A LONDON RAGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 11

A LONDON RAGE.

.;_,. t ALAfi!.;rijESE 'LiMERICK^I. : : ,'.; : ., ■ _ Ijbncion,halicaiight the ; .Limenok"Jilt: , 'lt is a far.more serious illness than the telephone lieck.vtho viriotor-<;ar.,:faco, ;: oKthe ■'mbtbr-om-nibus ; shake..-.-:;. For whereas thosb diseases Ypror.notiihfectioiis^athe , Limerick' 1 Jilt'is Aftor-ydu.haye. been ; talking fora ; few minutes to a man.with the' Limerick lilt, you catch it yourselt;, and you find* yourself u speaking : iii ■fu ?r '. ? .?n ns ' son S' sentences-wliioh sound like I , ee - t , u mpty J , ■'■ tee-tumpty;! " tee-turn." : Jivorybody has it.:;. When •■ you get' into.- an' omnibus tho conductor looks at you with' a glassy, eye, and says to a liltifig voice: "All pa3sengers , ..fares,if.you:please."' And when no swings off the step he croons/'with his mind-on Limericks :—;>:. •:■..■. ■= : ; ■-.

"tfanki"iaukl Higher:up! ;Eoom iinsid-j. '■', ' lo Liverpool. Street.wo ride. :■ . " . : ™-fare-is.:a';ponny; ::.. ■ ■ \'.i -,■■',■ .. ■ Wre'S; no.room for anyi"' ■ ■ ■'■'.. • ■ On;tpp./,Jiank! ; ,Bankr Step-inside." , has 'caught hoofs ' % Vi q ''^γ 86 ?* amm^.^il t the rhythmic beat »;.* VW: ,' ; ana ; snorts same swinging accents. . .When you ride in the .train, ,the, wheels' go round manufactunng .:eternal Limericks, and .'the newsboys'.shouts take.up the.same.burdenLatest paper I—the winners l-threg-thirty !'.' In the : ;,tea shops ,tho 'City clerks, have the and talk with the Limeriolc ?'*• a«d : , a portion of toast " ' i-y L Or -f e s' ; See that m * eggs ar o all -( ~,? om e hav.e it worse than .others, and have devnloped,. the. chronic disease, which them .say, to'the. waitress:— ■.., ■-.

'!} J^H. T^'mncH';to ; complain, : " •But the;tea js much weaker than rain. . ■', And the/cook hasn't lea'rht '•''■' ' make is'burnt ' ' iiou 'must ask her to try if again " ■ : '

Meanwhile the , doctors'are endeavouring to tind'-Bi-otire for-the iLimerick' lilt: ' Diet will do nothing The-bost thing-is to read pages of \\ alt-Whitman, and the ; lorig unrhymed lines will act-as'a ■'counter-irritant.—"Daily Jlxpress."' ■ :,;-:'. ; i..;■,.. m ■.::.■■■■: .;..■ ~;■.-.••■> ■-. ../.

JOS f Ub t i h Ct w f Lime ™ k competitions was raised in the House lof. Commons by Mr, W. th. If' -° R ut:th ,e Allowing question on '8109,B 109 , PfPer:- 'Tq,'ask,Mr. AttorneyGeneral whether he has been furnished with information showing that the newspaper competitions known as Limericks are often' so administered : as .to.. be little better 'than fraudulentJotteriesiand does he now see his way ,t O . take any steps for tho •protection of the largejnumber of .unsuspecting: persons good -faith; supplying;, the funds tor these competitions.'', , . .;. .John/Lawson Walton replied:-"The materials, furnished, to me tend-to show that F™W ! - casSs ; afc - 'oast .the » prizes fo r aro haphazard:- If «,•> the tlT*s ° om Pf tlo ? ■» both a lottery within thestatuto.and a fraud on ■ competitors, • to Sn^'ni 8 repre - Dn ? ed that the -discrimina■tv« rl-'f erols ? d °n \1»«« of compart Hn "f 1 '; further, the consideration whether the vkrge sums subscribed are in tact distributed.- Tho; subject is under the consideration of the Commissioners of the Police, ■■ who are charged with the administration , of . tho ■ law, and have full authority to obtain proper legal advice, and I would suggest.that all further communications be addressed to them.