Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
An Amusing Example.

An amusing example OF that German
enterprise which aspires to teach British
school children patriotism is found in ont
OF the dumping shops" in South London
1t is q box OF slate pencils with a picto
| rial cover Of elaborate design To the
| left Is q medallion of Nelson. together
with Union jack and a picture Of the
battle OF Trafalgar. under which are the
words England expects that every man
| this day will do his duty" On one OF
the ships depicted the name Victory i,
printed from prov to stern
To the right Is a medallion Of Yelling.
ton. with what purports to be a COPY OF
| the British Royal Standard. and picture
| Of the battle Of Waterloo beneath which
Duke. Up. guards. and at emf Be
made in Germany"
1t Is doubtful II In any previous general
| ed by the rival political parties as In the
present campaign. Handbills and pam
phlets are being distributed by the mil
| HON. Every post brings its contribution
from one or other of the great political
| organizations. and the postmen are ex-
periencsng mild repetition of the Christ
mas traffic
The biilboards are covered with posters.
| those In London showing a marked pre-
ponderance Of unionist placards. One O.
the best and most effective has come
rather late into the field It. skit
on well known advertisement poster ex-
tolling the beauties OF the hire-purchase
system. Mr. Asquith. with resplendert
suit of clothes, has found the Socialists
alliance 80 simple" The damsel on his
arm personifles socialism and lends point
to the inscription. We've done it,
The liberals have made use OF the same
advertisement in a different way. In the
case OF the liberal poster the alliance is
between Mr.. Balfour and Mr. Austen
Chamberlain.
Get the Start With Posters.
The liberals have allowed their oppo-
nents to get long start in the matter of
posters. In many cases the tories. with
ample funds at their disposal, have CAP
iured the biggest and most conspicuous
billboards and covered them with Iurid
cartoons and epigrams enforcing the doc
trines of tariff reform. The liberal and
free trade organizations are now making
strenuous effort to recover lost ground
and every day sees a large addition to
their poster displays. In too many cases,
however, they have only been able to Sc
cure Isolated spaces on the billboards, and
instead OF being abe to hit the eve"
with great masses Of pictorial object les
sons. their posters have to take their
chance among confused jumbles of pla-
cards advertising jams. skating Kinks and
pantomimes.
This being the case, the liberals have
evolved the happy idea of securing Ave
hundred or more carriers vans. the hoods
OF which will be covered With cartoons
After ALL there Is q good deal of ad-
vantage in having your hoardings NOV
able. and the van idea means that when
the polling approaches the liberal car.
toons can be concentrated where they ara
most needed. 1T will give an extra Flip
side here.
The general election will have one in
teresting characteristic altogether apart
from Its political features. An exception
ally large number OF young men will
stand as candidates, and several OF these
may be described as. In a parliamentary
sense, very youthful. as four of them are
only twenty-five years II age
The present parliament has included a
large number of young men. but none so
young as twenty-five. The nearest ap-
proach has been Eatl Winterton. who DIS
tinguished himself In various ways during
silent member. He, was elected for
Horsham. Sussex. In 1904. when he had
Just reached his majority. and after his
maiden speech Sir Edward Grey. in pay
ing him compl hent. drew attention to
the age OF Viscount Tu. nour, as he then
was. pointing out that the commence
ment OF parliamentary career at his
years was almost unprecedented. The
great example of pfecocity In this direc-
ton Is the achievement OF Mr.. Pitt. who
In 1tSO became member Of the house OF
commons at the age Of twenty-one, and
TWO years later was appointed chancellor