Volume 153 — BOYCOTTING THE BARD.
Reading edition
["Contributors are particularly requested not to send verses. They are not wanted in any circumstances and cannot be printed, acknowledged or returned."—British Weekly, July 19th.]
I once believed the "Man of Kent" To be the Muses' firm supporter And only less benevolent To bards than Mr. C.K. SHORTER. But this untimely cruel blow Has quite irrevocably shattered The hopes which till a week ago My fondest aspirations flattered. Wounds that are dealt us by our friends Are faithful, but the name endearing Of friend is hardly his who lends And then denies the bard a hearing. How then, O brother songsters, can You take it lying down, and meekly Submit to this tyrannic ban Laid on you by The British Weekly? No, no, you'll rather emulate The Minstrel Boy, and we shall find you Storming its barred and bolted gate With reams of lyrics slung behind you.
"The time is ripe for the authorities to stop all street traffic and to order all unauthorised persons to take cover under penalty at the approach of the air raiders."—Daily Paper.
Personally, as a means of shelter we prefer the coal-cellar to any penalty.
"Will Mr. Russell deny that 660 million gallons of milk were produced in Ireland last year, of which half went to the creameries and more to the margarine factories and to England?"—Letter in Irish Paper.
The Irish gallon would appear to be as elastic as the Irish mile.