Untitled

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 143, 15 June 1909, Page 3

One of the speakers at the unemployed meeting in Cathedral Square on Satuiciay afternoon sketched a glowing picture of the luxurious lice led by the average newspaper editor (says The Press). "He goes to his palatial home in the evening," the orator said, "and a lackey meets him at tke door to relieve htm of his c<^at. Then he goes to-his sumptuously furnished dining-room, and draws his chair up to a well-stocked diningtable. Afterwards, he sits, by the fire and engages in intellectual conversation with his wife and daughters. Then he sits alone before going to bed, and, patting himself on the back, says, 'All is well with the work!.' " Editors are commonly siipposed to be possessed of extraordinary powers, but are not generally contortionists. Perhaps the one Jvhe orator had in mind had inordinately long a.nns.