THE WORLD'S PRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

TIT FOR TAT. The authorities -have : got back on th« press■: for "(ill the nil sty - things ; which havt been said about- the Beck - case. William Thomas, Beck's "double," is . described in the calendar at the i Old Bailey as a "journalist.'—Evening; News. ' ' OUR PUBLIC! STATUES. Our admiration of .Sir Henry Irving as an actor is ■ great, ;, but dux : nerve-centres badly: shaken the other day when wt read of ; him advocating , a•; Shakespene statue in London. So far from our metropolis needing >ny more statues, It would be infinitely better to take measures for hurling a few of the existing : ones to ; Mother-earth.-—The Outlook. 1 CURE FOR SEA SICKNESS. Koepke ■ believes that the different >. symptoms of > sea -, sickness > are due to anaemia oi the brain/,- and that validol acts upon this condition by, raising the blood pressure. ': It alsr > influences the . gastric ; disturbances lowering the j sensibility of the. - nerve end ings in the gastric mucous membrane, and -i; indeed, 'both -: a' good stomachic7and■ a go<x analeptic.—British Medical Journal. RUSSIAN CHAGRIN. It is of no use concealing the fact that th* abandonment Liuo-ytog was not expeetec by .th? Russian -' public. fe^lt; seemed: to .;. u: all that the lyjur had arrived when our aimrs was .to \ fight a decisive y battle 1 with £ the enemy. It was so understood from Genera Kuropatkin's telegram j in which he spoke o. the troops awaiting ; the ; moment to joir battle with; the foe. —Rues. . • '? • BREAKFASTS IN SCOTLAND. The Scotch breakfast fills the ; Southern*.] with a sense of surprise and envy. Tlw plain bun, the Bath bun, the Banbury ' cake is about all England can offer in the "way competition, ■ while the mountains ■of scones bamnocfts;', baps,; seed, ■' oat, and ' plumcake: which strew : the Scotch breakfast table car only / coma from - a land flowing with - mill and- honey.Lady Violet 5 Greville-, in tht Graphic. " MOTORS FOR EVERYBODY. Now is the day dawning of the moderate motorwhen 5 the i motor will be the necessary extra, when those ; who live ; in:' tows , won't complain because their " rural friends expect to be visited. ' if- is supposed bj some that when; the great middle-class; possess their motors the , world of fashion will go back to their horses; v but it strikes m€ the ' fashionable world & has; more .sense.— Black and White. GROUSE AND HEREDITY. It is said that the grouse, having long ago gotj through heredity, a knowledge of , w'ttat dogs mean, have developed a similar understanding regarding beatera. .In old pointer or setter does . not „• readily forget its early grouse experiences; and .we imight "reasonably suppose that old birds which have come through a 1 heavy -fusillade ; should preserve their memories of the 1 past, and 'ware beater or gun accordingly.lllustrated Sporting ana Dramatic News. POLICE'S GREAT DISCOVERY. The London police have discovered the bicycle, and it has j been j placed \on the list 0f... articles ,whose usefulness! . is officially 1 recognised. ' The exceptional promptness of this measure may well arouse dome sur--1 prise, as well as: gratification, for the tele I phone,- which been known to the out' r side public even longer than tie, safetj . bicycle, has not : yet, conic>: into, the, fiek of vision of the police • authorities.-—St. James' Gazette. \ , .... ' ■ SIGNS OF PENITENCE. The relations between England and Qer- ( many have.. visibly » improved since | King Edward's visit -to Kiel, and -r itfgives us , satisfaction to be able to make such a , statement. During ; the ? Boer fjnxj a : bitter ( feeling .was life in Germany against';-Eng. , land, and we mast admit that in many I circles it went much too far, > especially ' in - the defamation of the British army. The result was - that < in. the Bagdad railway and Venezuelan questions the English , people " would : have ■ nothing. to 'fdo ' with Germany."—Fraenkischer Knrier, NureraL berg. i MOTOR FEVER. ( i , , j ■ To the less- restricted in - means the ac- , quiring .of a motor 4 status iis ? done on an alarming scale; ? cars for 1 town, >, for ?: conn- , try, for wet, for tine.weather, closed, open . or both, . are bought. ■> The . motor-frown, , motor-nerves, and an absolute vacuity as regards any other, subject, are some of the . effects of the fever at its worst; : and . when . racing is taken "up little; or no hope of recovery may be entertained. and Home. FALLACY OF " BLUE* BLOOD." The fact is that, a? every observant medical . practitioner . sooner or later realises, r there ;is no ' great difference of the kind ~ that , theories of "birth" assume ' between j one man and another. The basis of this fact, no doubt,'- is ; that the whole population of this ■ country iisl so mixed * and ;sc '■ connected by marriage ; that ; 'or ?any ? one , individual to pride 'himself or : herself on r ancestry is a scientific absurdity.The ~ General Practitioner, b " ! - CRAZE OF BRIDGE. It seemed almost incredible that men in > full • possession- of all I their Sfaculties—for • ; bridge 1 really .; does necessitate j a;/ certain amount, of intellect-— spend : r their 5 ! entire existence in ■ shuffling, ; dealing, ' and playing a pack of cards. '■: Yet it;' is a fact that hundreds exist; who' know no ; more , exalted emotion i than that V'caiiaiid by a 5 "no truniper," or no more depressing form 'r\ of despair than that resulting ?frcto, a run ; of " spade hands. "—Ladies' Fields ; GERMAN SARCASM. ■ - The English autumm manoeuvres hare a naturally resulted in a complete defeat oi rj. the ; enemy ; .General : ; French has, after a '?■] fov.-: small successes, retreated in full flight, , j and; is. now - in. danger of' being surrounded 1 1 and captured with his whole army..'at Clap--9 ton-on-Sea (sic). . The great decisive battle i is ■ still to';come, but will, sof ; course, prove j. that an invasion of England ; would not -.-be 5 attended ; with ; the - slightest But I in real war—— '<—General ; Anzeiger,- Busa seldorf. a, 1 ' " ! • i WORD THAI FAILED. . 9 In: the early days of the : motor , car, many; people ; spoke of ; moling" as readily , and - easily as they did of "biking," but for some reason or other the former word lievet 6 acquired any general popularity and is now " practically extinct;. The objection. to ; mo--1 tinix". was chiefly because it meant : also B speaking of a " mote,"' a ; word too awful to e contemplate.: " Bike''' and biking",;never I got on people's, nerves ;as did. the -word " mote," which even-in; America had but a g very short life. —Tatler. I . . " OLD FRIEND IN A NEW GUISE. ' The entente cordia?e, and no mistake! I In Paris the other day I noticed 1 upon the men'- at the restaurant where I was dining : these ? two;;;. words, "Le 2 Dundee." ;' At -.. the witching moment 'the j waiter advanced with a smile of suppressed . triumph. "Le Dundi," be murmured inf sinuatingly, helped : km to two large . tahlespoonfuls of ,my old | friend, J Scotch . marmalade. i- Everybody.iins! Paris to-day 3 eats marmalade; but at. dinner., and in 1 a place of sweet, without bread.The Gentlewoman. " ' • ' ' . ' ■ ... " • ; , • _ - -■ *' ■ V . t "... C®x*,s:t}:

WHAT RUSSIA PROMISES. 1 WHAT RUSSIA PROMISES. Russia' is" going to " rat ate" Port Arthur, ; 'f; conquer Manchuria., and Invade Japan. She ;very; prudently announces, however, iftMijgifl all tliis is not to transpire under two or three j'; \ J| years. 'f In the ; meanwhile General Euro- :l _ pat kin will, continue to sprint.—Daily News, iff |BS DRESSES MEN LIKE. ; General Wellington is said to have once remarked that the woman dressed in gray - /| made him:think immediately, of angels and .V r. rested his' eye and mind. Men always like . K gray'and bine gowns,, and .the plainer the ' gown the more directly it appeals 'to the ej» * . J ? of>the average roan..—Chic. ''##1 | GERMAN CANDODR. . ; GERMAN Any close: friendship with England would'. ;, ? : mean another estrangement between G«r- ; |j. % many and Russia, and we have a far greater ■" interest in maintaining good' relations wit?^ir' v 'l|l : Russia than we have in maintaining good ret- ■ Illations, with Great Britain.—Deutsche Tagein zeitung; t Berlin. ? >;! .—_— FEMININE CONFESSIONS. f j Whether we are doing the London season, ||ftt ' .or a round of country-(louse visit?| ihe " enjoyment of most women is largely dependent ®! : on the amount of opportunities accorded to : {4W them for flirtation. Ho matter how indig* $ i nantly some of my sex may deny 3 Mwe all 'm thrive on admiration.—Ladies'. Field. ' ' " > GASTRONOMIC TASTE. We. have descended from gastronomy .*iff \ gastTology. The fault must be ascribed to ; the decadence of public taste. ?< A generation : ,'5 undoubtedly eats the dinners it deserves. At the', same time it would be ( unfair to deny i that .. there has been i gastronomic progress in vttf II ; •. many directions.—Saturday Review. , — , j | FRUIT FOR RAILWAY' TRAVEL, (gpl f I : A famous doctor taid to me, " Eat nothing in the train but' fruit;, as much'of it as you : ; please, but only fruit, and you will find your' . j ; fatigue lessened. , Railway travelling inI ; duces a certain fever, which the cooling grapes and pears keep at bay." 1 adopted : ; the doctor's plan, and I found it fmite excel- "Ml lent.—The Gentlewomajfe, " l 'ii " - -- - \ SOCIAL SICKNESS. 1 We should like to think that j be time. Wan near when the doings of ''smart society 1 ' I would '. be ' absolutely |~ unattractive. But - that they grow lass attractive year by yea^'SVi® >■ is likely enough, for they: are' often ridiculed; and - when the 4 movements 'of any§§ [ section of society begin to be ridiculed, Ilgs3lpj|p become frr that very fact ineffective, atui . therefore inconsiderable.— Spectator. -'lilt;! , J f '; , WAR JESTS. ||f ' . The , Moscow Cassette calls ■ f6rlt? , n^^uaS'iS' , J fe t-ei "to the Japanese; The o>p» reply b^'^' taking r- bout three-quarters of all in sight-. ~ £ Montreal • Star. Knropatkin is still "holding the enemy," ''S'ffi > i. but to an outsider it Hooks very much" na j though 'he I would ' give 'altn'Sst t anything be able to let go.—Chicago News,". ;' ■-. \r- '} V ' DRESS ALLOW AN CE, ", ' 'VThere- is no doubt that many, young girte • spend £300 to J5500 a year on their clothes, *' i 'i"']l and, even ; then i complain that their allow- j c anc© is not sufficient; but at the susne feotffisS 4 i there is a far. greater number of girls who- go ' t' about a great deal in very good society, and who have not more than 5360. or £100 a year- If' 1 i and the services or , pert - services of a maid, §11 -Hearth and IWC KILTS IN THE LORDS. The eldest sou of I.crd Ashbounw, til* • Irish Lord ; 'Chancellor, apoaam at nearly '' " every I functioni ,in v j'Dublin*- & "the garb of k old'. Gaul. "He looks distinctly handsome in his brown kilt, with an Irish harp for I!buckle. As heir' to the Ashbourne barony, | Mr. Gibson may one day ' succeed to a neat in the House of Lords, and is said to cherish W'm a fixed determination to appear , in'-? th* M Gilded Chamber in Celtic drees—kilt and *,1 * -■ -The King. IS EXERCISE ESSENTIAL „ ■ ,"k v : We &re : not convinced that the axiom 4hii#&flli exercise is essential |to faealth'is really a posi- ,#|l V tive truth and of universal application. 'Tj^f^S • it is commonly accepted as such.is certain!* Vf the f case," but while not prepared definitely 1 ■>- to deny it for ourselves, we are quite prepared to believe that the concers© 'jaightbe f- ■argued'with at 'east, much; show | Mr-' Chamberlain is a case in point; Mr! | Labouchere, we believe, another. Medical Journal. -, "PEOPLE OF THE' FIVE MEALS" • / Only the English,'the race of stone, \ iron, «re able, ;a the midst 'of high-pressure work, to continue feheirjjphysical and <aental • •if | activity, and the overfeeding which has pro- ; II cured for them the name oil the ' people of th* fl ; five meals." These gentlemen of the porce- | lain shirt-fronts, the, impeccable cravats, aw 1 ;•' • marvellously tenacious workers, | but.itQjteiPsS ', incessant fatigue y<!&fta" not make them inU $ so* many machines as it does' the German*. Mattino, Naples. . , - | I AN AGE OF PUBLICITY. ■ . Wotoan of society are now more widely :- s ; known in feature than ever before in hiv : . tory, because their photographs are "So con- . * atantly reproduce. It is a .kind of fame, ,vi(| i and they cannot resist it, even those who are inclined to thick it vulgar. Perhaps it ;jf ); is vulgar, hut that matters little if it spreads j[ > charm around' the world.—Collier's Week- 5' ly, New York. . ■: ;p| RUSSIAN JEERS. jfl What a ring of. irony there is about th« .'■]'■"■ | ■ tone ;of the telegram from Tokio informing , ■? % us that the has expressed a wish "{ . that the taking f of Port Arthur should be asi complished with as little loss of life as po.?- ?: . sible. -'.The : siege of ,1 theVfortress" itself ftlrejgSß| I 1 not yet begun, ■ and already 23,000 Japanese ' • f have 1 been put out 'of = action. —• Rugs,. St. ■ > Petesln '«- -