THE PEOPLE’S PRESS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6488, 7 April 1908, Page 2

THE PEOPLE’S PRESS.

Healthful Laughter.—There is nothing so healthy, so necessary, or so rare, as a good, hearty laugh. People with <a eonso of humour are mental physicians, and as for good comedians, {hoy are public benefactors.—“Rcpublioain,” Lyons. Worry-proof Wisdom.—As with tho individual. so with nations, the worst possible policy is to meet trouble half way, to bo always worrying or nagging about; dangers that may come to nothing.— “Diamond Fields Advertiser,” Kimberley.

A Queer Right.—Up till the year 1670 tho right of a judfje or the Court officials to “pack” a jury with men pledged, in advance, to bring in a verdict of* “guilty” had. never been questioned. After the jurymen in the Penn case had been fined, the sentence wan reviewed by the then Lord Chief J notice, who upheld the right of a jury te give a decision according to their consciences.—“ Morning Leader.”

Not Just Tot. —If sentimental ndvo- 1 cates of Egyptian Homo Rule would come bo Egypt ana study ttt« people ui»y would talk lees of the advisability of wholesale political concessions. It would bo a cruelty to the Egyptian himoeii t# allow him to govern Egypt.—“ World • Work.” j

Suggestive.—" When shooting geese ~ • if with a native, do as jou are told in. Scotland; do the opposite* in Ireland, and jour bag will not be empty. —J. Cyril Crowley, in /'Country Life/

Land of Old Favourites. —It is an. altogether British characteristic to bo faithful in devotion. A. man who has onca won their affection keeps it to the end of hie days. England is a land of old favourites. They more than' hold their own on tho stage, and in every branch of music, art, and politics.—“ Harper's weekly/' New Aerk

Gorman Relations with France.—We desire not merely correct but good rei&.toii* imh j? ranee. £ ranee, nenverer, must contribute her share if our wish is to bo realised. Unfortunately,, this consummation w once >more retarded by tho manner in which the Morocco cjucs j tion is being treated in Franco to-day,— jNacimcnum, ' MiuiicA.

Paying tho Penalty.—The fact that strikes tho traveller beyond all other facts of tho Now London is the immensity of tho penalty which tho Metropolis is now. paying for its size.—Arnold Bennett, in “Manchester Dispatch."

Foes of Their Own Sex.—As long as tho overwhelming majority of women remain tho victims of their own prejudices and vanity, so long as they are the slaves of their own tempers and impulses, it would bo sheer madness to grant them political rights. They would bo quito unable to use them for the welfare of the Toulouse.

Teaching Them How to Play.—Loudon children havo no us© for a restful holiday. Their happiest day is one of boisterous activity. They would play if they know how to; and tho fresh regulations should, next spring and cummer, till the park with eager bands of little ones skilled in all the old English sports and pastimes.—“looming Leader."

Why Whine? —It is an idle and a rather silly thing to ory out and wring your hands over the workings of an immutable law.—Hubert Bland, in "Sunday Chronicle."

The Heroic Past.—Prance has evolved int"' n patten of shopkeeners. waxing fat and wealthy, .and warily fingering its »•> *i--Kfrinvs. buh if likes-to be reminded that tho blood fjf heroes and great captains runs in its veins.—" Pall Mall Gazette. 0

Not in the Sam© Street.—Prisoners adT).o. erirrn.lifcy in n«»f«rTOTi,?.trade. ’Xne high-ciass cracksman would not dr« p ' , m ot contorting with the area sneak —Major Griffiths, in "Grand Magazine/' A Doubtfnl Consolation.—Probably tho purest English is spoken by foreigners. Tho foreigner who really learns English makes no mistakes. He knows his Bindley Murray from cover to cover; and his periods are Addisonian. We have to console ourselves with tho reflection that we could do it if we liked, but that wo don't want to.—" Globe."

The Stomach First.—lt was by * no means , all plain living and high thinking in classical time®. Aristophanes flouted tho tragedians, but praised tho cooks.—Joan Victor Bates, in "Girl'# Eealm."

Wire-bound Servants of Empire.—lt is much to be feared that the fact that everybody nowadays in imperial employment is within reach of the cud of a cable, or a telegraph wire, or within the radius of wireless telegraphy, will tend to suppress the splendid independence and spirit of self-reliance that permitted men of the oM school to think for themselves and act on their own responsibility in any emergency.—" Free Press," Singapore.

He Knows.—Truth may he str*»flr«r than Action: but it Is seldom so interest-ing,-^W. Pett Bldgs, in ''The Queen." one© society realises how immensely the figure isimproved bv carrying weights on the head it will become de rigueur. and the housemaid will be thrown out of work.—Dudley Kidd, in "World's Work.

Irish Bcgob,—Wo don't like people who,

f weep and lament. The tears in Erin’s eyes nevor made that charming symbol of our country soem more attractive to us. We prefer her always when eho is up and doing something, even laying about her with a stick.—“lrish Homer stead.”

True, Oh King—The solution of many a puzzle is extremely simple—when you know it.—Prof. IV. W. Skcat, in “Academy.”

Smirking Insanity.—The perpetual picsmile, meaningless and futile, is one of the hall-marks of tho unintelligent woman.—“ Gentlewoman.

I Exactly, But What Do You Suggest.— Just as most fevers arise from doicctive sanitary conditions, so do most crimes arise from defective social conditioua. — W. D. Morrison, in “Sociological Review.”

Humanity Work-shy.—Man was bom. lazy. It is only necessity that ever made him work. He did not with gladness, and has always thought of making somebody or something toil for Mm. He used animals, then slaves, and now he uses tho powers of Nature—water, wind, steam, and electricity.— “Gaulois,” Paris.

Accounts for a Lot. —Recent invention has dono much for cooks, but they aro a conservative race, and detest anything new.—Mrs Humphrey, in “Truth.”