REAL. V. IDEAL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2020, 25 June 1875, Page 2

REAL. V. IDEAL.

. Bexvl Sik,—l seed .as W you put in your paper some verses as was wrote by a young chap'as'ad been to heat'Mr Severn's lecture. I've been too,, but I cant rite no sort of verses, becos -I allera get rong riting the rimes at the end; never 'a'vipg been edicated for-tbat sort of thine; for, you see, sir, that odic&tioi* rates/and bords, and all that, were not the go in my time, tho, I dessay now we shall soon avc all our youngsters a nting of rimes; but, if so, I do^ope as,'ow they will rite better than that chap whose verses you found, for, thinks I, when I read them/that there's the chap has as escaped from the Lunatic Assylum to rite such stuff as that. Give mo plain good

English, say I. . So tho, as I said, I can't rite rime, I make bold to rite and tell you wot I Ibovt of them—-what I'mean of course about the lectures. Well sir, last Thursday was a, week, I goes out .after 51 ad my tea, and says I fo. my. missus, for youscc, T sir, I'm riting about'the fare sects' too;;I-,says,- "Jim.a-going to 'ear this 'cro lecture;"- "• all ■ rite/'.; she Says, " don't stay too late y'\ so bfl*!L goes,, and I was amazed to 'ear what I did 'ear. ! Mr Severn told us'abo'ut a lot of things as Pad ad no idea on before ; ''but whiiVr thought was the most remarkable was that he said 'eat and sound and light wai all one. Well, he showed it so plainly that I felt sure-- that he -.was rite, but I couldn't make it " out, and " kept a. thinking on it all the -time; and then'he showed us'some a'mazin' fine Pictures and-places in.furrin parts,-," where c 'ad been to, and then I comes away; I but all the way We "I couldn't 'elp a .. thlnkin' about what he'd told us about i 'eaj;, .and, light, and sound ( bein' ill one, ;so wen I went in my missus- sayg to nje/ i as' she was a cookin' 1 something for my • ■supper, for, :you see,- my, missus mosfc altars' gets something nice' for^supper when I've, been, out, /'Well, ■ tell us wot you' 'card at the lectured ", Well/'., say a I, "I 'ear* a jight o|^'' thirigs;"but wot"do.;you think,'.'* 1 says; I " there aint no difference between light, . and 'eat,-and- sound?*! -She r tur,ns,round on me kinder sharp and' she "says,'" O ! John, IVe never known "you to hare been" drinking afoTe jr where',-could; jon 'are learnt that'nonsense'?," "It' aint nonsense," 1 says rather. Jingry, for TOtt.sJle0 v as 'ow I didn't- like 'Hereto think that I - 'ad been drinkjng, -.s*-it's true y.- ,if yonitriko., that there pano'. yourn a.-greai many times,;, it -. will be aounS, and then; 'cat, and then-light,-.and .then, something else. Well, sir, ~to make a loag stery short*, she still seemed to think!'ad bees drinking, and We.w } ent,to bed, rather-out of sorts. Well, next eyeriingir/when -I comes Jome to my'tea I'find' my tea all feaay^but" nofirei'Md directly I comein mVjmissiis she^puts... the , candle .outt " What areyou'a doing of that P-" wysjli 111 w^ntj.pmejight to eat my tea with, and whjrhave yoirletthe "fire'out'?'Pin; #«*• thro. "Stop,a.miniute," says_she, ."I'll sobriinake some/and with" that' she ,tie« gigs" a; bea'tingaa old fry jng;t>ajji nrith.alt*er might. "Do'stop that noise; said I, nearly deaf, "and , getja .light. " n : "^s?' say ahjtlj, ' "'j)isnt 'you* tell'met that sound and 'eat' and light;, w«s. ill one." « Yes," says I, viffl^'^elir says she, "and\,cau't you 'ear the sound I'm makingron this 'ere pan? If ' ' there aint enough sound for ypu^D^M by says she; "I'll soon make some more/ and ' she was just agoiri' to 'begin' again when I catches.'old of,my .tea., and jrushes.out of the, 'ouse ; for you see, sir, I couldn't make out wot to" lay to. her, landryet I knew.. I jyas rite, for I seed ■it quite 'plainly'when I was in-the lecture." Well, ■I 'eld my-peace and" said no more aboab light,-but I knew there wasjto be another lecture next w,eek," and so I determined she,should go and I'd'serve her the same. - Well, sir,'ttf make^as'l'saldra ldngWtory short;' she was,,quite v ,willin;to go—women is, you see, a curious sort of folk, nat'rally'; aridshe'comes 'ome-quietiike,* and I asked her to. tell me what,she 'card. " Sound 'eat arid ".light is all the samp," said she", still jouite quiet like. "Is they?" says I. "Yes^gayariie. Soloffs with my coat and.-co^nienced a beating ' of the fryiag pan as 'ard-a^erer I could. v "What are you a,ddinj& of|l'i>«aya she, '• A making atnab^*^3&im& r Aifat^£o£~ ■ you rmy deaf,-'': »J*^ I. .chuckling hearty like. " W>ll "* says <she~,.«• Ton just ,beat,.tha^there Y frying-pan. .450 oillio?is* 'of' limes vach and • then. you'll produce heat.; and then beat ii 900 billions'of times'-to ::wcpnrf, and then you'll produce light.; but 'tiljou.do that I'll just light a candle; fand'/ shan't wait for drops the pan and sees it all in a second. I 'ad forgotten all about the number of times!... So ,next' lecture I'll go and take my wife with me, and what I can't understand she -will-as,plain as,a prism. Talk of your "stars and lights— give, me, wpmaii.s^ wet ..agin all .the. wprjd, says I. I^nd, arter all/Icahend wifh'a .xime, so ere goes—it looks better— r r ;,- Thore .ain't a skr - - , ;,if ? - That shines so far, „ ' * ■" - • - Or cross the'sky doth flit; ' "■--.—» Nor Severn's light ' "' '>. Can sliincso bright c- ; r - - i On mortal sight ' » *' '-:- -■•'- Nor heart delight Like Woman's Wtt! " ',-• /'f 1' . v ■ ' ' ' r- " ■ - SliOX.*.