REALLY A POSE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 3

REALLY A POSE.

THE “GLOOMY DEAN” EUSI- ' NESS LORD BIRKENHEAD TWITS ■c DEAN INGE ADVOCATES SMALL INCOME BUT SELLS WRITINGS WELL United Proas A sen. by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian .Press Association.' LONDON. Oct. 30. Lord Birkenhead, in the > Evening Standard, submits an incisive reply to Dean Inge’s article. He says: “I have admiration ft)l' Dean Inge, who is a scholar with great gifts as a journalist, and is very clever. Without being an insincere poseur he has exploited the “Gdooniy Dean” business to the uttermost. He isn’t particularly gloomy; his gloom is really a pose. Ascetic in appearance, he has a sense of humor which lie has never permitted to decommercialise his journalistic career, I should have thought Dean Inge would have lamented the squalid meanness which leaves the Prime Minister of England £5.000 a year gnd no pension. The inadequacy of judicial salaries is also a scandal, and the Leader of the Opposition should also receive a salary.; _ i ‘•The dean thinks it dignified .to he , content with a small income,_ yet 1 seem to remember the dean justifying his own journalistic activities by the plea that ho could not support his family on his deaconal salary. Moreover, I have heard many reports from Fleet Street very gratifying to the reputation of the reverend dean as a man of business. He is an astute negotiator of the very valuable material he sells. I suggest that for the guidance of public men the ■Jean should inform us how much he himself would allow anyone to earn.’’

DEAN INGE DISDAINS PERSONALITIES

HIGH THINKING SHOULD COMBINE WITH PLAIN LIVING

Dean Inge, who was shown the reply, wrote emphasising that there were no personalities in his article. “Socialists sav nobody ought to have more than £ooo a year”, he said. “I suggest that ten times more ought to content the high-minded servant of the State. It does content our admirals, generals and bishops, and would seem untold wealth to our greatest scholars and scientific discoyerers. Our most gifted men ought to show us how to combine highthinking with plain living, which is most difficult.”