THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 5

THE CHANGING SCENE

wMimmmmgmiM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. < « *: V'iV'VV; • :if ' v:-:--"vi-A->'-(BT A CABOAL Cqeokicleb ) ' ,■> 5 Cablo messages: received this that the. Sultan of Morocco, Abdul-Am, - hag •. been deposed He mil be known in future - as Abdul-Azwass. ,M *>-Commercial-Candour.—Am-cable message'..h. ; roports that- owing [to .-the.:-continued' dry neither and the scarcity of Water Sydnej .milkmen- have raisod', the -price- of jm|lsi by - f: <£ 'penh£ a;.quar^.--'-^^i ; ;V"• j-(aViljv.-v!'-! According to the | |"TemuKa Leader," Mr. i: James Thorn, a Canterbury Socialist-, is convinced that tho Government is "going cui to absoluto toriyisn " Wo know tint tlx oloqucut partnor of: Mr. Charles, Alexander ; would live to sec his mission-':of;.firo:-yea? t |'ago- bearing fruifc;^p:^:;;':')-'V^'tf* 1 Tho "Matauia £n>ign" snvß- "Life is more , 'complex- and;, intricate;; t]iaiij:it; used Even. Goro.-is no longer a place in • whioh everybody - knows-'everybody else. v: It is: be-;j.v.»':| coming a; town of:dimensions,•; and> is fast*acquiring all the features: of life peculiar to oj such.". V 1 -' p A 1 as, foi Goto 1 5 -For the people',who-abhor ' j u Tho lLckefc and the roir -. Of this i-üblunaiy s|ioro , It ill lienor be j haven ) ■•• Any --longer. . As: tho raven ■ ..." i-- v,.\ "aid, "i\o moie!" 1-Jetcjmoic \ •Shall.'he resident of Ciore l:'eel serenely,. cJihnly sure . 'l'hat ho knows the..man 1 next door.". ■ u ;.Tvv:^ All Uio. olden things: aro ; going,; And (lie u.ues of life aie flowing • • Into. Gore. .-, '- 'y VV'•When. I felt-f.ltigued and sore, ■' \- deeding solace, ! L would snore,'v* And ,dream' dreaiiis of lifts!ifi'' Gbra—v-v . Gore, 'where, no.; man, ever liurricß—:-; --A 5 - .Biit.it qannotvsbothfe/niy-'wbmes:'.';^^ Any moie. ■v'. Cue blow, more! ,- .Alt the tafo old things of yors' 4ie deputing, c\en Gore' Noußht ( is now worth living for./' •!•■■'•'>7!'. S What can 'Man: now : 'put his'/ttust^mP//v!-V. : •, Stranger footsteps stir, thb dust in -'- - / Ancient: Gore. - _ j'ty'r-p- ---. "Tli' Churrches at ami" rato ( shud bb' ' ' gla-ad me frind Keir Hardie liem out' t'. see ' : >V' J wliethor' we were - not ■' worrso threated tliit-': j : i V th' Arrmaiiiaus,( an'. whether th' 'counthrjv- ' 1 wuz not full iv athrocitics comniitted: h^^ inhuinano miiijolis iv tli! English Guv'nnnt,' 1 ■' said Mr. Doole.v. . -j .. \ "I thought lie oiis(>ttle(i th' people'l minds,".-said, Mr. Heiin'essy. - •.'. .'V !i , "He -did, Jawn, just -as n , dusty.. nor' > '• westher onsettles thim. But ho showed th' \ Chnrrchos how t' atthrac' tli' :publioVt- th'Vempty pews..: Th' disthracted"clorrgy : holds. . ''V i; ; mootih's jvery day t' find out why, tli' public < . don't como t ohurrclu . Th' more they thry ! y- : make- th'i.churrches. atthractive, 5 th' .more ■ ' th' • pop'laco stays. away. ' They ipaint 1 th' roof; pink, t-hey abolish di»' . . cuss bright ,aii' airy topics, they:!adverrtis«./' 'no .collection,' but 'tis no' use. Th' throubla' is fundamental,';as Hogan says. - iAn' Misther - - - , Ilarrdie has putt his fijiger 'on th? spot. 'We - , ■ - hear-a lot,' : he;says,:V'aboufc : -th'; wurrkin' : class not'gmn' -t r ohurfpli. ; ';"A\Tiy is ut? 1 ' h»>".V'. ; %: .says. . 'It is,' says ho, ;'bccuz th' Churrch ha». lost its distinctive mission t' th' peoplo,' ltfi :• says; An' that's thrue. How can y' expecr-j ■ ' th' thrades unionist t' go t' churrch whin tli*'. odds "ar-ro that' tli' serr-mon will be taka . fr'm- tli' chapter that tells how tli' pay i/ ;p : ' the vineyard was wan brpwn a day? Ontt!? that-chapther is: dropped, th'churrches wi(l ; ho h'j'cottcd be airiionost wurrkers. No rar ligion will be/anny good that is not on th' niin'mum wage. Th' Bible is nawthin ' ' , hut a manifesto be'tli' Employers' Fcdhcnv tion. Ye'can imagine tli' fcejin's iv :tW ■ Thrades Council win tli' preacher saysj 'JI« : tex' is "Blessed is the poor." ' What us?' ; has, Labour f'r ' cap'talist docthrmes like that? So th' Churrches, Hogan tells me, isj , • takin' tli' hint. Doct-hor Gibb adverrtiseg , ■ an address on 'Th' right t' wurrk,' . an' 'MistherNorrth is liaviu' th' Arbithrat-ion 'Awarrds. set t' music,-t 1 -be sung bo-a choir . :iv picked Socidlists. . Misther- Sprott,-is ' lendiu' his pulpit t' Davo Maclarcn f'r tli' : : morriiin' serr-vico, an' me frind Comrade . Fitzjarl' is writin' hymns. , Th' clerrgy' havo | passed ' a vote iv thalikfi t' .Misther Ilarrdio, 1 aii' the clhiitclios aV-re;.heiii' enlarrged. Bub there's wan point_Tthat.lthrpublpsme. What . will becomo iv th' collection?" . I "I suppose 'twill incraj'se, too," said Mr.V Honnessy. . .; ■ : . "Noi Jawn. ; Th'. Socialist behoves -ivory. I , " 'thing shut! be free. -'We'hivo affirmed th'i , right not. t' payi' they says. Th' churrchesVwill bo full, but 111' plates will be empty." ; ; - ' Speaking of tlio proposed "All-Red Routo"at a recent banquet- in London, Mr. W. P.' Reeves, said that - "if the -route did nothing \ at nil ill tho way of trade, it might still bo : justified on the ground that it would givej them tho heaithiest, pleasantest, most rapid, ' routo of passenger communication between' tho different parts of the Empiro and the V Mother Country." It seems to' "A Casual < Chronicler" that this view deserves a moreextended' exposition.' , ' Away with thoughts d . i And aigunients material, For idealistic ecstasy . . : Must govern, things Imperial.' Why talk about strategic use Or virtue universal? Enough to say wo must amuse The . tourist and "commercial." Reflection oil the pounds and pence Will simply cause confusion: The stingy souls who cry "Expenso!" : Would the Constitution. A care for cost is infra dig: The actual'issue's bigger— ■ . For me, tho man who cares no fig . v. For auy kind of figure! Suppose the trade's not worth a cent— What patriot'will miss it? Imperialistic soiiliiuent Can hear a large deficit. What bears the best Imperial fruit? Wliat need we most at present? A new, expensive tourist route That's healthy, quick and pleasant. To make tho Empire truly sound AVe'll paint the seas vermilion, And when tho annual bill comes round We'll .watch you pay the million— Tou churlish folk may think the gin. Gcrliread. has lost its gilding, But we—well, we see further in: Wo know it's Empire-building. ' What high Imperial dodgo can sow The seed of Empire thicker Titan tourists racing to and fro, From Hull to ITokitika? Immersed in sordid worrying, yon i May view tho cost with loathing; But wo can take tho broader view, For we, of course, pay nothing. Speaking at Dunedin last week' Mr. Koir Hardie said that "if was not right, however, to attack the dogmas of the Church." The

!/. local clergy aro already sufficiently rocovcrci ; to takea littJo-solid food.,' . A contemporary heads a report! on tin fire: . 4 ■ , < THE POLICE REPORT. . T ' No Further Light on the Origin'. Explosion' of Canards. , 1 ■ This-disposes of the -theory that the <soum was caused by the bursting whisky bottle: ; in the collar of Bellamy's. ■ ; A Bill has been, introduced in the ..Unitec States House of' Representatives providinf for the. imposition of a 25 per cent, tax 01 f dowries . and settlements, in connection witl the marriages of American citizens nw foreigners. It is alleged that 180 millioi pounds' -left tho United . States . owiiig t( American girls marrying foreign noblemen i • many of whom were spurious.—Cable, itani. i Which'you asks, Why and Whence? - And 1 ups with-tlie facks ■ For to show'you the sense ; . 'Of this cutest of Acks, This placing , an export exciso oiv tho girl . with-a trunk of greenbacks Bill Dingley—the same • ■■■■■ ■ .Wasja'.longhorn'most wise— .: Perceived- as -the gam'e.; ■ "■■ . Was a thundering rise i In the tariff "on cheap foreign -prodncts: : the h '. /.'. ' same unto husbands applies ' The American male ' In his.nateral stato • • Doth mostly quito fail -In.his bid for a.mate: : He is beaten by cheap foreign Barons, which : 'shorely is sad > to relate, Which Jtfiss Goldrocks doth yearn For the titlo whereof - .. v The'possessor, ;in'turn, .. •-- ? Being love : ' ' !The bullion that goes with theladv: -the . . .: ' samo yon will hardly , disprove. ' . Thus, in ! lieu, of a. tax.; On the foreign-made! Earl, . .We'take ithevgreenbacks -- ■ .From'-'the dot of the' girl; '-' . .Which I confident ask-you, Thisiiotion, 1 just •' ■ .'. ■ i ain't it a pure-fiscal pearl; Yon says, "Will -it go?"' . •' I replies to you. Shucks! It's a; cinch, for this blow ' At the Goldrocks' cheqne-bobkß • IWill result in-a slump in the dowries, and. - - where, then,:l ask, is the Dukes?