'The averago Englishman or Englishwoman at Homo is quite one of the most difficult persons to get to know until you have been properly introduced. If you happen to bo a stiangor— perhaps a colonial— travelling in a train there, you may probably ieel that you would like to enter, into conversation with some pleasant; gentleman—perhaps sitting in a corner. Your remark about the weather, however, will cause him to 'freeze,' and in turn you also begin to do likewise. If you continue to address remarks to him he will probably begin to think that you are a confidence man, but if you say nothing at all when yon part he will think that your are a respectable gentleman 1/Jco himself." Thesa remarks, which were made by his Excellency the Governor whilst urging the worthy objects of tho Victoria League, occasioned cuicji auuxuusat.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 755, 2 March 1910, Page 4
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143Untitled Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 755, 2 March 1910, Page 4
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