NOT PRETTY AT ALL
m " Is It ' pretty ' In a girl to qaaff * large tumbler of champagne m ooe draught ? Is lt nioe to Bee her grow pinker ai d pinker, louder and louder, as the lunoh on the sward goes on, and after it to subside Into a seml-dozlog condition, witb gbz.d eyes, and a hard red color ln either cheek ? Alas, that auch things be 1 But, unfortunately, they are." So, m "Truth," writes "Madge," referring to race week at Ascot.' But, Indeed, It Is not pretty at all. And this ts one of the sights of tbe period, whioh parlod, they continue to assure us— arguing from suoh things, for example, as a diminution m the number of prisoners m the gaols — is vastly Improved on those that preoeded It, beoause of Its system of compulsory education. Time was, however, when there were no compulsory schools, but when none of ub saw such sights as tbat. Is it any wonder lf we stlok to our oldfashioned opinions ?— " Tablet."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1932, 31 August 1888, Page 3
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171NOT PRETTY AT ALL Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1932, 31 August 1888, Page 3
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