FROM THE WATCH TOWER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 594, 21 February 1929, Page 8

FROM THE WATCH TOWER

By

“THE LOOK-OUT MAN.”

ALL FOR 6 Addressing a conference in Wellington, the president of the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association said that the chemical compounds of a human body could be bought for five shillings. Among the constituents is fat enough to make seven bars of soap, some sugar and iron enough for one nail. Chloe , with her flashing eyes And soft, disarming smile , Has brought to amorous slavery Lorn youths, lacking guile. They sigh each time she looks to them From ’neath a saucy hat, Forgetting all the time, poor dolts, That she is only fat. Ah, yes, there is some sugar too That might induce a hope , But Chloe, sweet and lissome, Is principally soap. The iron that her body has Lies surely in the heart , For she is cavalier and cold When sought in Hymen’s mart. O, scorn the minx who holds you, Your peace she must not rob, For chemically considered, She’s only worth five bob. DOMESTIC DIALOGUES “What will you have tor breakfast, dearest?” said the solicitous wife whose husband had been unleashed for a night. “A gallon of water and some sympathy,” he replied feebly. * * * PLANE V. MOTOR-CYCLE When the Auckland Racing Motor Club holds its meetings at Takapuna next mqnth, there is to be a race between an airplane and the fastest rider of the day. There was a similar contest at Christchurch at a racing carnival held toward the end of the war. The ’plane, an old model, of course, came as low as safety allowed, and roared round one circuit of the course in an attempt to catch a. motor-cycle. The cyclist won easily. * * * ENGLAND’S BEER Tea is said to be New Zealand’s national drink, but there is no doubt about England’s favourite tipple. Mr. Winston Churchill lias announced that a reduction of a penny a pint in the price of beer would cost £26,000,000 a year. By the simple process of multiplying that by 240. it will be found, subject to arithmetical checking that the annual consumption, in pints, is 512,400,000,000. If this is divided by the beer-drinking population the result will show how many pints -a head are consumed in a year. The most convenient answer is—A lot. N.Z. IN THE “ TALKIES ” A New Zealand talking sequence for a Hollywood picture is to be made under the supervision of Miss Bathie Stuart. Miss Stuart’s ability cannot be questioned, but she is going to find it difficult to turn her Hollywood bathing belles into a convincing Maori troupe. With the peculiarities of the movie-tone it is likely that those songs which will be Introduced will, to say the least, most likely sound a little different from the real thing. The “talkie,” by the way, has opened up a new profession at Hollywood. It has been found that some natural sounds do not produce very well, and talented fellows who can make more easily reproduced Imitations of the sounds can command high fees.

& * * af as as % :T< a; & a; a; % as as THE WINNING SEX “WOMEN BEAT CONSTABLE,” says a newspaper heading. A casual glance at history, ancient and contemporary, shows that things have gone pretty much this way for a long time. Eve gained the first decision, and there Is no doubt about Delilah’s victory on points. LISPING FILM STARS It has been found that some voices reproduced in “talkie” films have a lisp. The English humorist, Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, writing to the “Daily Mail,” makes the following helpful suggestion for a scenario: Thir, —I am intenthly interethted in theth new Talking. Movieth, and I theciouthiy think they have a thimply thtupendouth future. I exthpect you know the chanthes of a young writer in thith line better than I do. Could you tell me if they would buy a thenario from me, the thene thet in the Thouth Theath, and the thtory ali about a young man with no roof to hith mouth, who fallth in love with a beautiful girl with the motht awful cold in the head? There ith altho a villain, a beatht of a fellow with adenoidth, who ith known all through the Thouth Theath ath Thlimy Tham. He geth thwallowed by a thark ath the loverth are thailing into the thunthet in a thloop (which ith a thort of thmall thip). It all thoundth very thuitable to me. '