The Critic.

NZ Truth, Issue 438, 15 November 1913, Page 1

The Critic.

Who can undaunted bravo the Critic* ragti - Or noto unmoved hit mtntlon In the Critic's pas** .Parade hit error m the public «ye, kV j And Mothar Orundy's raga dafy?

One man's rnlsfortuao Is another man's luck. • • • Workers must ail sirlko to^'her or be struck separately. • * • If Christ came t»» Wcllingvm. what would the epos Oiolfs Jo :o Flint • • • The reason why so many aro busted iheae days is because there are si> many Trusts. The old adige natt It, "Ho Trust, no buHt." It would team ex-Proaldent Roojioveli i» i*t Mwt a recedlner rtguro. U& j addressed »| moutiny at ltoch<j*ter ra- } ccntly, an«i» ho whu wua wont to «c«) , Uiin»«)l( tvAly rt^oned hart the mortinI cation to \fead v endentfea hall, 'column repon UctfinnUt^, "Col. flooaaj v«U «»aitJ ln| p»rt" . , . The "part" will become *w?ttdtfy \mm. nnd we will Know that h« 1« (Hill miking only from «ht* le&ond "Qol. Hoosewlt also upoke." • / • '•Yes, I '. »«!tt«vo ' m Frvcdoro t 'i*httt*» whyM beljcvo m Troo labor* and the # oiyu «hop/ why shouldn't tho non-un**?iu»t havo tbo mime ri^ht to «t job \sm Ujo unioniat ? Ixa's b&vi? tht> 'o^Hftt nhop' a^ain'n'w'At I »oy»" Ami tho poor flathjtd thought Uk hud «n(ii tiomet'i ng unmrt. Ilk do<?Bn'L im*o when ihq J'lut© prc«i! poaiulatt'ii an "o;wn »hop" It \ icam a whop thflt M» master?, ntx th«lr own «weot will, can do«o ftif^tnitt tUo workers.

A new Iriiib vehicle— the Jaunting Car-~aon. •■•* . • ■ Watching a f»ar4«»n Jump out of tbr way of a motor Ik reajWimible lor the thought that white they toll is to "prepare," they themselves are not (julto ready to meet their Maker, ■ '. " • • ■ • A friend told "Critic* that h!» wife had one fine trait m bur chancier — "«he never «a,ys ail ah-s thinks." "Critic" from exi;crl*jnce conclude* that she must thmk v olbftUot • ' • • A saying of Montesqulon wvth recalling at tho prc«ont tlm-j; . There is no cruvllor tyranny than that which In perpo'.rated under the jthiold of law and m the name of Justice. •. • • "I've got, iSa <Hd. friendn. won't you makp it up to £i !" »liout«d the Salvarmy bloke. A shower of pennies woro tbi-own into the ring, andY (M a few of the 1«<wIp« Avere K«therJnp them up, the captain banged his tntnljourino and began sinking ''This ; Is why 1 love my Jcaus !" ' i • • - • A little girl bad b««n the j>et of i the family. Kveryouo made much of her, but when there wa« » new! liUlo l>al»y brother i«ho f©it rather! nc«rl<?cted« '•Well, and bow nr« you, J Gtvonnle?" a visitor oaked' her one afiemoon. "Oh. I am all rlght, ; thank you," she ««Ud, "only I think there Is too much competition In [this world,*i , ...

skirt She way rip you up'the back, :•/■;■'■ • / ■■•■ '■' Burns up-to-date: A Man's inhumanity to man : . Makes countless thousands MORE. • • * Another pica for poverty. If nobody were poor Heaven woutf le ai> empty place. The rich can't get In there, you know. ■•-■•■ ■ .• ■■ "The good die young**—«U -«h«pt the good-for-nothings. They «nr»w up Into prominent citizens and captains of mdustry. ' • • • . It Isn't the groMnoss of their Induatry. but ihe«mmlln«ss of their conscience that leads to many men bocomlntf nob. The cry of the \v.»rkert '•Up from slavery. The cry of tuo Boodle Bug: "Up from knavery." A m • "Blessed are the meek 'or thuy shall lnherlt the earth"—-at least a plot In some cemetery, six feet Uy three. -■» ■ ■ # ■' • Then there's the fellow-yes, he's often a unionist, loorrwho believes Sa? -HnU a io«i (setter than no brwd/'AJ*fany"rie ever said it wasn't. Thing Is the fellow who is S^&SSViifi'fift 2SS hiß-n will bo well fed If he peU a bit o' the crußt. while he who boldly announce* to, tho rcsetters that the loaf m their possession is bis'n, an' he's golnV'to have it ofl'm, will pret the half loaf much sooner, and Jpeed the tuno when the wholo loaf will be surrcndeVed also. ■••...*:• • In reference to a couple of comtlalnts which recently appeared m thbi Winer concerning the prompt cash terms which some of the Wellington medico* Innlst upon befors atten.llng a patient, it hn» been pointed out lo "Truth" that Sawbones has been \migaulfarini? on thUt'DOint. Uist week ona doctor ftaaured "Truth" that he had ottended nine ''charity" cases— panient« who were In poor circumstances and nut likely to ever pay—ln ono nay. and because he asked for cash In M-jv-ance for on* call before »«»vln«r hl« ibed after 11 o'clock that nig antl » | very wet, disa»rc«ab« nJghi. «•">-*»• was "put m Truth. 11^ tappoars that Sawbones is frequenUylm^ posed upon by the **"«*.J'o^,™ twirdinghousw. >vh °v^° lv b b u r^n l ?J their wild oats Ojjr lobiMtoa «r ilcbti? iho SSlont again nor the color *i hi -« h of his ca«n. r • • One would think tha hunger of tbu t- 88 octopus wa» Bufflclontiy demon«imted th 4« strenuous strike days without n*»cd «>f further IllustmUon. But H would *eem that not^inK l« too jjmall <»r 100 bl* to earap* Its eroed cf v JSfttre to Sydney. H* Kuit his Uck?l and after bunting high and)..w for it iTwont to th« U.B.S. mlßco In WelllnKWiw «xplftlned maters nnd reidenUfMMl a* having booked, hU mgnatvS leatifylog to that.ho w^ told ha would eUner ttuve to palace his Ucket or pay ftnothtr .£7. It wns within hatf-an-bour bf-«Mlin*Ume. «o h« decided to renmw a rfe^Weni of ihtu Worklwtman-* l^aradirto raiher Umn appear Lh« ««At ■ UASV apprtiiw. P^-Sinc« Ui« *boy« whs wriiun U called to shout for -Critic" beeiiune ho faund he hadn't lost hi* «<**(. «r««r all, and has now bid N«w.2e«lanJ good-bye,

many tongues full of Truth. '■■*;■;■ ■' fi\; * ;■■■[..': «'" "You want to take my tittle business away from us." says Uu> smairatovft- ,. eepel. to fche ,a^r agUnwh An<J lo; oven as he talks, the Trust comes alone, opens its mouth an 1 swallows his business, and leaves the little feN J °w with nothing to do but abut up *h9P- », . ..-• . . • a CJUnamnn brought before tha Court recently charged with* being caught conducting games of chanco on his premises, pub forward an in-» goniouft defence. He said: "I no play any game of ihanco, Sir. Carda all marked and dice all loaded. I winebery time. No plurry chanco at all 1" , .> . . Thßt Tom Wilford Is an expert In matters doallnft wltX hwmai. sffections nnd f oCHngs, whether' male or female, from.a legal point of view, few will deny. In his deductions from tba, analytical process of getting at the? bottom of motives and actions, he oftentimes growa sententious, and he was never more so than m the illnifto case last week when ho gravely Jn» formtd the jury that -h» played th« me ° T f IOV° ■* t&? U nttt "^.^ ">at. Low makes wise men foolish. and someUmes makes fools mad.' * • • The following' par^haj «ono the rounds of the Now /aaland Press several times; »'Jerry" building takes' its namo from a firm of tl»o name of 'j crrv. who carried on business m j^ndon many years ago. Needless t0 j ay# urxn do«! not now exist. "Critic" feels inclined to ask, as thd negro did when he was told the devil was dead, "Who is it carries tho OWI vagabono's business on ?" • rj^ 0 want of respect for parental AU^horitv, deference towards ihcit eldera, and fear of tb« old-fnshioncil gpaufcjn,* has almost completely died out of t j ie. rising generation. ..CrltJc- thought his little Johnny WaS tho oxroption that proved tho ruJo> |)Ut ho hM been rude|y dialing iJOßcdt lIAO olher nlghl mum piiti Mm l 0 bed, and told him to ro to al^p. As noon as mum had got doVn comforUl)ly ln £ fir chaJr fif- f ..houlod. "Mum, brln X me m a drink of water, ptaate." She replied, "Go . > moment, .and | shouted. "Mum, brin« mo lo a drink of water, ■ pie»se.* Mum went , nlo Uie Jobby# oa,, BaJdf "Now, Johnny, 1/ you shout again I "will come and smock you." Johnny was silent for & while, nnd then he shouted, "Mum, bring me m n drink of water when you cowjo to «ow»clc me." # # . And here is another ,»*<**« the truth of which ie voucb«l /or oy f«end: A young Ifcdy on honteUck /«»tnir to ok» tb* «r» « ihi,t 1.-<ro»l the way to * fri«x.l(» fcf"^* h" w «* about to diwoont wh^ hitlo 1«H. who b^piwowl to vbo came to her «*Munct. open U>» c«i«". *»mi«.,pm»wi »h« U»ww th^ hoy * .ljw»y. •nJ 1 ™l"I£, berins? that, wurt^v was ipia not to l«» » «^°»« point wpiong tho yo«U.s of lh« district;; •N^m»»*ed. "You're a, yew MiU»^i to JcUow. Yoa ,« 0B i J»v« a»oi4r h«r*. 1 m #«W»7 .^S? I*l lo f k. Nt :the eo]»p*r Ijd h«dn»W*dup. the boy replied. i'Vp^'fo & Ujfr, mum, I do/1