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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 9

Go often to the hill-tops. From there you will see the mist In the valley ol jour mind.— Oyler. ___ ___________

It is wonderful with what calm | courage the residents of the coastal towns in England are going about their usual business. In Btighton a report states that the appropriation of the Royal Pavilion for the Indian, wounded — by the way, the Oriental achitecture of this extraordinary building may appeal to the invalids — was not expected to interfere with social entertainments. The seafront was crowded, and Christmas shopping was in full swing. In Bourne- j mouth, local anglers were enjoying good ! sport, and a fishing competition was being held off the Pier, while Russian ballets were attracting large audiences. At Eastbourne, the military band was giving its usual midday performance on the Grand Parade, and at Margate, fishermen were catching codling" in good num- | bers, and motor excursions are being i much patronised. Even at Scarborough j — but this was before the attack — the | corporation, with no idea of German oc- j cupation, were erecting blocks of bath- I ing bungalows, and hunting was going on." There is much cheer in this freedom from panic shown by the British who ' live in exposed towns. ! A few days ago I watched a little group of children, singing, as they circled on the grass, " Wtyo will you have for Nuts in May." It was summer, and sunshine, and the birds were gay and the flowers in blossom, and. the young voices in the old-time song were sweet and fresh. And now one reads, in the Daily Mail that the Territorials, as they marched down the Strand^jwere singing the same old child ditty a I'evised edition to meet the time and circumstances. They sang : — Who will fou have for your nuts ia May — nuts in May — nuts in 'May? We'll have Kaiser Bill for nuts in May on a cold and frosty morning ! And who will you have to take him away — take him away — take him away ? We'll have General French to take him away on a cold and frosty 'morning ! By the way, the popular "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" does not reign alone. One favourite is Hello, hello, who's your lady friend? Who's the little lady by your side? I've seen you with a girl or two, Oh, oh, oh, I AM surprised at you. Hello, hello, stop your little games, I Don't you think your ways you ought to mend ? This isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton. Who, who, WHO'S your lady friend ? Then there are the improvised songs, writes the Daily Mail. You often hear us swinging along to the tune of a wellknown hymn. I regret to say that the words are not those associated with the air in the hymn-book. For instance, to one beautiful refrain we chant the words of "Sing a Song of Sixpence," ending up with \ And wasn't that a dainty dish, And wasn't that a dajnty dish, _ And wasn't that a dainty dish, To set before a- king ? Let me assure you, though, * that we mean nothing irreverent. Nor do we ! mean any harm when, on a wet day, we ! swing along to the tune of another wellknown hymn, singing : Raining, raining, raining, Always blooming well raining ; Raining nil the morning, And raining all the night. As an alternative we occasionally chant, to the air of "Kind Words Can Never Die," the dole chorus : This rain will never stop, Nevor_ 6top, never stop ; This rain will never stop, No! No! No! Occasionally our improvised songs form quite ingenious comments on topical events. The woes of our Home Defence Company are set forth in this refrain, to the air of "There is a- Happy Land" (a tune, by the way, that is a favourite quickstep in our Indian Army). Where are our uniforms? Far, far away. ' When will our rifles come ? • P'raps, p'raps some day I Our Ist Battalion, indignant at being told off to guard railway lines for a time instead of being sent to the front, evolved a hymn of protest to the air of "Onward, Christian Soldiers," the refrain, of which was this : Onward^ Queen Victorias, Guarding the railway line. Is this foreign service? Ain't it jolly fine? Mr. aaS Mrs. D. G. RTddiford left for Marton to-day. Mrs. Pollock and Miss' Ewen are expected from Napier early next week. Mr. and Mrs. Ewen go out to their Heretaunga cottage on Monday. Mr. Justice Chapman and Mrs. Chapman are staying at the Hotel Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. J. Levett and the Misses Levett returned by the Remuera. Little Hazel Hardwiche, well-known to the public as a dancer, appeared as "Ned" in the "Silver King." Mrs. Fred. Riddiford and Miss Helen Easton leave for Overton to-morrow. Miss Easton' s marriage takes place there on the 27th January. There has been considerable discussion of late in Europe on the question of women riding astride, which system has developed so much of late years. Of course, the Kaiser could not keep out of such a controversy, though he has now other matters to think of. But just before the war, he decided that the wives of officers of his army and navy should not be allowed to ride in this Avay, and in London the decision aroused quite a controversy. It was suggested by those who agreed with the august superman that the practice of riding astride involved risk of internal injury to women, although the effect may not be apparent for a long time. But this view is by no means generally adopted. On© of the most famous riding masters of the day — Mr. Heap, the, manager of the Regent's Park Riding School, London, says that ho" knows many women, including several doctors' wives, who have ridden astride for years, and are none the worse for it. "Several of them/* added Mr. Heap, "are mothers of families, and so far from having in any way suffered from riding astride, they enjoy splendid health, and tell me they attribute it to regular exercise on hor»t> back." A medical correspondent, on the other hand, writing to The Times (London), says:— "lt is no exaggeration to say that a woman Avho habitually rides astride endangers her health and courts disaster, which though long dolayed, may be of a very tragic kind. Woman, as the mother of the race, must on no account jeopardise her ability to perform the function of motherhood safely and efficiently. The strain accompanying the new 'seat' tends to displace certain vital organs, or at least to render their supports insecure, and to foster malposition and even prolapse." With such a variety of opinion facing us, it would be valuable to obtain the views of Australian women on this subject, for, after all, experience is perhaps the best guide, though gynaecologists would probably say that in some cases retroversion has been caused by the action of i a rough horse. " '