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■WORTH WHILE PROHIBITION
liQNDON, April 1
You can lead a; man to the soda can’t make him drink according to 1 the theory of the Rev. Albert''Leg (Recorder of the King’s Archives, and the author of many books),, and that, perhaps, is the reason prohibition is not always a- success. Hus plan is that prohibitionists ishoulcl put their heads together and devise a non-alcoholic beverage with all the refreshing powers of beer, all the kick of whisky,'all the sweetness of old wine, and all the sparkle of champagne. Then, and then only, would prohibition be worth while.
“We really do not deserve prohibition because/we have not learnt to make a decent teetotal drink,” he said in an address to the Independent Order of flood Templars. “I should be glad to know of a good teetotal drink rather than half a-dozen on which one can ring "the changes.”
SLUR ON DENTISTS
BUDAPEST, April 1
Tim Appeal Court has decided the action of the Hungarian Federation of profession, the federation instituted prowright, Ladislaus Fodar. In Fodor s latest play a character is referred to as having sunk very low. He had not taken to dfink; but, worse, had become a dentist. * ~
Considering this a reflection on the profession,' (the federation proceedings. Fodor was ,fines, but, subsequently was acquitted. The federation carried 1 the tasri to the Appeal Court, which ruled that “an exaggerated professional susceptibility should not he permitted to stand in the wav of literary, freedom.
ORANGES a'ND LBaM'QNS.
LONDON,, April 1
Children filled the el'vjirch, ,at the famous, Oranges and Lemons service at St. Clement Danes,, and .there was no 200 m dor ‘adults. Everv child received an orange and a lemon. An Australian flag was hung over-the pulpit.- The Bishop of B'allarat (Dr. Crick)- who preached'the sermon, said that the oranges' were'a gift' from California. Small Danish'children stood in the archway distributing the fruit as the children, filed out, hut . the youngsters were more interested in the movie camera •' men’’ whp*’ avfe're photographing them. ■
LONDON WAITER
y. ' ' i,QJ?PON, ,April. 1. ,
Miss Chave'. Cplhjsson, an Australian woman, who is secretary of the British Commonwealth League, related to a “Sydney Sun” representative her own experiences in regard to the ban on unescorted, women- West End restaiirahth at night.
After n late night at the office she went to a popular all-night cafe in the Strand ( where a commissionaire .in the doorway promptly,, stopped" her saying: “You.yan’.t enter..” Asked why,, the reply was:. “That they did not allow, unesqo-ted women to enter at.night.” “li.a'm.hungry, I qan pay, and I am going; tin,” Miss Collision rejoined 1* Suiting ’ her action to her words, she sat at : a table whereupon'a waiter came up and asked: “What for you dearie?” There ‘ followed a ’’heated verbal scene, from which the waitet emerged vanquished. ’and' Miss' Collision ate.
“Jf ft hadn’t beep so hungry and so upset by their stupid insinuations,” h.'ti said, “I wouldn’t have insisted.”
VISION OF ST. PAUL'S DOME
LONDON, April 1
A vision of St. Paul’s dome, thick with loving couples . like a pigeonloft, if gliding becomes popular., was the prophecy of the famous ..inventor Thomas, Edison, according to Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation addressing the inaugural meeting of the British Gliding Association in London. :: •'< ■ k. :
Sir/efton-himself was'of the opinion that gliding would be an' excellent education for aviators, arid predicted the time was not distant when it would he possible to reach London from Edinburgh in a motorless glider. “Then there will a great rush of Scotsmen to London,” he said.
Sir Sqfton. Brancker announced that Lord'Wakefield, .tlie oil magnate, had donated the association £IOOO.
CUT AT AUSTRALIA HOUSE
. : LONDON, April 1. “Upless there are special reasons such as urgency, for hiring taxis for official journey’s officers are expected to use buses and the tubes,” reads a notice signed by the official secretary at Australia- House -(Mr Trumble), prominently displayed at Australia House. The ; iloticG< directs attention to the amounts expended in casual taxi rides and concludes: “The position calls for special review at the present time.’
PROFESSOR’S VIEWS
LONDON, April 1
“If,"would he a sight to stir Edinburgh’jo the depths if you all bounded bare-legged down Princes Street in a glad throng instead of sitting hero wasting time listening to me.” Tn those words Professor Lelan addressed', a group of Edinburgh business men rin" “Common Sense and Clothing.” “T admit ; that I’m a gross moral onward/.’, the professor said, “otherwise J’d appear before you in a roll collar
open-necked shirt, shorts so short as to be inconsiderable, white socks and tennis shoes. But were 1 to appear thus arayed, Princes Street would bo the centre of a nexcited crowd.”
PILOT WHO LOST HIS BEARINGS
LONDON, April 1
After a blameless life, Edgar Saveli a North Sea pilot, allegedly got drunk and was found aground in the roadway almost under a motor bus. A policeman gave evidence that Saveli then said his age was 6-5. He gave his age as 97. The magistrate expressed the opinion that it must be a record to make a first appearance in a Police Cortrt when 97. He dismissed the charge under the Probation Act, and warned Saveli to bo more careful. . >
MILLIONS FOR AUSTRALIA
LONDON, April 1
“Surely there Is less 'chance of Ipsing on £30,000,000 credit to Australia than £3,000,1000 to/' Russia. Why should Britain assist confirmed enemies and refuse life-long friends?”
This ertinent query was embodied in a letter to the “Times” by -Sir Henry Deterding, Director-General of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., and director of the Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. He asked if it was not time that Britain “ceased chasing bankrupts with credit offers whom they cannot force to pay in cash ,and started offering large credits to their own folks, and friends in Australia.”
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