PERAONAL

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 150, 28 July 1883, Page 8

PERAONAL

I^Wpo'dyeararrive^.;'^j-'. ,-■; ;:. ,> the ppint. ■ ■ f* 5 v ; K^flM»p/Btill cavorting aroundxin the North. , >;;f.i>;>^h3r;;'do'esn't>Pat, of the timber mill, practice $fc Dahyrfaursing ? ■'''■' : _ . .■....-. .' i ! , :\iyfhp jfltole" that overcoat, hat, and- gloves dt the '^ Hibernian Ball? , ' . /y ( ;( ■ Wright," M.H.R., ,is , not as right for the '4f. Government as was expected. - • >.■_ }%'l ''''■ lias J. W., put Charley's nose out of joint with ;« 'the, fair tobacconist of F. street ? . tr y^Old,Ramsbottpm has given up giving us lemons iVraridV has taken to growing, oranges. '"s ' M46S Coffey looks charming in a dark green ; r ; ';;:/yelvefeen, richly trimmed with satin. V_ ) ;Miss L. R., of Pakuranga, was the belle at Mrs '. -.R.'s' dance at Howick last Thursday. -j-l : Mr. Thomas Russell has gone South to confer ;/, "with his friend, the Premier, on business. '", Busbyi not * ue blind man, but J. Busby, formerly of Russell, has arrived in Auckland. \- • What caused that young milliner to turn a ; somersault in the drapers shop the other day ? ■',■ Who is that "snob" that always finishes his evening toilette in front of the Queen-street shop ; windows ? ■X- /Mr Battley saw " the grand old man." Did : the grand old man see him ! He also saw some • Low (c) people. .' ■''■. What was the cause of the frog joining the -, Blue. Ribbon Army? Why one of the Auckland „, . street bobbies, of course. -";'. -Who was the Hallelujah Lass that left the j 'ranks of the Army so unceremoniously last Sun- ".'•. day morning on the Wharf? The next time that young swell from a drapery establishment attends St. Mark's Church it is to hoped ho will behave himself. It is rumoured that the Attorney-Q-eneral has ■ severed, his connection with the legal firm of Whitaker, Russell, and Buddie. How did those two young men like tho snub- - bing they got from those two young ladies in the Mt. Eden 'bus, last Saturday night ? A correspondent asks : — What attracts that tallow man so often to Parnell ? We don't know, unless it a-grease with the tallow man. ■I Judge Manning writes to Captain Daldy to way that the ministrations of friends have prepared him for death, and that he is at death's door. Who . was the young man that was publicly presented with a leather medal in one of the Good Templar Lodges the other evening ? Erney is compelled to have a body-guard in the shape of his big brother, since he was seen walking, with Dick's girl that evening. Jolfnny, of pork sausage and Salvation Army fame, says he is in no way related to O'-Co»-nor 'Don y the would-be member for Westmeath. " Conscience " Green, M.H.R., warms himself at . the Ministerial fire, and receives peripatetic ' lessons in finance from the Colonial Treasurer, Who are those two bull-finches that have never been known to miss a night's " spooning" at the front door of a Queen-street bookseller's shop ? Walpole (not Horuce) has obtained judgment, against the To A,w,arnutu Cheese Company. %p '7 was not the cheese to try to cheat hiin (v out of his , screw. 1 On, dip that "the Bureau," having become Auckland, agent for the War Cry contemplates ," : - . joining.the Army as big drummer. But some one .else will have to carry the drum. . ; That young lady who attends a dancing-class not a hundred miles from Newton, should take a pillow with her, instead of resting her head on ,'■•.' B.'fl manly bosom in that love-sick manner. \ liittle "bricky" says that though he has been ; going backwards in love matters lately, he is in a fair way of going Ed-wards once more — .thanks to - that tco-utterly'-too Tarn o'Shanter. Pass the ;: jam, won't yer! ■;*-", X)scar Wilde now looks like Mr Wardle's fat >■', boy, and this is the name which has been given to .him. in Tite-street. His cheeks are chubby, in i appearance he is moist and he bears a ■; , strong resemblance to Mr Hill, the comedian. .' Who is that hungry man that at the last Ponsonby " At Home " created so much amuso- '-.". znent by promenading up and down the hall •: munching sandwiches. It is said that the Com- : mittee intend to charge him double next (ime. Ousco, the equilibrist, is making sad havoc among the Thames girls. The other day ho was • iseeiiatteridod, likeßunthornc, by four love-sick ' ; maidens. He will find it difficult to keejj his ''■ balance if he goes on in this way. Mind you don't miss your tip, Cus ! .. Tynan,' Number, One. was once engaged in Dublin as a commis-voyageur to sell "show ~ cards for' London and Paris houses. He is 'described as rather like the late Anthony .Trollope in appearance, only much younger. .Rather a left-handed compliiiient for the novelist. A. knight of tho cleaver cut it very fat in the •= 4 r eßS-cirele, atgttjje Masonic entertainment, attired in a claw-hnm^ijir and a terrific gqjd chain, strong. n enough to hold a good-sized schooner, while he gazed in undisguised pity on his poorer brethren in. the lower [regions,, ■who. had who contented with twb shillings' worth. Thev.baijriage, containing the Prince and JPrin- ' cess oi Wales at . Ascot, was driven by four bays, the indstilions being clad in* silver and gold laced 'hats instead of the usual jockey caps. Her Royal ; was as quiet an attractive as ever, in a tunip of ,a ; QOol white tone, relieved with .flowers. of a crushed, strawberry tint at the throat, and in a white toque. ■•.:■<, , Peccavi! We have sinned. In a little para-f-aphjast week a cruel wrong was done to a nice cal/m'ttp.f Therefore, we hasten to explain that /e'-trtting^w I a^axii^hatciier'fi^g^eicii was ;^otf|' vlJjttingV of -' ;.\rMo4*tlxur arid 00>jj;%t a, \Bpiiemian' ; ptew&an l of

ft.' -- -/-? ■■■;• ;-,.,-■■■;■- ■<■■ ,i -,v f , - ,■< ' H, Iff W^T-IJU ■'■■. ■'.' '■"■■■: ..■'.' - ".'■■■ '■ -•'■' '<■"■ ■' ;■ ■ ■•.• -■'-, vfXCi i-i iii tho same name.- N.B. — This explanation is yolun- "*' The. Queen reads largely; and there is. hardly a notable work, whicti appears;. which her Majesty does not look through. Of the newspapers the Queen is supposed to read only such passages as have been marked for her by the lady-in-waiting. The Queen is particularly fond of the novels of G-eorge Eliot, and keeps a set of them constantly ""in the bookcase in her private apartments. The Princess of Wales lately presented a medal to a little terrier which had accompanied Colonel Oliver Montagu through the Egyptian campaign. This is another phase of Jumboism. It might be called " dingoism," or " tykeqmania." If the Princess had presented the money which the medal cost to some poor widow of a soidier who fell in the war. she would have made worthier use of it. Lord Torrington, one of the Queen's lords-in-waiting, is in aristocratic high dudgeon. He is known in the London Clubs as " John Brown tho Second." This is bcause when " John Brown's body lay mouldering in the grave," her Majesty, overcome with emotion, put her hand on Lord Torrington's shoulder, and to the unspeakable disgust of that peer, remarked, " You are now my oldest j>ersonal attendant." No doubt many of our readers will remember Mr Severn, who was for sometime at the Thames as manager of the Caledonian batteries, and was afterwards assay ist to the Bank of New Zealand in the palmy days of the goldfleld. Afterwards he came to Auckland and delivered a series of very clever and admirably illustrated lectures on astronomy, in the Museum. He went home to pursue his studies, and was lately professionally engaged in India, having gained the highest honours as a Civil Engineer, except the F.R S. The other day his daughter, Mrs Williams, wife of the oculist, who arrived in Auckland from Sydney, on a visit, received a letter announcing the death of her father in India. Mr Severn was a scientist of much promise, being a thorough enthusiast and an indefatigable student, while he j possessed intellectual abilities of a very high order. At the time of his death lie was manager of the Glasgow Gold Mines in India at a salary of £3000 a-year. Many of our readers who saw service in the Waikato war, and especially those who were stationed at Te Awamutu, will remember the Rev. Collins, the military chaplain, or "ParKon Collins " as he was called. The parson used to be a conspicuous figure in the camp with vis long riding boots, military tunic, and martial strut, and there was a tradition that he belonged to the old school of six-bottle men, and could drink any officer in the regiments under the table at mess. Wo have been reminded of Collins by reading in the Western Weekly News, a Cornish paper, a lengthy biography of the lat© llev. John lUissell, " the hunting parson," with whom the Waikato military chaplain read for holy orders. Indeed an Auckland gentleman, who was personally acquainted with both, informs us that Collins began his theological career as whipper-in for Russell. In 1873 " the hunting parson " was the guest of the Prince of Wales at Sandringham, and upon the occasion of that visit, when he was 7<S, he had the honour at a ball of dancing the old .year out and the new year in with the Princess of Wales. Rumour also related — though Russell denied the impeachment — that in setting the Princess right in some remark, he forgot himself for the moment and said " no, my dear, 'tisn't so." \