APPROPRIATE JUST NOW.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2372, 30 January 1915, Page 2

APPROPRIATE JUST NOW.

The following verses from ( Tnneb" of November 4, 1914, were reproduced, on leaflets and posters in London, and distributed' all over the country. In view of a good deal of trouble • in our own county now they will be interesting TO A FALSE PATRIOT. He came, obedient to the call; He might have shirked like half his mat-es, Who, while their comrades fight and fall, Still go to swell the football gates. And you, a patriot ,in your prime, You waved .a flag above his head, And hoped he'd have a high old time, And slapped him on the hack and said: . "You'll show- 'em what wo British "Give, ns your hand, old pal, to shake" ; And took liim round from bar to bar, And made-him drunk—for England's sake. That's how you helped him. Yesterday Clear-eyed and earnest, keen' and hard, He held himself the soldier's way— And now they've got him under guard. That doesn't hurt you; you're all right; • • , Your easy conscience takes noblame; ' . But he, poor boy, with morning's light, He eats his heart out, siok with shame. Y/hat's that to you? Yoru- understand Nothing of all_ his bitter pain; You have no -regiment to brand; You havo no uniform to stain. No vow of service to abuse, No pledge to King and Country due; But he had something dear to lose— And he has lost it—thanks to you. At Caulfield House are: Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson, formerly of ■Marten; the Misses- Rutherford (Kekeranga); Mrs. and Miss Bolton (Christchurch); Mrs. and Master Baumer (Auckland). Mrs. Siiisted, of Wanganui, is staying at the Royal Oak for a few days. Miss Longford has returned from a holiday trip. Dr. and Miss Barrington left for Sydney yesterday. Mrs. J. Blundell has left on a short trip to New Plymouth. Miss M'Mahon, of Riwaka, leaves tomorrow for Pictoh. Mr. and, Mfs;. Hector'. Speedy, of Takapau, are in'''Wellington.' • ' Miss Richardson, who has been the guest of Mrs. Matthew Holme's,'.return-, ed on Thursday to Christchurch. For Face Massage, Shampooing, all Hair •Treatments, and Electrolysis. Mrs. Rollestens's ie recommended. Spacious Private. Rooms. Qualified Assistants, and Personal Attentiou. Switches and Transformations of every shade a speciality. Hair guaranteed to keep its colour. 256 Lambtoß 1 yuay.* |