LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 December 1927, Page 5

LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

Xots of Tucker! At a wedding at Ilennock, 8 miles from Ashburton, Devon, recently, the bride and bridegroom, three bridesmaids, the best man and groomsman, were all named Tucker, and the bride was given away by a Tucker. The two families were not related. At the service nearly .100 Tuckers from all parts of the country were present. * * * * Princess Actress. Princess Juliana, who is now in her ,19th year, has written a play based on the old fairy tale of •‘Bluebeard.'’ It . depicts Bluebeard as a psycho-analyst '-who makes his wives the victims of his pet theories. The play was produced •by tk? Women Students’ Association of Princess .Juliana playing the part of the surviving wife, and it was well received. Princess Juliana is heiress to the throne of the Netherlands. She is a keen student and speaks English. .French and German lluently. * * * * A Backhander. In a small "own in Fast Atriea, the local lawyer and the local doctor, who between them comprised the bench of magistrates, had arranged to take alternate months of duty. The lawyer had the first, and it fell to him to impose on the doctor a fine of £1 for driving without lights. The next, month, when the doctor was on the bench, it so happened that the lawyer was “hauled up’’ on the same charge, whereupon the doctor, remarking that this class of d offence was becoming too frequent only last month they had had a precisely similar case —fined the unfortunate lawyer £3. * * * * Airman’s Daring Feat. A break-neck feat was performed on j\ lake near Berlin a few weeks ago. Thewell-known sportsman, Fritz von ■o«P*steering his motor boat Opel JLyraced across the lake at <521 miles on hour in pursuit of an aeroplane flying at a low altitude, from which a rope was dangled. As the motor boat reached the aeroplane, Herr Schindler, who was standing at the bow of the boat, leaned out rind grasped the dangling rope. He •climbed up it to the aeroplane. He then > climbed down again into tin motor •boat, which continued to race at top speed with the aeroplane. * * * * Sliding Doors. Sliding doors have been built throughout in a dozen modern homes by a Parisian architect. His view is that flic hinged door is an antiquated waster •of space. This view has found a good deal of support. Those commenting on fhe idea express surprise that people never have rebelled against the swinging door. “How ridiculous it is,” says one, “to have to .step backwards to opeAjfcr close a door!” The old-fash-ioniiKoor destroys the harmony of a room if left open at right angles to the wall, says another, and it is ugly and .kills good wall space if it is swung back against the wall. *** * * Aphorisms. A A watchmaker has more hands than a. centipede has feet. Criticism, like charity, should begin at home. The well-beaten path may not lead in the right direction. Talk may be cheap, but there arc .people who use extravagant language. The man who tries to drown his sorrows generally makes his head swim. It is better to have loved and lost ihau to be the victim of a brcach-of-Tiromise case. * * * * ‘.The Mono phone. American, papers announce the perfection of the “monophone,” an instrument designed to carry radio into the home over the telephone or electric light wires. The invention is heralded thy Major-General George O. Squier, the - axtirerJfcbef signal officer -of the Unit- < *m! The General was an American delegate to the radio-tele-graph conference in Washington, and claimed that the device will eliminate static., aid the Radio Commission by ‘clearing wave bands, and provide a •double use for power and telephone lines now in operation. “The day when Radio entertainment will be installed im every home with the same certainty of service—summer or winter, day or’night—as the telephone and electric light, is at hand,” General Squier predicted. The “nionophone” simply defined Is an instrument to be attached to -an eleetrie light socket or connected with telephone lines. It will not interfere with the normal use of the lines, •General Squier said, but means double revenue for the owners. The device is virtually a three-tube receiving set, without dials, “stepping up” attachments, batteries or amplifiers. Aecordx -jug to General Squier, it would utilise the same lines that now supply current Jo homes’ without interfering with "their present purposes.