CURRENT TOPICS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10852, 29 April 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

CURRENT TOPICS.

[By thk Man ix the Street.] The Elections. The elections are over and all is peace and tr<mquility again. Not that there was much excitement at Thames, where they take their municipal pleasures rather sadly. At Waihi there was skin and hair flying—and by way the Miners Union Candidates went down for the full ten seconds At Auckland the Harbour Board elections completely overshadowed the municipal contest, and the return of Uradney at the top of the poll, and the defeat of tho Napoleonic Napier, wure the principal features of a stirring struggle. Picture Shows. Of all the men who are fast becoming millionaires us owners of picture shows, pr'olbaibily not one in twenty knows tlie little fact, on which his prosperity depends. Tin's is called the persistence of vision. If you light a .stick at one emdi and then twirl it rapidly 'around, you will seia a continuous circle of light. Of course, the .glowing! end of the stick is only at one point, at any instant of time. There is really no circle, but the .'sensations of light, recteivted iby thef eye from the different points last while ths sitieik makes, the whole revolution, and this creates the impression o a complete ciii'cle of light. Tho picture s-liiows depend for their eodstencte on this little fact. Ac everyone knows, a; number of photographs of moving pictures ore taken rapidly. Each. looked' at alone, sholwia an object at rest. But when they are 'flashed on tho .screen in rapid succession the. imag's of one remains in the eye until the next appears, and. so we think we are all •the time looking at one figiurcwhen in reality we sco from twenty-five t«> fifty different figuiros in a second. Fourth Estate. "The Fourth Estate" isi— ahem !— the Press. Theoretically the railin consisits of threia ewtates—"Lords, Clergy, and Commons" ; hut in. 1 7 Eidinunti Bui'ket aaid in the Commons that there was in the Hcpoiter.sf Gallery an estate more powerful thr.r any of these. Thenceforth the Press b'acnme knx>wn as the Fouirth 'Eutatc. Hobbled I Twang 1 the lyre and let the Punga Flat poiet lift his dultfet vtoice on the ambient air thus: Lovely lady, aa you wobble In your n«w kneo'ba.nded skirt, E'en as) if you wtorp ai hobble, Does it hurt? Does it never maik.e you worry, Never cramp or hamper you? What, when you are in a hurry, D)o you! do? Gentle lady, when you wear 1 it Where you have to! jump or slide, Do you never long 1, to tear it Up the side? Often havto I wondiered whether, . If it were the latest fad To bind women's feet together, You'd be. glad! If Daniel Fashion some day stated That two legs was not goodi style, Would you. hare one amputated For a while? Pretty lady, you're a blessing! To mankind 1, upon my word : But you halvje a way of dressing! That's absurd ! Not Bad! An advertisement on a tram ticket from Auckland is published a.s a curiosity by the London- Daily Newsi. On 01:0 side- of the' ticket is the ticwmpaavy's official intimation; on the advertisement sidff of it appears the followingl:— WHY MDE ON TRAMS*' A good bicycla ensures health, and gives the necessary exercise. t>__i^ , m d O—-, Ltd., Auckland's Best House! for Bicycles. "This casue of the advertiser openly Watt-ing) against' the traffic) manager must surely bei unique," comments the D:'.ily NVjw1 * Guessed Right. "It's itf curious fanst," .said a Thames young gentleman who prided himself upon his resemblance to> Lordl Kitchener, "that I myself am . ■frequently mistaken fw *>'»« of tne uiosb ■llotcxl personalities of tlus day. Can yon guessi?" Iso; they couldn't. "L-'t me sele if I can assist you," he resumed. "First, his fame is in everyone's mouth, and hi* name has v handlet attached to it. He is rarely up&t—an all-round sort jf num. "Wait a; bit,'' exclaimed one younglady, excitedly, "handle—everyone's mouth. Hurrah, I've got it! \^% why, of ooxii-se, you do look a nv.ig.