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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 30, 19 January 1940, Page 6

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te radio stations in Germany opened one Droadcast with: There is a grave shortage of tailors in Germany. It is reported that General Goering is designing a new uniform. * * * ANTENAZIS in Godesburg, says a Belgian newspaper, suggested that if Hitler is anxious to find the 10,000 Saarlanders who are said to be "lost" owing to the chaotic German evacuation plans, he should ask General Goering to " step aside for a moment" em that he can see what is going on. * * * SECOND thought from Nicholas Bentley’s "Second Thoughts ": How many revs a minute Would Ruskin turn in his grave It he saw the exhibition That Salvador Dali gave? 1 % * THs, in case you wouldn’t have thought so, is a true story. Two gentlemen were chatting in a city office. The wireless was turned on, and sweet strains came from it. One gentleman said to the other: "I believe that’s Haydn." Said the typiste, brightly: "'That’s right. ‘ Sweetie, where are you hidin’?" * * * AXI driver: I'll have a job finding the other sixpence change for you. Scot: Ah, weel, the nicht’s young. % * * "THE person who minces his words runs the risk of being misunderstood." In fact, he may make a hash of things. : os * * A N infantry battalion recently received a ration of dog-biscuits by mistake. The regimental sergeant-major’s bark must have been worth hearing. % * * [7 is reported from Berlin that Hitler’s favourite astrologer, Emma Ebertin, supposed to be the only person who knows the exact date of his birth, has vanished. German cynics suggest that the reason for her sudden disappearance is that she also knows the ‘exact date of his death and that Hitler has sent her on ahead to explain his policy of "peace with honour." They add that the reason why the Fuehrer has not already absorbed Heaven into the Reich is because there are certain "non-Aryan" elements to eliminate first. B * AN Austrian the other day applied for a job in the French Civil Service. " But are you a foreigner?" asked the examiner. "Oh, no," replied the Austrian, "T’m an Antihitlerian," ;