PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 8

PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK.

Tom Bloodworth seems to have the enthusiasm of a hoy with a cultivated man's j outlook. He is typical of the modern Labour ' man who ha> l»e;nin by TOM feeling iconoi last ic, but BLOODWORTH. who by imagination and 1 research has found that every generation has preciselv the same problems and that Nature solves them. Tom i who is a carpenter, felt his mission even before 1 1919, when he first contested a seat at the ' general election. Since then he has shown that he is studious, imaginative and '• executive. You may have searched hi* public utterances for evidence of the dreaded Redne« i but you haven't found any. What seems best about Labour leaders (and Tom is tvpical) i« ; that they deliberately set themselves" to learn so that it is generally admitted that the men 1 the exalted expect to hear droppin™ their ' aspirates about and making a hash of <*>me- i body else's ideas excoed in culture their political 1 opponents It is one of the most hopeful i signs ot the times. Torn desired to be Mavor I of Auckland. He lought a sportsman's light. | He aidn t pet there, but his piercin* r eve* look ' towards the future undisniaved. ' i

Benito Mussolini, the Duce of lulv is riding lor a fall. He has thrown the gauntlet down to tho women. They were refused THE VERY DDCE. rtTi"' - lim - w -"- «V,vT«" s o» ga> ' 5 nOW " in »■»!"" fro-e-V made a of fashion, Old soldiers will admii how solemn a note the arm.es of Kurope introduce. A ran „! the solemn notes tor men are (.ennan ,iher he.mets with plumes two feet shamin" any hat woman ever wore. Silver breast" plates, scarlet jackets, heavy bullion -potscrapers for the shoulders. entan ? lin- -oE, nL"'- bU,l,On SWOrd swords with jewelled ivory cross-hilts in scabbards that cost a years rent, slung pelisses expensive enough to dress ten beautiful Auckland "iris Sdelf m ° nth5 ' P* ten t leather jackboots golden spurs, white doeskin ridinc pant* J-1, buttons and so on and so forth, worfd without & s&rssrs*,£ fessss r.s„'™, C J' U "\ n "r! f mill '?; r - r of •t™-"' Of other BU P IK an A " rk * and Muslim's Black Shirts themselves exhibit .. r J, Zr L ranch and coloured raiment. He ou a hl\o