THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE.

A BIRD'§-EYE YIEW.

(Bi M.C.K.)

. possible;, disappointment,. carrying-, excursion . tickets B'vjwould; do well to sec that they-board p'- : ,the right",trains.-'-'''' This, from a "local kand general," is a very useful-tip'for r,.;-;,thtf holidays.' - JJow often it .happens [, that; intending to go .to Khandaljah, M thereckless tripper boards ; the train for Pctone, and; finds' that Petone is tho jplace he gets to. ;; Indeed, it is more. that'" if [ ■ you board' the wtang train you will not p s achieve' such .good results as if you • "hoarded tho right one., - It was.an. excel- - lent idea ■to point out the'Jpossibility ■ that if. you go to tho ypujdid'not want to go to you'mayVbeViisappoint- '■ ; '■-■Another good' 'tip nsj- this";; -To avoid ..possible disappointment;* 'passcn- . sors would do well to :seo that."thcj\ '. don't ; tako a train . anywhere -'for. tho .' Those . who contemplate water-journoys should-, ho/.very careful, • if they wish not to bo; disappointed, to j -v.road the name of the boat before clinib- | -iug oil.; board.: . It- is quite a mistake jl j. t 0 suppose that if you 1 sail by the |;4 steamer, for Sydney you are certain to k-' ho in :; Lytteltou . next morning! . An- | • .'.other, point that it will .be helpful to f . - .remember during the holiday relates io f fcwggage... ..To make quite /certain'that [,; J°u will have change's of- clothes,' there briiiging. your.: luggage! i^f- you-leave it; behind,- tho chances, aro - yon; will be unablo to borrow; anya collar; .'on;, board. "- ' And [M% s ® -who have tried to assert"that a I' -~i»liar js'.a-.very, poor,'jsubstitutelfpr. a; 'not' to . things.;-. Finally,it ~may: . be •; worth ' while—especially in: vicw : of the v*r^®|® s sness and optimism of the 'public this .time—to point out' that if .you are ' standing. in tho -street it is best not jtft stand' between ■ the; tramway rails;' ■ It happens,.'of;coiirse, that tho car. obligingly gets off the rails and makes' jarlittlef detour, so . as not to inconveni-nee-you. : But you-never.can be quite' (Euro; and the best way, after-all, 'of ! |ayoidin'g; ; jK)ssihle disappointment .is - to, Iplace-no.r.trust: in .any tramcar-'s' manfners. " ',- .0' i-v'.-

. f 'Jlif retiring -president, a .Mr. : ' P; Uparihon, ; made an "-unusualspeephV ar R'tho conference of tho -Generaliliabpur- ,^ n ' on - ; ■ I' l tho "course" "ofV'iJ; ".'lio "Wb 'develop . erratic fiotions -hero withoutcmbarrassingou'r--I'.-, selves with Australian idiosyncrasies, aro lectured too much. :on;,-thing3 .ty. . blatant'-."demagogues. 4't an erroneous -impression |;that the .mobile Australian-has,: amYe^' ;■' perfection in - politics,; wliile.he is only lyashed' up to the crest of tho wave | liat; may recede at any time. - It looks ,:»ght ..ait; a distance,; butj-liko , -tho - laystery. that Psyche, solved,- with rely l an! V Proserpine's beauty, when one it .is^ : mostly; ; )ou would he- amused as well- as V.tonndcd wero .tou to know some of tho .-kcep spme^'.unionists tilting •'.•at the secretary. ' Ho. cannot .wear • a hat 'but. that it; is, construed into ostentation.. •-. .His (position\ is /regained, as a s6rt of iiabobship oii ■ .. sinall scale. ', Ho 'noeds ' be i a KSW lß propensity -for ■paiadin" t his humility.":'; On-behalf of;,the workjr.e 'cart is sick ter sec- tho war our 'u-ijj-'as fersook - r ■'* *-'•> ■["._ method' 'fcr tha 1 ' - t. ' H .T'cb of the book; '. ?;•;... ■ : Naders'•'oratory: was.'a, /flood ,6f i... • boihn .. pitch, '. . . aln' stirrin'i fer «•' . - f 1 ? 0 r ', C! °iis-hid'.e rich; '- ■ '• ' i" ' ''-' try.tor rouse hcmotiOTS - : J,.\. of classy notions called ; Prosperino an' a party :, -~ -.",,lniown as Psyche. ' , ' '- " i-

Prosperino? 'Ow as Psycho .• the causc , • > ■■. -. flght' ter crush, vile Mammon'W ; ' y. ls^crocl ; despotic laws?,, . ./';» ;wuclcer.. '00V familiar -with the 'erbes - ; • WQttests : y<jr,. Mister Shaiming/:fer ter away!, v*o : : T en asfe y« r straight: .."Just Vi,.vv- w'ere as • • • ■ •/.*. jj.'-old_pal of yours,;' Lazarus, 4 -" ■' £iV-r*?5L . a " er ?? t^n *' .'Vea I'Te.only 'eard-'is [vV-f.; V terday?" : c-; .••. an ' wary .wucker. I expected fef ;-.; • t«r see ..' . ' ; - \\' .ViV-:"-M,^#;this^ 'ighhartistic chat wouid 'ife: thd Mi*-: v; ; pi'elood:to.'a plea. ■ • . '• i- . • J?c: tie;'igher life an'- trimmin's fer. the- : leidcrg in cause—. . . - X espected it, I did; there, j •-• it was; ' ' . ' , ■ friend.' Shunning,': pauses an f ' ponder • V' -; i v-, - ;'- .. .--- = Ere cdniihoom' "ter' wander > '<-: >7 thc : narrer P«h of, Labour inter f,,;;..*. Mammon's, garding—Pausel K:!:®kem,.i<rag 'ard h'adje'tiYcs yer um, 'them-y.i.ir-w ;orittorious: flowers,' fctPenogp; the /bloke: 'oo'd lead us .hon- ter ho were. v S•• '•) Sliahiiing, take me tip them K -graces eor •' > .'N. | : ;' : ti®J«l'^^ r ;'Psyche,,a n '''Prospejino' an' yer an' glitterin' show-' y:':-V ain't yer Mister ':Dealtin • -But :the: bloke .'dose style of' sjieakui'.: flfc&BPPif** with too moleskins wot can set, 'me. 'eart a-glow. "■ :- : 'f-,.v

.is lioiy often that the Emperor of fe: .Germany condescends to have anything S'f 1 ?, unless".he. can j 'set it,, ;It is. because he is - - aging, and losing - his old dash,.' that Ghristmas by playing -at f tlisguis-es. He; chose to. appear as a jrV ; huntsman; according to; the cable ; agent, , who adds that ho strolled about - Potsdam - presenting - money - to - people. tWas good; but not so good'as Hr. - . Lloyd-Georgo's clever notion ;of dis- !>:;•' guising;: himself as , a; statesman and Jf;; : going ' iibout" making l '' speeches. Wo havo riot been' told the choice that Roosevelt;made, but it is p'ract'ic-. j.j' ally, .certain'-. that he- disguised 'himself as a'.moral _force' and-': announced ..that overybody;:ps a-liar who opposed liim. ; Sir■ Joseph^Ward's was, wo still think, ; tho; happiest hit: of all.; He disguised .;. himself 'as a financier, it will be rej;/: membered, and. 'borrowed, five million's • • in London. Reliable information from I;.. ; "London is ,to: the : that 'the Loni //don mbney-lehdersi.cbrisMer Sir Joseph's trHmitatipnwas ;so good that they were K' l : disposed'to. act as if lie really -. . were a financier.

; :"Well, Jawn,'-' said ■, Mr. Dooley, | looking .lip from, the' paper on Tuesday ;Vv"morning r "I thought ye'd be; .round', f'r, as I wuz just sayin' t' mesilf, 'I|:Vi; don't;seo Binnissy's name •amongst tlx' [■ merry c'elebrathors iv ; th' glad an' fesKtive day'." v' : - sk . "Did. yo enjoy . Christmas ?" asked ! ■ Mr. Hennessy., >' v . ; ' ; V,. . . 'T don't - think bo, . Jawn, •' till I . sec tho. paper, an' I've ! ' Teelised I had a gran' time; I'm still. alive. . When I .opened th' paper to-, i. day, I thought I'd got 'hold iv th' i latcs'.bulletin iv th' Ondhertakers an'' f: Embalmers! Association, or an cxtlirac' ;' ; w;fr'm'th' hist'ry iv th' decline, an' fall f;;-.iv : th' human race.. The paper as a t. fv. whole, ! cimittin' th' ads an' th' serr- | mons ' upon th' rejuvenatin' an' kind-

ly ;infloonce iv.. tli'.season, wuz a .ray-, port of a. gran' univerrsal exposition iv tli' various achievements of man in tli' industhr'y iv. slaughter. Tli' exhibition- wuz marrvellously complete, an' wuz a'triump' 'iv orrganisation, f'r there'wuz not a single fam'ly onreprescntcd at ..th' . pageant. -There , wero omissions, iv coorse; no wan seems t' have thought iv tli' reliable old motliod iv.- bein' c'hpkcd with a cough < drop,. Personally,, Jawn, I don't aspiro .t' bo ■ annythin'' but a spectator; but I see now that while I thought I wuz doin'. nothin' more difficult than diges- ' tin' th' Christmas dinner I wuz really savin' mo life in a. mirac'lous manner. I woudhor how manny iv us is ' lef' aftlier ■ this rherry. ould , Christmas. Enough, I suppose, to forrm a club' with." , j' "What's, th' club f'r?" asked Mr. Hennessy. , < "WeU, r thought ,'twud b<P a good f thing ' f'r' th' 'survivors iv tli':; merry; Christmas t', amalgamate into' 'an International Club f'r avoiding a Happy ■Now/Year.- Wo -stud all go carefully t' bed. on Saturdah afternoon,.turrn out th' gas, lock th' dures an' stay hid with a_ can iv beer an' a pie. or so till afther. tli'. holidays. Otherwise, a Happy Now Year will about wipe'out tlie human racp, and a Glad,' Easter, if it's as thur'ly glad as Christmas wuz merry. Will' mop ,up tli' sthragglers. Jawn,'"l;-wish ye-th' best iv luck an' a gloomy New Year.". ,