Flirtation with thier Toes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1658, 15 March 1886, Page 2

Flirtation with thier Toes.

Councillor McKenzie raised' a lauglj m the Wellington City Council Chamber lecently. The subject under discussion was that of the proposed city- baths,and: m his turn Cr McKenzie was ..dilating on the numerous- advantages . to ;. be derived from the possession of such a ; desirable public institution. He alluded to the tree use of such baths by peoplo on jthe Continent, and conscious that he was approaching a delicate subject, in's manner was characterised hereyby a ..hesitating eagerness, and a kind^of " I f^dont-mean • wbat-yon-inean -" air ; that was both exciting and amusing, " F ha,ye been told," said the naughty old ""City Father, '' that — that, there it is the ous-i torn. fpr— yes; h'inr-for r ljadies- and gen* vtlemeh* to bathe.- . togethe'rirmGreat amusement,. . which . encourages the' narrator,' 'whose jovial features bean) with suppressed enjoyment)— " Aud ; " he continued," ray .friend who informed me of -this, also . said— ah 5 f yes — said! h'm !— -that sotnatimes these ladies and gentlsnieh when under : th'e wntpr4-fi'n) — indulge iiiafiiftatisn with their ipet if The narrator gave a gasp of relief, |ad^ a nervous look around at the other City Fathers, one of whom — Cr Wilson -4doubtful of where thai line, is ,to be drawn, id looking very' severe and gravjj while the others {ire convulsed ' with merriment.— Wellington Evening Press.

! 'Tommy MeKenzie on bathing establishments! ••-.•)•■■■.. ■-■„ ...m\ '• Shocking revelations of Continental dissipation! Tommy, ; says he lias,; |a friendwho . told, him the ladies, anji gentlemen abroad all bathe to'gethcr.and^ flirt* tinder the water with their toes' I A How' awful ! ! Butlibw do they Unow^ whose toes are which ? ;

Oh} dash' it, ask Tommy I , The sub ject's beyond me 1 It's toe, toe much' !