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What Her Husband Said of His Cabinet
There is for each of us, I doubt not, one moment. in the day which represents the acme of happiness, the momcnt for which all the p-re- ceding hours sre but a prepara- tion. In ‘The (germ; (0,- 1; not, then elsewhere) there is an old bedllldden woman to whom. ‘the Dlsflflse ohthe Pullman with its llllllflg car was inn sense the event without whfch the day would have "been incomplete, and I have known a household where all the ruem-bertnprecisely at ten o'clock every evening, imbibed n glass of Horliclcs, milk with such ceremony that to an irreverent on- looker it seemed a benediction on the day's activities. ‘So dikewise there are moments which we spec- ially abhor. The first quarter of an hour in ‘the office (especially if the day he Monday) l_s by some spoken of as the abomination of desolation. To most men who are human, getrting out of bed is an inhuman, and, ‘therefore, horrible wt- IHfls not our presen-t -day n-a- tional board told us that it's nice to get up in the morning, but it's nicelr to stay in bed‘?
I do not love getting out of bed more than my fellows, yet there is a ‘time which I dread even more. it is not, indeed. any particular hour of the day, and ‘the precise moment cf its coming depends on many circumstances beyond my understanding. though doubtless my doctor (l-f I had one) might enfllghten me. (Somewhere in the lnggznrd hours of the evening there comes a time when within me de- sire falls, my occupation, what- ever it is strikes mo (as we used to say in the Latin class), all that mnn ever did or thought or wrote becomes a weariness. This feeling ought doubtless to betoken no‘ more than thntl llnvc come to the close of n perfect day, but by an awkward mlscalculntion in my con- construction this moment of naus- ea arrives abclforc the time when, as experience has taught mo I may tvith safety and assurance of suc- cess turn out. the lights and seek “sore labours hnith." Then if you ere but concealed in my room
vou might see mo take up ten ~. hooks in ns many minutes, and I toss each aside with impatience,
mnrvclling alike at the folly 0f the
write: and of all "potential readers. The trouble, as I have analysed it,
f}, appears to be that mentally I am
constructed for a twenty-two hours‘ day, whereas, physically, so far as sleep is concerned, I am a
‘i’ zmrmni inhabitant of this ‘rvorlrl.
forget what is the length of day enjcyvcd by the inhabitants of Von- us and Jupiter, but nt times Venus attracts me and of Jupitnrl think “with horror.
i No Favourite Authors»
While discussing this point re- cenilgv. I bud a remedy prescribed which, indeed, convicted me sin. I realized. not for the ftrst time, that I have lived a fon-lish
‘ life, that, in fact, I have allowed
the years to piss over me without making nmon gmy books any firm
' friends. I have long ‘been accus-
tomed to speak of rmyself as in ‘the
great company of tho middle-aged —ligh't.ly, as one who does not ex-
poet to be taken too seriously; ‘»'i‘t now at lust l am reticent on the point, which doubtless is a por- ent. i was assured ‘that the so- Iution for my dreaded hour was
i- to ‘talce up one of my favourite
nooks (irreft-rirbly in bed), and
l~urolessly' reading furnlillzlr v/nrtls.
l should in time find myself u-
hy heart already. l should find
I would understand; when I did not. l would not lose the thread.
no, the npptfldlug fact that I have
cer's student, I have not equipped
" myself with that small bed-side lib-iblugwapyly , "ury of welltlnlnrbetl books whlch.|
open thom where you will. you stralghtwuy fall on 8. fanli'lai'
phrase‘. And suddenly I felt lonely,
envious of the man who at night habitually reads six pugos of Bos- well or even (I-lcavcn forgive him!) u. few stanzas of “ln Memorlam." I
_ thought of all the glorious books
l had rend, which in their time
“ had enlarged the nnrrowness of "_ mygways, and I was amazed that
l had even been spcndthrift of my host friends. I had enjoyed many
‘ll many hour's of good and easy fel- _ lrr-vship"
in: c: ship against the ‘.1? n!‘ misfortune. But it was not too late. Though much is taken. much remains, ris ever i1 good motto. l’ myself, would setahout
THE‘ cninnoqnnrown cunnnm! "'
The Moments Before Midnight ,
“Maruotw Sldelight on the War-
The instalment of Margot As- qul*th's autobiography in the “Sun- day Times" yesterday concerned lt- self with the declaration 0t‘ war in 1914. and the “intimate" happen- ings of that. great hour.
The resignations from the Cal» inet of Lord Morley and. Mr. John Burns “were unimpeacbable and in deed to their credit."
In a letter to‘ Mrs. Asquith, Lord lliorley ‘vrotez- . . . . .
.W'hy do you tax me with a squeamish conscience? It was not conscience at all, but common sense. What use should I.bo in the Council ofWar, into which unhappy circumstances have trans- formed the Cabinet? ' ‘
I've run my course and kept the faith." That's enough.
THE _ ULTIIMATpM
Describing how, she sat "with face glued to the grille of the gal- leryt" wlrilc Mr. Asquith made tho grave announcement, which concluded-
We have asked that s. satisfac- tory reply ‘to the telegram (lo tin. German Government) of this morn- ing should he given before mid- night. -
‘Mrs. Asquith gives a sketch or the scene beneath.
“TH ROUGH M ISTY EYES"
I looked at the House. which was packed from gallery to floor while my husband was speaking. and through misty eyes the heads of the listening members appeared to me as if bowed in prayer. .. ...A satisfactory. answerr .before midnight. . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . ‘These fateful and terrible words were greeted by wave upon wave of cheering, which continued and increased as Henry rose and ‘walked slcwvly down the floor lot‘ the H0111;
‘ONE “HAPPY FACE‘,
l looked at the clillrlircn asleep after dinner before jolniut! llc-nry ill the Cabinet room. Lord Crewe and Sir Edward Groy were. ialready there, and we sat smoking ‘cigarettes in silence; some weui lent. others cauie in; nothing was s
s. . .. Ifhe clock on the mantlepicco ‘hammered out the- hour, and when {thedast beat of midnight ham- ‘mered it was as silent us dawn.
S. A. IMcDONALD Beautiful-yet useful
of the family
We were at War.
_I left to go to bed. and. as I was pausing at the foot o‘f the stair~ lease, I saw Winston Churchill with lo happy face striding towards th‘
ldouble doors of the Cabinet roomz] MORE “CREWIES AND GREYS"
0n the eevning clf August 9 Mrs. -
Asquith had a conversation with ‘her husband about the Cabinet. This from the Diary:—
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-' I could do with less cleverness:
and should feel no anxiety it‘ l had a few more Crewes and Greys. In public politics, as i‘n private life, character is bctte-r than brains. land loyalty m‘ore valuable than el- Ither; but. he added, I shall have to work with the tmaterlal that has been given me! Dlctatcrrships gen- erally end in disaster.
the construction 0t‘ a bed-side, iii:- ‘rury, and by a process of WIIHIOW’: ling perhaps in time 1 would arrive at a small company of faithful friends, who would never fail mc
l The Selection
ihletll- B1’ conflmllg “W59” m: That wry iufght l would bcllln. f , lboolrs which I more or less know
lwould take up, even 11-. ililplllililfll
la few likely (anzlidntcs for tht
‘but whether I paid attention or mm, hqmml. o,» resting nommnc“; _- not would not mutter. When I did
Iy by my bod-side. Ono of Scott's ‘WIS cssrntinl. Fvrwott. ill nczt exactly rexeiting in the. . day's. is at dvilfil
Alas. it was then that the d|-.v:|s-{5O.othmg "m; sopormc (m. mo“ ‘ tilting ‘truth forced itself upon
no longer young I chose Jledgauul let. Boswell went, for of all »\ rl
' no favuiritc authors. Unlike Chan-w“ he is surely best mmph,“ l,
‘nibbling. My eye ‘caught tllc unto cf Jupiter Carlyle, and rememlberlngthe pleasure he who ‘gave mo, I accepted him as ul least. passing the qualifying exunr inntion. Then-perhaps n. strange vii-lino --~ I took doxvn Aftriwlt Avziuch. hu-t my heart has lwQl‘ 'wa.rmed to his memory. The "Path to Rome" was, for no reason that [I could ‘give. my fifth selection. and ‘as d felt what lllly first list oi’ candi- dates must contain something in the way of poetry. I added, while awaiting the pzlrilz-ct anthology’. the Edinburgh Book of ‘Scottish ‘Verse.
|Vo|ce of a Stranger.
I Thus fortified. 1 retired. Whllr undressing I spoke to the assum- bled volumes, who listened ill the
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gravest manner, “lllllilili. hetraj/inl! i-‘ne least sign 01' irnpzulen :. lold them that they were on (t? a high curl. and tlln-i if they gave} satisfur-Lrrvn they might he rc-zul and rc-rcud tlll their hacks broke (Munsic. whom I have never known Olllfll‘ than ‘second- hand. vlislhly winr-orl). It was Munslc who was norm-st to me as I tucked myself in. For ten minutes I road luouslyr. Fool that i ‘was, it alum-ll to inc as u new boo-k. I was um lute in HQGkillK to make friends. Nut ore spoke to me with the lruc sense of fnmlliairity‘. l reailisorl that friends are only to be gninrd by long service, and that now i must suffer for my selfish- ness in ever seeking new acquain tances.
I rnst- and looked out c-f ‘the window. 'l‘l1e wandering moon and the wheeling stars were alike colt} ‘uni fificllrllrss, and the remaining lights in the windows served hut lo reveal a world from which I was cut off. I though‘. of women with whom I had laughed, and men with whcm I hurl drunk. who now, for all I knew. nil-gilt be (lead. And in rmy hand I held a hook which once, too, i‘n my way I had loved, but wluiclr new spoke to mo. with the voice of a stranger.
F‘. ‘E. S.
BAN ON NEW DANCES
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.'-—~Dnnce hall proprietors of New York City will meet at the hotel Astor to- morrmv afternoon to form an or- " . for the‘ llnzihntion of
‘m by fifiualoonuding." slfi-‘x’ thinning and "parking" from the pirhlic dance hails of New York (ity. Th2 agreement of the principal (lance. hall‘ proprietors to form an orginizatiion to par ob~ jcrtiozmhle steps‘ was brought
Deputy Police Commissioner. who called them tolmher.
Mrs. Loft told those assembled that slow and. tight dancing was went-med. in.‘ many dance halls _ st, complaints from mothers iwore flooding the ‘police depart-
ment and the Oi-mml - er En-
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i' w s e nrcd m take drastic “Hcmed wmparluwi-F’ few- Wllll‘? '
l ,r,,i,‘,i,‘,l.,u,.:3 pwuy of m-resm undilllilllSllll‘('€i wen» truintd in vurlousA. A. U. G- °"'the cancellations of liscenses _ _ _ _l put u stop to it. She said lllfltihans’ It “"9 will f‘) h“ lmllfilfill] SYDNEY, N S, Ilc." lit-wit a re. (_'0llll'lliS.l0ll(l‘ Enrit-tllt hid Slli-Z-ltmhhi’ from the Xmlico stilnllllmlmlctuit meeting of the A .‘\ ll of C grated as u possible alternative,” regulate closely ‘mm mo ‘in Toronto it W115 iivvlliftl (t; 1mm fit-id char/mp? llrlllil) Maritime lyr-zir. probably on lground in llnllfnx. ihv lantr-r part Inf next summer. the boxing and nionships The tug 0i‘ Will‘ was National Exhibition
Lmsl-yics oi‘ dwntfng at. the public‘.
the voluntary puillfication of 1iub<jvmce “L ll"i""‘“' “m“vrs~ lic (lflllPlIlZ by the danci- 1rroprielors.
All the dance hall proprietors agreed‘ that voluntary action was _ _ desirable IlIlil promised to bc prtra- ""l"““",°n “ml” floor“ l“ x9“ vnt at the- nmelirirg on hionrlayrlym-l,‘ Cm“ Th” aims“ w“ F.0d" at which regulations will be udolkiiflcihly “wormed “S “Innimz by
the man who denounced ll.
tors Slilfl that no form of dancing was so bud as the failure to dance which now said to be becoming
tcd and possibly a dance diclaior| “Pavrklngx, he “my “is when a U", Canadian :n Toronto. Nova Scotia. spoke against tho rc- h instntonlent of West Wellington, n former professional hockey player
aflen the Lundisllla.)stThomtls psi-tern may he selected.
“The worst dancing ls at. the best hotels." one of the dance hall proprietors said at. the meeting oi’ proprietors after Mrs. Loft had outlined her vie-ws. She is said to have azzreeti with this. but ti) lruvc contcnrlc-zi that such dancing tvas not so pernrciolus because it
couple takes the flour to dance and then stop (landing. They sim- plly stny on the spot nll throng the (lance. There are any number _
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