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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 17 February 1915, Page 8

Senator Tillman was arguing the tariff '■with an opponent. "You know I never boast," the opponent began. "Never boast? Splendid!" said Senator Tillman, and he added: "No wonder, you brag about it." i Debutante: "He said he would go through a raging flood just to look into Imy eyes." " Chaperon : "When —last jnight?" Debutante: "No; last night he I 'pnone'd that it was raining too hard for him to call." , ! Over 2000 men connected with the i printing trade have volunteered for their • some the territorials, and some the reserves—or, as they are reported to call it, the "Overmatter." A. weird-looking lady, had been addressing a somewhat hostile meeting, and.„ in conclusion said : "Now, do I make myself perfectly plain?" A Voice from, the Back of the Hall: "I don't know. Somebody must have done it." I Tt hns been reported from the front 'that the Germans are bad shots, but if the Kaiser said at the Guildh.aU seven ; years ago that he aimed at peace, he must be the worst shot of them all. ' The Vicar: "For shame, my lad ! Whit have those poor little fish done to be imprisoned upon the day of rest?" Tommy -. f "Tha'that's what they got for—for chasing worms on a Sunday, sir." I 'There continues to be something I wrong with recrjiitinjr in this province ' for* service at the .front," states the Dunedin "Evening Star." "What that something is we are somewhat puzzled to understand. Is it the fault of the Defence Department, or of the methods employed, or of the young manhood still in our midst, or of all three? The question should be examined" calmly and without feeling. There may be some deliberate shirkers in our midst, but it is neither fair nor just to indulge in passionate tirades against the youth of the community until we know beyond doubt that our young men are not coming forward as they should. Neither this nor any community can afford to send away all its qualified men. Some of them must stay behind, for the simple reason that someone must do that work in the absence of which it would be impossible to carry on the war at all. The youth or man who works in the factory and dockyard and in numerous lines of industry fie engaged as truly in the service of his country as is the man at the front. Food, clothing, ammunition, implements, constructive, as well as destructive, must go forward in a continuous, unbroken -tream. otherwise that "thing red line" on wliijh. in the last resort, everything we hav* a"»i :-;r existence depend, would disappear..'"