POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1937, Page 12

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY FLAGE

1( . America, too, has its wailing Wall ,„ Street. . .: he • • • it . Rain may be described as general vn when it falls on the unjust as well as lal on the just, of • • • he • tl . Chinese proverb: Do not remove a cc fly from your friend's forehead with a c- hatchet. im ♦ ♦ * . id ' ' se Why shouldn't women occasionally y _ undergo needless operations? They lis can't be expected to talk about'bridge , d and their friends all the time. ■y, 4 - *'■'*■.- oy "Inquirer."—lf Demosthenes' found it- in all the Grecian States no other man ■o- like himself, were all the rest womea :h in that they were so different? rs • #.•;■■■ ;n You misunderstand, Melisande. g S Isofcars are not great bars of ice at _ the Poles, and are not generally re known as icebergs. \ '" w * *..*■■ v- FUN IN THE NEWS. re "The Khandallah branch of tht w W.N.R. has recently held two very }£ successful efforts to close its year'i i activity."—News note. Congratulations, W.N.R., on both the preceding and succeeding successes. Activities now definitely closed, one may imagine. RICH. * * * HEADLINES. These headlines appeared on a poster issued -by the Glasgow "Eveninig News" some years ago, and wert passed on to us by Anon: — , PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. SEDITION IN INDIA. WINSTON IN DUNDEE. nf Winston, is Winston Churchill, who, turned out of a Midland seat, went ie north of the Tweed to try to reinstate :d his political fortunes. The man who st drafted the poster either had a keea sense of humour or, unwittingly ; produced a laughable coincidence. v♦• • T ~ °f SIGN HERE! ! Before the Anti-Freedom of the Press i> Bill passes, we hazard the opinion, based on our usual reliable informaie tion from Mrs. McClancy, that at least r _ one new Government job is to be created, that of Chief Inspector of ie Signatures. As we./like any competent }f managing director who signs his firm's 3i letters, very often cannot read our own j. signature, we naturally consider we have first claim on the job. ?> OMADHAUN. •■ */ *' . . , . ti HULLO, SCOTIA. ;r These notes appeared in the "Ber1, liner Illustrierte Zeitung." If you takd is them seriously that's your look out. Vl Leyden, June 12— n The well-known Dutch' mathemai- tician, Professor Bruin, has establish" if ed the fact that the same calendar !r mayv be used every 28 years, as th« c days of the week fall on the same dati xin these years. ■■-.■■ ■ . : | Edinburgh, June 16^- - c The Scottish University of Edi»* c burgh has just bestowed thehoriorary b title of doctor ori ■ the'mlthematic^Prot - fessor. Bruin of Holland. ' V '. • • . ■ • £' No. 2 BOMBERS. ' Dear Flage,—For upholding the hon» '. ours1 and prestige of No. 2 Bombing r > Squadron and putting all pacifists to ' a rout, and considering the present prce sperity due to armaments, 'and the c generosity of the Government in reil warding people for services rendered, r the Baron advocates his own case. He ;- has no desire for filthy lucre—just the - honour of being presented.with.a few t millebars, ten for preference. Should c the P.M. think this demand too extore tionate the Baron would be satisfied with just ordinary bars, public or pr> a vate. BARON SASANOFF. j PS.—Curing the anti-aircraft shoot , instructions should be issued with the (weather report advising people t» sleep not on top but underneath their \ mattresses. We know, Flage, that what 3 goes up comes dowrH—B.S. P.P.S.—The Baron is a little anxious ' whether the landsmen handling his anti-aircraft masterpiece have been properly trained as to which end to fir* at. The blunt end is correct—B.S. » . • #...... OUR JONGLEURS NEEDN'T WORRY, More metrical tosh (dug out for us by "Bish") from such a literary Homer as Robert Browning. "Personally (adds "Bish"), I prefer 'Milmay' and th« I the McClancy woman." And so— '■ But the city, oh, the city—the squar* . with the houses! Why? They are stone faced, white as a curd, there's something to take the eye! : Houses in four straight lines, not a single front awry; You watch who crosses and gossipy who saunters, who hurries by; Green blinds, as a matter of course, t» draw when the sun gets high And the shops with fanciful signt which are painted properly. And lastlySome garret's ceiling, walls, and floor Up and down and o'er and o'er He splashes as none splashed before Since great Coldara Polidore. • ♦ • CHERRY BLOSSOM! Dear Flage,—Not long since, whsu the double blossomed Japanese cherry trees adjacent to the bandstand in the Botanical Gardens were in full bloom, one of Wellington's gentle breezes strewed the grassy slope leading to the swan pond thick with fallen cherry blossom similar to a light fall of snow. Naturally Mr. and Mrs. Swan todk ad« vantage of this tasty "manna" from the skies and indulged themselves to the full. Most pleasures in life have their aftermath. Such unwonted, giddiness in spring apparently had consequences; for a few weeks later s heap of dried grass was conspicuous within a few yards of where the "feast of the double blossomed cherry blooms" took place. Mrs. Swan as. siduously took up a position thereon in an increasingly thoughtful attitudeeven forgoing her customary prolong? Ed toilet ablutions in the pond ad» joining. Coming events cast their shadows before—even the hitherto snow-white neck was darkened almost to unsightliness. On Saturday last the secret was "laid bare"—two beau-tifully-tinted swan eggs adorned tha surface of the drab dried grass, and a proud lady-swan was preening her ruffled feathers with an enthusiasm that needed to be seen to be fully appreciated. Seeing that Coronation triplets hold the front page at present, the lady under review, might have made it four whilst on the job—arid thus give Wellington a much-needed advertisement. But let us be grateful. No doubt she did her. very best May we soon be able to welcome 3 pair of cygnets that will be a credit, tc their parents—and the City Fathers Youth will soon flock to view aquatic evolutions taking place on that prett;. Garden's sheet of water which coulc be likened to the poetry of motion--wheri the new. cygnets come marchins home again. Hurrah! .■■■■- : '• "■■ .: . ■■■9*