THE PASSING SHOW

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 11 (Supplement)

THE PASSING SHOW

JJITLER philosophy: Never strike a man when he’s down unless you’re able to keep him down. “How does the average house-breaker come to be caught?” asks a writer. He ooesn t—he comes to burgle. Nazism has convinced even the meek that the only earth they will inherit will be thrown over them with a shovel. The music dealer who advertised “Bag pipes and musical instruments” may or may not have had the right idea. Eggs are declared by the Ministry of Food to have a psychological rather than a food value. Now we come to think of it, the fuss which Henrietta Hen makes after producing one does seem to indicate some sort of a superiority complex. Mr Fraser says that only a person who was the slave of the most vivid and distorted imagination would think the Budget showed undue concern for wealthy people. We should say that anyone who thinks the Budget displays deep anxiety about the not-so-wealthy is even deeper in bondage. “The debt system led to the depression from which there emerged people who spat on freedom and spurned the putrescent corpse of liberty.”—Mr J. A. Lee, M.P. We don’t quite understand, but it certainly sounds a dirty piece of work. The vicar was trying to encourage an apprehensive woman parishioner. “Perhaps London won’t be bombed at all,” he said. “What!” she protested indignantly. “After all the expense we’ve been put to!” —Peterborough in London Daily Telegraph. What would be der matter, Hermann? You most downhearted look. Crestfallen indeed I am, mein Fuehrer. I haf no stomach for it. Ach, Hermann, neither haf I. Well do I wish I had myself contented mit der paperhanging. I fear we haf more bitten off than we to masticate are able. Nein, Adolf, you misunderstand. It iss der new medal for which I haf no stomach —der Grand Iron Cross for der glorious French victory. Mein uniform all ofer iss mit medals covered, nndt what an insult it would be to wear it on der back of der pants !

COMMENT AND CRITICISM

(By “Free Lance.”)

The Aga Khan’t. An elephant can carry three tons on its back. On the other hand it pays no taxes. “That lever opens the door very easily,” we said to the bus driver. “It’s nothing remarkable,” he answered. “Haven’t you heard of the long arm of the door?” * * * * The Italians’ anxiety to build the fastest naval vessels in the world is not hard to understand. * * * * It now seems possible that the rest of the world, looking up the name Sydney in its encyclopoedias, will find out about the bridge. The correspondent of the New York Times had to leave the Japanese-owned Broadway Mansions, Hongkew, because of molestations. He had to skip without a scoop. The reporter goes nuts. The annual meeting of the So and So Club was the scene of a pretty wedding recently, when Possibles and Probables played a drawn game. The chairman sent down the first bowl of the season, generously donated by Mr I. Givem. He leaves a family of twenty-six, and was declared an habitual criminal. He said every effort should be made to increase production, on which he was highly complimented by the judge, who commented that freedom of speech should not be mistaken for license. As each child filed past Santa Claus he received injuries to the thigh and concussion and was taken to Hospital, which Peat Wanderers 3-0 after a game but smaller opponent whose science with the gloves made up for his lack of stature. There was no mistaking the visitors’ popularity. Cheer after cheer swept the room, dusted the chairs and polished the floor in two hours and still had time to ring the grocer before lunch, which was attended by Cabinet Ministers and leading industrialists. They declined to comment on the workers’ decision, beyond saying that his client had tried to go straight but drink had been his downfall. It lasted all night and part of next day. Drains were blocked and rivers were well stocked with trout as a result of the policy of Britain in strengthening the Singapore Base, said Mr Jackson, who added that the exhibition would be continued tomorrow afternoon arid tomorrow night. Recruiting could be expected to slow up after the war was over.