Dictionary and Moral Code for Daily Use.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 196, 26 March 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Dictionary and Moral Code for Daily Use.

Lie— A falsehood. A very wicked thing for other folks to tell. When Ido it myself it is just a little fib. Can't help it sometimes, you know. Thief— One who steals things. People who steal are sent to prison. But if rich people take things belonging to other folk, we call them "kleptomaniacs," and feel very for them, poor dears Drunkard— An intoxicated person, like Peter the bricklayer, or Annie the washerwoman. But all those stylish gentlemen at the club who can't stand upright have only been spending a merry evening ; and when Mrs Tiptop took that bottle of whisky into her room, and took more than she thought she was taking, the doctor called it nerves. Improper conduct— Sarah Jane, at the area gate, flirting with her young man ; but if young Mr Moneybags does stay a long while and gets his arm round Evelina Amelia's waist, and even kisses her, what's the use of seeing it through the parlour door? It's a good match, if he only proposes, as ho may if let alone. " Ought we to visit her ?"— Oh, no, not if she is poor Mrs Lilly, who has had a dreadful story told about her. But, oh, yes, if it is rich Mrs Smart. We know that the story about her is true. Such dinners as she givea, aud such a carriage as she drives ! Cruelty to Animals— Something to be per vented at all hazards. Man is not considered an animal in that light by the Society for the Solace of Donkeys. So take away the lame ragman's pony— it looks a little sad, and let that sinful old party hobble home as beet he can. Charity — Giving away what he can't possibly make any use of to the deserving poor, who can't make any use of it either. Frankness Hateful things to say to others. Insolence - The same things said to us. Baby next door —A dreadful little creature that shrieks all night. Can t sleep for him. Wish they would drown babies as they do kittens. Baby at Number One— Such an Angel ; only c'y, c'ies a little in a middle of a dark, dark, nighfc when touldn't see mamma."