PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 141, 26 May 1883, Page 148

PERSONAL

How is your poor bead, Mac ? That new twel vc-and -six hafc was a dead loss. What have you done with it, Davey ? Is it not about time that a publican in a certain country district ceased beating his wife ? Any says she prefers the sweet notes of the nightingale to that bass fiddle. How did Miss 13. and the dashing youny Jehu enjoy that long drive ? How the fair milliner blushed when she drew the twins at J. M.'s art union. All the young maids have ceased to Mush since William left the 'bus-driving. How lovely that A.O. man at Cambridge looks with one eye in mourning. Maggie, beware of those -walks at Ponsonby. Tom meditates revenge ! ah ! How nice to hear D., the tenor, warbling that love-song to the fair Hetty. They say the new counter clerk at that warehouse puts on a good many frills. The Remuera girls are delighted to see charming Claude back again after his absence up North. Fred Duder says he may as well throw his money in the sea as build houses to let at £50 a year Don't be foolish, Fred. What was Tom J"., of Orakio-road, doing in that hansom with the pretty little barmaid ? Well, Tom, every clog has its day. Is it true that M. F. and her sister are seen smoking cigars in the public street ? This is really an abominable practice for young ladies. When is that happy event going to take place between Miss J &,, of Newton, and the young swell of Shortland-street. Why do the women, stare so at " Ned the warder," as he passes along Auburn-street in his new uniform ? The local police force has a crack sprinter in its j ranks. Constable Cahill can be backed to run any ; u!>n in the force. ■ jorae of the ladies were so unkind as to say I .'k '. Fitton carried his colours on his head at ■''■!■■. .Cu/rcle sports on Saturday. its -..iwu-.-s best La carry your Sunday beer , -vi' ' •. -"tiiout af jjug" in case of accidents. j r C:-.ji:pbi!^ is again on a visit to Auckj -V 1 ' ""'k' nitM'iv jf mej House of Representa- ; <Av'_"i- .5 as young as*6ver. j vii-.ik -. fioin a sermon he preached last Sunday the •*■«£, G-. B. Munro i/kdisciple of Milner j\. bargee«Bfo|he other day expi'essing himself L in the sul P h! «^fflS^lary of his class, to the , horror of a IHnra&eii a wag remarked ; "It's all right, >«HfOT«e temperate in his language ; he s °^HH§»"s ' bifco£ hhre. tn

The Hon. P. Lawilor, Speaker of the Victorian House of Representative?, was a passenger to Auckland by the Zeulandia. How grief -stricken the Franklin Road maidens look since it has transpired that Jim P. is leaving Auckland for Wellington. Who is the jam-tarfc that was under the verandah in Sjmonds-strcet on Sunday night with Miss M., of Mount Fden ? It was great fun to sec B. &. and G-- N. having a set-to over who should escort dear little Mary B. home from St. Sepulchre's Church last Sunday evening. What was the Reremera bank clerk doing so late at the Albert last Friday evening ? It is very injurious to the health of young boys to stay up so late. Who were those two gay young dogs that were trying to race down Grey-street last Saturday night ? I should advise them in future to take a little more soda, and less brandy. What will that young man and the bachelor say, when they hear that the beautiful Miss M. E., of Ruatangata, has been and gone and done it with G. M., of Muddy Creek. What about the fight in Albert-street between two fine young men about a certain young lady of the same place? Shirts and black eyes were flying about. Go it, rivals ! Brinsden had a little cur That followed close behind him, But notwithstanding his demur Great Groldie would have lined him. Is the gentleman dressmaker of a certain establishment not a thousand miles from Weilosleystreet, afraid of catching cold in his fingers that he sports black kids going to dinner ? The fact that a prominent member of the Wellesley-street Baptist Church never enters the choir when the parson is away is the subject matter of some comment. A . lady who is an enthusiastic admirer of Mr Aickin, the popular chemist, of Queen-street, expresses her anxiety to see him parading in command of a detachment of the Salvation Arinv. Miss Jessie M., of Nelson-street, was heard remarking, as she walked down Queen-street, that she would have no other but the man fresh from Wangauui. How about the poor butcher? A neat way of putting adulteration. Some of our Auckland publicans are cvlityged with " diluting their liquor so as to increase its bulk." It is said their defence will be a very " milk and water " affair. A case of the union of May and December occurred at Devonport last week, the fair creature being a widow of upwards of GO summers, with a large family, and the gay spark — a beardless youth ! Mr David ISTathan, who was a passenger for Europe by the Zealandia, was presented with an address by 1 lis co-religionists. Mr Levy also gave an elaborately-worked receptacle for the Hebrew Phylacteries. F. W. says if (he Waitemata Minstrels will only give him another chance to sing a solo, he feels certain that he will be able to start on the right note, as his mother hus been giving him the right key-note on her own piano every night since. A city boniface wants a young hub:, with business habits, for a city " bar.,' AlMvr' a barmaid lo know her biz., how to do the " jSh/idings," and if things don't come out right, wigs on the green." "A Pharisee" advertises that he can give " a startling vieiv," of certain biojsfkphical matters. He will be very different to oth^r/Pharisees, if his heart of hearts would not give " a startling view " also. The Wellesley-street Baptists raised £2000 last year, outside ordinary revenue, for their new Tabernacle, and propose to rep/afc the financial feat during the present. year, (j^purgeon adopts what if known as " the painless extraction process'," Mr Dargaville lias shown his faithfulness to the principles upon which he secured his election by the speech he delivered in St. James' Hall, and Avhieh is printed in a supplement to this issue. Political consist ency is such a rare virtue in these days that it deserves recognition. It must be very gratifying to Mr C. C. McMillan's friends that he lias now completely recovered from the injury to his spine, from which he suffered after a memorable episode in Queenstreet. The other day we noticed him perambulating between certain leading business establishments with all the grace and agility of an acrobat One of the young dandies of Auckland made himself a conspicuous figure at the Opera House the other evening, by spreading himself over three chairs, as if they were a sofa, and elevating a pair of spindleshanks in the air for the admiration of the occupants of the dress-circle. Perhaps Mr Abbott may be induced to provide a few sofas for the convenience of this class of theatre-goers. The youth who drives a grocer's cart at Devonport ought to be handed over to the police, if there is such a functionary over there, for his disgraceful conduct to a little child on Monday last. It was no fault of the driver's that the child is alive to toll of her miraculous escape. And when remonstrated with this juvenile turned on his heel and laughed. This is a small instance that took place at the Opera House during the performance of " Jo." Two well-known Auakland swells enter, but unfortunately one is the worse for something a little stronger than water, when to the astonishment of a pretty girl in the seat next to them he put his arm around her waist and gave her two or three very loving kisses. When that girl's brother can have the good luck to meet that swell, he had better look out for the consequences, which in future will stop his impertinence.

Costumes of dark fancy plaids will be much worn this winter, and what pretty costumes these plaids do make, with their jaunty buckles and trimmings of dark velvet ribbons. An original one is of sky-blue and orange, dulled by brown intersecting streaks. It has a pointed bodice and double receding tunic, which displays a boxpleated skirt;, down each pipe of which descended a brown velvet ribbon, terminating in a tassel. Hound the upper tunic are three rows of the same trimming, intersecting ea<jb other like a lattice work at the corners. On the corsage it forms three peaks back and front, those at the back being completed by a bow j a small repeat of the lattice adorns the sleeves. . '