THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 787, 9 April 1910, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE.

(By M.C.K.)

, A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.

r>.:-:. '.' :Our. evening contemporary < makes yy/y this,:interesting observation:—" Spira, |-( ; ;:,Bpera,'—which,may ;.beroughly. ',,, transry:->" Ja'ted: ..'While there yis ,'life there. is jy..l I '.!hbpe , -7-iß'.prapiaially the.motto, of the K ; . ry 'Esperantists'." :y"'.'y 'y '';'■*■■}:■:< ■••'..■ iV /.-'•■ '.'By a curious 'cbihcideEtJe the old f * ; y'Latin', motto "Duin I spiro, ::spero" has ij,. :exactly the sam'e ; significance.'' • I. ..;, The.southern;newspapers'regard .the EV.■;'.;. demand that the.jNorth ; Island. .'should f.V-'':-'iieceive''the'.bnlk'_of the'expenditure on ;•"■-,:■ construction as '"parochialism £,:'■'■ : ,' run .mad." They point, out that the. I'-:'..'.. national and anti-parochial view is that \: -.:■ the. bulk of the money should be spent |'i;./in the South.''.".. ' 'A local contemporary reprints from !- ••'"Popular Science. Sittings" a little artii y/cle entitled-"Where(did .Noah Land?" ; :■'. We regret .to''state ; thht he]'did not land i;'.' .at -Auckland; '-pwing.,to'the:miscarriage y:.yof'the secret'■telegram dispatched- by y the Auckland Chamber of., Commerce in • .'■'■■:.; te;anxiety ; 'td ; forestaJl'Wellgington.: j,. In the meantime, th'e Auckland Cham- :'•:.. bar,; whichyhas been; fruitlessly endeavjyy. ouring to.get a message through.' to' jV" Bailey's '■' Comet,. is - asking for' an .inly '•■ quiry into the. management of the Tele- /'. graph Office.!. It suspects that Welling- /-.;,, ton/has been pulling the strings. ;: On/behalf of Esperanto it is urged li- tJiatit "is not intended to supplant r'.', any -of the old languages." Indeed, it / / : "will assist, ultimately, ■■ to simplify ////English spelling." A rhyme, will help •; ■: 'jpou.to.remombor this.:,..:;::;, ,'y',.-,;.'. \, ..: iWej' doj notj wishj. toj • supersedegrt / /,-■-. The] depirj oldbvin'Englishz;' motherq v. ....,'toriqupiipl; / '•) . . : ,.-.. ,/• . y Onrj objectl. isxq toj meetw/thej needrqt • -y...yPorj spellinglo suited]' toj the] young: ;/;' .:'-, y'syz.' . .i~, ■■' ." ■■' - : , v ..' ■ //. iWhenj:Esperantoj's alljq thej goj, .. ..,'■ I"',? .; Th'osejq folkla willj saypb that]' itsj aj //.: yboOnW-: -'i ■-~./ .... ■■■"•".■' ; ■ ,Wh6j, ':' pseeingrtv "Cholmondelyiprtbo,"' j// ;-..''-.doj notj:knowjp*/ ;';; ' ; .:,.' \'■ .'•' //... /Tiratj itj shouldqbe] pronncepilj, '"Col-; Iy ; :y'yquohonptstvt.".;:..;--:: .'■' .//',:/■'/"■

!--;;.'; The Chief Justice,/is 'a N reckless per- '[,._ tern.. In theCourtof Appeal,this week 'i : C he asked a /question/, which may- have S; .been a riddle, but which looks ..dread-' !.v .fully, like logic' on .its 'Sunday out. a : :' *TVhy," he.said,, "should there not'-'be; j :jnunioipal_ racecourses? There, are" '.. \ tnTimicipal theatres; but yet some people ;:. .(Object to the theatre as;debasing and !v'immoral., The same objections are made I;; jto racecourses. . Why should both hot i, ge .treated, in the same, way ?" If Sir ;-.. (Robert's object was to show .the! public |;VJnow. illogical.it'; can be; he has certainly! •!;/succeeded.; : : :'!Butwaa'he wise?; ; Does lie,;noti.know.that. the public';-is ; more v■':'.! Ekely tojseek; to', become logical,, not by.. i-; : !';.wiping vbutvthe; municipal theatre,"; but ' - .the whole '.-world;, of \ ; •: pleasure'rand,-f riyolity: 1 People.-..will::be- -.' why. the! ; 'mnxicipalities, that :,;.; own -theatres 'should 'hot also. run. them, ;■ ■';■! and', Sir ./Robert ■. may 'live,.- to see '"'the r,. flusjimen..and !iram,conductors Converted' ;:-. into vaudeville':trpupe. ■We -are 'sure ;'/ihe he^^U3"'iiintingwh'en, ;-.., as heis-gdjfQg ona tram 'one" day, his :,;'-. ibat' is removed by the conductor, who I, . ibas seized, the' opportunity ■ to' practise ;,!; 3ris new conjuring: trict.by extracting ;-large quantities of tramway slips, from f /the.;judicial,head-covering.' And when ;-; it owns-./ the-, racecourses,a the* : ; munici-'' ?;;!; jpality, in;a-frenzy of logic; 'will supply f (the pubhc with a staff, of bookmakers, ; 'and-run;municipal, There/will '..'".:, Jbe muniqipal hotels, and municipal bars, maids. It. -will .be irecoghised that it : .Ss. the height, of to own! a i. '■■; (library forthe circulation of,books Writ- \.'■; jten by : . private, enterprise. Accordingly, !;/ihe shelves will be filled with the pror : (factions,of the Corporation Fiction,De- : • fpartment B (so-called to distinguish it ::,:Scom the Department A that'at present /-[attends tothe/complaints regarding the /.jtoamway services)./. Indeed, the day /prill come/when the ratepayer will ride ; sto f tbwn on a municipal car, reading a ?! l/rnmricipal newspaper, and "6moking a „;. jmunicipal cigar,! go to the municipal ;■ (races, and get wet through.in.the muni-. K <ripal - rain, . back several ; municipal ;:.}''Btiffs,''./.drown his woes in municipal I :;/ iwhisky,. and in the evening attend'the •; nnunicipal theatre,. and see the cbrporaf/v.Hapn; employees, playing a drama written ;.;fcy the Town Clerk, entitled "The Worst ;;,fflrotorman in ' Wellington; or the Sanif;.ltary.lnspector's Revenge."'- And' Sir i- - Eobert Stout win be responsible for it.

■ Colonel .Pofleri says i that Esperanto s; •"is,; in. short, the poor man's Latin,' : 'and." a'/very little .expenditure of, time : «nd --money. would place the -labourer's' ;. json; in possession of classical education. ' (Behind, the language was the great ideal J..?of ■;: brotherhood arid .'justice ,' among : j*he peoplei of the .earth." But Labour I Stolds. a /liferent view, thus: , , ?."■'■' ■_';■;■, W'ich I "warns yer, feller toilers in the shops' an' -boilers re this Pollen' ■ ;<bloKe wet's' speakin'—shun them . siren ■ songs', 'e, sings! For the cult of Hesper- , tenter, is a dodge that 'e began'ter'elp the :■ iyrinks :'oo *, would. 'weaken Labour's ■ : .Hoomin' "grip of things. It is cunnin', ; ■fhis'appealin' ter the trod-ori wucker's : i eelin' that. a classic: heddication is wot '•iWnckers.need the most; Wt I warn yer, ? iefen ■yer've studied till yer. brains is twofe an',muddied in the 'ope ter find \ isalv'atipn, they'll 'ave got.yer fair on ;.■ ttoast.; Will a'., skill in 'ome-made Latin ['.I'elp. the son' of: toil: ter .'flatten' out the : Ijeous rule of Mammon? No! the Cause ;;.•would' quick go bung—'opeless, fruitless, p>hidle,-'barren-;wore-th.3 -work of' Dave ;-,jM'Laren if we ,'eaTkened ter .the gammon ■ (re the.universal tongue. So : I gives the [ (toiler warnin' as no golding hage .is ; jdawniri',, nor no 'igher \ pay, by Jingo! b spite';of..this insidious dodge. Wot tho y itoiler-must distrust is this 'ere yarn as ;.;ttruth, an' justice can be got by, talkin' F,Qingo'.made of, words as hends in "oj." -.''

i .fThe thing-the public most wants it ; jHpes "not get, .'-r-Mr.. Millar ton'the press.-;:-The editor was very tired, for "it was ■'■It a.iny He musthave dozed, ;because he ! Hid lot. see'the sub. come into his . soomj . but', he suddenly, felt, 'with-' '^omt;,:= bemg /■■' in., the least . snr::"prised ■ at it, singularly ■ fresh". ; ; !"Last forme's, gone," said the sub, ; ! )"and'she's a pretty good paper to-day. a bit'.of a squeezes-thirty /columns left out; bnt nothing much ; in it—only the cables, and : adyertise- '; ments." "What are the personals : like?" asked the chief. . "Bit of a i Slump," said the sub, "but considering ••' it's- a holiday, eighty columns of 'om ■ •3b fair. We had.to; cut the country ), correspondence very hard. Oh, no," he : iwent on, as ho saw an anxious, look; in ! She : editor's eye, "we gave the Pig :;]Gullyv.ihan. more than three. columns jffhis time.' I had. to put. the weddings J Sin nonpareil." _ "How, much ; did:, that vjsave," asked the editor eagerly^for;this

was a hobby of his, this nonpareil. "Couple of pages," said the sub, "and I'still think you .give. /em too- much rope. Those Biggs—Hoggins people sent in five blessed columns about their wedding. But Mrs. Hoggins is your cook, isn't she? Thought so. Well, I didn't cut 'it. Can't wo begin, the original poetry always on page 124? Then we won't cut into the sports section. It can begin just on the third 64-page section." "How about the biographies? I',wanted- to finish L today," said the chief. ."Well, we've been, working on the municipal roll, and the supplementary has come in, so, as we couldn't' finish the L's, I just gave only six pages." "Political was light, wasn't, it?" the chief inquired. "Not very light. I had to leave out the last two sentences of the Premier's Cow Flat speech," said the sub, "but we'll run 'em as a supplement to-mor-row." -"I wish you .hadn't done that, Bill," said the chief, looking rather sad. "Well," said tho sub, "the novel for to-day was 'It never can happen again,', and it was either, the novel or the. sentences,' and I thought the sentences could wait.. " There wasn't room for'both, and —-." .There, wasa ring from the Telegraph t : Office. on the telephone.', ..'"Hello," ! ..said the chief. .','"Yes—yes—yes' '.how many woi-ds—six hundred? '.Thanks.'" And he rang off. "Asquith's resigned, and a/coalition' Government is formed," he said, turning to the.sub; "it might have been worth a line if it had come earlier. By the way, I suppose you got a par in to say that Mr. Millar intends to have bacon for, breakfast? .No? Heaven and earth, man.:'' Bring back that forme!" And, rising :in great excitement, he started.'for: ; the. printer, but tripped and fe11..... ... He opened his eyes,: just as the sub i brought rh the paper fresh off the machine., "Bill," he said, "I've just dreamed,'that we brought out a paper, that- gave".the.'.public what,it wanted. It was a great paperT-rather.different from':this:,:'ln fact, quiteidifferent."