Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 16, 20 April 1910, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

'A Pleasant Duty. < STRANGER who gets money f I under a will may reasonably be asked to pay a duty on it to the State where it does not exceed £loo.— The Hon. Dr. Findlay. * * « • Our Own Fault. The English language is rich in vowel Lounds, and if the English people are not proficient in speaking and in singing the season must be that the method of teaching is not altogether perfect.— Dr. H. H. Vulbert. » # » » All Hands and the Cook. ■ I understand that the number of people who desire to reform the House pf Lords apparently includes the House of Lords themselves, and members of all ■parties in the House of Commons.— Mr. A. J. Balfour. * * * * The Corner Pub. According to William Morris, the only style of really living English architecture is the style of the niodern corner publichouse.—Mr. Henry Arthur Jones. .The Third Party. There is more than a feeling throughout New Zealand that a third party in politics is coming. That party cannot he merely juggling with the names of ieither of the old parties. It must be a party with a distinct name, objective, and policy of its own. That, I believe, Only the Labour party can supply.— -Mr. D. McLaren, M.F. * * * • The Spirit of Defence. The spirit of the Defence Act is to bring home to the young people of New ■Zealand not only their loyalty to the King and to the Old Country, but fa ■impress'upon them the necessity of placing the defence of their country before any other consideration.—Bir Joseph iH'ard. * * * » <Dr More ? Every husband and wife would be better if they had a fortnight’s holiday -eway from each other every year. The •wife should be free for at least a fortnight from the cares of the house and children, and she would return at the end of that period to the joys of her ■home with increased strength.—Bis/iop of London. Outside Politics. In my judgment it is the duty of the Responsible Minister of this country, as far as possible, to keep the name of the -Sovereign and the prerogative of the Crown outside the domain of party politics.—The lit. Hon. H. H. Asquith.. Socialistic Ideals. The end to be attained by Socialism is not the creation of private fortunes, but the good of the great mass of wealth ■creators whose activities and being can "only be properly defined under the allcomprehensive word Labour.— Mr. D. ]McLaren, M.P. « • • » The Love That Loves a Scarlet Coat. ’ 1 love the Army. I love old Tommy Atkins. 1 love the scarlet and the fife and drum. I love the rifle as one loves a living thing. I was happy in the Army. ’I am glad to have been a soldier. I am proud of it.— Mr. R. Blatchford. Buying a Pig in a Poke. If an intending tenant was a wise man lie would make sure that he had a warranty from the landlord that the house in which he was going to live was fit for occupation. He should not take a house without satisfying himself of its suitability by a very close inspection.— Mr. f. C. Kettle, S.M.

The Land of Leisure. Granted good health and a fair income, the Ohl Country offers many advantages tower the colonies, more especially to the leisured class.— Mr. D. K. Caldirell, expresident Auckland Chamber of Commerce.

Hie City of a Thousand Problems. Wellington was a city with a thousand problems. It contained thousands of citizens who did not know their right hand from their left morally speaking, thousands who were living frustrated lives, and many more who had lost the ancient land-marks and were rudderless on an uncharted sea.— Ker. J. J. North. The Pot and the Devil. The Government was in the hands o* Unscrupulous adventurous demagogues, so puffed up with pride of place that they were willing to put the Constitution into the melting pot and play the devil with the finances in order to throw the resulting chaos at the Lords. — Lord A tn pt hill.

Tell Me ‘Where Is Fancy Bred. When I enter the judging ring, I have my mind firmly fixed on one idea—the money value of the-stock I have to judge. I say to myself, “What does this animal represent to the farmer in £ s. d.?” and I don’t worry about fancy points in breeding.—3/r. J. C. N. Grigg, at the Oxford Show. * * * » The Irony of It. A common remark of the business man is: “ You’re all Socialistic out in your colony, ain’t you? and it is not a very good place for investing capital, as you seem to change your laws very rapidly.” But then the same man will shrug his shoulders and say, “But we’re drifting the same way ourselves.” — Mr. IL IL Caldirell, ex-President Auckland Chamber of Commerce. ♦ » ♦ • The Egregious English. Our fault, as a nation, is that we think almost too much for ourselves, and perhaps not (piite enough for our fellows.—General Kir Jan Hamilton. Legs and Tomfoolery. The money paid nightly to see “legs and tomfoolery’’ would bear about the same proportion to the money paid to see the drama as Fa 1 staff’s half-crown’s worth of sack bore to his halfpenny worth of bread.— Mr. Henry Arthur

Feeding the Baby. There are some mothers who seem to be unaware that beefsteak pudding and gin are not a proper diet for a baby of twelve months.— Bishop of London. Of a Surety. I am almost tired of telling people that if they become surety to a loan they are almost sure to have to pay in the end. —Judge Bacon. * » * * The Hub of the Universe. The captain of the Manuka had assured him that New Zealand was the hub of the universe, and that he could stand on the bridge and see the whole stellar system round it. — Dr. Henry, Mission Preacher. * * » » The Old Flag. The ship presented by New Zealand would he part of the Royal Navy, and would fly the Union Jack. The Australian ship would be part of the Australian unit, and would fly such flag as the Australian Government might determine.— Mr. K. McKenna.

The Humble Sparrow. The sparrows did an ’incalculable amount, of good in devouring the seeds of Weeds, ami but for (hem the hot lly nuisance would become intolerable.— Mr. .1. N. Smith, Mackenzie County Council. Badly Handicapped. Anyone coming from the South cannot fail to l»e struck by the fact that the Northern settlers are badly handicapped for want of good roads and railways. In sending stock down to the Auckland market they cannot hope to cope with the Waikato.— Mr. Mander, M.P.

Ladles and Gentlemen, The professors valued highly the privilege <jf addressing their students aa ladies and gentlemen,” for these tenni inspired a sense uf nobility. Gentle bearing consisted in the avoidance of that which was coarse, vulgar, or indelicate.— Kirk, Chairman Professorial Board, Wellington. * * * • Brain Versus Brawn. If the British |»eoplp ever go down — ’.nd 1 don’t think they will—it will not be because of their lack of fighting capacity. or of endurance; it will be because they have not rapidly enough adapted themselves to the altered conditions of the age. where, more ami more, brain is overhauling brawn.— Dr. M acnamara, * * # * Unworthy of Credit. A United States judge once said (hat when a man would go into the witnessbox and wilfully swear away the honour of a woman, he would not believe him even if In* knew his statements to be true.— Mr. Kerr. S.M.. Wanganui. Never Looked Better. I went practically all over New Zealand with Lord Kitchener, and since then 1 have been all over the South with the Governor. Speaking generally. ] can say that our country has never looked better, nor do | know of any time when out producers were in such good heart.—*S’tr Joseph Ward. No Adventurers. The people of Australia bail no intention of military or naval adventure, and would be far more delighted if their warships were scrapped without tiring a. shot iu anger; but all parts of the Empire realised their responsibilities to’the Empire under existing circumstances.— Nir G’. Heid. Five Bob a Week. We can’t be abusive to a man who nets 5/ a week from the borough. We can got things done if we pay for them. We pay a miserable pit tan. >, and we get them done well enough for what we pay. — Mr. t‘. 7‘. C rate ford, Mayor of Miramar. The Man’s View. ’flip male teachers are required to assist, the boys with their cricket, football, an 1 swimming, which means sacrificing most of their Saturday holidays. No similar o- igations of this nature’ fall to the lot of women teachers, consequently it is only reasonable that male teachers should have compensations in tin* form of higher grades and pay than the women teachers. — Mr. I'. H. liroirn, Newton East School. The ‘Woman’s View, The men teachers have made a great deal of .apital < t 1 of the fact that they gave a I’d of their off time to football and cricket, but lady teachers would be glad of the opportunity to instruct and assist girls in outdoor pursuits if tin* facilities were provided, but at present tin* boys got everything. J/m.v L'lxio Khreirsbtiry, Ellerslie School.