Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-05

Tired of hearing the soft 'g" in the household word that is so familiar in our mouths" an irritable Dronouncer defied an offender to produce from any European language whatever an instance of a soft "g'' before 'a'' an O." or a "u.' The subject dropped for that day, but when the man of marparine met his critic again the re- suit of his thoughts was summed in the one triumphant word obviously the one that is otherwise spelt jail.
 The term "highbrow," used by the frivolous to denote the serious minded, is not, as most people inn agine, recent importation from the other side of the Atlantic. It is to be found in the pages of a curious and entertaining little volume pub | lished in Edinburgh in the year 1720 entitled "The Rules of Good Deport- ment." One of the profound utter ances of the author of this work runs as follows: "A high brow or proud behaviour, whether in gesture oT speech, is insupportable clownish- ness"
 Mir. Benjamin Dale, one of our most brilliant young composers, who has
  Ruhleben--he was visiting Bayreuth when war broke out-is busy writing a symphony. MT. Dale was, before the war; looked upon as the most promising of our younger generation of musicians. The fine piano sonata with which at the age of 19 he wor the Hamburg prize a few years age is considered by many judges to be the most remarkable work of it's kin6 written in recent years, which Nikisct produced at a Philharmonic Concert six years ago. has attracted very fa- vourable notice on the Continent where it has been performed in sev. eral big towns.
 1 l noticed a pretty incident in ths
 Tube, writes a spondent, tha well illustrates the excellent feeling that exists between our officers an( men. Two fTommies'' laden witt their pots and pans" occupied seat lin crowded compartment, and al though clearly mud-stained anC weary, rose to allow two women t have their seats. A staff colonel ana major were in the same compart ment. Seeing what had happened simultaneously rose and insisted ol the "Tommies" taking their seats NobleSse obEge, indeed!
 The pranks, writes a correspondent of the disputed consonant in the
 household word" are many. Tn
 French will tell you that their ow1
 is good English property; only we cal
 it IS" in pleasure and "z'' Ii Seizure" It may be hunted up il
 Portuguese also, and it abounds il that delightful local language, Genoese
 though good Italian knows it not. Tn
 "u," by the way, that the Frenchmal thinks all his own is right Genoes ) also. And has not our Devonshir
 something like it?-London Chronicle II Mir. Duke, in spite of his isolation has achieved unique record for al
 Irish Secretary: he has made n
 enemies. Critics he has innumerab1t many bitter and interruptions. Man assail his policy; others blame hir l for inactivity; but none challeng his good faith He is tried, as n other head of the Irish Executive ha
 been tried, by diversity of counse
 and by great provocation. He has me
 the ordeal in a spirit of heroic pa Ftience. If a pacific settlement of tn Hong controversy over Ireland's futur 7 is happily to be reached, the tact an , forbearance of Mir. Duke will be ] large contrfbutory factor. Audi, vidt
 tace may well have been his watch
 words. He has certainly observe
 them.--London Times.
 l President Wilson's clear insistene l on "self- determination as a prelim ; mary to League of Nations | strangely reminiscent. In the tumul
 of war we are apt to forget anothe
 great fighter for freedom, who laid
 down that there could never be permanent peace until Europe wa 1 settled on a nationalist basis. The , would arise a great League of Nation ; to deal with international problems with it's headquarters not at Versatile or London, or even at The Hague, br in Rome, the Eternal City. True, h
 did not call it League of Nations
 but merely the United States ( B Europe" For how could Mazzini--fc ] that was the name of the prophet : have then guessed that America wa destined to play glorious part on th European stage?
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