BRIEF AND BRIGHT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 1, 5 July 1911, Page 46

BRIEF AND BRIGHT.

Crime is 'much more interesting thaw respectability.—“Pett Ridge.” The black sheep of the family is sometimes a blonde.—May Hublin. No man ever acquires polish from being rubbed the wrong way.—ll. Mulins. The one particular brand of love that isn’t blind is self-love.—“ Philadelphia Ledger.” Talking about crops, the wild oats crop is always a failure.—“ Boston Transcript.” Ignorance is the parent to theoretic folly and of imprudent action.—“ National Review.” Home is the human nest, and the woman who fails as a home-maker fails as a woman. —“Englishwoman.”. If we were unable to believe anything save what was true, it would be much to our advantage; but we should miss much harmless enjoyment. —“Munsey’s Magazine.”

Fate plays one some scurvy tricks now and then. A man in Cleveland, Ohio, stepped on an ice-covered pavement the other day, and fell. After 'the fall he found himself dumb. Just when he had the greatest need of speech. He can speak again all right now, but what is the good of that? —“Globe.” Lord llalsbury says that “No judge could be just if he was continually thinking what would be said of him next day in the newspapers.” But no judge who is just needs to think what will be said of him next day in the newspapers. —“Star.”

We notice that the Land of the V ooden Nutmeg is still carrying on business at the old stand. "The root was one of the most considerable items in the enormous cost of the Capitol,” says a New York dispatch. “It was supposed originally to be solid oak, but was discovered subsequently to be merely imitation oak in papier mache. —“Globe.”-

“Passers-by,” declares a contemporary, “are using the voting lists outside Wood Green places of worship as pipe lighters, and the Local Government Board are being asked to abolish the ‘useless practice* of displaying the sheets.” Useless practice, indeed! Are the authorities, then, prepared to supply matches instead?— "Westminster Gazette.” The Artist should dress in Canvas. The Gardener, in Lawn. The Dairyman, in Cheesecloth. The Editor, in Print. The Banker, in Checks. The Hairdresser, in Haircloth. The Scotchman, in Plaids. The Prisoner, in Stripes. The Government Official, in Red Tape. The Architect, in Blueprint. The Minister, in Broadcloth. The Jeweller, in Cotton. The Undertaker, in Crape. The Barber, in Mohair (does he not mow hair?)—“Ladies Home Journal.”