NEWS, VIEWS, and OPINIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 30 May 1914, Page 13

NEWS, VIEWS, and OPINIONS.

l^^r:^z:-dZ flw develop*! .he woman, both **?_?* no lon--r :.s important -"-UCior modern invent ion- have f r.i 7^a.i, attire 0 ;; 't1,,-'"'-,','.' that during *#£« sliming, icarly nl, v y m Again, cntinui.l Dr. Schoaffecting to ignore the '''"fJtbc male section of his and,Stroll come to consider the points \_JLb*'. human species from SE wTvou will find that women an extent more marked f m Tor instance, a woman s car to !tJa. than a man's, and so is 'Zt "„. as well as her skin. Nor *E?J< animal whose rtr-t 'fin.er' stilfyt? ■ lh . ~,.„ w jiU most *;2ri _rt»inlv w,rh ail good,laiirisirom to Uie lair s, \ n. o. it uiWitthongh women acted more by S they were gene, •it "Men trust moi c lo tne.r *ft said ".nd they arc often 2? j S for lunatics, they are gu.ded 'S'.bvpme reason." Other supefStfWe. of wom»n enumernted .tv SchoGeld were that she had bet-S,o«-ion than mam and tha she ~ «oH3an. no i>. man - --ade unions in the Cuited Kingdom X end of 1012, so far as know,, to .Board of Trade, numbered 1 l-«, ol =39 were registered uuder the JeUaionAoU. and -.n ; -re not ,o -iitered. Tie unions with a however.'were for the most .„! registered, the average member-hp „j the unregistered unions being only iboat UOO. as compared with nearly 5OB) for the registered unions. 'J he Miter of trade unions shows a rotation of 59, of ■"> per cent, as compared TrithlWL The number ha.- been dechn ioe since 1396 (the maximum year), in tt_equeiirc of amalgamations and ot th&alsorption of smaller unions. The mt#eMhip, on the other hand. ha.-, iftp an almost uninterriiptcd increase. lie.total membership at the end of 1(112 was 3281,003 (a record i. showing an itii_.se of 8.8 per cent over 1011, which itself showed an increase of 2:>.t per cent over 1910. Tlic aggregate membership haa more than don-bled since IH9G. Ii is not possible to say that no woman was ever without her knowledge firen a drag hypodermically which pro-Med'uncoiiscioi-.nit.s 1.-ays the "loui-e-l of the American Medical .Association"). It can, however, be said very ; positively that there is no drug known ] lo scientific men which could be ndmini-s----iTcdin the ma liner, or-which would produce the effect, described in recent newspaper reports concerning the. drugging ol Tonng-vromeu in picture theatres by Beim of a hypodermic needle, and then taking tiem away to lives of shame. One of tie law 60 f hysteria is that when sny peculiar phenomciicn is icported similar imtanccs immediately appear throughout the country. We* may now opect a spring crop of magazino stories and popular novels, based on the poijoned needle as a motive .Scientificalry netting is a_ lidioulous and imposrahle " njpnotasm of an unwilling subject w instantaneous anaesthesia. ° Popular I"* travel i„ waves and hysteric and «»W imagination., help tl.e m along. Keteory of popular ,l"l„.-i „,s. f r ,-,m «4Mft to vagaries, te ' uU of such instance,. Jiftjalniur Steftinsson. the lc.idc r or Arctic expedition. 1,-, s ,1„----TOthatheca.ti.ie. wita.MU.alt. He Ifyilwttha narcotic poison i "It is toli to stop the li-c of 1-HMcc,,- but «W7ou hiivo been ~ nioiithor-owith-•*»!tTnu re.-,,,. ,„ ~,„. for it n „ d ;"-six mouths I |,av o f,,„ n d the t i.-tc "'»«« boil,,] iM ~,i r distinctly Agreeable." 1|,„,,, v ,,, Mr , s , f ] *; n •"Mditrhitrlei, exploration „f |, lln ft ) r-' Ar.'!i.- .'iinaeli, ti'a,: salt L t hm V: 1 " "" h >«"■">« that F.hinio the dislike "salt is so strong that a -iiitnc-. iuiwe ,o a„ ,„,i..„.i,., ~:„„„;-,., J pnventtbem from c,".,.'. ~, ■ ihi ! **tanc P was 0i ; '.;.,7,'5,,;,!-,.., Mr". I s ;Mansson in hi ri , ■~,-,.', -~„„„„ • ~, I y*y l'skimo oi ~.,'„.,;;,i„n"..u1f. i ;:,:::;,.:-77":;:i7 ; i tiist,,] a i-LVu" -a v- w0',,1, TOitklv bet'iint 1.-',,, ', i 7' T 7 '. i .an link I:,m i 1,.- ),,, !,.,,[ plcniv 01 »°re palatal,!,, fare i„ )„- own l,o„-7 ."""nfl.-K hn- „ ... ~"-, r-.-i,; v c,-,-c,]i _„.-.,-,- i„t7,.i,,,,i i„ v - Alter bi-tn - reiei te ' in- the I nr ,■ ; n, 1 ,,,,,. ~,;, count rv at a treneral t«'r thf y v - r * "Vain f»«r,l last *' Vtiiepopul_rTlou.se. or Kolketing, ijj W« recalcitrant Landsting has at . 1 ? to a compromise. .Vaicudw « to the Danish Constitution, how„".»qinre confirmation by a new ParJ*t, and a general election will. '" e 'oJv, take place in the autumn, but tS B no dn,lbt in '"<■ Pracgr ttc .uffra™ will be universal f„r ~„. . 6exes - D "ut the minimum a<;c for its wi?*" 1 '"' , thirU " f,ir ""' L,,w " r™]rtj-ave for the t-pper House. flatter House wi „ coJirt or si.tr■eW"?*"' f,f: y- { » m »' " hn "' will he ,_. inr eiglrt years by proportional and by Iwo icagea. of these Trill co-opt twelve. wit! k- . • W the r - iub .l (v * : ' i' l approvail Till i W "' Th " I >P' ,T rCraw 2 >* liable to ~,. „i„t lon i n tolg, ' ,U> - V onl >'-«'!ien a HH C out bj" ii ••u-r.cr pacing the "nng w a„ ain %v h Pn Bent P to that bad.,, after renewal by a I I el !' utin i' Thus tie I.ands'ting d».v '•"''" ' "'" rejections of the -■won ni th,. - ~,„!„r House, instead J" lrw ncc'r.i.-i under the Parliai V A< "' ■"■ '' " I'-uise of Lords. The or^... v .; , . j, . i'-i'-e s.rugglrd in vain to . " '(■• ■ ',:, -,i-' '■- as the rcprejeenta -.. ' ' , ' 1 '" i'" ."c ■-.] ci.i.s-s: and Pen.J "' '"' ■•ar -a "• r :-,n ~ Mv ,-'--. ■ "-nt. ■a

The International Salvation Army CongreesF, which will tie attended by over 2,000 delegate;, ii to. be. held in I_ondon in .lunc. Th? meetings are to take, place in a spedal building which ifi to be erected on a portion of the Aldwv.-li site i where Lord Grey wants to house the oversea Dominion..' repre-sentative-e. arrangements having been made Hit.ii tin- l.'eiiil.iii t ouiitv Council fur t.he temporary lea-ing ..!' nn area oi ahont 40.01111 .jiinre- fc-i villi fn.mtagof to tbe Si rand and Alit" yen. Ten yea re ago. on tlic occasion nt n similar Intelnational .-ah a I ioni.-t t'on._re-s. a Dmporarv hall wa- l.uilt "ii the Aidwych island' i-ete to I'.m-e the delegates. The j building for tlic forthcoming conjrre-. will Inne M-ating iiiconiiiioelatinii for 0.000 pers.di-. Mi- ii-]e._atcs will eoiue from all 'eiM't.- of the world, an.l over thirty la iiTrua ._".•- will l.c spoKcn. There will be c-:ii', a' iieiii-t co'vin-.ii-i from the North-Wc-t ol the Ih,minion of Canada. Indian. Maori, lie I Indian. Kiillir. Zulu, and Korean convene, itt addition to largo colonial and An.orii-.in 'lcleo,.(ion.-. Commander i.va lie.oth is taking four bands with her from the I'niteil State.-:. The congress-, which .'ill open on June II and ceentiiiiic for n fortnight, will certainly not i'C I.i .-k incr in the picturesque. The Saint Bernard mon',:? e 3 \r c'icitrr and food to nearly linvii'i persons during t,he past twelve month.. The- average voluntary oont rihut ion dropp-ul into tlic box at the gate «.: equivalent io one penny a pcißon. The- iT'iui-ici-'. fiurin itself i:i financial ddl. -i>lti--. and the chapter i.- .-,-,;-,.;.ir r j,, :; whether a Hm-iI charge mn.-l pot l.c ma,]:- i,, t'.e future for the rich trm !Vr- '.'.'in ■ -:t the monastery ilurii.e-r |l,r !n,c .c-ajlicr. :!;iv for il wcel; cliel iitlel .ir ;, ~ j ■-~ n - or ', ..-',, into the ho. ~, ' i-.,v-„ r .„i for themselves and . !i.i u.\ nr for the ; w., day's keep. The inn.ek r . 1, ; ,...- carried on their charity for nine ,■cut uric- -..-;t :i- I out asking a-'iy \i-;t,,r ', ,j pa c. I'll'-v i'avc lieen a!,!,. t! , ,j„ _ , |, v " ~,,, ,„. ennje from li.it,!,. vcstcj i„ t|,.. piotin--fry. But during the | : ,- t ~,„ v ,,. lr , (he cost, of cverytlii'io- h n . „.„„. i,,, ~),,„,, 40 per cent, while rental,- In, i c renin,ncil stationary. "We l, n| „, ~, ~o n, j m „,'• says the Ahhi't P. ur.-j'--.: V. the Ilea,! „f the chapter. ";:•. jt< f ; ,-c '~-,. -,i t-t ii' t -.1 we have done -ii: ~',!,,. ch-venti, co,,'t:,r'v I Although if th" hu.-,:e„ iVcomes I,', . I heavy for our jinn, "..-■ -hull '~.. ~m,._.,,,|, ._.,,,| I to charge n -mail pirn inip-'i ti—iiiivt I our inclination and our priu :o|e." ' I Hie llCiin ~f - , r:,,,-" . p.-,., ,.:,;,,„ „- | •i recent -.t)H,l.i -.• at - \> iryleTmno Church. si,.i th,,. Pr.,;, -;a„; as.'-etieism was rc.poiiMl.le for iiic moilorn •businops man. \\ hen they reflected that a. man was constitutionally indolent, that his natural desire, were easily e-atisfietl. and th-at .rnremii.iimg at.tentitin to moneymaking disqualified -itt. votary from enjoying a.ny of the finer pleasures <if life. it. must be clear that nothing fcut a queer sort of religious nelf-•mortifica-tion could induce imany persons to choose the life -which the raiccoesful business map had! to lead. When the money-mak'T was an honest merchant, suebduirtg the .arth and really creatine wealth to the public advantage, hie i work eniild be. and often • j->. an in- ' stmment of valuable moral discipline. But now that the financier had dethroned the merchant, now tha wealth was appropriated ratiier thi'ii created, the connection between reiisrioii.s aus-ieri'i-y and l-tiKiness wa.- ainios: d>-solv.-d. n i.i thr-re was- the unclifvine spectacle, so common in _-.ine.ri.-a'. of tin- linwrrp-uloue specula! or. who made iiis home in liie office, while )i':s wife squandered his ill-gotten millions in vulgnr ard spnspks_ extravagance. No. everyone who lias wandered about that wonderful old monument, the Tower of London, -which dates from the time of William the Conqueror, is aware that, there are certain parts which are not shown to the public—that is, parts other than the private residences of the officials. The Oflice of Works is making arranerTOonts by which these lon<j shutup rooms will be opened for limited parties. Chiefly what are popularly known as the "dungeons''—in the riasemeiit of the White. Tower—will he shown. These ure three rooms, ail above ground, for the Tower has but one real dungeon. But the walls of i,hc-e apartments are over ten feet in thickness, so the poor wretches who in the middle aires were thrown ihero—chiefly -lews f, )r backwardness in (hiding money for kings— were no better oil than, tnou_.li ill subterranean caves, for there rney uio.l. Tn Inter times the .'stale prisoners were noeonimodatod elsewhere. The "flreat Dungeon" is un apartment of Pitt l.y .",-"ift internal area, liie next in size being 4.lft by Hit. They were lighted by mere wall slits. lii the first rs tiie Little Ease, where (luy l-'awkes is reported to have spent his last days on earth, a hole in the wall, permitting nothing hut a crouching attitude. It was In the dun.'eons that prisoners were tortured. This we know from the written story of l"iither llerard. a -lesuit priest, who in Elizabeth's day went into these cells fo be tortured "'from day to day a 5 loni as llife may last." I The result ~:' tlic Chicago municipal elections in which women tor the first time- cxerci-cei tlic right to vote, is sii__i -the- in many respects, says a _\ew Vi!; corresponelciit. (tno hundred and j sixty thousand women, or about 70 per [cent ~,' tin..,, registered, voted. . lll-i.-tru'.l oi sti;i[Kirtiug their own caniliI dal'-si ticy seem iinariably to have fob j lowed the advice of their brother-, husI bands, or lathers, for none of tho women candidates for seats in the Aldermanic Council secured a majority. In most cases the women candidates polled only a fraction of the total female vote. Jo the lirst ward the veteran '•machine" politician. John Coughlin, popularlyknown as "Bathhouse John,""was opposed by .Mies Marion Drake, who made a spectacular appeal to the electorate to help her to suppress the promoters of vice and corruption. The women voters, however, failed to impede the smooth rutin ing of the Democratic machine, and Mr Conglilin was returned by a majoritj' of four to one, receiving more female rotes than „li:« Drake. Ln the counties ajid small townships the votes of the women were more effective where the issue -was local option. i Over 40.000 women voted for the. "dry" | ticket, and IS.OOO for the ••wet" ticket, | the result being that pmhliehaußes will jbe abolished from ]6 counties and 11 i cities which hitherto have been "wet." ; The consensus of opinion is that the I appearance of women at the polls has added appreciably to Uie jrood manners of the election. Their presence, one of the Board of Flection OonrmisisioncTs testified. "«■«.< like oil upon troubled Wa|F7S." I>l C WOlffon bo''l.|VC,-l nnT j| P , p where treated them in a courteous 'i.-'- : ..->r_. I

A KING OF TANG. (From the Chinese of Wang Po, (US-tlTli AD.' There looms a lordly pleasure tower o'er yon dim shore. Raised by some King of Tang; Jade pendants a: his gireile clashed, and golden bells Around his chariot rang. Strange guests through sounding halls at dawn go trailiag dn. Fleeing the mocking winds. And sullen brooding twilights brealc in rain on rain To lash the ragged blinds. The slow, sun-dappled clouds lean o'er the waters bine. Clear mirrored, one by one: Then drift as all the world shall drift. The very stars Their tireless courses run. How- mnnr .autumn moons have steepen these walls, Aril |ialcel tiie shattered beams? Wha :- liver re.'".: li'e'Mer now: A lord —Translated by L. CRiXJIEE BXNG.

AN ANSWER. "Wfiat do you like mc in the best?" The would-be actor cried. The caustic critic pursed his lips; "The wings!" he then replied. — "Town Topics." NO SOUL KISS. She sent mc a kiss by telephone: That's alt very well for a start; With lips so far apart. But I don't think, much of a kiss, myself, -Hugh Morist, in ".-i.e." EVOLUTION. Said Mr. Jones in 1910: "Women, subject yourselves to men." Nineteeu-eleven heard bim quote: "They rule the world without the vote." By Nineteen-twelve he would esnbtmt When all the women wanted it. In 1913, lookinK glum. He said that it was hound to come. This year. I heard him say with pride: "No reasons on the other side." By iul-o. he'll insist lie's a 1 treys been a suffragist: And what is really stranger, too, W»' think that what he rays Is tr_»

A SONG OF MICROBES. "Slnjz a sone of microbes. Dainty little things. Ears and eyes aud horus nud tails. Claws and fangs and stinjjs. Microbes in tlic carpet. Microbes in the wall. Microbes in the vestibule, Microbes in the hell. Microbes on ruy money. Microbes in my hair. Microbes on my meat and bread. Microbees everywhere. Microbes in the butter, Microbes in the cheese, Microbes on the knives and forks. Microbes in the breeze. Microbes in the kitchen, Microbes in the bed. Microbes on the brush and coml Microbes in my head. Microbes in the faucet. Microbes in the drains, Microbes in my shoes and boots, Microbes in my brains. Friends are little microbes. Knemies are big. Life among the microbes is— Nothing 'infra dig.' Fnssv little microbes, Billions at a birth. Make our tics!' and blood aDd bonea. Keep us on the earth." —Toronto "Guardian.'

STRENUOUS TIMES. Father in the garden, Straininit all tiis nerves; Mother's in th* kitchen, Straiuinjr her preserves: Brother's straining miiseles— Bnt we can't rejoi.e. For sister's at the organ. t-training lier poor voice. — "Yonkers Statesman." IN A RESTAURANT. Oh. the oysters are not so invitini; And the soup and the tish aren't much; Tiie chef seems inclined to he slichting Each dish that he chances lo touch. The roasr isn't what you expected And the service is marked hy delays. Bnt cheer up! You've not. heen neglected — How sweetly the ore-.hestm plays. The strains of a heantrful bailed With keenest enjovmcnt are heard; So who shall find fault with the salad Or speak with disdain nf the bird. | Mere food is not worth admiration. | Willi,' ar' := n thing to adore; ( Don't eat. hut nH.rr-e elation I The dancers :r:p ou: or. Uie floor! ■ — "Wash-nETton Srar. - '