O ut and Home. — O .,c,me Rhymes. Our ' U si seful Names." - By The Extractor."
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More About Rhyming.
The relaxation afforded by rhyming is very real: I can see that by the contributions which are pouring in for our Rhyming Competition, concerning which full details were published on this page in our issue of the 25th ultimo. It has to be remembered that to be successful the lines must run easily, and names should be selected or manipulated so that they trip off the tongue when read aloud. I notice this year an improvement, and some contributions are excellent up to a point: then a, few lines are dropped in, probably in desperation, to finish the undertaking, which mars the general effect. One of these is sent in by a gentleman who tells me that his effort was completed "under half an hour." If he had pondered for another quarter of an hour he would stand a good chance for a prize so far as I can judge up to the present. There is no reason why he and others ehotild not send a revised attempt. Take, for example, the couplets given below culled from two contributions.
"They rhyme not, neither do they scan," to paraphrase a famous saying. Don't, pleases tackle the job in the working hours but in the hours of ease, and remember that contributions must be -here at latest on the 5th March. Now for the examples of how not to do it:— " I is for Ivei which ploughs a straight furrow, And ' International ' time clocks, the working man's. sorrow."
It is unfortunate, but I do not think you can " wangle " the word " International " into a line of this kind—good as the clocks are for their purpose,. and true as the sentiment is about our friend the British workman.
"A stands for Agricultural motors now to the fore, Of which there are Albion, Weeks, Mann's and others galore."
Now how can we pass that first line? It is too great a mouthful. Why did our friend not use the newer and better word." agrimotors," and why did he put in "Albion," seeing that they do not make them ? With these alterations that couplet would be fairly good, although writing from memory I doubt if Weeks can be found in last year's file. There are plenty of other suitable names, though by the use of which the last line would scan.
e44 A Loyal Worker.
The sad tidings have just filtered through of the death, in France, of Mr, W. Bullimore, the successful northern representative of the Yorkshire Steam Wagon. I used to meet him at the Royal and the Smithfield Shows, and have had many an interesting chat with him. He was a great believer in the Yorkshire wagon, and his sincere enthusiasm and salesmanship was an undoubted asset to the . Hunslet concern, which has lost a. friend and loyal worker. He had been made a lance-corporal, was taking the same keen zest in the fighting as he had shown in the strong competition at home, and was killed on his birthday.
"Na Poo."
The new feature, " Useful Names for Users," is attracting a great deal of attention and proving.. of much value to our readers. Every day brings mquiries for addresses which we readily supply, but when we receive, as we have done, requests for the addresses of the complete list of names something snaps and the result is "Na Poo." as the Tommies say in France, otherwise in colloquial English, "Nothing Doing." The people requiring all that assistance should obviously be amongst the advertisers themselves. Many of the addresses will easily be found if trouble be taken to turn up the Index to Advertisers on the following page, and then trace out to the page containing the advertisement.. If a blank be shown, then turn up the previous week's issue, and there you probably are. And now, that's enough about advertising for once.
011a Podrida.
Thirty millions is now invested in Tungsten, I under stand.
Mr. A. Allen. of Guy Shelley, has obtained a eons mission in the R.N.V.R. They have found out the way in the shipyards on the Clyde. They panfis bottles of whisky and redeem them when required.
The wholesale price, of beef in Australia 10 years ago was 3d. per lb. ; it is now is. A egrrespondent from the Dominion seriously predicts that in another 10 years that figure will be 4s, Mr. Leo Swain made amost favourable impression in his capacity as chairman of the Manchester district C.M.T.Y.A., the first committee meeting under the new chairman. It was a. record gathering and Mr. Swain acquitted himself like an old hand.