Kxactly what "the public taste" is in various kinds of amusement and recreation, in dress and manners, in literature and art, has always been a subject of debate as far as details are eoneerned but on broad and general principles tbere is abundance of evidence to show, and world-wide acceptance of belief, that it is unspeakably vulgar (remarks the Wellington Times), llow else can be accounted for the existence of a prosperous garbage-fed press, the wealth of writers of scrofulous novels, and the opulence of music hall directors. How find reason for an immense crowd of people assembling to see Messrs Burns and Squires endeavouring to batter one another into insensibility on Monday at Sydney—unless it be that there is a great public appetite for things that are low and coarse and brutal? Let oui readers consider this affair for a moment, and apply their own moral. Heie are two men, "who represent reversion to a lower type. In California they met to fight a year ago for £2OOO. A few months since they battled together in Paris for an equally large sum. On Tuesday thirteen thousand people paid sums ranging from .-C5 to £1 to see 'them assault 01$* another again. Ana at tlie end of a desperate struggle Mr T. Burns emerges the victor for a third time, anil brings bis total earn ings, after seven years in the l»ody-bat-tering industry to £23,»70. And the excuse for this exhibition of brutality and primal instinct is that it encoura"es the noble art of self-defence delusive fustian of the sort one bears about race meetings being held to improve the stamina of horses. It is useless to be censorious, though, in these matters, and to hold up the hands in pious horror. These are "the things the people want"—the things they gloat over, read, wrangle and argue about, in short, that are the salt ol '''when a man is in want of a new suit he naturally turns to the shop wherein is to be found the j?rrat>',t selection. That is ait "The From the modest "knock-about suit, a> 25s to the smart, stylish "just-as-youf-tailor-would-make-it" suit at bos mis firm's splendid variety embraces al. thai h good and tat in ready-to-wcai clothing. If you're not a customer fu "Tlu* Melbourne," speedily ln-come one. It will to your advantage— Advt.
TTQUITABIjE BUILOING SOCIETY U OF NEW PLYMOUTH. No. 1 CROUP. Two Appropriations of £l5O eaca will 1)0 disposed of by Tender and Two Appropriations of £l5O ea.eli will It-' ■balloted for ill the Town Hall at 7.30 o'clock THIS EVENING. No. 2 GROW. Two Appropriations of £l5O each jvi'l lie disposed of by Tender and Two Appropriations of £l5O eaeli will Ik- balloted for in the Town Hull THIS EVENING, at 7.30 o'clock. 11. STOCKER, Secretary. LAMB! IAMB! TAMB! XjtfRST Lamb of Uie season at Sole -I Urns.' on Saturday. Order early to avoid disappointment-. SOLE BROS., Butchers, Hevon-strcct.
yOUR tIAKDEX REQUIRES YATES' SEEDS If you desire RELIABLE CHOPS JJuy from the NEW PLYMOUTH AG KXT, J. WHITAKER DEVON STREET. Next Criterion Hotel. 'Pliouc 111,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 212, 28 August 1908, Page 3
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