PUFFINGS.
(Ti VEXING IT. ESS.) Such larks at tho Girls’ Friendly ! T\ r utorhous© lias given tiicm a most beautiful marble s;atutG to bo rallied for £4O ! Just like Trim, kind old fellow ! He s always giving somebody something ! Yes, buthisgir is ra licr awkward ! The statue is that of a jolly pretty girl going into ker bulb iu a somewhat (I costume I Lathing dress, oh ? Ino. a towel over her arm, or something of that sort; Ob, come, I say I I’m shocked! Tba ? s rather too light and summery ; So tie> Girl’s iTiondly ladies seem to think ! The statue s at the Museum, and Hector’s had a terrible time among them! They don’t want to lose tho £-](), hat yet they’re afraid of shaming tiu* Friendly Girls’ morals if they raffle tho statue in all its beauty unadorned 1 What did Hector say 1 Oh, lie laughed at their blushes, and proposed that they should put a l>oke bonnet and a dress improver on the statue fur the rattle, and let the winner settle its costume afterwards ! Mock modesty’s always absurd! They’ll want to put their piano's legs into iriiled Innckerh. deers next !
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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 5, 7 November 1887, Page 2
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195PUFFINGS. Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 5, 7 November 1887, Page 2
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