Airy Nothings.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42777, 12 September 1905, Page 4

Airy Nothings.

Mrs Taps: Of course, somC typewriters are «xtoettfc]y7W^ •Oh, 1 a rich empire* 1 itf" leoS" than, three months. ‘ ! ' • . . . “I always jot dowc|ih& not<-boik all the things I want to remembjr. ” “Oh ! og gepd.f rTI have dot« hat too, but 1 always lose the notelook”, .. w , . ed tp,spouse;audibridg®)?; VV^atJehall we chri oten the little id< at>? Wife (still more devoted): .-I’ve been ttunkmg^. . whyinoitr-Bridget ? Husband (delighted) By all means. For, luck, n, Btaud: How nioe)itihea3b»en fprthe Japanese.lately;! Constance j Why, dear? Maud: Because they’re&eonm so many-engagements! c Ex.perientia ? Docet.—-He : honestly, what was the reason for your refusing > Mrs Gushing’s invitation ? She : Experience I used ! to hhveber cook.' . , Wighton : Shockingly unpiincipied lot, those ■wairwre. O >e of them’pissed a bad half ■■• crown on me theother day, confound him. And I haven’t been able to get rid of it. ■ ( Form Master ( sarcastically, ; do 1 Jones who has been-reproved -by L the'liead for making a rude caricature of one of the masters) : Well, Jones;" and what 1 did the headmaster your fuany picture ?—Jones (with dignity): He Baid, sir. that nobody but the low* esfc-of the-low-would-eall it-funny. :“ How does it happen,” iremarkemF the captain :to the didn’t marry old'Richman’s daughter I f —i‘‘Ohj the family was dead * against it! “ But what abbot thd girP? “ Well, you see,' she happened’ to be one of the family.” r Settled‘.--The Plains Man': I suppose your client made a fine thing out of her breach of promise; suit?-—The 'Lawyer : Oh, dear bo. The defendant ;has now persuaded her to marry him, as he can’t afford to pay the damages,” FOUND. Patiently the ribloh*couhter girljiaid ' gone through almost the : her i stock, but the particular shade which 1 the little girP customer required was still to be found, It was. not a red, nor a crimson, nor a,mngenta, but apparently something between the three, which was wanted, Iq despair of discovering really what the shade was, the assistant at last summoned the proprietor of the concern. The dignified little man bustled up to the counter, and the customer threw a glance in his direction. Then she i gave ! a delighted squeal. That'S it, miss, she said; mother wants a ribbon just the same Color afl this gent’s hose!