31 OCTOBER 1931, Page 12

NONSENSE MAXIMS.

In a time of turmoil impartiality is an ideal—or a pose. I select, as a saying to add to the Nonsense Box for this week, a remark attributed to one of our candidates. " A general election is no time for politics." Almost as good as the dug-out General, who said, during the War, that he wished to Heaven it would soon be over, " so that we could get back to proper soldiering ! "