Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 91, 13 December 1912, Page 1

Heard and Said

That agitation is the soul of human progwa.

That it is impossible to look through biste-ry and place your finger on one reform that was jaot pioneered by agitators.

What the latest trust song is "Ring-a-ring-a-rosey. Hands across the sea, end up and down the middle, and all around the watery globe." fhot it is cabled that a shipping combine is being formed which will embrace the British India Steam .Navigation Co., the Cunard line, Furnoss, Withy and Co., the Peninsula and Oriental Co., and the Royal Mail Bt«am Packet Co.

'hat this shipping ring appears to want even more than the earth. k'hat it's like the girl who gazed on th« rust ocean and said: "How beautiful! Let mc drink it all in." that some of the local bodies are saying to th« Massey Goreruuient: ''Wβ ask«d for bread, and you have given us a itone."

That the "nood" in art is perplexing the authorities in London. That in the tube a picture advertising an art exhibition has been censored and covered up, while the same picture has been allowed on view in all its bareness in Bond street and district.

fliat in Paris, Sydney, and elsewhere, however, they are going further than in London, for they are prohibiting "naked" hatpins in public places. That a Parisian priest sees no reason against the intellectual emancipation of women, but before thinking of such things they should emancipate themS<?l7es from the trammels of fashion. fba() according to the priest, who seems to be the Father Bernard Vaughan of Paris, women "have profaned the work of God, and with the diabolical assistance of the dressmaker, have dived to change the formation which has been given them." That they "make themselves ridiculous by dressing like sultanas, their hats ure A defiance to all sense or reason, and their hobble skirts seem to have been cut by the Evil One to work their destruction."

That the International Sooialists held big demonstrations against the war in London, Paris and Berlin on November 18.

That while Europs is in the melting pot it is heartening to find our brave comrades Rcross the sea working for pence and happiness as against war arid rapine.

That Socialism, the great pacificator, ia the only hope of the world. That a country school teacher was cashing her monthly cheque at the bank. that the teller apologised for the filthy condition, of the notes, saying: "I hope you're not afraid of microbes, miss." That the reply came prompt and pat: "Not a bit of it. I'm sure no microbe could live on my salary." That in America there are now "speed-ing-up" labor masters, who train muscular wage-earners to hoist and ahovel and walk and pitch their load all by a stop-watch.

That this is so that the physical powers shall at every moment be exercised in exactly the right degree to give the best total of work done by the end of the day. That truly the human wage-earner is being looked upon more and more »c

a mere profit-making machine in the land of trusts.

That the popularity of boxing in Sydney is really remarkable. That there were more people at the Stadium on the night of the McCoyKeys fight than at all the theatres (excluding picture shows) in Sydney. That N«w Zealand is a press-ridden country, without question. That there ure 233 daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals in the Dominion. That the waste of good paper and ink represented by this output is "suthiii' horful." That the lies and slanders put into circulation by these "organs of public opinion" are beyond computation. That the great majority of the rags, if they were to cease publication all on a glad, bright day, could be added to the Gilbertian list of those things that never would be missed.