SUTTING THE OCCASION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

SUTTING THE OCCASION.

Pretty, dark-eyed IJoW'Tfi was in •' state of great excitement, for wasn't she "mug to a party And vouldn t tlie partv lie graced by the presence of the bejewelled, elegantly-garbed iorm of handsome young lkey Rosenbauni, the most-sought-alter young son ot Israel in tiie neighbourhood':" And had not' the stiii lkey looked at her more than oik e with favourable e\or Rebecca !" shouted the mother up the staiv.-. breaking m upon her daughter's ro~y musings. •• vo» you goin' to de party':" •Ye-, matter,' answered Rebecca, joyously. _ ~, " \'(is vou gettin ready, my tear.' came the further inquiry. -Yes, mutter," replied Rebecca: adding." questioning!.?. "Should I vash tor a high-neck or a low-neck dress WHAT FIZZLED HIM. The soldier was tilling the workman about a battle that he had once been 11 which had lasted from eight o clock in the morning until seven o clock at night. Hi- description was most graphic, and lie became very enthusi-a-tic a-, h.e livd through the stirring scenes again. '•There's one thing T can't understand about the story," said the workman, slowly, when he had finished- - You sav that the battle began at eight o'clock in the morning and lasted until -even o'clock at night.' " Ye-. that's so," was the reply. Then," retort, d the workman, with .1 puzzled air, "what I can't make out is," how did vol manage about your dinner-hour ?" " Musi men like to scy themselves in print," but women don t. 'I hey prefer silk or satin.