' Papa, is it nice to make remarks about people's dress ?' ' Certainly not, darting; what did you ask that forP' •Nothing, papa, only mamma said my dress was awfully shabby, and wondered why papa hadn't noticed it long ago.' ' The payple Oi lived wid before/ said the new cook, * wor very plain, ma'am.' ' Well, are we not plain here ?' asked the lady. ' Troth, ye are so, ma'am, but in a different way. The others wor plain in their way o' livin', not in their looks, ma'am,' The Suburbanite: ' Don't you think we ought to return some of these things we've borrowed ?' His Wife: 'Well, I wouldn't like to oifend the people Jwho <own them.j T>ey might consider it a hint that we want our things back,*
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 17 September 1903, Page 7
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125Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 17 September 1903, Page 7
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