The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-23

political situations Of the various pow
ers. more particularly of England, a
recently issued collection of parodies
on ''Alice in Wonderland will prove
of interest. They are called Clara in
Cumberland" by Caroline Lewis. Clara
is evidently Mr. Arthur Balfour, dressed
as a little girl and attended by various
| nurses who assist her in making an
Irish stew" One day Clara had a
| fall down a hole in putting green,
where she had gone to get her golf BALI
81 do wish" she cried out, that
had Geraldine Gerald Balfour) with
me. Then 1 could hide in some cabinet
Or other where l should never be no.
ticed, and, perhaps, when the Abera-
tionals had eaten her up they wouldn't
be hungry for me-" When Clara
reached the bottom she found herself
safe and sound on a seat in large
hall full of green chairs (the House OF
Commons ''white rabbit" sat in
front and shouted, "OrderL Order!"
When they started to read bill Clara
tried to get out, but every door was
locked; the best she could do was to
get a glimpse of "a beautiful garden,
carpeted with flowers of hereditary in
tellect, and filled with hundreds or
happy children, of whom three formed
quorum, and of whom some seemed
to be more than half awake, (the House
of Lords.) The Dalmeny Cat is an inn
personation of Lord Rosebery. Boer-
dom and Benighted deal with South
Africa and the war office and Dragon
and Turnturtle refer to China and Tur-
kew.
A life of Ellen Terry has just been
published in London, and the stage
"reminiscences of Clara Morris are is
sued there with a very pleasing intro
duction by Mary Anderson. Ex-Em-
press Eugene is said to be at work
upon her autobiography, but not for
publication. Her purpose, according to
the report, is to place the manuscript IN
some public institution, where it may
be consulted by any one who desires to
refer to it. The life of Queen Alexandra
will be issued shortly. The author is
Mrs. Sarah Cooley, who wrote THE Per-
sonal Life of Queen Victoria"
One of the leading literary chroniclers
of England, who is a sturdy defender OF
Kipling's point of view in ''The Island
ers' is very Joyful over the discovery
in 'Dooleys Opinions" of the same sort
of a standpoint. in spite of the fact that
Dooley has himself severely criticised
Kipling's "wurrukin' PONIES" 1t is in
his dissertation on athletics that Mr..
Dooley has committed himself.
why is England losin' her supree-
macy, Hinnissy? Because Englishmen
get down to their jobs at ilivin o'clock
figurin' a goluf scOor on their cuffs an
lave a quarter to twelve on bicycle.
Ye can't keep yer eye on the ball
an on tn money at tn same time.
we've got to be wan thing or another in
this worruld. I niver knew good card
player or a great sportsman that cud do
much of anything else. Did We
liver hear iv Grant wearin any medals
FIR a hundherd yard dash? Did annywan
iver tell We iv tn number iv base. hits
made be Abraham Lincoln. Is there
amy record iv George Washin' ton dom
a turn on a trapeze or Thomas Jefferson
gettin' tn money FIR THROWN tn hanlf
mer? In me younger days twas NOT
considered rayspictable FIR to be an attn
lete. An athlete was always a man
that was not strong enough FIR wurruk.
Fractions druv him firm school an tn
vagrancy laws druv him to baseball"