CORRESPONDENCE.
EPISCOPALIAN ALLITERATION.
To The Editor op tub Nelson Evening Mail. Sik, — On reading in Friday's Colonist that one of the Anglican bishops at present^ in Dunedin, proposes to deliver a lecture in the Masonic Hall of that city on " Periods, Persons, Points, Prospects of Contact between Presbyterians and Episcopalians," ray mind was sorely exercised with the effort to determine, in the words of Artemus Ward, whether the annouueemeut was " sarcasum or a goak," but light suddenly dawned upon me when I called to mind Mrs. General's lecture to Miss Dorrit, who had just addressed her parent as "Father" iv Mrs. General's presence. " Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs. General, "Father is rather vulgar, my dear; the word Papa besides gives a pretty form to the lips, Papa, Potatoes, Poultry, Prunes and Prism, are all very good words for the lips, especially Prunes and Prism. You will find it serviceable in the formation of a demeanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company — on entering a room for instance — Papa, Potatoes, Poultry, Prunes, and Prism." Verily history has a habit of repeating itself. Yours, &c, P.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 137, 12 June 1871, Page 2
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190CORRESPONDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 137, 12 June 1871, Page 2
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