What Others Are Saying

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 12 (Supplement)

What Others Are Saying

Bow Bells AN interesting point arrives from - Germany. The famous chimes of Bow Bells, which always precede the broadcasting of news in German on the 8.8.C. Regional programme, are so distinctive that the Gestapo agents can recognise them in the streets, and instantly know who is listening-in to the truth. Arrests follow in a few seconds. Obviously the chimes ought to bo abolished when they come before the German news. —The Bystander, London. Power in Golf JJANDS are the sources of all power in golf. Shoulders, forearms, and legs all play subsidiary parts. Hit the ball with the hands and all other parts of the body will play their parts correctly. Err with your hands and all the rest of the limbs and joints will conspire to spoil the shot. —Reggie "Whitcombe. President's Wife '"THAT hillbilly mitsic master of crowd -*• psychology, Governor W. Leo O'Daniel of Texas, was introducing the wife of the President of the United States. Ho had had time to think up a bon mot for the occasion and this is -what he humorously said: "You've possibly heard of her husband. Any good things ho may have done during his political career are due to her, and any mistakes he may have made are du'e to his not taking up the matter with his wife." That seasoned trouper, mistress of crowd psychology, Mrs. Franklin .1). Roosevelt, hadn't had time to think up her answer. But she made the political reply-perfect: "A President's wife doeu not see her husband often enough to tell him what to do." —Bess Fnrman, Washington.

Hypocrisy TT has beon said that hypocrisy is the * homage vice pays to virtue; and I have often wondered whether, this be-ing-so, hypocrisy niny not have something to be said for it in civilised society. After all, the hypocrite is a man who accepts the highest standards of the world in which he lives. He respects Truth even when he calls it Terrewth; By word, if not by deed, he supports the cause of Justice, Mercy, Honesty, and all the other virtues. He is virtuous himself only so far as it pays to be virtuous; but, as it often pays to be virtuous, his very hypocrisy may lead at times to his behaving like a good citizen. —Robert Lynd, London. Home Library MOW, if 'people would only play fair And return books I've lent here and thcro, This collection would ho Really something to see— Plus the ones that I've borrowed somewhere. —The. Judge, jSTew York. Our King in America "pROBAHLY the ease and assurance of the King's manner have not been noticed, for such things in kings are taken for granted. And yet the bearing of this particular King is worth noting, for only "two and a-half years ago lie came unexpectedly and unready to the office of King-Emperor ot a quarter of the habitable globe. It is an office which is largely ceremonial in its functions, and its extremely difficult technique demands a skill which is usually acquired only after many years of preparation. —Clair Price in The New York Times Asking for It "PXGLANB discovered cricket," says a writer. Yes, and then discovered Australia—just -to make it more diflicult. —Punch, London.

In Nieppe Now drove along the road from Bethline to Neuve Cliapelle, a road which only 21 years ago was "No Man's Land." There is little left to indicate the terrible struggle which then took place here, except miles of unploughable ground and spindly new trees. When the Germans captured Armentieres, Nieppe, and Bailleul in their drive to the Channel ports in 1918, Haig said: "With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause we must defend every position to the last." The importance of this line is once again emphasised by strongly concentrated fortifications. In Nieppe you can see newly-constructed machine-gun nests in the backyards of neat suhurbnn houses, and peasants carefully making their way round a maze of barbed-wire tank traps. —Virginia Cowlcs In The Sunday Tlmos.

One Thing Lacking "TS your married life a happy onel 5 " "Yea, 1 married the woman of my dreams. She is as beautiful to me as the day I met her. Her hands are always white and soft. Her hair is never untidy, and her dresses are always tho latest." "So you don't regret it? " "No, but I'm getting pretty tired of eating in restaurants." —Wall Street. Journal. Propaganda Novels r PHIO most effective propaganda novel over written was "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and everyone must bo glad that Mrs. IJeoclior Stowo wrote it, because of tlie good that it did; but no 0110 can protend that it was a good novel. —Sir UtiKli Wftlpolo. Deep Humanity TF tho fulfilment of a need be tho test ■*- of a writer's value, there can bo no doubt of the valuo of Dickens hero and now. Tho world has never been in such tragic need of his great and gentle heart, his broad and deep humanity, his tenderness for tho weak. —Alfred Noycs. Women of France TN France, one of the great domocracies, oddly enough, women do not have the right to vote. Tho Chamber of Deputies has voted frequently Lo give it to them, but tho Senate, a conservative body, has always denied it. Although they have no political rights, women were appointed as Under-Secretaries of State in the Blum Cabinet, and tlioy havo been sent as experts to the Leaguo of Nations. In civil rights also French women are behind tho Anglo-Saxon countries, particularly married women. —Joan Raushonbush, in World Outlook. Armament Costs ''THE growth of tho giant battleship proceeds at an appalling rate. Thirty years ago a battleship could be built for £1,000,000. Then came the £5,000,000 ship, to be succeeded bv tho ship of yesterday which cost -£10.000,000. Now comes tho news that tho United Slater is about to lay down two battle- ! ships of -10,000 tons each, which will cost anything between £15,000,000 and £25,000,000 each. .—Tho Children's Newspaper, London.