Amusement has been caused this week because the Bishop of Brad ford, Dr. A.W-T. Perowne, has been fined Gs. for fishing without a licence. The Bishop was in Wor cestershire, and said that he could not resist the temptation when he saw that the Sching in the River Tome looked excellent. He said that the three small fish which he caught were really rather dear, because they weighed only a litre more than pound! Dr. Perowne wrote a letter {to the Bench at Tenbury Wells, admitting his guilt, and expressing his regret. The bailiff stated that he was walking by the river when he saw a man fishing on the banks, He did not know the Bishop and asked him-if he had a licence. Dr. Perowne replied that he had not thought about one. When he was id that a licence was necessary the Bishop apologized and asked where Ihe could get one. The Chairman of the Bench asked #f there was anything known against the Bishop, and there was laughter. when Supt.
Mellor answered: "An offence against the parking law in. Brat ford." The bishop is very fond of falling, and also plays golf and kes gardening. But he once told mem bers of a girls school that he could as well as the best of them!
The Latest Inventions There are some curious exhibits at the Exhibition of Inventions which has just been opened at the Central Hall, Westminster. Inventions have been sent from nearly: every country in the world excent Tarkey. Amongst the more ingeious devices is one the origin of Which is undoubtedly to be found. in the number of recent upheavals London streets. This lite machine is designed to be placed in street manholes where it will signal the presence of any trace of gas the atmosphere, besides which it will start a fan to clear away. the noxious funes. A new type of aeroplane model is shown called the heliplane and this is supposed to be capable of rising and descending vertically from and to the earth. Whether its performance in' other directions makes it a practical proposition is not certain but it is said that the Air Ministry is taking an interest in it, Other novelties iaclude a portable bathing pool for campers, a device for lighting the fires downstairs while one is still in bed and an electric flashlight camera, Power of the Psycho-Analyst, It has recently been pointed out that psycho-analysis, the new method of mind revelation, finding am increasing number of devotees in this country, and may develop on dangerous lines, The dea was imported from Vienna, but is contended that it now has the English middle class in its grip, and thousands of peopl out their hard earned 'a means of tapping their "secret conscious," while frequent dis= cussions on inhibitions, compulsions and neuroses, which were formerly, exclusively drawing room topics, can be heard in the restaurants frequented by clerks and, shorthand typists, Whereas in other countries: tio foe of the psycho-analyst is often very high, in England the most out= standing analyst does not, charge more than one guinea and there are: some who charge only 6/-. 'Then' there are psycho-analytical" clinica, recently established, which make it possible for the lower salaried clerk to be analysed. In some cases of course the patient may derive benefit, but in the case of people perhaps not too evenly balanced it may cause suicide, In any ease the treatment should only be performed by an expert and therefore many people consider that the growth of this craze may become a danger, Even the most learned solentist does rot know sll there is to know abotit the human brain and any tampering with it should be most gingerly carried out.
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