THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE.

: A BIRDS'-EYE VIEW. ; ■ ;■;=;;; , ,:\}:rr '■ i. "A. bugle rang up.". Thieinoideat,:reported, by the Cteistchurch' "Press," will giTe .Borne ; idea of the way' in;which Kitchener puts life 'into .things.-'. Even the bass .tiols were sending telegrams.. .

As the time of. the , Joftries-Johnson, contest approaches the local njjwspapere print more and; more matter relating •to the nigger, r In one. recently-published statement, he is reported ae having said, ;'Tm just as proud; of my•' record •'■ as :'• • a ■painter! iS'Of. his: masteridece." .:■■■' .-

.There are those, .who are prone' to give Tent to "a' ?roan : "srhen a .'cable ' arrives to ■ report. a tempestuous bout In" whioh Borne-' one's knooked l oat ;by< the ebony. King ol the,sport. •■•.!.■':■■■,''..• ''..,.'.'.' '■'■'.'. ■■• J ,. ; .

In fancy you figure tie .forcible..nigger as, simply •a';.monater of .gore whose constant delight, is'to'punch, yon cm sight and. leave you unconscious and raw. • ':■'■'■. .

Or, avlittle ,r more land, you are maybo inclined to. imagine he's-merely a-freak, .who, though peaceful enough, /wants':."to , flght for -."the stuff ". on every blamed day ofithe'week.'.. :"";■::': : ' ; ..:' ■ '. '. ;■■■■.■"

So-I have' to /declare' that, you err—itVtie Art, of the thing, that he loves; he'S;'an'arti'et-iali. : .soul from.the top";of bis poll io the- end of his epical gloves.. '

It is Art that's'hie' creed,; and ."not fnry nor' greed; il :yo'u...doubt , it-you r simply don't. know him. Each ; bloke .whom.;he' dopes with, 'a' punch, to ..(ie; gropes ; is .no more than a verse inrhia^'poem.:V,,. {'.'■, :.'•'-,

The,hook and the jab: aad r the jolt' and, the etab and 'the,': heavy,, left', swing to the heart, are - quite pleasing and: bright il you once set a .Eijhtion the.£act that, they're A'-KrT. Art.,;{.■?...-"•• i . .:-;;■■,•;' : ; V.-;^

. ). Preserving/Jin the; very' l teefi- of 'Lord . Kitchener, its sound sense' of values, a contemporary -printed/'£■ =lobg talegram;'from' , : Napier : ',in .which'justice; was 'done;. ii~,-ari\ epoch-making -j'epeech. by. Mr. ; ;Buddo.'-i;'Where," will the iman!,.. , hide their heads when. .the' public : assimilates tie.fact ttat.Mf, : ',Budc|o;.6howed';a.;porr' feet': grasp :'of;: the; fire tie world?:; One/can' only summarise his conclusions. ,:. The, fire,; waste ■ "worked; out at, iis.' 8}d: ; : per;iead;") and,,most Ministers' of. Fire ;Engiiies;-.wovild. have', left- it Vthere. :But Mr.i.Buddo'looks'below, the surface.' "When," .'he': pointed; but,' !"they; reoog- r nised individual -had" a. rieli- of.'. lls.'.Bld; 'the'.amount";-of-; respbasibility" that rested-on>them"as' firenien wbuld.be apparent." " Aid ,he spoke, with no uncertain .- sound,' .regarding'.; "silly < false alarmers," •■'-'The Minister:-spokestrongly' on', the, practioo;' of :.'persons' giving : false alarins," "and' : he foreshadowed.'an-, epoch-, making-Bill;/"He i considered' , that if.la person iwere seen- in. the vicinity" .of.,an. alarm' glass!-after;;an: alarm .went'- ';he' should'bePcompeiled. to" acccuat vfor-his presence.'there."', there wasa , . meaner. ■ ti>^v[thii;^gmng''' ; 'fa]» , ! alarms]';, he was.";'if he .really :dbes.;,want,'.:.to know,';we; can; tell him.' It:-.ie.-an:;infinitely meaner thing to seized the',time'.;wh'eri •.Sir; 1 Joseph .Ward 'cannot- mating'. sensational'orations.'-:'.■ 'It ;is : ; :an>..inniiitely. meaner- thing'-to-■ snap' up "the fat" andleave iMri'f.T.-Mackenzie nothing-.to deal; without the, loss;of jthe; peewit and the -exceUent'.'conditipn.of /ae' : /m^'fM'^"|';^^ , '"a ! vißarci^on': , ;;]Jr. Findlay, at^a,,tijge/,whe'n u there,'.aTe : ;.:riq ; !stril^.:i^We/knewq"allj^()iig,. somehow, that Mr.'Bnddo; was'just-biding hie.-.time.; warn him:' Let him;remember;-Mr.'.'Hogg.',

.. "Any. shortcomings' on' the ; part, of/the: troops," . says :a /Qhristolniich , - telegram,"' "may perhaps be attributed in'6ome 'de,gree';to the 'great' heat of :the' : 'day,. and the fact f that'few','o'f'them had any sleep in: the' ; camp last.:,niglit" ■ it;,ie .believed that Lord.Kitßhener has noted this -fact, and that: he .Will .devote paragraph of his report iq : some. observations', upon : the question' of '.'pomfort for the troops."' : We 'have the ••worst' possible;; authority for saying 'that 'the rough draft of;. this pbr-: '.tion of his report ieada as follows:' 'Ify observatidns'-in,■' Canterbury : .have '■■ impressed .upon me : the /necessity' for; making jsuch' arrangements...with all, foreign PowersVasJ'will.";enable- your.' troops to take, the field^iiiutiine; of -war with'good prospects : :6f leuccess. : at-" tention-has hitherto : been : given, to'.th'e ' depressing 'effect of;severe!weather-either, hot or 'cold-rand- of. inadequate..s]eep'.and leisure.! I therefore propose to , submit "to- ,the.;foreignv!Powers"-a.; proposal that in- the' ovent of; war. ; they. shalL, appoint an umpire/whoi;.in consultatipn with the'" decide each 'morning whether,'the weather is'suitable. for Ightirig.vlArrangements ■ will also:be" ;made.'. to, .maie'-.tlie,. eight-hour-, day-.-.uni;, : versal;iniwar ( ' absolutely ■ tie ,worß'ng-of':anjr-- overtime.!. Should it be ;. necessary;.for.:.-.tjie7- troopsV to 'inarch' ' more than, twovmiles,' hansomsi ought to ,be..provided.-i'l: advise'that:no time-Be lost: in;establishing;'a''large I :"reserve of umbrellas'' andi. gploshe3,,. and in "erecting. :bathinj-sheds;, at^all, the riverx crossings. ;A) limit':, must. bejplaced, ; .also, upon the number of cartridges' thatthe enemy-may fire in , any.dneVday.'.'' Night attacks'are •obviously;: quit'eN .undesirable, / 'and '■ strict orders . should ibe --given ; that. •in time: of !war-' nobody /ekcepttng l 'the; police ;' shall! be' permitted: to' remain out. later than 8 p.m.,.1 am sure;that if;these arrange--mente can be; made "your. admirable troops : ;will -.: acquaint • themselves with" ;distinction/', >Y !'■".■; '■:'[■'■'\.-'-'~*'-'; ' ! -l:.' : " \-!-..'■

...A'.depiitatibn ,' of. Socialists asked Sir .Joseph" .Ward in.. Christchurch on /Wednesday; .to \-supply'--funds "to Professor : Bickertori. in order that he" might introduce-, his. "partial Junpact" theory to Britain. ,■ {Mr..-Howard, president: of; the ; Canterbury;• Trades; and; Xabpur, Council, said, that there.,'was', a ..precedent inV the grant, made; : to ; : the; Southi Polar,-Expedi-'tion, "and ■:.if.;,anyb6dy;. ; should 'ask what ;good was the theory,; h'e ; ;.would'ask, what good',was.theSouth'.Pole?V v ; ,: . vOi; ■ ..-•■

"Wofgood? , ;, yer.'harsk.-.friend "Oward.'.And

~ ~ sd''ycr'..well. may. harek. -'-.' '"'- 1 -' ' But "ere's some' hotter; flucstchihgs 'now

:: ; thrown,,away ;i yer: marsk-r .' ' Somoauestchingsfer the 'op subh ~: ■ .blokes. .as''ypu,tor'ay— r .....;jj : : ; Some qupstohings' needin'. hanewers,'.w'ich :■.: "■Tirpntyer'.'if'lmay; '~,;,',','. ,-J .-,- ;. '■' ''AVethb:'boldnees''ter intrude ■-' ' .'■'■ On'JKe."learned 801it00d...,,,-;./ ■-. Of a:Boientißt 'a gazin' at.! the' bowchus y. ■:\;Maky;Way;- : ;;\;' i ;'.-i-.,V.'.-,--.:;,■■.' -■ ..

Pre'apsyer think ycrolever ter be backin' - -up of Profs:; \\-' ; '::;\' ..'"■'■:'■ ■' ' '■■■• ,; Pre'aps yer lik'b.the'hincense that it gets' ' -jer from, the toffs.' , .''. .'' t> ' :i ■ . W'ioh 1 don't .deriy'yer knowledgb of tho : y planickary'laws, '' , ;. ■'; '■ ■';■'■ But—W! about yer knowledge of our. 'igh ; : aid''oly' caU6e?. ■'. ' ; Are yer. wisp ter placo reliance'/ f. ■■ • ••• On 1 ' tho blokes wot. study Science?' '. Are yor wise ter sell the wuckcrslfer the V;. learned world'e; applause? ■.' .'•■'■■■ :

.'Ow -pf ting ■ 'ave'. we' seed it I Oh I 'ow of ting ...':' it .:' _■■-:";: ■•'•"'■ Tliat our. so-called bloomin'.'leaders yearn , ; : >: tor'shine'in hother sp'eresl '. ," But I , toll yer;';.llister 'Oward,'yer , the limit . : : 'hnp'ter/diite; "'■ ~'■■•■'.' ' ':, ■.;-,.',■.■; Won yer' turn .yer back upon.us and be-, ■ gin : ter hagitate . :'■:".'': ■■'■'" .'' .'■■' ■ ■ Fer ,a;bloomin' hidlethcery. , . ■'•••> : ~ -Hoi Ter make-me sick and weary! . :Wot is planicks '■ ter tho wuckor w'en\'is . .; eorldn' .hours' ia eiehtf. '.'...■.'

'Ow of ting soulless Mammon,'as increased" , ./. •'•■■ our 'eaVy.iload'v , . '..'vV ■: -i ?■"•"'"■'■,•.-,■■ ■. : '■''■-' By hinducin' of our leaders ter' forsake ■■' : 'the honly roadl • . ;■: Did. our "erocs win their triump's by en '.■':■ deavonrin'.i.ter:grope,'. ■_''■ . ■■>■..'" ■'. .;•..'.'..v:i Through, thorn furrin. 'evingly tooUes. with... \ : .'-! ■. ,a ; bloomin'teleplibpe?-;■;;■ i,S , ';;:•;. -;|V. ; - ■ ■ ; ~, ..Oomrid 'Oward, turn.yer heyesionv. '■■ • ; ■ ThO; industrial' "orhon! -: :..■;•:';. Ain't our safferin'a .worth yar. study? Bon't'.:',? • 'our slavery'give yer ecope? "■■.rV'vir ••'■'.

W'y this noo cnUinsiasm ter the'.{Man'. wot 'appene w*en A: planick bust£ a comick in ■ bloomin* haidomcnP No, no, 'Oward! Wot is wonted is devotiaii tor the fray; The bustin' np of Mammon is the border of tho day. Show yer grit and rterlin' worth By attendin' ter tie Hearth. Bβ a wnckcrl I hentreat yer: throw yar tolephopes away. '