Then and Now.
Oh, would I had lived in Arcadian days, [ When maidens had not such extravagant ways, "When Daphne and Doris And Chloe and Chloris Would laugh with delight o'er a ribbon of blue, Or a glittering buckle to wear on a shoe 111 1 But the girl of to-day cares nothing at »1J For a trivial gift that is simple and small 1 And Ethel and Bessie ■ And Gertrude and Jessie Will only approve of the presents I bought ' If I spend (and I will) ten times more than I ought.
A Cobbection. — At the conclusion of the story, " All's Fair in Love and War," two errors call for coirection. At the end of first column of page 23 read " The scores came to 997 (not 944)— 896." At end of second column, second paragraph should read: — "Then an extraordinary thing happened. The red ball, hanging right over the pocket, without being struck by Buebanan's ball, moved to one side, and the striker's ball rolled into the pocket. Probyne had won the game."
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Free Lance, 15 December 1902, Page 4
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175Then and Now. Free Lance, 15 December 1902, Page 4
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