NEWS AND VIEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11040, 18 April 1899, Page 3

NEWS AND VIEWS.

NEW STORIES OF DR. TEMPLE. Tiik London correspondent of the Mel- ' bourne Age writes: — From the days of my yi nth. when 1 was soundly "swished" by : the present Archbishop of Canterbury, I j Lave always had a regard for the old man. He has a rough tongue, a crisp manner, a ' short temper iwhich age has not improved), . bin a thoroughly sound heart. As a school- ■ nvster he was admirable, wise, just, and [ reliable. The pithy sermons he preached in Rugby Chapel will never be forgotten by i those who heard iliein. The best were pub- ■ lisLed. and are extremely well suited. owing , in then brevity and common sense, for ; family consumption. A friend of mine, i who lias a by place some distance from any : church, -alls his household to family (.ravers | on Sunday evening before supper, and gene- ! rally reads them one ol Temple's Rugby ! scimnns. They g„ down excellently, and i Hit l occasional introduction of such nnwt- , peeled phrases as " and now, my dear boys, I as we are approaching the end of the halfI year. 1 must," etc., etc., greatly cheer the I female servants. All this is apropos of an ! excellent appreciation of His Grace in tho j Outlook, which actually contains two really , new stories of Dr. iVtiiplc The first be- ■ longs to his Exeter days. Ho wis presiding over a meeting of his clergy, and he had begged them to .-fate any difficulties they might have in the discharge of their duties. One and another spoke; then an old parson got. up. and bluntly said that one of his chief difficulties was his Pisliop! He had recently come to the p. •!,■■ .-. he said, on business; he was poor, and had walked fr.,1.1 his vicarige. some miles oil'. The liislinp received him with his usual roughness of manner. The ii.tcivicw had only lasted a fen- minutes, whin the luncheon bell rang. "I must go to lunch." said lh» Jlisbnp. "Good morning." And he walked out of the room, leaving the poor cleric, hungry and forlorn, to plod back to his parish. Such was the story, which produced it marked effect on the meeting. The Bishop, in his closing speech, left this to the last. When lie came to it lie simply said: The farts were correctly staled"—a pause—"and the implied accusation is just." Only a really great man could have said that, and the meeting rose to it. The second story illustrates his sense of humour. There was some function at St. raid's which the Archbishop was to attend. He was received at the west door, according to custom, bv the Dean and Chapter. It was a bitterly cold day, and Dr. Temple appeared swathed in a huge grev woollen wrapper over his episcopal robes. This grievously disturbed the Dean; and certainly the episcopal archiepiscopal appearance was not exactly (esthetic— in point of fact, ludicrous. "Your Grace." fussed the Dean, "your Grace will take that off.'" "When yon shut the door," snapped the Archbishop. The meat door was duly shut, and the Archbishop, with extraordinary contortions, slowly unwound tho yards of wrapping. Then, tinning to the chaplain, he said in a static whisper, which he took care the Dean should hear "B tarry the sacred scarf!" ' ' "A grot figure." concludes the Outlook. "With wlmtevir drawbacks and faults a truly great figure. Tho unique assembly held in the Guildhall, when he left London for Canterbury, sufficiently proved that, in spite of his superficial eccentricities of character, he had impressed himself upon London. And in the highest place which an English clergyman can reach, with tho asperities of early days modified by age and. experience, the Archbishop of Canterbun' shows himself equal to the great traditions of his See, no unworthy successor of ait, the statesman; and of Benson, the leader of men." LAST WORDS OF M. FAURE. Madame Felix- Faure's account of liehusband s last moments is full of p..V , When suddenly summoned to his lu>d<ti!« I she at once tried to make out what V was ' endeavouring to s -,y to her. She distinctly heard him murmur, "Pray for me- there '~ nothing left but prayer." A lew 'moments ■cer she again pressed her car close to bis lips, and heard him say in a part of 'he Lord's Prayer in Latin. His last audible words were, " Forgive us our trespasses, M we forgive them that trespass against us." IHE ARMY AS A CAREER. ■■ TOMMY-BEFORi~DI-RIXG, AND AFTER SERVICE. During last year, according to the annual return of the British Inspector-General of Recruiting, the total number of recruits enlisted in the regular Arniv-was 40,729 the largest number taken in any year since' the introduction of short sen-ice," with the exception of 1892, when 41,659 men were raised. Of course, the total strength of the Aranhas gone up with this influx of men. At the commencement of 1393 it was 212 393 while on December 31 it stood at 222,373,' showing a net increase of 9980. The increase was not, however, entirely due to recruiting, special inducements having been offered to reservists to rejoin the colours, of which 4479 men availed themselves. The trades, etc, of the men who sought enlistment will bo seen from the following table, giving the occupations of each thousand men inspected: — , , '894. 1895. 1856. 1897. 1893 Labourers. servants husbandmen. etc ' 651 678 662 640 657 Manufacturing nrtiS.:IIS. ;|> , |~1.,,. workers, weavers. „ el i- . '■ 117 131 120 148 139 Mechanics employed in occupations favourable to physical devel'pm'nt las smiths. caroenters, masons, etc. 99 94 104 in? w Shopmen and clerks 64 58 73 ft ™ Professional occupa- " tions. students, etc. 12 10 11 in o Boys under 17 years 27 29 30 27 31 Totals 1.000 1.0001,000 UM WOO "Tommy's" cams when he leaves the Army is now, the figures show, much better than it formerly was. for while 18.971 men lett the colours during 1898 with satisfactory charters, 17,610 were either provided with civil employment fin the Post Office or other Government Departments, or on railways, etc.), or found situations for themselves. " The result of the year's work, says the report, m commenting on this fact "i« to a certain extent, gratifying, inasmuch as'th-» number of situations found is nearly equal to the number of deserving men who left the colours. This goes far to show that men who conduct themselves well during then- colour service need anticipate no difficvl IB " 8 U '° rk ° n their retnm to