One Darn Thing After Another.

Man'S relaxations are called spare-time pursuits. The word “pursuit” is a hang-over from the happy hunting grounds of the distant past when the pursuit of something or other was man's wholetime job. He pursued his dinner, his wife, his neighbour, and his father-inlaw.

To-day, most pursuits have to be pretty safe before the pursuer will take a hundred-per-cent. chance on them; although there are unenlightened people who still take the bull by the horns, the rhino by the tusk and the tiger by the tail. But most pursuers naturally want a guarantee that the one in front will stay in front until laid low by lethal weapon or legal document. Taking everything at farce value it is not surprising that the conglomerate stew of spats, ties, lipsticks and loin cloths is designated “the human race.”