CORRESPONDENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1929, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.) I was surprised indeed to find in last evening’s issue of your paper that iny advertisement appearing in a previous issue had inspired some advertisements and a personal lcttci from a local lady (?) signing herself “Elated Eva.” In answer to her I wish to say that in my advertisement I sought sj'Uipathy not publicity; and from personal experience I may say that the gild who courts publicity is incapable of giving sympathy. The “chuck me aside” treatment of local fellows "’ill no doubt meet with the resentment it deserves. Was “Elated Eva” taking me to task the direct result of a guilty conscience? If, in future she linds herself a self-conscious wallflower she will have only herself to blame. A spirit !of nastiness characterises her lottoi, ! and leads one to believe and hope that she already questions the wisdom of deserting the old for the new. 1 should like to remin 1 her that the firemen are here only i> ’’ a wok. In conclusion I shouL ’ike to say that public recognition oi the right | of local girls to flirt with i. ''men is ’ given in the advertisement dtinp firemen only to the farewell dan tonight. I am, etc., “DISAPPOINTED.” (To the Editor.) Sir, —I have been struck by cories- | pondence in your valuable paper telating to the attentions paid to the local girls by firemen during the Demonstration week. 1 As one of the guilty ones I have to say that I think the extreme affability of’ the Hokitika girls lias' doubtless had more to do with the conquests than ilias any special attributes of the visitors and therefore I do not think that the firemen should be blamed. I am,etc., “SHY BOY.” (To the Editor.) 1 gir,—I notice in the paper that some of the Hokitika girls have been going out with firemen. I don’t know anything about that but girls mum have changed as they wouldn’t have done that in my day, sixty years ago. I am. ete., “GRANDAD.” THOSE FHiEMEN. (To the Editor.) Sir, —On looking round town just at present, and seeing how unattractive I have now become, I would just like to tell you I’d like to bo a fireman To win some high renown In boldly climbing blazing walls And perchance tumbling down. T’d like to be a fireman To charm some female heart For just the nonce, they take the stage And leave us not a part. I’d like to be a fireman I always wake at eight But on such nights as these, Oh Boy. No fire would find me late. Yours distressfully, A. BELLAN. Hokitika, March 2.