CHAT WITH THE LADIES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 311, 11 July 1879, Page 3

CHAT WITH THE LADIES.

There oookp of ctUjuette in which the art or Collins: i. on f-'iih tfi ip-Tir tc the| inoxs>eiienee(], w'irio tnej may learr, liow-f-oou* to retuin a call. nvA iow long to make a rail. ho.v. to j|ai)a<;o call? ard i-aily evils and Lousratp.irt'-'iy ok they of pfl pojtsJiut'haven't qnite made up tho whole number. Ihere are , other kinds of rallri vhich .arc not j.mentioned, but wli'tluc'e haf'o all, at least, received— calls for particji'ar pyipotes, and -which nre to be tfealedin a way. The 'irbt of the«*e is hnito era 'innocent one—a ca'l to shew a new co&tun ; e. This call is always irade bofoie the cloth.es are a wet-L. old. You pipy know ir by the row folds in the etult of the drc"--?, an-l the perfection of the,flow Ira in the hat. -The cail n r geiit'ri-lly has veiy little to say. She waits lor you to say ifometl»hij. If you are yon v. ill ?cliev r e and | cjratL'j-hf.-.py : Oli. What a 1 'pn-tiy bin-"!' iirtd t!ir-n apohgising by reiiinikiiip: on it. rlf y<j»* - are iil-i.atrred. you w>ll refrain lotvard it. or'will mention,' equally, pcuictiiiug much handsomer wltitfj'y,ou have' latcs'y Fcen." .In , the caller departs, all Bunf=hine and smi,Je^: N in the latter, much dejected, iov tKiT^JKirrWbo "calls to show a bouncf-Kas scl'i^iv-^f l, - one. Another (:'P Uj-ho r. i! of enqnijry, caller, genevalfy.a'nuVdle aged peceon, comes with a view to "discover something. This is usually .1 long call, and . every re-in-rkis an inteii-ogalion. It.is always bett to answer' these enquirieß at once, Gr.3 who makes snch p. ea3l,ftnd goes away away? resorts to ( invention. Tell Lor nil flic 10 know by all F'caiiF, or at least 1 Jake a show of doinj? t>o. '- '

Tiiera ip also ibo boasting tall, which itself niAnifeot at once, whether the object to be boasted of is a beau or n;nnsfoitune, a new tot of pcark, or an in'vitatidYi' to Pdtee ' great msmV ■ rrouse.- - j And then there is tho spiteful call! It may ,-eem strange to the uninitiated that any woman ahould so dfaf a 6 ,to dress, and walk or ride a long distance, only for the purpose of saying ppiteful things to sonic other woman who h.a's 36nc her no harm. But, though it. ceit.iiuly is not an amiable tld ig tr, c!o, it,i.'i dnjie.yety pftcn. Ycf, may" kVoV tlio. "i,pitcfirl Ciller by her e /,rpc-iih;U3 T -6f affability of mai.ner.'- telua dots.'not do her work openly, but secretly ; and it h not possible to tuni her out oi' the "house. What she has to Fay she i ays so x;.ery politely that you tamiol pos=ibjy. reAejige j'ourself, except i,i iJiC S(itna viarmer. 'You feel angiy and cooteinptuouo, but you must not Rho«* it. • Yeu'niUbt ev«n smile, and proniif.3 to " call soon 5" but the motive of-tbS visitfjs manifest all the dame. It; ij iJirihough you had been jjini-l-zd '..'r.'-k .".nM'bl'ue, without the priviitgeofcr/iiig' iiv\. CV. !l ing ie, a t il.c brst, means the iuc.se el:twt:-.:: s , . -tyle of >is-iting. You FCcirccly si« 'c-nctugh of. }our friends or know aiiytliire , ' of'Jrli.ciu-:• and. calls are cliicily übef'il as a n>ans of' performing Eocial'-dntiuj. you have lioloye. Due tli'o 1 ovSir.TTlrT- fet- auspice of good'isatiifey or poHteiltiss,- in.-, ih If it does not zuioxiiro well meant, anil is loiter, porkij>e" Umri'jriothing.

"With regard in thuJaw of libel; a diiferens. kir.d o± reform is required. In the ; reccnr career Lstinlyi y : , the printer ririd-pn'lili-her 01 Thuvt,~ \\i(i '"known publisher vas acquitted'becuise the proofs that jho published ihu.hld v.'eie technically insufficient, and the pni.itor -nas convicted, tiot- :' withstiiiiilijig that he/Jwas fully proved to , have been entirely ignorant of what" Was being issued Irom his press. But - what was more a=ioriishing etill, the author .. and vv'ritcr of the libel, himself the proprietor of the journal in' - winch it appealed, ar.d the man who-makes his profits by jtlie personal fcandal for which that journal is puier-JibPtl and read, was able to stand; up In the v,-iuess-bos and acknowledge upon oath '«a + lie wrote the libel ; and yet the law could not reach him, and the criminal proceeding Against two innocent me*i hft'i to be walked out to the verdict .unl unviction oi: one of the two upon purely technical giounds! What is wanted ip v i.at lay were call a right of action in ' reiri, such as exists in tha Admiralty Courts, by \ihieh tqe libelled person may obtain •judgment and levy damages upon the plaul rvr.d .oiher property .connected with the r-ibiic&lion without troubling him-. Foil it atcoi tain the name of either printer, anthfp, or publUhcr.j V jii: , ," it* a Sinful Governor. —A cor-, -• "-piji'it ft Campbell Town of the Uoic t Ti'iV. ji whose letter ap,r. Mini ]m\:kl of t'to 31sfult., rclui :s tht , f(i'ih>'A'iitff extraordinary cir- .: ijiiii; -!,)" -.. :-•''• Wt- li;-ve ),jr k-'lures and .1 , wl I- »■ Ij'.'lj'.' ltev. Mr liin l ' , . ■■>■ 'ii ' ■ !', ' ■"" ':ion at ' JvVtl l -'' ,'■> •-. '' ... i. !, in. asked ijji4ifri.<, , iii". U, t )i t y Uict llis Excel(iovernor might be' converted

from his errors. The request was regarded jbyjsome of the congregation as an uncalled /for exhibition of; narrow-minded religious 'yii|\vs, and one lady was bold enough, in the j»r«"N«.'nre of f-e\t*ral onlookers, to take the clei-f-jiiyuirto when.he.was retinn^ , froVn lhe chun-h, nnd asked what iirrljt had lie to qtiesiio'ti , the G-overnor'a 'riiiiirioiisVlew's ;-had not His Excellency as much liberty in religion as they ha,U_ tlierritclves ? Tllo spirited conduct of this lady ii-ot with the approval of inobt.of the auditor", a'nrl if is fair to hope that Mr Kinininont will think twice before he again assays to ask .hearers. to_pray for His after the fashion "he adopted at Kirklands," "...",.. •A- Ghost : with a Purpose.—A strange' ghost stor>\(says the Birmingham Gazette) comes from the Principality. There is a friendly society at Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley, among whose rules is one • that the funeral allowance on aecdnnt of a deceased member shall , not be paid in .case of'suicide. One of'the members recently died by his own hand, and the club accordingly refused to pay the death' .money. For this reasonable, and just refusal the members are now complaining that the'y'are'subjected to serious persecution from an unseen and presumably a ghostly agent., The manifestations began on'a're,ceht Sunday, when one of the officers, returning home over a lonely road was availed, as he asserts, by the spirit of the late, member, who failing to obtain a patisfact6ry reply to his demand for the jmoney, in a •somewhat urtspiritlike manner assailed the unfortunate man, and actually .'"tore his clothes to -ribbons." Such, at least, was the account he gave; in tones of horror, at the first •public-house he came to after this terriiic encounter,. But the ghost tfoes'not aprfcar 'lo have been satisfied - with this demonstration. On the ■following Tuesday evening, whilst the members were assembled in the lodge-room, the usual knocks were heard at the door as of a brother seeking admittance. The door was opened, but no one was to be seen. The members, however, are all very certain that they heard the voice *of the deceased utter, the words:, " Pay rhy widow my funeral 'money, , and then , t shall be at rest.". The meeting precipitately broke up,, and, the members are now puzzled to what'to do with such a determined deceased brother.