THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 80, 5 April 1939, Page 10

THE PASSING SHOW.

> (By THE MEN ABOUT TOWN.) '•<;umdijrj:er" writer: A Maori icoma prespnted her=e!f at my -urzerv for ti extraction of ;1 tooth. The operation w a carried mil in i)i,- n-u. GREATNESS. manner ~...1 1. ti patient'- -ati~f.i,-ti-.|i. TI wahine was iiiit-t .irrateful. and told me 1 vv.-i J "te hi;: ranpatira <m i.iktn- off i,. t mt'i." ( I couive. Mime men mm- born .Teat. ••! !<er* a.liiev j j.'ivaiiii-!.. »hil>t oihcr- have frreatno-c- thruUpoll tllOlll.' » * There is ni> funic known 1 mal a !•'•"■ hearty I.iu-li. Tin- I ~.-,-„ ;,],.„- ~„ ii, ■ autliiirity ,if a iim-<1 i,-.> who wouhf !i;nc 1 lieliino lie u>.ill.l i.i-i-fi-r 1 LAUGHTER. >~. -..iJ.;.*, an laiiuhiut: ].!--.■- rathe tlian people .-iillins iipnii ],;„, ;IM d ~n i,,_. f* "'•"■•« a time to find ...it what thev i::..1:11,1 Jis wroup willi tiicin. 1 , .)— over I !',■• i.---n ii;i.-i I.:iil2htPi- is nkin to tears After lots of :rin ~ n<l beers .M.iiJV neoplp orv with laughter. Some orv first ;,nri then |.iu=h ;ift<v: Somp Iniijrh first, tlipn .rv like 1,.-bi.--Ami baric like dors when Ihpv si-i lahios. \\ omen r,-v when tliov .u-e happv Hah ps when von .-lianerp their rr,,.»v. Thouel, i,s quite another ritiosllmi v\ nv babies smile with indigestion. —JOH.WVY. '-Mr*. received ;I ~,,{ m ,. r iMI PV( The car was considerably damaged." T'ai-' i liot one of tho<e hiiinoron- para-r »;.'•!. ~bon TOO MUCH % l£ h Z{ly' rCrZi DETAIL, and (1..- brick' «v,< <■„, , -iderahlv damaged. It i about tli<> py.-- ;,,„] ;,.„. ~n (i nr , u< . ln< , rj) , and pv«'h kidncw that <rcc|, into llio now, •or il l: ,t , 1 n , l( j, ( . „,„,, intn ]]Or( tlio (rtrMom h t ,< m,ovmi 11,, of avoidiiijr too nine detail al.out th.-e moiiilior* or or-aris of t!i '"'■"•'" !»"<l.v. It i< honor to .ay "., cut ovo tlie eve (not an eye). "lie hw\ a ].■•■" (n-, I llip rivlif leir). "a rupture of the kidney." "a injury to the -Moulder." an<l so <>m. In tli eiife of an arm. it would lie better in upw<. paper work t<, -~v whether it »..- , i»!u ~ lefl. l,u( "lie 1..-1 an arm in the v. ar" i- 111 ii-nal way of r.-ferrin- („ „,„.), ; , "He t.it my fluaer." or "on ;I, . ; i coiivei'-ational or new -naper 1"' "I" , l>ii 1 11 tlie top j.,int .if tin'. >;,;,, linger of tlie loft han<l."—T..uoli-t.nip. Tn =~ite of our rapidly .lian-in- ~i.l|. o the world, any fpeiiti-jc of <.<-,-; i sinned liv rumour* of « ;1 r have lipen di-pelle. liv a ipeent Aineri.an diBIG NOISE. covery. It ,on«i~t,. of , iie\r >upere.\plo-ive. an 1-. as mentioned above, tlie dw-owrv of ai American and n<it of ;1 \ PW Zealand I'uhi, Work* Minuter. The e\plo-ixe l,a- lieei entitled '•Xylit'lycpr.dtrinate." The jentlemai who invente<l it may he eotiyratlllatcxl. Inn oil the other hand t lie per-on who thought o the name for it should 1h- decorated. A di- | cnvery of tlii* nature doe< more in the cium . of harmony among? nation- than all tin , umlirellas in the world, (an one imafjiiip. foi ' instance, a foreign leader '•.Vote' wherein he threatens that mile--" all Aryai . K-kimoK are moved furtlier north he wil iiyl.j.'lyceroltrinatise London? J{ v the way many reader- of the cabled newi eoncerniiin the t-uper-explohive may be ciirion- ;o know the orisrin of the word. The answer i.- rimple It i- derived from the old Haflin Land word nvl'.L'lyceroliiinate. nieanin;; nvbclvceroltrinatp Tt is pronounced uyb<rlycero!trinate. If the eoii'iiKxlity c.ime- Up to p\ nee) a» ions we arc Mire tn hear jrocxl report-.—11.(.H. }Ve met at the re-Men - : . of a widow, and a widowed r-ister lived with her. He wan a well-uronined. Imp-looking :ii:in of about sixty. A- von know. gentle GAY DECEIVER, reader. I am far. far bevond that agr. and. jilauciiirT in the mirror. I found that 1 po-*e-*-cd neither of the i|Ualiticat ions of the yenlleman jiir-t deM-rihed. 1 really should have mentioned the ladies first. Mea >u]pa. The elder >Uter wa- the "better looker." mid. as a widower stili having genuine matrimonial aspiration.. — 1 fell f<ir her , . Muyhe my judgment w a<at fault, but the dear creature certainly had one <l,in more than her si-ter. The younjrer widow appeared to be just the article that my friend was looking for. He told me that he al-o came from London (whi.-h j< \erv va?up). I asked him casually, "By the w n v. where does Oxford Street Mart ?"' He h«:l f.'icrotten. but rii?2e>ted "at Piccsdillv liiyus': He had he<-n many years in I'.S.A. "\\ liere'."' I ipierie.!. '• 'Frisco."' lie replied. "Were you there durin? the o.irtlniuake?" I n>ked. "I dont remember an eanh<|uake: don't you mean Hawked Hay , :" ] ••When <lid you live in "Frw.-or , "About H'ir. to I!H.-,." ho -t.-ited. "Well. ;1 = most of the city, inclndin? the -aol (with empliari*) was <b-tr..yed in Huh;, i wonder how you d.xlpe.l I it." T dropped the *uliject. that the J chap was an adventurer. l"o be brief, the widow nently -ide-trackcil my nervous jiro|>o.-.il. that vemavria-e had no appeal for her. and her >•.,-,. ~f f o —iUs war- already ..-.,-- loaded. It ni.iv here be espluned that I h.ld 'tried" twice before. These -, hiup~ hajuionrd last \ear. The other man '•borrow ed"' CJo from ihn younger widow, and we i-aw ]iim n.i more. T recently heard Ihat he is now tlie jMiest of His Ma'jestv in Wellington and will remain there for ei.-'nt ,-,-n month.-. If I -Hike a lottery I r-hail ni\c it another •.'". ar. I like that woman. (Jood on you. I'op; fThis | u . been added by my irra n.l dau-iitcr.l —A.A.1 , . Pompuli-ory uuioiiir>m i- law and there may be a proa I .leal to l>,. - ; ,i.] j M f,,,,,nr of the union principle. However. with the number <>f trades unioiiUNION FEES. pxiMiii" to-day, a man who i- no! in ;l perma - neiit job, and c.in-e(|uevt!y ha~ t.. relv on e.i-ual work for his daily eruM. verv often tiiul<- that nieetinjr lii>- union due- is a toim'n proposition. If he doesn't, pay them itV iio job at all. A ca-e in point wa* pre-etiled to me by one -n.-h worker the other day. \- a driver he paid hi- fee of -J.*.'. Two month.later. through no faull of his ~v. n ~r the tlie job cut out. Ln.-k w.i- with him. .in.l he landi'd a job Ms a <-a-n.il labourer with the local coun.il. w;'!i .! hn ifpromi-.- th.tt if things woike.l out ri-j',it he'd tit in!., (lie Ilivt driving vacaney. Laboure:v' union f,-.. Another J-"'/. His lucky star was no lon-jpr i in the ascendant, however, beausp thre" I months later a shortage of "donsh" was tiie | reason piven for the dismissal of the majority i of the casuals, and my friend wa= amongst them. He repi-tered as unemployed and v\.is ».too<l down for a fortnight. Ten day-' searchiii" j for work and he was. called to the I'l.x-emeiM i Ofii.-e and piven work with the P.W.I). A ' member of two union* at a fee of CI I"' for ' live months, he had to lind a further "2.".' <,!i ! his new job. Two months Liter the free/ini' ' works opened and he was compelled (.. leave the P.W.I), and jro to the job lie had had in previous years. A« an arrtuit'ement e\i-tcl between tliese two unions, this Li-t chan'.'.-' ■ ■nly cost him ](V. \ total union f f t_" I .'>' for iippioxiniately twelve work. Here is a problem f..r ".l.ihiinv "'-. ..- -~.,■,, ~ like myself, he will prefer t,. :,-:,\,. i! ~, ~,,,. of tlior-e jieoplo who ni t,, ,1.-;i..',,f i !; w.i-kin-out -trance and ;i'i-inw mat hcni.ll i.-a' ;..,..■ biliiic-. "What, uiiil •[■ Ihe pse-ent !.iw. ».hi;.| be the maximum p..—i'.le union •",-,. p.i_\ ~•,•„ bv a man n!' general aver.iuc ;i' -i" iI \ «!,,, ,- ile-ifoiip- of making hi- living bv .1..:n-_-vvoik of a <li\ci>c nature?"- Helm. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. "It is better to have -omethin? loveh to live for. although little to ][\p on. than :■• j have mucil to live on, liut litt'.e !•■ iive i'.-.r." Robert Louie Stevenson. I