WAIKATO WHISPERINGS

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 16

WAIKATO WHISPERINGS

— Everyone is glad to see Buck again at the Royal. >*v.-JS?~'"\ — G-ordon sa^/.b^is better adapted for a Maori hop than z Euzurka. caused the doctor to retire so early in "the evening from the Te Boro dance ? — By-the-bye, what was the cause of Mrs S.s hat falling off ia clrnrch ? Was it for the want of a little elastic P — Poor Wallie has . shaved, and wears sackcloth and ashes since Miss McL.'a departure. No more pleasant rides. — The quiet little bachelor's house in Angleseasfcreet is well patronised by the "fair" — well, I won't say any more. — Tho singing at St. Peter's on Sunday night was beyond the average, that is to say the Amens' were well diawn out. — A sample of the kisses exchanged between Mr Y. and Mis 9 Me.?h'a9 been sent to the exhibition, coming off in November. — What admiration shone in poor Pippin's eye 3 while gazing on Miss McF. floating through the mazy waltz at the Te Boro dance. ; — It is rumoured that at the next meeting of the Council, Honest John intends to take his Davey that he will soon introduce a Carter. ; — Groane is reported to have resented with scorn Tommy's appellation of friend, which was applied to him in the District Court the other day. — 'The poor larrikins, they get blamed for about every thing, but wa3 it the larrikins who so neatly deposited little V. S. in the gra re-yard railings, near Elliott's the other night ? — The Bloater distinguished himself very much the other night at the fire, in helping himself and inviting his friends to do so, to the cigars and whisky kindly provided by the bank manager for the fatigued firemen. — The "Lifer" enjoyed the company of the African nigger immensely the other night at the Commercial, and so did the rest of his followers. It was very good while it lasted, but the singing waa below mediocrity. — Hamilton East had a fire on "Wednesday last — a first-class article — and tho very same night Hamilton West, eaten up with envy, followed suit, but it waa a wretched imitation — merely a billiard-saloon to their neighbours' church. But it was as near as they could get, since the haunt of Satan (who is supposed to be incarnate in the Hamilton larrikins) was built on j Church Mission property. . ( i — It is whispered that the Comus Club aro rehearsing a musical piece for their next performance. If the popular stage manager only succeeds as well in his vocal efforts as be did at the concert, he will be worth hearing, while if the slim gentleman who does the lovier business is in such excellent voice as when te favoured aa witti " Simon tae Cellarer," he Will Of a certainty bringdown the house. Mr Panana and Mr Ivey will, I understand, make their first appearance on the lyric stage on this occasion, having grown tired of the nigger business, which is reether low, don't you know. — The Rowing Club's Promenade Concert was a brilliant affair, but its brilliancy resembled that of a meteor, and, as is invariably the case with those erratic, mysterious visitants, it "busted." Some few of the songs were goed enough for anything, but the"Odic, electrical and chemical experiments " turned out to be a grotesque display of second-rate lunacy. The dancing was a redeeming feature certaintly, though the superlatively aristocratic bong tong of Hamilton East and West could not long bear the sight ' of the mud- pies waltzing, or suffer tbe plebeian skirts to brush their patrician robes too long. Noblesse ohlige, and these people at least know what is due to themselves.