OTHER MEN’S MINDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16918, 18 December 1922, Page 9

OTHER MEN’S MINDS.

The Conservative Party i* not- happy fr the present moment—Lord Salisbury. SOMETHING SAFE. Yon cannot be sent to prison for guessing.—Judge CJuer. GO*IT? • * r l erer scrapping, but If it is forced upon me 7 do the very best I can —Ror C. B. Edwards. M.C. OT’R BRAVE MARINE. The great characteristiea of fishermen are magnificent seamanship and an iron nerve.—Mr H. F. Maurice. learn real life. The greatest university of all is Life. *od the sooner most people get some taste of it the better.—Dean Waco. juvextlf/ch axces. - ( liances for the young were never so good as now.— Lord Burnham. OBSERVE THE MIND. Every prisoner found guilty on his first appearance before the courts .-.Mould be medically inquired into.—Dr H. Barnes. V A HUMAN THERMOMETER. The human heart, is like water: it freezes at a certaiu temperature and melts under the influence of warmth Dean Inge. / A modern'*d<sctrine. I believe the modem doctrine is that we should be much more interested in other nations than in our own.—Mr Justice Darling. HONOURS FOR QUACKS. Men who have made enormous fortunes in shoe-polish or pill- are given riic highest honours in our land.—Mr Ronald McNeill. M.f\ KEEP COUETNG It would be n good thing if Grpat Britain and Franco would adopt the met nod of M. (oue.-M. St Aulaire (trench Ambassador). BE HOPEFUL. Pessimism in regard to finding pursuits for boys of suitable education and character is unjustified at the present. time.—Dr A. ii. Hilliard (Mere rs’ .School), BE BROAD. Narrow-chested houses breed narrowchested —Mr Manning RobertGET RICH QUICK EASY. Getting money for nothing is very iaseinating to certain persons Mr Justice Roche. SOMBRE ST PAUL'S When I first saw St Paul’s, as a * .1 . t ie effect of t-he interior was cohl, dark anti dingy Dean Inge, GOOD OLD BRITAIN. There is something about the stability and steadfastness of British trade i hat excites not only our admiration but our curiosity.—Mr -Malcolm Sumner (New York). TAINTING THE TONGUE. -Hie British palate lias been vitiated by condiments and tobacco.—Mr H V ' achell. •.* THE POOH KIDDIE. There is nothing niore pitiful than the suffering of an ill-treated and neglected child. Lady Soutiiesk. SOME PROBLEM Me hare no prescription here for the I conversion of viragoes.—M- IV. Jj I Luke (Willesden Magistrate).

UMPS? No country in the world has better 1 aeroplanes ol new- types in the experimental stage than we have.—Mr C G Grev. *.* SHI WORKERS’ PARADISE. People who are a little work-shy here Chen work well in the stimulating atmosphere of the Dominions.—Sir Albert J. Hobson. A POLICEMAN’S NEEDS. A policeman needs all the qualities of a saint and a philosopher.—Mr W. Jj. Luke, W illesden Magistrate. VALUABLE* LEAGUES. I am prepared to advocate a League etore any assembly, oven oue of diehards.—Lord Robert Cecil. E'RENCH BREAD Voit THE TEETH. II the hard I rencli roll became the general bread of England there would be a tremendous improvement in the teeth ot the country.—Mr Rowlett (Leicester). CURIOSITY’ AND KNOWLEDGE. ti,r h K ins H ncfc of cariosity is really at the base pt a great deal of our knowledge.—Pi ofesaor R. Strong. NATURE’S GIFT. Wooden legs do not run in families, but wooden heads do—Dr Bernard Hollander, the famous mental specialSOMKWHAT OBVIOUS. 1 1 go to ex-prisoners for an impartial criticism of prison administration is like applying to a mouse for an impartial opinion of a cat Sir Basil ihomaon. TOWER OF MODERN EYE. In these days, when women are allowed to do everything and go everviibcrc. they hate considerable influent vhicli should la. used for good i'rincess Louise. • SOMNOLENT CO.VC : REGATIONS. n J h l r .V ? n( l roa T sori wh y people should not doze in church it thev are tired T the bit offended at the . ightr of people dozmer through mv serInore C °" rse ’ if people start to .snore, 3011 are at perfect libertv to prod them.—Rev H R. L. Sheppard don tOl 0t Lon•IUST THE DIFFERENCE. Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.—George Ohapirnn. limiting F amilies. At least twenty million people have adopted family limitation in some form in forty-five years.—l>r C. V. Drysdale. THE DEATH SENTENCE. A private individual can never be left to decide whether a {>erson should die or not.—Mr Justice Rigby Swift. FREEDOM OF THE PEDESTRIAN. The time has not yet come when it is illegal to walk on the highway Ixscause it is inconvenient to motorists. —Mr Justice Horridge. A LESSON FROM THE POOR. M*>thers of the poorer classes, in their devotion to and affection for their children, put to shame many betterplaced women.—Sir A. Mond,