A LITTLE ANECDOTE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1164, 27 June 1911, Page 6

A LITTLE ANECDOTE.

TOLD BY LADY ISLINGTON,

An amusing littlo illustration of a point in her speech at the St. John Ambulance Association's gathering last evening was given by her Excellency Lady Islington. Her Excellency, who was apologising for the length of her remarks on tho need for more nurses in the back-blocks of the Dominion, spoke of the proneuess of people who were impressed with'any special subject to dilate upon it whenever they got an opportunity. At their home in England, Lady Islington said, a meeting had once been hold to havo views on Froetrado expounded. One of the chief speakers on Freetrado in the House of Commons had promised to address the gathering. The meeting took place about the time the famous Lloyd-George Budget was before tho House. This gentleman had prepared a long speech on the Budget, but had not been able to obtain an opportunity in tho Commons to speak. When he arrived at jtheir meeting he made ono or two preliminary remarks on Freotrado and then plunged headlong into his Budget speech. It was a long, passionate speech, said her Excellency. The next speaker was a lady—a very wonderful speaker, and very eloquent. But unfortunately she happened to be a very keen Suffragette. (Laughter.) She also could have expounded FrcelTiide, but soon dropped it, plunged off into the subject nearest her heart, and then sat down. (Laughter.) At the end both speakers realised what they had done, but snid that they really could not help it. The subjects nearest their heart had come uppermost.