LADIB AND GENTLEMEN

NZ Truth, Issue 477, 8 August 1914, Page 2

LADIB AND GENTLEMEN

AND OTHERS

A relic_ of American Civil War still hale and hearty lives m the small village of Tegpros,i iaJßaraguay (situated on the railway line from Buenos Ayres to Asuncion). By name Sana Wijliains, Ijq -was/^^iof the crew of the Alabama, the famous Confederate ship that played such havoc with the' Northern shipping, until sunk off the' fcoastlof 'France Jby tfie Kearsage. Sam $ras one- of the hands employed where * fhe ship was built, and was on board "when the supposed trial was being made. This was a ruse; the zeal pur-poae-^betog.to hand: her over to the representatives of "the ' Confederacy. When she was delivered, Captain Simms made the offer of good pay and prize money to any who cared to accompany him, arid Sam, thirsting for adventure, iodb;,&bx£ mfc remained beneath the flag .untU; th^: end; came. . He claims tJra± Slmrits was d fine' commander but SCnrignty strict disciplinarian. ' Next Sara joined a,' boat bound for Rio, and then drifted dojwja.^ „to Montevideo. Daring the war "between the allies and Paraguay^ he^ was on,- the river Paraua as^iengraeer'iii'a. smail cargo boat. At the conclusion of, thetwar,, Sam settled ln i^yraguay ; -aa^itbia T cksmith arid; tiller jefwtber soil. Y\ w :-i" T <f iai" ■' ':'■■■ ■■•.'«■■' The liondon "Daily; Sketch" looks at Win Dyson,- the^ustralian black and •wmvte artist, and sees- a genius and a brawe- battler for the underdog. ' "There to UO i cartoonist m Englarid to-day,"-ictys the J'Sketch^ >who draws so wellf and h^its Bo:htard. ; '•! "Punch's' wildest onr slaughts are" a mera.tap- on the cheek, the satires of Max are playful digs m fl»o ribs, compared with the straight lefts of this barerfl.sted fighter. Will' Dyson. ls a' youngs Australian— -he is the biggest thing Australia has produced. He d,oesnpt^haurif,. the. .cafe, and his ht^,is nOVlonJ'.. '> Nevertheless, he is a great artist' He 'cjhampions , the caus*e of Labor ' because. he believes that Ijabor is unjustly ' suffering and wickedly oppressed. He draws daily ; a cartoon for the ;Daily. -Herald,' although he has been tempted with" high, bribes tcg^o elsewhqre. ; Hejoves his art, and If he v lived m J?irq£dy he would •* be §nMiiE beaii^l'iaiirigs all day. long. But "passion f,or. justice . is bigger his. passion fbir art. His satire of t3be :: grarid modern lady who ;■ is' -no longer afraid pi al mouse, but is. m deadly fear of having a baby, is as-bit-ing>as»4t46 > 'tTue." - ■■• ' •>* \, . ■;' '-* ; ■ «' ' ■ Mr. Ernest :E. Joyce, a Sydney man who has ;already" had tlvree. trips down to the South Pole, or thereabout, has accepted an invitation to join Shackleton'si", projected expedition. eToyco wlli be the dog expert of the jjaxty— and a lot depends ' on this fcranch- at expiertness. The dogs win probably be recruited from the HudBon Bay Company, and will weigh from WO> to 801 b each. - These dogs can each' tfrawia load)Of -lOOJby and so,p'erfect is digestive that they keep strong and healthy on lib .of cod-liver oil.Wsctrit'A'day.- 'Jbyciß may > possibly go to north-west America to choose 'his <tog» and to break them m himself..- ar-. giving bade m. Australia m time to join <he« P-olar party- in jNoyember,. i-., .'■•■ ('. •• S *. -■■-, „—• **- : /r <? J .',■.■"' ■- John. ! Fuller, senr., papa of, Ben, John Hbon in.,Ufe. John, senior, should be fand Walter, has rilistaken his* voca■\B- •'Pririae-:' Minister, or Minister for Boads, : >Bridgeß, 'Culverts, etc. Recently,' /John was ; : up at . Helensville, end, of course, was somebody •'•' during hia stay thero;. In fact, Bill Massoy could not* have Ik&n a greater person. And how did Johri take it? WeU, he thought so much of Helensville that' he promised ''HIS PEQPI^E" a vaudeville tfiDw some time/in, the fdture. Even a. badly- Wnted/road .was forgotten for the moment. Indeed, if it had be^en mentioned, Jolm./yould have promised ft. A. In Dick Seddoni, John finds out -what the people 1 want and gives it to , *om. Helensvill 6,i happy Helonsyille, enly wants a vaud^eyillo show. ■ „ . vW« "■.• I? 1 -' ! ■ ' "" ' Jean Jaures; the greatest of 'presentday Socialist ■ Parliamentarians, is dead, killed by the hand 'of .the assassin. -The.man; probably;; was mad;, certainly ho was ignorant, or he had nover.conciuded that- ; Jean j Jaures, the one French -politician "wfho for the past flf- ! teen years .has been, forbidden to enter Gcnhahy; xiaA an, enemy, of France, the 'land he loved dearer thanall else and to make which the ;best of all possible countrios ho had s| pent 'a tireless life. • w Eruth's*' . rep., when on a, visit to J^ondon many years ago, had tho un■boonded r . jjlcasure ,qf hearing Jaures Hpcak. had a stylo of his own, yet into it he had wrought all the cunning art of practised orator. Ono can Tiever forgot his iiinpasßioned peroration, and how, when emphasising the Jnternationalism of the W9rking-class

movement, he seized the- hand of Keir Hardie and th£.t .of a German delegate on the platform arid -declared that they were brothers. The ; audience was electrified,, and "the' cheers were such as are hea*rd r onlsr once m a lifetime. Present scribe remembers that when Emile Zola was an exile m London at the time of the: Dreyfus affair, the great French novelist,* m conversation, expressed himself concerning Jaures as follows: — . ■'■ In the Course of the last forty years, I have heard all the French 1 orators^ of note, even the muchbelauded : pulpiteers. Gambetta was oar last great orator. When he died there was not one left m any party, or any profession/ But then Jaures has arisen, a born ■ champion, leader of men, and one ' ' who knows how to chaTm the ears of an audience. 1 He is, at least, the equal of Gambetta as an orator, and certainly as upright also. The French Socialists have 'never Defore possessed such a leader. ... I think him^the cleverest, the most far-seeing, and,' at the same time,, most interesting man I know m the .■'■ political world to-day. And such was the" man" that the assassin's revolver "removed" as an enemy of France. ' The punishment for such mad folly is that France will be without his wise counsel. and steadying influence during the coming bitter days of storm and danger. . ;-\ - ■::.:" ■' '::■ ' ■ :s ■ ' David Robertson, "Auld Davie" as he is popularly .known among his cronies, has-been laid aside for the past few iweekV through an attack of partial paralysis." The doyen among ironfounders in 'the' capital city, Davie is one of the beat, known figures. 'He has always Ijaken, . a> -keen interest m educational matters and his services to Technical Education and to Primary, Education for more years than this scribe" likea to look back, have been invaluable. On the engineering side of technical work*hte advice and practi■cal help have aided, m _ making the Welliiigton Technical College what it is. "Truth" is glad to learn that Doyle is once more on a fair way to recovery and m a very short time wiH 'be seen' frequenting his old haunts. ': . i: '■■* .. w' • **'■.■■ John Fuller,' Junr., Wellington's only Johnnie, after a- three months' trip to the Yewnited States, mostly for health 'reasons, but' sbmery for business, returned to Sydney the other day, and, m due course will be back amongst his friends m New Zealand. He spent most of his time m California, round about Los Angeles and its charming environs. During his tour, Johnny devoted a considerable amount of his time to 'studying municipal matters m the .Western towns, and the result of his investigations will be available for the Ctty Council when once more resumes (his. duties as one of the people's elect He'; -'was, not <very niuch imrpressed by "the Commissioner '"system over therjß, 1 arid still less by the auto- 1 reratfe' Mayoral itiee: "These almighty powers'^ given to one man," he said, "are riot deniocratic.' r He > mentioned that.at Sti. Monica the.. weaknesses, of the recall part of the initiative and referendum 'had been exemplified, where the Mayor, elected by a majority of 40 votes, had presently displeased the citizens, who secured a referendum for his recall, but he won the vote and stayed where ho was. It seemed a waste ofitime and money. "'Frisco and Los Angeles are not as bright as they were," he continued. "Still lively, Dut — j, They are putting the lid, as they say, on dancing. They don't talk about Wowsers there; they call them^ Longhalrs.'. 1 Mr. Fuller is bringing a number of new vaudeville artists with, him. He.' , made special mention of Herman, an' extraordinary contortion-' ist, and the Boudini Bros., whose speciality is t6 play on hig accordeons m a ( way, that is said to produce organmusic , ,