Notes and Comment

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 163, 15 June 1901, Page 2

Notes and Comment

L’he flippant man and the flip woman, like ] FLIP- poor* are all PAS GY. with us. They) each subject a trrives with equal carelessi md in the worst forms of: ■‘disease’’ no subject is "iacreil br ’too "‘solemn to es) heir shafts of light ridit flippancy is very useful ii) iflace, like many other things, the trouble is to control it keep the propensity wii bounds. One of Shakespet characters says ~ All the world’s a stage, The men and women merely pis) True, the trouble is to prop apportion the tragedies and; comedies, so that existence .his mundane -sphere may] neither a life-long tragedy d) screamfng farce. It is to. flippant, the sarcastic, and mildly cynical, as Well as tq wit, that we look for this redd tion. The extremes supply; gloomy element~the necefif antidote to unbridled mirth.

“The tap o’ tha afthernooi ,ye, Kildooi. Wh borough Irish ? ” poLmes. “ Tha Baym <a Manoghue; nawth Irish this wake savin’ t-ha arroi av me Irinds the Book { Dookess. Thim, az His Waal the Mare sez, is ‘kep’ stedily vyoo’ be tha poobho av tha oilafl an’ we needn’t consarn oursil wid thur prisinoe save puttin’' tha chips whin tha show's aw Tha town av Woiraate ml f tidily an, wid' tha ois av| Timarod Harbor Bori list oi prdspberity. Thay’H be ta| away tha surplus cash our wis|

me buyin’ lukshoorios far us, an’ byn-by thay’ll want to dophrive usavdir tabakky an’ grog. Tha divil fly away wid thim an’ thur sxtorshuns.” “Oi beer thur’s a Thraders’ Associashun shfcarted beer. Wiiut’s it fur ? ”

“ That Assoceeashun, Manoghue, is wut me gurrl Joody (who wuz sddicafced so much that she only shpoeks on occushuus to her fahther an’ muther, an’ shcorns tu be seen in to\m widout a rohi av moosic under hue oxter) —uts wot Joody ■calls a ‘ delooshun an’ a snare.’ Profissidly uts formed by tha thraders, furstly ta foorce thimsilves to close on tha days cha Guvment •compils thim to shut up; aicPndly, to predict thimsilves frum tha canvassers fur bayshars, swarrys, an’ disurvin’ charities an’ frum people who pay a five-bob account kin’ expict tha thrader ta showt; an’ thurdly, ta hawltl meetin’s on ta pray far foiue withur t!iut tha havist may be soon awvar >ui’ tha fanners’ll kum v inta town wid tour checks. Lashtly, but not ioeshtly, uts fur ta dephrive yew mi’ mo, Manoghue, av tha saycrid an’ inayliuabi might av gittin’ tick fur tha term av our nacheral loife an’ givin' a bill ta bo collided in tha nixt wurrld. 0, wa-ra, wurra, Mia land’s cumin’ ta a party pass. !) wiily throe months’ tick, Mmoghus, an’ mo wid Joody, nut ti minsbun tha on Id wooman, who’s did nuts an bain’ bitter togged than tha wooman acrost tha way.” “Dye mine ta say that tha Guvinont’s fosthered up tha shopkeepers ta turn round and shting thur paythrous ? ” “ Thut’s ut, me boi; thay’ve bin numbered in tha lap av lucksboory, wid our custum roglar an’ our munny whin we didn’t want it fur ta gaw ta tha consert or tha ■rayces or ta give tha kinchins a thrip. an they complano I Rich ingratitood ! Rut thin, as Joody sez, How sharper than a serpeuiz child it is

Ta hev a thankless tooth, A gr-a-afc girl fur pothry, me bye, :i gra-a-at gur-rl, an’ the tie that lasfit.”

Pity the poor sweep. Not he of the black countenance and sweeps. sooty clothes, but the well

known institution going under the name of “ TattcrsaU's.” Its present home is Tasmania, and a certain section there has evidently littie love for the institution, despite t'ue amount of money it “ brings imo the country.” Probably the TassPs think that too much money gees into George Adams’ pockets—:m i Gays there. In the Federal 5-male a petition was presented from Tasmania in favour of the suppression of Tattorsail’s sweeps, fdr Keating (Tasmania) said that if the sweeps were driven out of Tasmania they would probably go to New Zealand or iloug Kong. Probably to Hong Kong, metaphorically or figuratively, for our or jSent Government wouid shed the last drop of public money to keep the demoralising institution out of this Paradise of the douth. Fancy the people’s Dicky sending over his ten bob, with the chance a winning Toooo or T6OOO. The thing is ridiculous. Besides, we uive no time to agitate for its reoressioa. All cur energies are taken up with the demon der-rink. When we have mastered that foe, you can kick’out gambling, Tassy, but meantime give us fair play. Ano at a time is enough for people not afflicted with gluttony.