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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937.
PROGRESS AT BRUSSELS.
T
LAMENT
for the FALLEN LEAVES
by Llewelyn Powys
OLSTOY once likened our existence to the case of a man who is clinging to mosa on the edge of a dark and bottomless well. Let this be as it may. It is surely in the month of November that melancholy can be justified if it can ever be justinod.
In Northern climates during this month almost the whole of creation is possessed by this malady of colour, Our lighter moments seem to have ended as the leaves have left the trees.
A reindeer perhaps, remains frolle enough as he carelessly canters his master's sled over crisp ice, and possibly Polar bears also, on pads well provided with hair against slipping, as they stand firm, to unit the first
flurry of snow.
In England, however, the bad- gern now retire to their sets and compose themselves for a long sleep, their ribs well larded with a nutriment of October binckberries. Squirrels doze in their tree-top up their chill prying notes. attics, only a muffy red tall to cover
On
may wake for a few hours to over-
Many will read with pleased surprise the report of proceed-particularly sunny mornings they ings in Brussels on Saturday. A haul their butteries for a drowsy few will be annoyed. Even the nibble at beech mast hazel nut. most pessimistic League loyalist and exponent of peace
will
The habits of the birds alter
“RICORDI” “CARL FISCHER"admit that something has been tapper these little minions of
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when morning
the garden 13 alive with the hum of honey arabis, and yellow with forsythin bees, sweet with the scent of
and daffodils,
be satisfied and the cock spar- The hen birds then can nover rows are for ever giving a polish to their broad bills in prepara- tion for fresh sailles,
An old philosopher declared that he had many a time scen a sparrow sink prostrate to the ground from an excess of gaiety. In November these little fowl. lose something of their courage, Scarce having time so much as. to twitter, so occupied are they in sharking for scraps.
The finches also chaffinches, greenfinches, goldfinchen, and all-
take a vow of chastity; the males keeping together and the females keeping
1ogether. Everywhere Пocks, numbering hundreds of litlo individual soul, rise in a light cloud of the stubbio with a
TO-DAY'S THOUGHT
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence, for no lonely bird would sing Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn.
—THOMAS HOOD, Ode to Autumn.
startling swish of small sun- transparent winga.
This year, by all accounts, It is to be a hurd winter. In Dorset there
have not bees so many berries seen in the hedges for many an autumn. As likely as not Britala will experience an old-fashioned winter with hard weather setting in
before Christins and lasting on till Saint Valentine's Day!
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It will be then impossible to pass a holly tree without disturbing blackbirds dieting with their golden bills on this scarlet fruit of nature's wild bounty. In our orchards missel thrushes will gather to glut bird-belltes with their favourite delicacy, causing gipsy marauders to mutter and growl at finding so many a fine mistletoe spray stripped bare of the silver ornaments of a Druid's marriage.
Indeed, it was because of its in-
ordinate oppetite for the fruit of the "golden bough" that the storm-cock earned Its Saxon name of nissel-thrush.
Along with the rest of the creatures dwelling on Middle- Earth we mortals at this season are
vk aware ugly depressions not easy to be shaken off, Newts and frogs dodge down to the mud at the bottom of ponds, as soon as over they feel the gloom of these weeks. with the sun slowly dying.
No such easy expedient has been provided for us, and yet, both in town and country, wise men make shift to do what they can to pre- servo their cheer.-
and
It is best in November to cat heartily. Now, if ever, are the days for well-constituted trencher-men to display their prowess.
Plenty of cream in porringers for breakfast, ronst-beof Yorkshire pudding for
lunch, crumpets, in the pride of their grease, for tea, and turtle soups for dinner. Such should be the dates favoured by those who can afford to sit fat by the fire; and for the
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AVENING classes in England have
begun again.
There is
rest of us fried bacon, bread and dripping, herrings from Yarmouth.. and eels from the Humber, Thames. Parrett and Frome done to a turn. and served up with a dish of crisp crackling chips; also, as often as we can come by it, a glass of honest alel
In medieval times they, used to say that there were four stages of drunkenness. (1) To be drunk ke
a sheep. (2) To be drunk like t Hon. (3) To be drunk like an ape.. (4) To be drunk like a hog.
Let those who may aspire to the last three states, but let our condi- tion be as often as possible like to that of harmless lambs-Innocent drunk-that is drunk enough to have drowned malice and revived good nature, but not drunk enough to trouble our wives or the clergy.
Often enough because employ- ment is scarce during these hang- dog weeks true lovers are separated and have perforce to remain dis- consolate through long evenings listening to rain drearity driving against the weeping window-panes of lonely hall-bedrooms,
Let them take comfort from the adage to dear to Thomas Bewick-. "Good times, and bad times, and all times get over." These part- ings will not last for ever.
"I will come back to you and you
to me; When
blow- the poplar-trees while and the rooks fly home. And the shermen draw their
nets out of the sea
I will come back to you and you
to me."
Christmas will soon be here with the sun triumphant terning back once more and the days beginning to lengthen, and with all the rich promise of the spring and summer before us. There are many ways of taking te, but the least con- mendable is to judge it to be cheap and of little worth..
If a man or woman is free from physical pain, somehow or another they should be able to nose out pleasure as a mouse will nose out a crumb on a back kitchen floor. The grave, alas! will put an end to such Jolly foraging soon enough.
is the best method of stopping | or preventing hostilities. At the-present stage of proceed ings, with the draft declaration still awaiting the formal up- proval of the Brussels Confer- ence, it must not be supposed that the powers are materially nearer their goal-settlement of the Sino-Japanese controversy. In point of fact, it would not be. surprising if the attitude of the conferees had the effect of stimulating Japanese national-walk more stiffly, if not bel- ism and the Continental policy-the best paychological defence ligerently, assuming that to be But likewise, it will stimulate against the meddlesome Western China, or should do, and with a nations. On the other hand,
In co-operation with the fending different sort of encouragement. China will realise, if she had not
professional and other done already, that the vast pre-
authorities, If the Conference finally apponderance of world sympathy been made for tuition this year. been instituted
Over n millten enrolments have series of national certificates has whereby studenta proves the declaration which it is with her soldiers at the front. They will be catered for by 100,000 of institutes and colleges may by HRA been considering,
She will recognise that there is called classes, covering over 200 evening fuition obtain a recognised
different subjects.
half-mark of achievement in such which, so far, only Italy has tangible assistance, other than science, or craft in which evening textiles, gas engineering and supply.
an increasing possibility of
subjects as electrical and mechanicat practically no art. engineering.
building. opposed, the powers will have bandages and anaesthetics and instruction cannot be obtained,
cheinlstry; agreed, formally, that it is "the such medical supplies, which declared purpose of Japan to no-one will begrudge her, And kind, langunges, opties, neronautics, There is no doubt of the practical destroy the will and ability of greatly, that some act of media-vision and town planning, mineralogy in this cfleleney is its adaptability.
she may hope, though not too brewing, hairdressing, millinery, tele-emelency of the system.
Perhaps the greatest single factor China to resist" and that "the tion or Intervention will effec- and manicure, for the payment of The whole system is decentrallaed, Japanese concept of the issues tively put a halt to a campaign shillings to a maximum of about 30, fees ranging from a few
under the ultimate control of the
What admirable wisdom was in is entirely different from that upon her territory which falls expert teachers of any of them are Individual education
the possession of the mistletoe authorities fairly accurately under the de- at the disposal of anyone willing to concerned By this means tho
gipsy with whom George Borrow of most other nations."* Japan finition of invasion,
devote the winter evenings to "some special needs of a particular district
talked! It may be said thắt he know thing worth while."
may be especially catered for, be it a great deal more than the song of will be forced to the conclusion
The nations have reached a
a mining area or a residential Pharaoh that all her explanations, all point wheré a clear-cut decision
suburb of Greater London,
Although Young people from the school-ciple is universal, local authorities contributory prin- her, propagandising by special on the Far East laauu is advis-
able, nay, essential. When such leaving age of 14 to an average age vote annually some Avo million her carefully emissaries, all
of 10 represent perhaps almost half pounds to as the London of the total attendance. a spokesman
tie maintenance of planned diplomacy, have failed Times declares itself with such
"further education" facilities, about The remainder vary from 18 to half of which is refunded by the to convince any but friends, conviction it behooves British 80 ranging from typists Improving Board of Education on a roughly bound to her by political treaty, people to pay attention. The the shorthand speed to naval "pound for pound" baals. of the justice of her claims. Times declares that the United peer who recently qualified for his increase even this expenditure, so architects in Uie making; from the Plans aro already on foot to She will be forced to the States has obviously the most university degree through evening pressing is the need for extension. realisation that she has carried concern in checking Japanese study the velogenarian Indy Leeds Education Committee, in lis once too often the pitcher to the expansion at the expense of occupying het spare time with the annual report published recently
study of French, well of plausibility. You can others, for eventually her own
(Continued on Page 10.) fool all the people some of the nearer, vital intercats would be timo, and some of the people all effected by the Japanese polley. leader's role. British interests ship. the timo; but you can't fool all The Times, therefore, expecta in Asia
Britain, France, are far nearer to the United States and the smaller the people all the time, ns one Washington to take the lead; Japanese sphere of influence democracies must stand shoulder of America's great men once and adds that where she leads than are American holdings in to shoulder, speaking with one told the electors,
And so,
Un- South Amdrient, far more voice in conference, moving as realising the antagoniam grow fortunately, it may well be that extensive. Half the Empire lies one if ever the occasion makea ing against her, Japan is likely Washington considers it Bri- cast of
Suez, This ia no necessary the thwarting of any to starch her coat of pride and tain's place asaumo the time to bicker over leader-would-be tyrant.
Britain will co-operate.
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