CIGARETTE PAPERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16451, 13 June 1921, Page 6

CIGARETTE PAPERS.

In France we are now told they are making fluid lenses and they allege that looking through fluids gives results far surpassing other methods. Isn’t it rather curious that there isn’t anything about this in the wet statistics here? If the figures regularly fired at us are anything like correct there must have been wholesale and continuous experiments here in this line for years. So fur, however, the only results have been in the direction of emphasised declamatory effort as to the price, quality and effects of fluids, and of some considerable increase in the consolidated revenue balance.

A Sydney cable says: “A preliminary meeting of tho Rugby League was hold in connection with a proposal to form ladies’ teams. Training commences next week and there will be public exhibitions when the, players have graduated.” There will. There will also be private exhibitions attended by specialists in carcinoma.

There was a time when those who knew how close a competition for frequency of usage was run there between the words “ Gott,” “Kaiser” and “ Verboten ” used to credit Germany with being the doyen of regulators. It was practice in nailing up “It is forbidden ” signs that enabled the enthusiasts to obtain such results in their devotions to Hindenhurg’s statue. And now, unless it has been made—by Regulation—whatever may be the local equivalent, of lese majeste, to express an opinion, one has to admit freely that Germany’s evil pre-eminence is being seriously threatened :

You send them up to Windy Town, to do the people’s will, They straightway get the wind up there, and “do ” it with a Bill. That’s not enough, it fails to win sufficient approbation : The war-game joker takes the trick; Star Chamber Regulation.

Direct evidence goes to show that a large section of humanity is ignorant of tlie spirit as well as the letter of the Chinese, proverb, “ When, mesa meet face to face their difficulties vanish.” Well, the geese are credited with having saved the Capitol ! Saturday afternoon when most of the sports were away on business Cathedral Square was the arena of as sweet, n little mill as ever gladdened the heart of a professional promoter. \ couple of youngsters running even about two feet six froni the asphalt, after advancing differing views oil the matter of common interest, set to work t-o find out which was the better .man. The effort, if not particularly scientific, was particularly clean and pariticularlv vigorous, but of course it was not allowed to climax and put the contestants on a decent footing of mutual respect and amity. No. Predestination absolute supplied the interfering would-be Providence of mature age, who disbelieved in fisticuffs, and, feeling secure trom retaliation poked his spoke into tlie domestic arrangements of the belligerents. ’Twas over thus with smaller nations and nationals seeking to ' exercise their rights of self-deter-mination.

“ Fair play is bonny play.” “No man’s a mail who doesn’t shirk.” This is the gospel of Toil to-day— The more you’re paid the less you work.

A camel may pass the needle’s eye Ere sons of CYcesus can win to glory ; If you’ve no money you still can buy. Payment! That’s a different story.

They’re all in the rush for hoarded gold, And they all curse Capital in his car. And it is to-day as it was of old— The less you’ve got the richer you are.

There are proverbs in various languages dealing with the advisability when you “ dinna ken your company ” of giving public expression to your opinions on, or stating as facts, matters as to the truth of which you are not sure. There are also proverbs dealing with the danger—under similar conditions—of publicly stating facts of any kind. The other day some halfdozen of the occujmnts of a crowded carriage near Te Kuiti were ventilating their views on the moratorium, debentures, interest, and things in general with specific references to the affairs of a particular trading concern, and the ventilation was not done in a whisper. There were some surprised individuals in that carriage when a quiet bv-sitter came into the game with “ Perhaps, gentlemen, you’ll pardon my butting; in wneti I explain that I happen to be the manager of the firm you are so cheerfully roasting and I’m prepared to discuss things.” Some time later they candidly admitted that he was.

Here’s to the latest fille do mer, A toast to Ethelda Bleibtrey, Whose time lias raised old Neptune’s hair, 220 in 2.53.

While in tho Old Dart Mr Massey might perhaps inquire if it is a morbid sense of duty that impels Dubliners to burn down their custom house, or if they’re Dubs who’ve mistaken their lin for the lin on the Spree, or if they think that a habit of arson will shorten Carson by a head.

Me wlio would be u Christchurch, eit, And with tho Christchurch x*oters stand. Quite often gets the glacial mitt When he a wigwam seeks to land. His ’tis to up-to-date the prayer “ To us each day our daily bread.” How can one fare without a lair? One needs a roof even if one’s fed. You have rend tho rumours about strained relations between Britain and America, and you have read of, if you have not seen, the war-boat now in Lyttelton harbour. “ I rejoice that America has resisted ~ ~

If ever this nation should have a tyrant for a King, six millions of freemen, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves would be fit instruments to make slaves of the rest/’ Was this spoken of the Revolution of 1776 by an American orator? It sounds like Patrick Henry. It was not. The Chatham is in port to-day, and it was x. itt who in tho Home Parliament saiv eye to ©ye, though in a different sphere, with the man whoso “ Give mo liberty or give me death ” re-echoes wherever freedom is loved. And Pitt represented a body of feeling and thought in the Old Country that comEelled George 111. to hire Hessians to gilt a tyrant’s oattles. Because some short-sighted fools flout the Union Jack in New York, it* must not be forgotten that the Stars and Stripes have been flown over Westminster. Should war come Chatham will) be with America as was Pitt.

It is an old Christchurch A medico, name and race unknown, on a casual visit to a local auction room spotted a big line of paper collars cheap. This proves the age of the story. He had a great thought, so he bought the collars; they would do for his groom. Was h© non-plussed when he found that the collars didn’t fit? No. He promptly sacked the groom and hired one who fitted the collars. Jay Hints: —Always loiter alongside tram points especially on wet days; if the conductor isn’t always successful in splashing you as he shifts tho points there's always a chance of the car leaving the rails and ending your earthly sorrows:. Always attempt to board the first of a train of moving cars; if you fail thu

following cars will probably board you in more senses than once. Always reply to the conductor’s request for your fare by mumbling “Two”; he ought to, know exactly •tfhat you want; that’s what he’s paici for.

Always report the conductor if h© fails to catch any remark you think you’ve made. Always wait until the tram has started again before making up your mind to get off.

Always sidle into a vacant outside seat whenever you se© an intending passenger stepping up to it. Always reserve any fivers you may be lucky enough to secure and' attempt to change them with busy conductors. FT7KNOCII.