Odds and Ends.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42779, 16 September 1905, Page 4

Odds and Ends.

TMorj Cibber once wenpo visit Booth,, and knew he . was at home, a femftib’domestic denied him. Colley; took - no; -hbtice of this at the time, but Wheh/h'few di ys later Booth paid; him; a Visit in re urn, called ou from the first floor that he was not at home,. ; riP? *V* A‘ T**?. “Ho wean that be,” answered Booth “dal not hear you* voice ?” ; “To be sure you do,” replied Cibber, “but what then? I believed yoUr servant-maid,. and it is hard, indeed, if you won’t Mlieve me!” .. o . •if ,■ i oalup • x , CuriouSjßurial Custom.*—ln some of the northern parts of England, Scot* land, Scandinavia,,. Hungary Croatia, and Koumania, land parts of Asia, great care is . always taken by the poorer ana superstitious classes that everycorpsei-should be. provided with a good pair: of shoes before •.; being buried, the belief , being that unless > properly spod the dead will come back and hauntjtKe neighbourhood in search of a pair. > The shoes are supposed to . be heeded jhyithe departed to enable him to crojss t the - wide plain covered with thorijs and furze before he can reach Paradise, Not a Bad teacher had been giving the class a lesson in definition, j “ Now, ” said he, “ can any of you tell,me the meaning of appetite “ well, Tojpnjy,” said the teacher to a lit lo boy whose hand was raised on r high, “just tell theclass whatis meant by .the word appetite,” “It means, ’ said Tommy, “ that when you’re done, you’re tight.” Patti’s tfnique Fan,—Adelina Patti ; unique' fan; d fan with vellum leaves decorated with gold. the leaves several European sovereigns have-written sentiments over their autographs. The Czar wrote : “ No* t hing brings peace t like your song. , William 1., Emperor of Germany : “ To 1 the nightingale of all time.” Queen Victoria wrote on the fan: “If King Lear says truly, 'A sweet voice is a precious gift to a woman,’ you are, my dear Adelina, the richest of woman.’

“ Nine Tailors Make a Man,”—The phrase, “ It takes nine tailors to make i man.” though used in contempt, haa am origin that does honour to the knights of the goose, 1742 a homeless orphan lad applied for assistance at a fashionable London tailor s where nin^e journeymen were employed. The boys condition stirred the benevolence of the

nine, who each gave him a shilling. With this slender capital the youth started in the flint business, and in time became very lich, and retired from trade. Then, instead .of having a coat of arms, he emblazoned upou his spoons and panels the grateful motto, “ Mine tailors made me a man.