LADIES' EXPRESS

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 287, 7 July 1875, Page 3

LADIES' EXPRESS

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'DARWINISM IN THE KITCHEN.

I was takin* off my bonnet One afternoon at three, When a hinseck jumped upon it, As proved to bea flee. Then I takes it to the grate, a" ■ a the bars to slick it, In’t long to wait, changed into a cricket. lovely my senses »u‘ in a fog ?” n it I commences, t halters to a. f roe. heart began to thump, wonder I felt funky, rog, with one big jump, liuseif into a monkey. Uns I upmad wide my eyes, Lis features for to scan, a Aik observed surprise, ■ 'lhat the monkey was a man. EfX he vanished from my sight, .And I sank upon the floor, ,> Jast as missus with a light, Came inside the kitchen door. Then beginnin* to abuse me, She says, “ Sarah, you've been drinkin''! I says, “ No, mum, you’ll excuse me, But I've merely been a thinkin.* “ But as sure as Fm a cinder, That there party what you see A agettin' out o* winder Have developed from a flea.” ’

Pxxmctly plain skirts are now in fashion, and as a consequence, long loose trains of brocade, and silk and satin damasks of thin descriptions, are in vogue. A big hook and other apparatus, unknown to the masculine mind, are employed to keep these trains out of the way in walking and dancing. A fashionable paper makes the deeply important ■nouncement that “ white bonnets will make Heir appearance this season.” let us hope the Hmmer will ba hot. If it is, the rulers of Hshion will make as good a hit with their vjute bonnets as they did wift their massy Aiterj costumes. The “Damas” scarf is absorbing much feminine attention just now. It is made of white or black lace and is throws loosely over the* head like a mantilla, and allowed to envelope the shoulders as well. It is particularly in favour at theatres—so A is reported.