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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 14

By the appointment of the Bishop of Sodor.and Man to the See of Ripon tho Evangelical North receives a not unworthy successor to Dr Boyd Carpenter. Dr Dru'ry has achieved in tho past distinguished success' as a trainer of c ergy, and-that in itself.is no mean .qualification for an English" Bishopric. Nor .is lie an' "extreme" man in tho sense., in which tho word may, without offence, bo applied to'his predecessor m tho Isle of Man. Tho ono has tho courage of his convictions no less than" the other,, but those convictions . may, perhaps, rcceivo different'expression.' For tho rest we aro glad to think that tho Island . See has of late been recognised not as'a refuge for thi'rd-rato men who may riot expect to go farther, but as an exercising-ground for the qualities needed in a largo and important Diocese on the mainland. Ripon is a heavy Seo in'sorb need of < division, and Dr. Drury will there find abuudant scope for qualities of organisation and statesmanship—"The Guardian." The following is tho cast of "Everywoman," produced for the first time in Australasia in Melbourne on December 16:—Evervwoman, .Miss Hilda Sporig; Wealth, Mr. Arthur Styan; Nobody, Mr. EardleY Turner; Youth, Miss Elsie Clarens- Beauty, Miss Dorothy dimming; Modesty, Miss Enid' Benaett; Conscience, Aliss I'lo Dunn; Truth-, Miss Emma Temple; Stuff, Mr. Herbert Leigh; Bluff, Mr. George Miller; Passion, .Mr. John Rnlston; King Love, Mr. A. J. Patrick; Witless, Mr. Frank Compton; Flattery, Mr. Laurence Hardinge. Something.of a sensation was caused at tho'.Theitre Royal, Melbourne, last week, during the performance of "Dame-Nature" by ,Miss Ethel Irving's Company. So carried away was a gentleman in the dress circle by the, impassioned emotional acting of Miss Irving, that,, during her great scene with the Princess de Cbabrand and Robert Bertram in the third act, ho ex-, claimed, "Don't speak- to them, Lolettc.' For God's sake, don't speak to them!" Needless to say, the-outburst-caused a great stir, but the gentleman responsible subsequently explained that it was quite involuntary on his part, his thoughts and emotions having been swept away by the power and depth of Miss Irving's acting. An old Frenchwoman, who had for years slept during the day, in .order to watch her money durbg the night, ventured out marketing, and was robbed of 10,000 francsv Mr. F.-A. Atkins. writes on "Is the Church PJaycd'Out?" in a discussion on_ chu'r'ch-goirig - in . "Everybody's .Weekly. . He'takes 'an optimistic 'view that is very welcome. During the last year or two, he sa'ys, the*"Churches 'of this country have 'been deluged with journalistic criticism, and.: worried -and perplexed by aritbiheti'cal and. statistical problems. They have managed to survive,, and toddy tho'v are 'really' doing well.. The slight- set-back in" metriberskip has stabbed our 'complacent lethargy and' roused us from timidity and inertia. . .' . No doubt there has been a certain arrest of, progress, fpr. the simple Teason that wo havo arrested our own .progress. . . . As a Eimplo matter of fact," things are not nearly so bad as certain-writers in this discussion have-tried to make out. A few years ago'three of. the principal London' churches— Westminster, Whitefield's,' arid 'Blooinsbury—were practically empty and derelict. Hero wore three great, auditoriums in the very' heart of London, deserted, .and nearly, bankrupt.. Yet at that timo the. croakers .had not begun to' croak.. Now to-day, when tho critics aro enjoying themselves over , a fancied slump, all these, three churches are c'rowded! Australia has cows enough.to give each roan, woman, and child in the island continent three apiece; While'tho Argentine can do even better—there are five'cattle, to) each-inhabitant' in ' the big South American Republic: . A striking'incident in-tho first act of "Everywoinan" at Jlelbourne.. .Theatre Royal is comprised-in'the mysteribus"'ap-' pearance of a' human figure in' a mirror.' Posing and -posturing before' the :glass, Everywoinan looks-into it-at the suggestion of; Beauty.' Suddenly 'the surface changes, and in tho frame stands a courtly, figure,-who introduces himself as Flat-' tery,- and speaks,with srnooth; persuasive tongue.- -His mission accomplished, ■he fades away again, arid,tho mirror is as it was-"-before. The glass is real and solid, for the reflections of the people on the stage- and in the audience,are continually seen in it.- However the illusion may hs accomplished, it is exceedingly clover arid effective. ■: . ■ : -. ■' Serl.by Hall, near Retford, the stately, honio'of Viscount and Viscountess Giiiway, possesses tho distinction of being the only military hospital established in England by'authority of tho War Office for the reception of wounded in the event of invasion. . . Fifth sons born into families living at Badwsay, a Suffolk village of 400 inhabit-ants,-will in future be born lucky. Sir Cuthbert Quilter has announced that he will become godfather to each fifth son born on the Bawdsoy Estate, and'invest .£5 in tho Post Office Savings Bank in the infant's name,- to accumulate until the agb'of 21.-.. ■ ./ . One more additional use has been found for the automobile, this time in the strcetcleaniug department in Paris: The'new motor vehicle is-a combination sprinkler mill sweeper; which gets over the ground at n good, steady pace, leaving a trail of well-swept and watered highways behind it. The'■ automobile sweeper has been found to do as 'much work in a given time .as 10 horse-drawn .-sweepers or a' 10t> a'ajd-jirceaei's wul'l do, • -