THOUGHTS ON THE WAS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16202, 12 April 1916, Page 10

THOUGHTS ON THE WAS.

The Raw Material of Failure. Pacificism is the raw material of a lost war. —Arnold White.

Ruined by Warriors. If Europe should ever bo ruined, it will be by its warriors.—Montesquieu.

To Win the War. The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Millions that Matter.

When it comes to war, the millions that matter c the millions equipped and ready—Sir L. Chiozza Money, M.P.

When War Is Criminal.

War is the greatest of crimes when it is not waged for the sake of a greut truth to enthrone or a great lie to entomb.— Giuseppe Mazzini.

Judas Kisses.

The words Colonies and "Colonial" had, I thought, been expunged f.oiu our language. Tho grand word "Dominion" or " Commonwealth " expresses those great empires which have sprung from this island, and I think all friends of thv Empire will regret that the words ' Colonics" and " Colonials" should creep once more into our language. There have been two great surprises in this gigantic war. The surprise tor ourselves was this, thai we could not conceive it possible that a great civilised country which believed itself to stand at the head of tho culture of the world, which had achieved a prosperity beyond all human dreams, which had a commerce unexampled in the history of the world, having potent armies and potent fleets for its defence—we could not believe it possible that this nation with gonial smiles and with Judas kisses--its chief visiting England amid the acclamations of a simple-hearted people attended by the chief of his spies— a deliberate and infamous conspiracy against the liberties of the world, was all the time plotting a war of which no human being can see the limits, but which every child can see means the ruin and devastation of Europe. That was a surprise which was a pleasant surprise—perfidy of appar* ent friends, the uprooting of all ideas of international honour/the destruction of the basis,on which all civilisation must rest. We were called Teuton brothers, coming of tho same stock; bland deputations came )x crowded with oily burgomasters and' silvery-tongued professors, to preach a doctrine of peace and amity and brotherhood between two great empires. Some of us were not deceived, but most of us wished to be deceived, and the undeceiving of our people has been one of the rudest surprises of this country.— Lord. Rosebery, at the opening of the , Victoria League Club in Edinburgh.

of conversation lies as much in this as in speaking well oneself.

Another thing: few girls realise how a harsh voice jars upon ?> man and serra to take away the cLirm of even the cleverest of talkers. A pleasant, well-modu-lated voice is always a great attraction. If you have got into the way of shouting when you aro speaking, get out of it as soon -as you can, and try and cultivate a soft, pleasing voice, for this always makes up for a lot of other defects.

You will find that the girl who is always anxious to air hor views and monopolise the talking is the girl who speaks in harsh, aggressive tones. The cultured, well-toed talker realises the advantage of softlymodulated tones, and even though her voice may not be a sweet one it is pleasing to listen to her, for there is always something soothing in a soft voico, just as there is always something repel'ing in a voice that is hard and strident and unnecessarily loud. A NOVEL BATHROOM MAT. Cork mats are expensive things to buy, but it is quitA a simple process to make one of these for yourself, and it will amount to very little money. ":.-e all the corks you can get hold of from bottles and so fo'/h, and when you have a sufficient number buy a piece of fine wire netting the size of the mat required. The corks have got to be fitted into all the holes of the netting; they must all be the same depth, so it may be necessary to cut them. Use a sharp penknife; do not make them too small, as each should fit the space fairly tightly. When every hole is filled the edges of the mat should havo a binding of leather tacked on; brass-headed nails' would answer best, one being put in to about every sixth cork.

A TIDY CHILD.

Though tidiness might be regarded as v quite natural feminino quality, it is eurpricing how often you find it lacking in a woman. This is, doubtless, due to the fact that 'so few mothers are sufficiently particular in training their daughters to neatness and tidiness in their early days, for unless this habit is cultivated' in the child it is impossible to develop it in, womanhood. '

"A little girl, for instance, may indulge in continually leaving her.clothes about the room instead of putting them away into their different places, and unless she-is insistently checked of this careless habit-it is no wonder if she grows up to fr- ' •' slovenly woman. .. ■ • if you wish to be included in the category of the well-bred woman, then tidiness is a quality you should not despise, '. i . . .