SECOND PRIZE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1920, Page 4 (Supplement)

SECOND PRIZE.

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cloth" credit for much more than jovial inclinations. Thus it is satirically remarked that "What was food the friar never loved"; and herein he resembled a certain "Grey Friar"— "After supper of heaven I dream, But that is fat pullet and clotted cream; Myself by denial I mortify With a dainty bit of a Warden pie."

The reasoning of the good man, by which he seeks to justify his ways, is perhaps more ingenious and sophistical than it is convincing. "And why I'm so plump the reason I'll tell: Who leads a good life is bound to live well." However, so long as we are true and clean in our fun, whether we be folk of tho pulpit or the pew, the pathway of mirth will cast no mire on us. The golden word is "moderation". "Better a wee "fire to warm us than a muckle fire to burn us" is shrewdly said north of the Tweed. The English saying, though different*ain form, means the same thing: "LitTle sticks kindle a fire, but great ones put it out," "Too much is stark naught." If we are wise we shall not carry things too far; otherwise there is no telling the consequences. It is surprising how big a fool the smallest man can make of himself if he lets himself go. When a man drinks his head off there is no knowing where his legs will carry him. "When the wine is in the wit is out""

"When weary wi' eatin' and drinkin' We'll rise up and dance.till we dee." This marks a fool's stage of merriment. For Christmas, as for all time, the rule is this: "Let your moderation be known unto all men," And so, gentle reader, fare ye well.