FROM THE LADIES' GALLERY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 11

FROM THE LADIES' GALLERY.

■■■ di^X6;n'-Taes(layVfSitUanien't : eituigvthis: :*'eek," ilistinguishe'd, • however, -by -.-ttie''':read'ing : - J 'of.'■:?.tho's'much'-lopked-fotward-to Budget'.by v.lhe Sliaister. : "iThe -after- ■ noou ■ finj ■; Wednesday J had i'Vb'een:;. devoted ;; .: to, ■':' questio^ ; 'and : ...answerSj ; of.'.which; there-always '- sieuis .an:yunlimited' 'supply,'.-iin. ; ,spite of : -,answer's:tthat;'mi'ght; : r6erve -.as ■ models ■ : of the : , nbn^ODimittal.-.'.'or.-ipf; masterly '..-, evasion, ~ andi/m;'thp' i ey'enin|;..'.the'. ; -.Prim .the gently^expressedidisappointment,of the.ex..pectant.publici which;:was?doing:' its.tvery. best , to. squeeze,,Uself ; ;intb : va(space originally meant for;'ohe. ; quarter/ of -its number,• Suggested, : that they;migtttibe;:go;iie"on!:.with ,iot i-little further . tiino.'.■■'■lt;;reminded.'one;;ofr.the ; :-almost, .ante: ■diluvian , days -.of '.'one's;--childhoodi-? .when*'tho .most fearsonycily,thrilling : . : fairy,:.tale (the; crpwn- . Wg t 'J o r;«9f;aU)''W43 ; :always:;kent: back/for.the -■' -last' moment. /Of course, one does .-not ,iegard ~ the.; Budget;as' : a"fairy. ; ;tale,' nor.-espect'-to.feel any::thrfll3;..during. l the.'re'ading,i'but:*Hill : tW , wasTa^vimraeMe-vambunt^-of.vihterest.^ trated-Vin it,. ahd.Bh% Jo_sejl!i ~6aV:,fit.'to Iceep everyone, a, little .■■ longer,, in ■ antici patiph. 'Once •:.■. tije'-fluestions':?begin Jijthsrb 7 -is.-- the':possibility ■ that ithey.'/ may -: go i oil ■ for, 'ever;', as' , optimistic ■' membfrs, sppearvtq -,have: some : faint-, hope that ■. thei powers-ihat;be,,-if prodded' up sufficiently; might roallyinquire'.into'matters that: are in anything' , bnfaVeati3fact6ry.state, or else the p'rpces3/: makes public ..ques- . fibnable' proceedjnte that:;,-'might;> otherwise never i .-see. f r the'..lisr!O*p>f day;'■-;•.,.,.'•■. : . : ~..•,..

; ; : That;>'^aster ; |yi:;r|o'cumthVV'vV''' : ';-V/;^;-:.; :^>-:;: .;';';', : At>/last, : -h ;."' was'aniouhced-that: the;Biidget,would now'be '■ r^d v , %'V the', PrMe>;'Miriistcr. ■ •, As' Sir 'Joseph "rosej/.to :.M& ■■tipt, ■'.niembere v ; settled, ;-'-','lnW's|ie- : . : Beate.jaffbcded .them,i.fupy';,aware'. : '.that a' lobjb tiine;';pf;-listening 7 .lay:before -tliem^: ; The :ocdu- '.■■'. .Tjaita'-'of .'the';..gallcries,'tried, surreptitiously.-:to 5: : stealJ;(MO,therA'qu'arteri'ofVan.-;inch v :pf 'spaco :'<,- frflniVtheir.; heighbbiireAin' , case. l -their '.emotion ;':,, : bf/.them/ during'.the, , , re : :''-'''^'i^^,'ivand|^a!:vßdlemn~'expißc^ni'!'' > 'BUence:,,"eTep( 'F- : - -. oyit" 'iUt > .assembled '^Hbuse : : as '.'members ■ fixed ::.; tneii? ■• I , unjted-''Baie.'';ttp6n ; :Sirj ; .Joseph', and /.the '•■■; u -'niasterly-'-do'enment#:. : Tho. :> very ; ' : :lbj)k;>..bf.\_tho •- '■'■;'':: iindget^was'■■ fprmidable;'|:\asi;its;.:cbye!rs :T»ere ■: ! .;.., ttenderlyuppehod ; ;by;i J if3;* sponsor-l-^large' .'afid ■■'■>>■' siuilje'.tand.'. thick ''',: ;;■• rb,bffl;\9n.;'itB -.ample , ':pftßes:for,.:a. mulfcitude' of -i ■■ deert^*a)id;'dark>s.urprlßes'. :,•; . ■';A'^'Ri?/Kto.o.ShS.U^ . '■'■ and'Pn-irlthe/milestonesimarked,,by.:thei different '- .h'eading9-Ttb'e'spubU<s,-^^debt''.for''oneiilpan-itfans- ''£- A Bb^dnß,H : fSrianWfi«,:;iieMland;pronbsals;'naval ; -.. :«laf^Qej: T inea'?tjresv.in T.fegard.-to.: Native glands, v:;: : ■. ,".new :

.tacked, , ,Candvinefmbers , '' amused-', themselves" -by possibilities., taa.tr! might- arise if 'w'ero';passed.- "Accofding ;tp them : it even encouraged rbigamy,' , and ■.its^.phrasing,: WhiehV,,to:the;layVniiiid',se'eme,d,;'niost tortuous I and 'inyblved;-..certainly,: aid: seem':?to open' lip !ithati-/--;;conHngon'(y;;' , 1 -.'- : fsir'|..\ i WilH.amy';''. ! ;iiowev.er, 's«eihed:.to .h4vo-.,a , touching,; but' blind, con-Subnce'.-in >itsV.correcrness,(';sjiice it;-;had . been drawn::■ up: ftyy-legal advisir^, 1 'a&d'-.'argued strongly for/' chp retention,*pf- ( tlie. 'leading §hrase; : .On^,cannot e >inany, ''if - .any, • women '.'Jp;,-?be -found;"who wished to : " ; marry,. their Vdccoased Vhu'sband's nephew, ■ orj.; the ; other way ■•about, ' iwhen:' a ''of,', chbic'oiis 'to> the. jfamily :connectibhs. Ini the;end/ the Bill waspostppiied/fbr.further.ip'qnsideration.:,.;..-'.-.'.'.-'''";. -.-;. •.Mus|ci\y;..'•'■■:■;',■'^>: , :, :i ,-;■.; ;;/^i-, , ::' ; Nearly -the whole.of. the".'evening;'right up, to 'half past' twelve, was taken, up-with the most. , nonsensical trifling..'oyer.-'Mr.;Sidev's Musicians' •BiU,-..which-. proposed :!that: teacners en-. jtitled .to - have their .names' inserted , -in ; the reigister ! of 'the , society: should .include,;persons 'who'- satisfied: the council,thatvlthey had been, engaged ,irii. habitually'. tfftfih*i'n'g" t Vcomposing,' ■ pr performing 'for five.jrearsij?-. Thejinterition, was to'.block yMr. .Herdman's.^Piiblic..Service-Bill from , coming.'on. ! .;.The' very, ■tame';a'nd,; dreary,' with'iveryj'le.tf-.'igleams'-.bf, humoui , ■''of. of, ingenuity.: abouf7Vit,";an"d /'.with ■ a'.tremendous amount-of.'a'fg'uinentXaS' to what Swords' should bo': .deleted, what! ihserted,' • and ; what, a really; was.S-'.One nieinber proposed';to.'give'a,history, of smusic .dnd.'.."bf musical:•instruments:.from' earliest, , ;,yonth ■•to the present-' ; y« , ar,'.''and ■everybody'groaned'at tKe:'thought'.;.''..Luckily,:' the ' subject "'i ook '. an-i other;turn.-;,' The ears of-all ; the ; ;musicians;in like['':;fnrhapM, ; that.:'e'yehin'g-:.gp' i ':;unfavoSrable'' were, the !: comm6iits' Wade',abont''them; as-, a "classT:by ''some,; pit; the. me'mbers^their;',.'contentiousness,' their: jealousy,' and'their.; narrowmindedness. ..Dr.; Buck's "remarks.-were "far 'attd aw-ay.-'.the';m.ost^ , amnsing,"''b'nt;; , '.in' : ..'any' case, ,th'o'.eTening.:was an waste, of time,, not by : iriy':mcans'-an;'eipbsition''of;wit, bnt;'Of intense .tedious : dullness, ,- , 1 :.' ;: :,;.'■

Wominy^Wrprigs,;'. y.i.;,-, , '''- ■'■;;■■ V.; ; : v.;/v -AA-very.great grievance that'the-woman eleo-. tor -.has .against,-the.'House' is Vthat:.".members spring:Vtheit.\mqst.:;interestlng •(lebates.itheir , . most'brilliant'isayings,;'in ..the .hoursiwheufshe may?.'no';: be|.ypresent:.'' All' '■ that-vshe. ' knows ■ about- ■ tlieni' is ;whuf :: sho'-'gleans" in,-: the ■ paper; the;.next,raoraing,:.cold land dry,'without-the prefience": and the:, inagnetism.vpf; the 'speakers, andi'in'alKprobabilityJ'the shbiect.nnder.'dis- , cussion'icis, one';'in', which .'she: 1 felt ''particu,-' "laxly' interested. : £':lt : _fdlls ;to her evil -fate:' to gander,jinjVpßrhaps-.'in-Athe afternoon,: or /the' earlyVQveaingt.arid: find'to\her /disgust:' and 1 dis-. iyiay.':"that-,-rnerhberß>,are completely' engrossed in,::some'.''hbrrjble i:Local~;Loans''Body i ßill i Or County' ,Bill,'-:pr : something : else:'' distressingly "dull,'and.;;ininterestiiig,-.-and,.'.of course, :she flies- fromjthe: .spot;as soon , as possible."• Such ■are ;the" trials .} : '-:-l:-'-' -. ■.' '":': '■.■.'■:-.■■■'•■• ...Oir night the 'financial aspect ; pf ; the Hospitals.Bill was further considered iri:com» mittee,^with':ilr.' r Fowldf acting , as'its gu«r dianiangel; arid,proteotirig if from-:the"-.lost•.'of amendments, that/'throntened':'to vturn •it "into ,'thd't''. yr'as first read' in : 'Pftrliamerit: some , little time.ago. Soj-far.v everyone 'seems be extremely liberal with amendments, and; one- realises. how; much leven,'the'smallest' and.;mpst unimportant7look-. ingiVord-cai; change ".a "yhole qfause-7not • ,to 'say. -sub-clause of '■ a , 'plause;-:-iMembers ; seemed to ..te, 'in'a,v,very- conversational;.mdbd':among and had: to be, sternly;'called/to order 'at! times .by; tne' : Chairman V of,'-. Committees/; arid:-at;' the -..rate -at whioh alterations'.in the wardirig of-the -Bill \Were takhsg: place the p^ospeot/pf'an-'all-nighf.: sitting';,seemed : , ei:ftremely-'- *■;>;. ■■: \-.y. ''s- '.-4. v: .;',".'