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The Phantom Journal And Other Essays And Diversions
Author: E. V. Lucas

C O N T E N T S The Phantom Journal PAGE EN I-HUSIAS , TS 94 WHAT 1 lIE SUN I, IL S0 1 SEE-I OK FAR 1 00 LONG 172 III G OLIIEN E AGLE . 17s THE CORLD KEMEDIAI, . 184 L ISTRUST OF MAN . . 189 BROKEN ENGLISH . 19.3 TELEPHONI . C S . 200 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE LAURA R ISES FOR THE DAY . . 62 vii THE PHANTOM JOURNAL The Phantom Journal o ... more »o o N EW papers are not exactly an imperative need, although most of us could contrive a sheet nearer to our hearts desire than that which we find on the breakfast-table. But even though there may be papers enough, I should like just one more to get into circulation or rather, I should like others to share my good fortune and be put on the free list of a similar organ. For its diligent perusal corrects all the others. My paper is not a morning paper and not an evening paper it has no 6.30 edition on sale in the streets at four oclock and itis not a weekly paper. It is that new thing, a nightly. One copy only is issued and that is for me, the sole peruser, and I get it in the very small hours. Nor do I get it with any regularity its issue is the most capricious affair but when it arrives I am enchanted. It has no title, or if it has The Phantom Journal have never noticed it, for I open right on to the news. But The Adjuster would describe it, or The Alleviator. And it has no leading article only news. But such news During the War it was almost too thrilling now and then. I dared not wake up. And even now, when all the blessings of Peace surround us, and overwhelm us, it can be exciting for the editor, whoever he is, has so keen an eye, so pointed a finger, that he can discelm and penetrate joints in the armour even of the Millennium. Let me quote a little from last nights edition -Strange but not unwelcome news comes from a number of cathedral towns, where it has at last been decided to keep the cathedrals open all day, not only on week-days, but on Sundays, when poor people have their best, and sometimes their only, chance to see them. A few Deans and Chapters still hold out against what seems a not unreasonable proposal, particularly as the cathedrals are, in a manner of speaking, public property but it is hoped that they may in time change this attitude. It has also been agreed that the sixpence fee for viewing the choir, which these same cathedrals have exacted for so many years-although the choir is not less the property of the public than the chancel and transepts are-shall henceforward not be charged. And this Inquiries at Scotland Yard reveal the satisfactory but not surprising official information that no outbreak of theft, drunkenness, assault or murder has followed upon last Sunday afternoons cricket match at Lords. On the con-2 The Phantom Journal trary, the Monday charge-sheets at the various Courts seem to have been lighter than usual. The great crowd assembled in an orderly manner, were delighted with the game, and dispersed happily to their homes. It is hoped that the perilous experiment of permitting spectacular cricket on the Day of Rest may therefore be tried again, and may in time lead to the honest utilization on Sundays of the public grounds in the parks and elsewhere, suburban bowling-greens, and so forth. In this connexion it may be noted, as an interesting circumstance, that of the minority who were against so revolutionary and subversive an innovation as a Sunday cricket match at Lords which seems to have been made possible chiefly by the Sunday Axberican baseball matches during the War, every member is the possessor of a private lawn-tennis lawn on which he, his family and his friends, spend most of each fine week-end...

ISBN-13: 9781408639412
ISBN-10: 1408639416
Publication Date: 2/28/2008
Pages: 236
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Publisher: Gardner Press
Book Type: Paperback
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