THE WORLD'S PRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12910, 5 July 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

HOME NEEDS. No house is really furnished without a shelf of books and a fireside eat.'—Tho Queen. WORLD'S BEST SIGHT. _ There is not a more beautiful sight in the. world than is presented' on the lovely English Thames on a Sunday afternoon in the summer.—Town and Country, New 'York. ACADEMY JESTS. As usual, tho exhibition at Burlington House reflects our passing foibles. Not only is there.tlio "Bridge" picture, but "Pit" is also represented. There is a canvas entitled "A Corner in Eye."Punch. FAMINE IN SERVANTS. We aro within, a measurable distance of a servants' famine. A wifo who has been trained to household work is much better than one who has spent her youth in reading novels, bicycling, strolling- in the park, and attending .to " Society." It is not at all certain that a servants' famine would not he a good thing for the country.—The Graphic. BOXING' AT OXFORD. At Oxford only a small proportion of tho undergraduates learn tho noble art of selfdefence. But if a blue or half-blue were awarded for it, and th© annual competition hot ween the universities was hold (as tho boat-race, cricket and football matches and sports are held) in London, boxing would soon become one of the most papular sports at the University.—"An Oxford Boxer," in Tho Outlook. CRIME OF LONG SKIRTS. ' . The Now York,physician who told tho Society of Medical Jurisprudence that long skirts were far more deadly foes to health than spitting' in the streets has taken tho right end of the fight. If a man mas be arrested because of the supposed- danger of expectoration to 'the health of others, why may. not a woman lie entitled to the same attention for wearing long skirts?— Chicago Evening Post. BONESETTERS' SUCCESSES. No one need believe,* as many of the public do, that bonesetters can work miracles equal to those recorded in the Old Testament; yet it canliot be denied that in tho past bonesetters have, as a matter of fact, often oured cases in which surgeons had failed. • Even in this year of grace 1905 bonesetters still exist, and the cases which they can.cure exist also.—Professor Marsh, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journal. OUR SMALLER DRINK BILL. However great the loss is in British revenue from excises on spirits, the gain in general productive power which lessened consumption of alcohol implies is tantamount to an enhanced ability to pay other taxes. Tho reproach which Englishmen have themselves heaped upon their countrymen of being " a drunken nation" shows signs of losing its significance most encouraging omen— New York. GERMAN CRITICISM OF BRITAIN. The British Government is roundly told, by the Berlin National Zeitung that it has gone all wrong in its native policy, and that tho latitude it has given to the Ethiopian movement is likely to plunge the wholo country in the throes of a black revolt. Great Britain has nothing to learn in the administration of native affairs from the Power which is now setting things straight with field columns in Damaraland.—Capo Times. FINDING A RUINED CITY. When the Siamese Minister of the Interior was up the little known Potchabun River recently lie discovered the ruins of an old city, of which there does not- seem to be any record. The ruins he in the middle of the jungle, about six miles from the river. This city was built of a conglomerate stone, and the temples of a brown stone and granite. _ Brick seems to have been used for building on top of the stone. Many idols were found, of a Brahmin character.— Mail, Madras,