POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 12

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY FLAGE

A southern paper gave the Labour slogan of "Back to Seddon" as-'-Sacks, to Sfeddon." That's nearer the mark. •'"■■♦ ■ • • ,-■■■'.: .'■' Quenching the conflagration that 1 threatened all Europe has left the Czechs still burning with indignation. When second-raters like Hopman and Schwartz can beat Budge and Mako, you- may guess that there waa ; some racqueteering at work. * * ' ■-. ♦'■. . • :■ Hitler thanks the Almighty for Hia past blessings and prays for similar . blessings in the future. Another example of Heaven helping those who help themselves? * ♦' * ' Duff-Cooper: "When I heard Mr, Chamberlain say that he brought peaca with honour, I felt Ijnely and isolated." Sounds like the egregious Beverley Nichols in his most unctuous mood. &* * v MIXED METAPHOR, "Here's one for your lively column," •phoned D.D. last evening. "Maybe it will stir the minds of others to dig up similar examples," A young candidate, speaking of the "car of progress,". rose to a great height of eloquence, as he; exclaimed: •'I can see it floating befoi^e my gaze. It is rolling along in stately majesty, sv/eeping aside all obstacles with its powerful right arm, and touching th« stars with its soaring pinions." * «■ • BOUTS BIMES. - Dear Percy Flage,-—Saturday's Bouts) Rimes intrigued me,, and led to the composition of a verse which, I may add, for the benefit of those of your readers who are musically* (or belligerently) inclined, may be sung to the tune of "I'll Tread on the Tail of Your Coat." Here goes, then— A downy old bird is our 'Neville: His fame now resounds to the stars, - He hates bloody war like the devil, i So he's given some checks to Herr Mars. 'Twas last Thursday he ended the tension, And there's little now left to perplex; So let's hope there'll be no more dissension, ■ And we'll wish all. good luck to th« Czechs! , EFFVEE. EFFVEE picked the double by du«* ' ing out the brain-teaser also. Success to you, Neville;. We thank our lucky stars / You have baited the devil Who should be back on Mars. , There is left some tension, And you it will perplex Of how to cease dissension Among the loyal Czechs. MILMAY. * * * .INTIMATIONS. "Knickerbocker."—Only narrowly escaped print. L.D. (not L.D.A.)-—Yo»r play upon words was anticipated by several others. • ■ ; L.H.J. tit looks like that).~Yes; ♦'statute for -"statue" was ttot so'.ctever. No Name.— Scarcely enough, point,in. that A.S.R.S.. resolution, though ; you made the most of it. « - •" "Chimpanzee." Unfortunately for? your quip those guerrillas were not spelt "gorillas," • • "Bred and Born N. Zedder."—Verses made up on the spur of the moment send Pegasus running amuck. =■ D.Me—Your creditable effort fades out too solemnly. . ... Endy Brown,—rAn improvement, but that second verse holds it up. • : Caliban.—You're a tough citizen, you are. . r - •' ■ Jeanette (Palmerston North).—Sorry, but we overlooked it. We'll write you personally. • . \. . "Billabong."—Too much mud in that . political lagoon, [ ♦ •-'•"■. ; CRAZY WORLD- ! Dear Flage.—The following line* seem very appropriate in these days, • of strife. They appeared in the "Child- . ren's Newspaper" some.years ago, and. are, I believe, by Harold Begbie:— . There's hate enough in this foolish, ' world To blow up a planet twice the size. 1 Talk of- gases caged in earth, . ■ And lightning locked in the Jeaderf ■ sic IC3 ' * * . why, it's nothing at all to the murderous hate "-. . ' • That boils in the heart of Christian man, Whose Master died on the Cross os Shame - ITo show that love was & better pl*n. / ' After a war that had shamed the brutes ! We talk of peace in a foaming rage; - We threaten, we shout, we arm to the 1 teeth— ' Then call it bringing the Golden Agel We crown the eagle, we kill the dove,. ' Yet nearly two thousand years ago ! Our Master died for the sake of love. ! Ah, when shall we learn that hearts' of hate ' I Mean war and weeping, mean deatn. and dearth? ! And when shall we learn that the love of God ' • Means brotherly love throughout th« earth? GEMHtt, - Belmont. : P.S.—I committed this to memory at i the age of eleven years, so trust that I none of it has gone astray in the inter- - vening years! Kind regards.--OK » » • ' ■ ; LANDED GENTRY. ( We reproduce this par ("Ente Maritf" : in the "Bulletin") because the sam* . people did their best to screw ftv« guineas out of our denuded purse. May I bring the glad news to all Australians that their birthstains are about to be wiped out by that erudite volume "Burkes Landed Gentry"? The ■ tome stands on most county shelves fa' England—"the supreme authoritative record and reference work of the ancient and distinguished families of the • United Kingdom," its publisher modest- • ly calls his volume in a friendly "per---1 sonal appeal" to me: "Your family .a* " a distinguished Overseas Collateral 1 Branch should not be left out ' of the forthcoming Commonwealth 1 edition of 'Burkes Landed Gentry. ■ , , . May I appeal to you ear- ■ nestly to complete the enclosed, J pedigree form now. . . , May I point - out that this is your last opportunfty 'to secure your copy? Only enough copies are printed to satisfy advance ■ orders," ■ When the noble gent, began to write ; to me some months ago he was P*" 6- • paring a "Coronation" edition, but « copies were just as scarce, his appeal • just as earnest. However, he now has ■ "185 prominent Australian families on ' record." And it appears that to secure my copy it is essential for me to fill in the application form now and enclose five guineas. I wish I had flve ■ guineas.' | We (that is, P.F.) were attacked ! earlier by a genealogical journal, but |it asked no more than a guinea—ft 'yeai-'s subscription.