Ball Rooms Snobs.
• - — * A n«Bt piece of snobbery was exhibited '.'hy l *Bome'ia.embers-'6f tbe would«be bon ' tonfrt a ball. in Tauranga the other day. Two coapleß-were- standing as if waiting for some others to join: them m order to i Dumpier*' the.- .sat; • Ati: length two other stood up. But the first comers sniffed the air with their patrician noses.,, and after a hasty consultation, retired to their seats, leaving the. others .to realise. the ■lightnnd the depth of local snobbery at the same time. Naturally the couples bo offensively^treftted fait' much hurt, and the. husband of one of ..the ladies on his return instituted inquiries, which resulted m two apologies— one given "readily anc' frankly, the other after an attempted evasion and a denial of the circumstances. T,he am wbichi some upstarts, who imagine themselves superior to their neigh - hours, give themselves m second rate society are enough to rhake a cat laugh.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 105, 31 March 1884, Page 3
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154Ball Rooms Snobs. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 105, 31 March 1884, Page 3
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