POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1937, Page 8

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

Bt Percy Fiage. Kemal • Ataturk warns the Powers to' keep their hands off the Balkan Pact States. Attaboy/ • • • Pity that such a thoroughgoing Englishman like Stanley Baldwin could not have stayed a little longer. » » «• Comments Thomas Mann, a great German writer: We sons of an earlier age have seen the world change from snug comfort into shabby heroism. • » • It is said that homework is a power* ful instrument for training the intellV gence, but the trouble is that most parents think they are intelligent enough, anyhow.- •. ■ ■ • • • THE DEVASTATING APOSTROPHE. Extract frbm a recent (letter:—"Th# owner milks four cows, which are hii brothers." They'd be his sisters, wouldn't they? ' HORIRI. •' • • CORONATION TIT-BIT. Good wishes for yourself and Col. ■ and here's a Coronation yarn:— The tailor in the business.street ot a small town advertised: "With everysuit we give another suit—of pyjamas."* The florist advertised: "With, every; plant we give the Earth." The fishmonger put up: "We supplyj the King with fish." , ■ So the greengrocer countered witlii "God Save the King." G.F.P. Lower Hutt. ' : . » • • PROBLEM. ' . l Dear Flage,—l have a little maths, problem for you: 8 + 4 + 7 + 3 X 0., I maintain the answer is 0, but the boys' say it is 22 and "prove" it thus: If I had £8 and was given £4, £8, and| £3, and then multiplied the total'by| 0 I would still have £22. Can y«H help me? , ■ ■ ■•■-."■..■ ; . • DIN. i. Roseneath. . ■ ' You are right. The "proof" of tlwj lads is merely a quibble.—Q.E.D. •'•'■"' ' A THOUGHT. The gaiety of flowers sweet That blossom, wind-blown, at our fee*, Soybrightly nodding, as we bend To catch the fragrance that they lend Does seem to say, 'though other storn» Should sweep o'er us and threatert harm; : So grieving us and} bringing fears, Itf too, will pass—that through ou« tears Twere'best to smile. Like they, must ■ we ' .■'.■.', v Hold up our. heads and gladsome be. With drops—that sparkle, in the sun—i From passing rain, upon each one,This thought, they would convey to us, Did we but listen as we pass. F.E.M—S, Lower Hutt. •■ ■■ . • • TIGERS FOR LUCK. Not being superstitious, I walked under a ladder yesterday in Willis Street (writes M.M.T.)., Which reminds me: Did you know that most everything to do with a tiger seems to1 be lucky in one way or another? IS you happen to be the woman who has shot it pnat is considered the luckiest part of' all; cat least by one's more candid friends and others that you can. persuade to believe you. When tha animal1, is being skinned all the beat- . ers crowd round with small bottles in. which to take home some of the fat. On inquiry I found that this fat, v with which the tiger is well endowed, is considered to be an infallible cure for rheumatism. Although none of them, would ever think of using it they are. quite certain that if everything elsa failed it would act like magic, meanwhile it is "lucky" to keep it by them. The bullets are dug out of the carcass and ground up into powd#r as a cure for weak eyesight. The method ol application, however, I was unable t« discover. The claws are made into necklaces and worn for "luck," also the teeth if the skull is unwanted. I discovered the "khitmagar" laboriously threading chunks of meat about three inches square with a needle and. cotton, for drying purposes. Thes« were to be used on children's chests as a prevention for coughs and colds, ,also to act as, a "lucky" charm against spirits and suchlike "bogies" of the forest. *■* , * STARVED. Rats lived happily in, cages When the diet scheme was good; Sulked, or flew into sad rages, Given ill-selected, food. / When a rat to his boon fellow t Snarled: "Get out, you nasty brutel" He, to make his temper mellow, But required more eggs and fruit We, caged up in crowded houses, In apartments and in flats, Need, to cure our various grouses, Better feeding, even than rats. Tempting bread, all brown and crusty. Milk, and cream, and fresh whita . cheese; , ■ Salads crisp, from dealer trusty— Who will help us pay for these? Eggs and oranges—good gracious! By the way that things have gone. These, in some museum spacious, Shall be, kept.and gazed upon. .•• . • POSTED . .*. MISSING. "Precautionary."—Thanks for tha suggestion; it has possibilities. H.A. (Palmerston North).—You have us pipped. But there is no newspaper (nor man) who is infallible; we smugly shelter behind that old gag.' R.D.—"What is the Quaternary Theorem?" That's a fine prescription for a lashing headache. Still, we'll see what can r _be done. L.D.A.—(I) That article has gone to the printer. (2)' Bookie-defying scheme rather long for CoL/8. (3), Error due to our simple faith in a contemporary. Still, we would rather, for a change, slip entertainingly than be meticulously correct in a dull factual way. "San Francisco."—Missed by a whisker. Appreciate your kindly reference. • - "J.W."—Not one df your 100 per centers. "Constant Reader" (Lower Hutt).— Hope to use one of those. Felicitations > reciprocated. M.G.W.—Thanks for those verses. They will appear .tomorrow. "Scotty" (Hataitai).—We shall find out for you. "Jennie Wren." —Have patience, dear lady. We have so many inquiries nowadays that they have to be dealt with in strict rotation. . "Winny Wobbleworse." —Like that Twickenham spasm. And to you— salutations.L.B.W.—Almost, but not quite. K.T.—lf you pronounced "Marama" like that you would have 2YA's chief announcer down on you reproachfully. "Übique."—But "obi"—"kobe"? "W. Ellington."—Second one's merit damaged by the attempted "banana""Yokohama" rhyme. "John Peel." —We don't Kenya—if you'll pardon such wicked persiflage. D. M. Leary.—(l) Yes; that's our non-, professional name, and what about ill (.2) No; not at any price.