WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 90, 11 July 1918, Page 2

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

That is it easy to look wise, but hard to live up to it. That the people who want something for nothing are the first to kick about the quality. That the Matamata Town board is very anxious to have the district constable domiciled in their township. That if they manage to materialise their desire not a few Matamata mothers will be saved from delivering certain lectures during the small hours of the the morning. That the domiciliation of the constable in our midst would be a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well, as the parsons would say. That the power of speech demonstrates that many a man with a deep voice makes decidedly shallow remarks. That cows at Fox Point, Wis., to which the phonograph is played while they are being milked give two quarts a day more than they used to. That in North-West London there is a woman blacksmith who works at the forge with her husband. That it is a sad sight to see the sparks fly between man and wife. That the Irish Times says, “ Wanted immediately, Protestant for cooking.” That probably the advertiser thinks the Orange flavor comes out in the roasted Protestant. That for the benefit of London East-end illiterates, poison bottles now have ’ a label depicting a skull and crossbones and a grave. That this is said to cheer patients when applying “ the lini--ment as before.” That it is usually the man with nothing to do who- can never spare you a moment. That tact is merely the art of saying nothing when there is nothing to be said. That a man is judged by the company he keeps, and the cigars he gives away. That wealth does not necessarily bring happiness; but should it prove disappointing one can always get rid of it. That the reason some people don’t make fools of themselves is because the opportunity is lacking. That the average woman can talk more about a two-guinea hat than the average man can about £2OOO business deals. That he is a fool who cannot be angry ; but he is a wise man who will not. That if the average man and woman had not other people’s business to interfere in the majority of them would die of ennui.