BONHOMIE OF A BONIFACE

NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 6

BONHOMIE OF A BONIFACE

A MBITION is a lying jade, who, showing mankiri.d.the sugar coating, often ■TV /leaves' the nasty flavors for Experience to unearth. There- are a good many of us whose moral constitutions are apt to "turn" at the bitter tastes of life, whilst others are equipped with, the requisite moral stamina to overcome the difficulties which beset them. When the smiling presence of Francis Eugene McParland was transported from the life-long companionships of rugged West Coasters to the clanging burley of life m the city; of Wellington, he. must have found the rarefied atmosphere and acute struggle somewhat burdensome, and the somewhat selfsufficient city dwellersfa few. leagues removed from the pleasant intimacies of his native area. . ; ■..-.■. •....•. His experiences were much akin to so many more of us, with the difference that — despite the distraction offered by a trite, existence and a steady job as a baker — he took occasional peeps around. the corner, and, having peeped, took advantage of what he saw. - ; Now one knows him as one of Wellington's most hospitable dispensers of joy fluid, irrespective of his attributes as the prince of good fellows. , If anyone were sufficiently captious as to compile a ledger account of "Mac's" foibles, the major entry would concern his almost rabid interest m a private museum, easily the best of itskind m the Southern Seas. Maybe, it is well for the Kingsford. Smith confederation that Frank has no.t sufficient room to house the '^Southern Cross," otherwise there might now be a hue and cry for a missing aeroplane. . Anyhow, here's luck, Frank!