Shaun’s Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21716, 31 May 1932, Page 6

Shaun’s Patch

JL HUIo non sente now and then la rt 11 died by the wisest men. —Hudlbraa

A Japanese official says there is no danger of war with Russia unless the Russians start it. Now a Russian official will say there is no danger of war with Japan unless the Japanese start it, and preparations will go forward just a leetle faster. « * * * The other day an advertisement advised people DON’T GO TO BED WITH GOLD feet; I suppose the idea is that with gold at its present figure this would be an incentive to burglars. * : * '# ♦ I sit in contemplation Of' the N.Z. delegation To trip the blue Pacific, And I feel a most terrific Jolt arise in iny interior Fbr I’m sure that I’m superior To any chosen delegate. And though it look indelicate I curse—let it attested be!— That not a soul suggested me. They ship Goodfellow for Goodfellowship. ♦,♦ . ♦ ♦ The man who says that Mr Coates insisted on going to Ottawa, must be extremely pleased to learn that Mr Coates only agreed to go when someone else insisted on it. EDUCATIONAL AIDS. Give a sentence containing the word “Madeira”: “I gave Madeira little gift.” * * * * Even in N.Y. the teachers might find work for their idle minds. The N.Y American said recently: Attorneys representing forty-two of the score claiming a share in the estate of the late Ella von E. Wendel .. ~ ■" ■' • It is remarkable how these scores increase at times. * * THE INNOCENTS. She thought Schumann wrote the Freebooter Songs. * * Of course, it was the Scots who went in for freebooting. # . * * ♦ A good', foreign policy is an insurance. ' » # * * In these days of economising the port girl knows her sailor, I suppose, has a sweetheart in every other port. Women, it’s stated, incessantly craves For something attracting, like permanent waves. And if they can’t get ’em they’re sure all their lives They’ll swing along snugly as permanent wives. When human beings talk of the allmetal house, it is too much to expcc: ny responsive wonderment in a sar line.