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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5360, 1 June 1878, Page 2 (Supplement)

Kitll ArriiEciATioN.—A sweet/little creature sat at d recent recital of Chopin's music given by Madame Essipoff.: During the . pathetic funeral march, • her • attention was Axed, as if the.music had entranced her very soul. Her eyes glistened with emotion and her whole soul was expressive of admiration and excitement. ; When the pianist had finished, the gentleman who was with this sweet little creature turned To her and said, “How beautiful!” To which she replied, .“ Yes indeed ! doesn’t it lit her 1 exquisitely in the back ?. How much do you suppose it cost a yard ?” • Capacity run TaßowiMi.-—Some time ago a party of colliery officials belonging to Tyneside were invited .to dine with the viewer. During the dinner, one of, the guests, who sat on the opposite side of the table to the fireplace, threw' the fish bones, as he picked them, over the head of the hostess into thegrate. ; The lady, : not. wishing to make him uneasy, remarked, “ Oh, Mr. Thompson, you need not be at the trouble of throwing the bones into the ’tiro ; just put them on the side, of your, plate.” “0 o, maa'in," ‘said Mr. Thompson, as he chucked another bone across the table, “ it’s ne trouble; a a can thraw twice as faar as that!” : ’ A Fact.—Scene, country road not 50 miles from Edinburgh. Maid, taking the-children out for a drive in basket phseton drawn by a donkey, which refuses to go another step. ’ Heavy swell, observing the girl in good spirits under the circumstances, ami being on for a flirtation, remarks, “You are in. good spirits this morning ; surely your sweetheart kissed you last night.” Maid—“Daeyc think sae? Then I wish you wad kiss raa cuddy, and put it in guid speerits.” ~