ln:connection-with the theft of the ;/ ; : Leader- , picture, some vpeople' are saying .■;'"•.'•. that-at any 'rate it.: is gratifying to : ; know that the appreciation of art is -,;Oii the; other--hand, it is, out that; several.other picture's are allowed to remain on the walls. The '■■ 'letort to this, of course,;is that that ' ■''enryi'showa that. the,.criminal classes' .: .taste is rather good. V -'.:'' :, '. : . "■ -.':',,'■■ The tail of Halley'e Comet, is said to ■i:;bevl4,pi)O,OoO'.. miles ; :'lpn'g,-;.which',, by a .-ourious'; coincidence,;.- is . exactly, the '.length of .the .tail .that'would-have eriv./abled.VNew,.;Zealapd .'to;..just win the :';''.match'.against.Australia..-'■■:' ■ •'.", .'-■'■ -The financial year ended on Thursday. ','. It is rumoured—we ] only give the Turn-, .-;■ Dur.: for' : what; it :■ is:' the, -*y Prime Minister- ■will shortly announce 1 r ;.:that the results 'have'been'most satis- ■'■■.•■ factory;■}'•','■•' ;•' ■' . .'.. : -', y - '■ '."■; \: ■' '■';' ■~".. ... -In the meantime, : as Lent is over, : •; one-may-. be : permitted ;to note .'that this .'.is the merry.season;of.:the year.' ,-' ; ... flfow. is the season, my hcartiea, i Whenall things are. gay; ; \ IWhen they chronicle smart wedding parties '. In scores'every day; , ''''■'■'■. -'. ■ , /.When the Premier will .'make'big oration \And show; an expectant young nation ■ •■. : iffhat.really and truly the outlook is nice :-;-- : v. carnation,- ,; 'y , .:. .'.; j" r;,.That. seemed so dark grey. ■ -.-' '.-.■: ,ilow ( rose is '. the prevalent colour, ' '-.. •• And'if you foel low, '■; '. -~'■/■'".'.''■ . 'lind think: that: things herer were duller, 7: .'Just lieteu' toJoe— . : -I" "'■-'.'. '■ ■' . . .' |6etrid- : orthat : pessimist bias '■';■ .. '. '■VtSour' gloomy ' and dubious eye has, ' .-;B4nd,. happily listening,, your, heart will ■'"'' soar upward.aa high as '; ■}■ .:■", ' Paulhah or Bleriot. ;■;.!' , :.':. . :-.' .i-ffhe/painful-and pestilent Fresent," .•: ; .-■';/The.dark, hollow Now. 1 . .. '.'.' ..:.. v'.'.. ''.(Viewed rightly, is' awfully pleasant; •■:(>.'.■.■■: .-;,•:'■ .-Ae'yon-.wiirallow..--'I--.;.-.-"-'. ■'.:. •'■ HTBen'Hesneaka, for'iin less than < a ■- twinkling, .'Z '.. : :"'■,:. -■,•'!'' ■.'i-iToii'll'glow';.aß- yonr' mind.cets an inkline: ;■ Shat no pause;wh"atev.er exists for the linee ■ ''■■;:;;.'..aurt; : .'are iwrinkliriß..'" '.. ;' ; ■ ■ -~': : . ',:'. '. Tour, sorrowful,brow.',. '. :: V'.. ; - ..

.;;" IBtffl bright, wffltthere'rise.not. to-morrow : An excellent; Bun?^';.:;'.:'■/; ,; :' '■ - :.;\ • ire noti'millions.' to.'borrow?'•' .;.:■...Tte dimsits's nqt -done. :'■..' : ';;' ;■;.-.(Then wHy.sßould bur;faith:not.be.granite? ■:'■'-'/. SThe. eo'fiVicajiin'ot:. emigrate,-can. it? -.'.. ■; ; 'And ..et!ll,''il. -the-scientists .know what - : };\,:]k they/re, saying,, the'planet '"■'■ '■: ■' £,-.■.■'*[; Has\s6me time 'to'Jrnn.'-; '■.'].'"'/'.. ..-■'• i; v Sfhongh-.to yon most distressingly -.Beldoin ■>!./: ; v ; The; sovereigns- seem,-: ■'■■!■>■ ■■■''-•■ •'--'•'■' ... -'•■.-. : ;-; ; our.-iuide:lias:beneld:'em " ,;'■; '.In heapa...': Ton. but' dream, ■'. .',../ .-For'jipu really are. knee-deeD in clover: ■'".>••. ;;j;;-'/.rflis:y6n*re.certain next:weok to:discover; ■_: t '■■■;•--.When'v. there comes from; Sir;' Joseph a ■i; ::; .Bpeech that (condensed) will spread over J-; (In emailtype) a.ream. ■; ■ '.'. . ; v - ' )80, too, wtan the Last Trump la blowing, H3s:;-Voice;:wlU",be,heard;-' ;, ; : ;; .-...; : {.. ■■■ ■-.:. . Itad: ypir heart,' as you're;drearily coine : .,;-, wffl be.Bttrfed;'- ~/ :'.-.. Jig you listen, and'hear, through thei riot ■ : .:■ Sir Joseph explaining just wty it - ' . '■■ • Kr b'such outlook, and that to j'..>;V : -deny it'; .:-'':■■'■> .',', : i:. ,- - ■-, ';. ...'. ::JJiU.simply absurd. ■;■'.'■■■ ; . ' ■ '■'■''.' ;.:l;- , ,'e' told me. 'e--wanted : ' more'n ;.'." .tfteen bob a day," he bellowed, at tho s:;: Bame. time dealing'.the. atmosphere, so '.■;;;'■; eevere .a blow that he fell off the.soap- ';' r. box. Having climbed up again, while :r..{the: audience roared "Shame," he con- {;■:;,: tenued:.;'Tes;;fifteen.,;.bob. fer only howere .'a-'-";.day-..- Pitcher y,p:; f vx^ : I ; arst : yer;V Pitcher 'iin/ ;Gorgin' p;v? on Ite'Wckers , . 'aid-earned/cash," .'- • !' : The crowd at this stage -. became if3_i.frenzied, and .Tom Mann, erriving-on "":' rurivjust in time'.to hear/the the orator off the' (:; ;box_ and took command. "Comrades," ;':;■..,he roaredin a voice that caused the electric, .trolley, wires '.to' vibrate 'so the trolley polesof eight i;, , ...jtrams flew bflc with a jerk.' •■■■'"Comrades, i\;: 'ishall we tolerate this .foul. robbery-, of |v\;. rthe toilers? Shall we i>e ; content to lie '• .' in our chains, and' allow the :■ ■: : (juggernaut. of ■"' Mammon 'to .. ker-rush •,■ - (the. life-blood from our starving wives ;-\ and children? Shall.they always batten :,; on the .'.toilers? ■Awake); Arise,! Break ;.a : . your: chains! '. Follow me I. Now , ■■ boys, ) . tstrike up 'The Old Red Flag. , " [;.■■;,;.;: As he.jumped down the crowd swayei i';,;:ilite :'corn :in the ■;,'and; .he i... appeared:on.the box again a moment \\ ,''■ pte* '*sh his. hand' raised to' .command £} silence.' .-'■, The - crowd was suddenly still:' > ,: "Comrades," said Tom; in a tremb-p.'^g-voioe.,,;."Comrades. The worst is ['.. not - .*? U; '■ ™ a "^β■•■; person . : who J,'; ettempted to steal:our little earnings f;;:; ; was'^—he .paused dramatically,: and r.:''then howled ."—a* reporter! -And: tie, i; .-Boomed- the offer.!;. A,-reporter, a j:- ,-ininion of the'capitalistic press founded :V - :*o.destroy, r you. ■ Follow met"-'.- ..- : \\:.:-'. And they'marched on the newenaDer- ;/:" ioffice. v: .■■;■•■.. ' | '.'.-,,-,./; "•' ' ■ -; i.; .. '"HgVwonia'nCTCT speak disrespectlntly of }'■:: «lieion."—Mr. D. M'Laren in'Dunedin, ac-' ;;-.', cording to the "Otagp Daily, Times." J;':. There's -a .boomjin church endeavour ;.-.;■ lince. we learned that, never, never, ]: .mil -the voice of D. M'Laren. be up-i-y.'taised in a disrespectful manner, and V: /..-Ihe , ; people ■sing" "Hosannal; Wav.e on 1; v ligh; a joyful banner Y_ Heaven be ,':'■:'-; (raised !"..- : ;The, parsons' .apprehension J;. 'Siat he cherished the intention-of no ft: longer, leaving dogmas undisturbed has '-':£:/. ieen •to 'lively at yy ■'.;. Inding that their latitude is not (at ■f •■;,-; feast at present) to be curbed. The care- - 6; W preparations of the various congrega-i.-'Sons to continue their devotions on f/oHw quiet in some dark, obscure location [:'.':.'■-'ikfte'r--' David's proclamation of his '. v;terrible 'iconoclastic fiat: are no longer j '■■'■ . Inecessary, -and. the Wardens deep and J; .wary, who were fixing up the password '.tiand disguise, and. arranging .for :■ the [:,.- icaches,. for tho . .whiskers and iVanoustaehes, have-been putting up to auction theso supplies. And it's com- .' y.'mpnly. suggested that when next, his p jeeat's .contested little David can't be jr.•'-. mbifted from his perch, for each glad IX ;eccl(;siastic,;with a conscience grown {■.''■'-." elastic, will extend to him the backing *4 the Church. . .. .'.■•.-■-,.

Tho Prime Minister's appearance as a contributor to the "North American Review" is interesting in two respects. In-tho first place, l it is believed that his article is -the precursor of a series of articles by members of the Ministry. ''Nature , ', will shortly _ print • a paper by .Mr. Buddo, entitled, "A. note on lions; with; special reference to the fallacy that they are carnivora." The Horn 8,. M'Kenzie has written an article for the London "Times" , on "Votes'and Vetos," in which ho wiD give "some simple hints for common Peers."; Mr. Carroll is writing a counterblast to.Mr. Peter Keary's book, "Got on-or get out." ..... The Native Minister will expound'the doctrine that restlessness . is. not only tho curse. of the age, but a bar to individual success". Dr. Findlay' will shortly appear in the puzzle column of "Answers" with a further development of the number of ways in which a strike is not a strike. The second point of interest- in Sir Joseph'B article is the fact that it was written, so ho says, to guide.vstrangers out of the, fog. It is rumoured that this change of habit has" been ordered by; the Prime Minister's medical adviser,,' and it is probable that Sir Joseph will .give the change cure a thorough application. he will announce in. his two-minutes speech on the year's finance that the more,the ■country borrows tho moro it owes. Next; session he'will bring in a clearcut Land Bill, and will instantly resign if -it' is' not ..at .once passed.- Hβ- also intends to grow a beard. When ho has become thoroughly seasoned, he will endeavour, to i refer'.to'■his',critics without describing them as traitors to the country.:-.! .• . ,; ".-.-■•:■ .p :■■