THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

, A- EYE VIEW.

• (By M.CK) ' _ _ i There have'been many signs lately of a willingness on tho part of the. .Government to en- ' colli ago the oldor nations by'adopting some of thqir ideas. It is not to be supposed, there fore, that Sir Josoph "Ward will fail to noto (J tjio new method of electioneering adopted by Mr. W.'E Hearst in Ndw York Thiynterprising billionaire disdains argument "Hojs exhibiting a waxworks,^tnSa." a chirabor "of . horr6rs, showing Tammany bribing judges and protecting disorderly -women and criminals We may Bliortly expect to see waxworks in this country. It will give Mr. T. Mackonzao something to do, for of course he would ho ,tho lecturer Therefore tho public had better be prepared to have its ears assailed at" by, the voice I of Mr. Maokensie,, who,,, wearing a silk hat i and melding a baton, will stand on a soapbox outside the door of some meeting hall and deliver the following address "Walk right v up ladies and 1 gentlemen for the show is now open tho finest show of waxworks in tho I world, exposing the bollownoss and baseness of i the Opposition m'a manner tha't must bo, seen to be appreciated and which onc6 seen you will never forget tho,"greatest "snow on earth In which infamy is revealed in tho finest wax < life-size and coloured to nature tho figuro of the leader of the Opposition whispering things ■which we do not reproduce in wax but which any" intelligent "person can guess at from tho ' look* of onrthe>face of the foreigner I addressed 'and Hhore ii' K also n the Opposition Press stabbing,{ho country in tho back tha I equntry being reproduced in the finest manner the blood spnrtfng in.*cascadcs. r ,a most realistic presentment of the methods adopted, to ruin the- Government by the reactionaries 1 who arc ' porfxaydd, also rajarge numbers and in a manner so realistic that Dotectivo Cassells daily attempts them oh suspicion which " is,s tribute no less to his acumen than to the excellence of our artist but you may like better the tableau representing tho secret meeting of the Opposition and the traitors hero and abroad unless your nerves are strong ladies and gentlemen I t'o pass by this „ horror -with averted eyes and when yon have traversed,the.corridor of tho criminals you are sent' away, happy "by the groups representing the other 6ide of which "the foremost is a most expensive reproduction of the Pnmo MimstoT labouring for tho country and borrowing /several million pounds from tho money-lender while Mr Fowlds is seen in tho act of delivering* his''f&mous lecture on wool the perspiring figure by his 6ide is Mr Carroll in the midst of, tho toil for which ho is famous and as yon pass out yon will kindly drdp a note in tho 'what you want wfclk'right up ladies and gentlemen for the snow is now open the finest —" But of course Mr. Massoy will have a stand next door Spate such system of graphic politics will save the country millions in time and money, which to reduce the national debt. Many 1 a tired soul must have been made as happy as i by < the discovery this week of the' most peaceful person in the world ' The Rev. E. Taylor, if P., is the man "It was his boliof.V t»ld L the House, "that'all the talk about the freehold was simply going on with 1/ the intention of disturbing the minds of people in the qounfry" It is like 'an after, a hammoct merely to flunk of this quiet mind, and i thoughts like these disturb one ■■ , i There are to whom the'Sphlnx'B Grave silence- bringeth peace; , To whom tho way she thinks is ! - A fount of healing eaie l , * There ore to whom the cop la 1 AlPltt&d 7ilnn'.l , But highest, -atHho top, is " This great, calm, grave MP. Calm though, the people bicker, s » Andimen sway to and fro. Though round both land and liquor The fiercest'tempests blow, Oalm, though tho field bo! gory With blood of Whig and Tory- , At peace, when all is war, he Cares .npt how' 1 these things go. Aloof, serene, contented "While parties rise and fall, i s And Wards go quite demented • And Masseys ,fondly; bawl.- / And all the fevered nation a Through over-cerebration - > > Totters towards prostrationHe thinieth not at all. ;We worry, who are shallow! Our souls we fret and fray; He • keeps a pare mind'fallow. > His heart -s gravely,- gay—i , , ■. Careless of rue or laurel, - ~ He 'treats,as quite immoral , ' * The Though" that leads to Quarrel-- . And waves 'our woes away ' "1,868," said George, "that a woman's colony fa to be established in Western Australia, com4. posed entirely of spinsters and widows , Under, no "circumstances, so At appears, will men ho allowed to purchaso^and if/ -<They are coming because in Australia tho Women have the franchise and the protection and advantages which it affords. I can ,see the end of this land movement.'" " „„ ~ , ~ ~4 ' "Ifb a, splendid idea," x said Georgo's young wjfe. "But'l suppose there will be a movement to let the men invade the colony'" "? ler !,,y i K' sald ,, Geor 80, "but, the. men won't-begin it, The'ladies themselves wiU'grow *eary."' A/V r\< "Not a bit of it," said the wife. "It will be b»u ideal life.* Hows'can they possibly grow weary'of it?" Plucking tho potatoes in the early'morning while tho,dew is still glistening and, gathering tho new-laid mill/ "• froni, the cow's nests, .and performing tlm other delightful duties of tha lady fanner—why, even if they had not tho franchise they would nevor grow, weary of it." ■• ' r'fl'd like to bet half a-crown, my dear, that to less than a'woek 'tho'fiercest man hater of them all will gather from" the tendency of the cow 'to lack over the pail, and the anxiety 'of finds the~collar,and homes being, fastened rpflutUus.waist, and the protest of ,tho pig, against being assassinated, and the difficulty of keeping- tho plough from travelling m will gather from" t,hese things > that .man, after all, was not created for tho mere fun of the thing " ' s hame, JJeorgs," ai)d her brown eyes ! flasjjed at him. J'You horrid men can't understand that ( woman will" suffer anything in a ' noble will be sustained by the knowledge that thoy have the franchise" "But what about the summer evenings, dear girl?", asked George. "A summer evening, nothing to do/no 'election just then to vote at, , the'potato*63 plucked and all tho milk'gathered from .the purple dnsk coming softly —what sorj; of chance, in those circumstances, has a theory got with a little widow when she knows thero's a man in tho next county? No i The malo freehold movement won't need any in the ( new colony" An admiring paragraph >in a local paper indicate tho special excellence of Mr. C. H Poole. >M IK "Earlier in the debate Mr, Buick came underlie lash of Mr C H Poole (Auck- • land West), who referred to hiin as 'the honourable ignoramusi from Palmerston North'" t The Opposition members may be imagined as , complaining and explaining as follows What, makes us Bhrlvel up and writhe? What i . mal-.es us to perspire? It's not Sir Joseph's eloquence or Mr Fowlds's fre ' '* . ' It's the Poolo, its tho Poole, It's the Btinging Mr Poole, With his final, crushing manner of exclaiming ~ "Balderdash A" 1 near him murmur 'Ignoramus I" And you simply cannot blame us If we think there a no disaster like the swishing of his 'ash ' s What, makes our heart to (luttor, and what 1 makoa onr cheeks to blench While smiling at the ovine wrath on Jir Bnddo's . Wacw '" fc . ■ „'

.It's the, thought,of Mr. Pooler- '. ':};'■ ''';t.C.Ol r i'tho: ; cutting;;l?r.. 'Poole: ; /'•.;.:;;•/. :•;':>) Wo are 'shuddering -for;thati.moment ■of - disaster' -„.,and, : eclipgcv-, ■ .'.;.'. • '.■'<., „',; ■When, he'll fell us on the - spot ■;''■:" .'', -.■'--..';-.v-..-; : \ -Witb|--a-..vaU-'direistecl ■"Hot!'-'-:-' ,"' ; ;;\; : Wo"fear 'his : ;Btinjtlne"i'corpioriß"!wliere-.we-smile ■'~at\:J oseph's':' •"'. ; '•/;'.!'-' ''■ : '■''•''['■ Though''they' burst with -j admiration:';-at'' Sir: Joseph's'^:pac'e'-and ! Are,-■ v -' ... "-''.': ■''. WhaCmost-'of 'all,; do fervent Ministerialists '.'r admire?,' ';■■■.'.'-':'■ ''.'.' ;''■■'!'.'•>•.-■'.:WhV;!- i .the .'Ppole!.-:: It's, the' Poole,-; ''il With 'his simple, .smashiiiß rule:, "' .' : ' .That' wit betrays .thetriflerV'nimd. and manners .; .mark the ; fool. • v ;•- ~" -■ ■.-, ; !" i '^^.^Np^,Sir ; Joseph's highest flight " ' V??. 7 ''!'oauses : halt -as .much delight ."',:.' -As'the rapier., play of -fancy and the'. notions '~■', ;hrief;;an(i';bright;'.''v..'/,'.;:'" ,'::.';.■.': ;';. '.;■:.;.-:'Asfthe. :phrafcs'featly Bashing'';.- .'' ' ■'■', • In a manner 'deft and"dashing—; " '■■' V : Ab the.. terrifying^lashing.",' ''.>''' ■-.'.''.-..■' 'Of'the'Poole, ; '''' .''■: ■'"■ ■ :■. ' r ".Con'sidhprin' .it''.amount iv 'things.'he has. tVdo, th' .way me frihd, Joe keeps -thraok iv th' orim'nals . an'- .amachoor ' assassins is wondherful,"'said Mr/nDdbley.';■; .; .'. '-.'; "Who's he; run in now ?." asked ■ Mr. Heninessy.; ■■'.'.. • '•' '-.'. '.■■'.-' .".'. • ■ i '■ "Th': croakers, Jawn, ,an'. ; th'-Amalgamated Sooiety iv Back-stabbers' an'. Credit-Crashers, an' th' other -conspirators agen him. 'Twas ,a tuirible.i sight, t' see ;-t,h'.. mad: rush : iv th' anarrchists't' escape ~whin: he tnrrned loose. '■'Now,', he. says, 'wan^wurrd : os t'- th' slatdher■ers, a"n' I.'will deal ca'mly,',says he, 'an' dispassionately,'' says' he,' 'dhrinkin' a- glass iv'i'ce l watheri : ..'aa. ,; ;witliout- ondue, heat,' -says he; /with;.these ruffeens .ah' onadulterated scoun.dhrels'.;an'v.blackgnards,' says, he.' '1 ■ have here',' ,-'be "saysV 'a letther* written' be -. wan Massey;statin'vthat it.rained f'r. three' days, (ioiid. groans,', durin' which' Massey" fainted.) : Nor is; that all, f'r I,liave an affydavit fr'm an honest wnrrkman who overheard wan Allen tellin''th' milkman that he felt oneasy. (Prolonged sensation an'';loud hisses;' fr'm vtn' 'House.) Iv coorse, gintlemen,' says Joe, "tis_ ■ ; painfiil..t , .. ; jne.; t' say,;this, an' I'm "sorry f'r:,th' fam'lies;..iv these .thraitors/ but jooty,' 'he-says, 'is very ; >often ,'j'ooty, an' th*. -puhlio. liitherest,' says he, .'goeshah' in ban' 'with th' public; debt, - whioh is ;well ■ known t' -,be-four and thruppence' if'ye deduct,'-he says, 'that.parrt'iv it which ißnot;included.;(Loud ! cheers.) ;3utwbrrse-is t*. come.' 'Th''orrgah';iv .thraitors '.statedHast.Choosdah (raynewed sensaition)Van' :; I. have .a • copy h'ere-it. that 'rtk'vpublio ''debt; - .wuz ;money'< : owed,yan'-'it ; added'.th' infamous .statement' that' it : distrusts . th'. Gnv*mint.': An' what,, do ;we : find ?', In', thj, Kamschatka Argus/it is .stated that : New','Zea-, ,:land ; i3.in;debt,,'an';'*nin:l'WUZiin London J wuz,.shewn,,a-' collection'.iv, sketches 'iv,'' th'. Ministhry.' iv, '■■ a ykind.,'.that.', wud', dara'age -th y orCdlt'iy-ih'.'GarrderL''iv'-'Eden'. ing' v shown that.'there i 6 ;an; orrganised';';coh-'spiraby--Vs.injure'.,us,', he.says,;.'be■;:assertin'; that : th''colony, is rooned an' that million's are. .'sßtr'tTin','''ssys. he,v'l will-pass On-1' th' hap-.pieritopio-;:iv;>;th';.,next;'lqan.'-'(Loud; cheers.). There -wuz. a ;time,. ; Jawn, whin -th' jury.(wud ask'Trl'ividericei,' buf'now'days- ye have. only, t'..show that th'..accused had', a'ordss look : on'jgruiribied :at. ; th" soup." ■;■ ;.;:..;, '. •;■ • "What does-th'' publip' think iv th' cthraitors?" .Mr. .?H&nessy.;'.\; : .''.V. .-,...'!■ : '' : "lt agrees that 'they' said ,'twud be: wet this •/';-. ;, ..;,.'.''. ;;..'