DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14535, 6 December 1920, Page 4

DAY BY DAY.

Dr. Sophia Jevons, writing to the Times, says: "In the interest . The Plea of all those who are for unfortunate enough to The Penny, possess a small fixed

income and receive no war bonus, but yet have to bear a very great increase of both rates and taxes,, I write to protest against the introduc-' tion of a nickel or any other threehalfpenny coin, which is the exact eighth instead of the exact twelfth of a shilling, will tend to make three-half-pence the unit for small token coinage instead of the penny. -May I give a homely example? The confectioner with whom I deal still charges me one penny for a currant bun; true, it ;s smaller than the pre-war bun, but it is still a penny bun. Suppose the threehalfpenny nickel is introduced, my confectioner, if he is a good business man, will at once raise the price of my bun, but he will not increase its size, and the introduction of the nickel coin will mean for me an increase of 50 per cent, on the price of my former penny bun. The same principle will undoubtedly be applied to all small articles which still cost one penny."

"Mr Crosland McClure, the brilliant sculptor, has found it Sculptor more profitable to throw to up his art and beWalter. come a waiter at an hotel in Kingston Vale, Surrey," says the Architects' Journal. "When interviewed he explained:— 'People have no money for sculpture ihese days, and, like many other people, I have had to adapt myself to circumstances.' Well, after all, art or no art, a man must live, and—in the words of Sancro Panza—'an office (hat will not provide a man with his meat and drink is not* worth five horse beans.' Of course, in this particular case, it may be said that Mr McClure could have got n Job as 'restorer' in ecclesiastical work. A fine occupation for an original artist and man with his own ideas—and who, incidentally, has fulfilled at least one Royal Commission! Better to forsake one's art for ever than to be perpetually reminded by every ring of the chisel upon stone that once one was one's own master, and wrought in marble, and shaped it to one's own mind. Apparently Mr McClure has refused to come down in his art. There must be something wrong with the times in which one so gifled fails to make as much as a bricklayer or a policeman; maybe it is the public who are at fault —maybe it is the State."

Like a "busy beehive" has been Hooker and Kingston's during the past few days. The attraction has been no doubt "Home Furnishing Week," for the firm celebrates this once a year with "Extra Special Values." This is the opportunity to save, and we conscientiously believe thai our generosity in giving these few days of tremendous savings is appreciated by all our customers. 80 im<h Herringbone White Sheeting, 3s 9d yard, usually fis Od; Hoi-rocks' Special Quality Calico, 2s 2Ad, usually 2s lid yard; Beautiful Cretonnes .'3s lid, usually 8s lid yard; Brown anil While Towels Is 6-id. These are just a few of the good values offering during "Home Furnishing Week," at Hooker and Kingston's, the Big, Busy Drapers witli the keen prices.* Secret of happiness by return registered mail. The essence of ail knowledge is self knowledge. Send birth date, month, year, and postal note 5s lo T. J. Dunslonc, Box 1418, Auckland.