A SWEET THING IN GARTERS.
The Auckland Observer observes the following : —Young B has come to awful grief over the diabolical fashion that now prevails in women’s garters, which are made of silver wire, and look like bracelets. B , wishing to buy a nice present for his girl, thought that the bracelets he saw in a shop window in Queen-street would just suit. Entering the shop, he asked the young lady at the counter, “ Would you —ah —let me look at those ?” The articles were produced. “ Would you—ah,” said B , “ put them on and let me see how they look ?” And before he knew where he was he was out in the street with the enraged proprietor’s boot close behind him. He was determined, however, to buy the bracelets, because he liked the girl. Taking them to her in triumph, he asked to be allowed to put them on and even now he cannot understand why she should have given such a scream, nor is he clear on the point of the old man’s kick.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 907, 8 January 1881, Page 2
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175A SWEET THING IN GARTERS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 907, 8 January 1881, Page 2
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