PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 232, 21 February 1885, Page 3

PERSONAL

-. What a duaihe W.T. -looks since she donned that loud yellow dress ! "'" Wlien is the match coming off -with the hansom cabby of Archill ? • Too bad .of V. to hunt the pointer when he , came to see M. at Penrose. ".','"' '?',^ . Tom S. was piling on the agony with IVx. . P.;onthat doorstep. the other day., '.. v ., ..'., . "'. ■ • What did Jimmy say to Maggie at St. James' Church, that made, her -blush, so ? Those Otahuhu . 1.0..G:.;T.'5,< who are so often seen .drinking, on, ,the sly, ought,, to { . -. stow it. ■ „,.- j ...... ;, ;, , ', ,' "■ ''■■' ' ' Biddy Murphy v was undeniably . the belle- . ;at the last masquerade ball ia the Lomestreet Hall. • : .- • ■■ • ■ • • • C saysSMiss IT. comes through Penrose on purpose to see him! Look out for the Newmarket rival ! . -..■■,■ Who is the little woman of Mount Eden, that promenades the town every day with the tall member V - • Gr.M. has washed his hands of Onehunga sii||e he saw Alice with that dude in Queenstreet last Saturday. It was not good form of Mrs 11. to slam the office door in the face of the passenger at the Hail way Station. ' What would B.W. say if he saw X:, of Mount 'Eden, putting on so much jam with Miss G-. in Queen-street ? ,- Why doesn't the Napier-street gum-scraper join the detective force? He would prove % valuable acquisition to it. , Trouble brewing in Waitakerei : Phaebe does riot half like Dave's attention to those two sisters at Mount Eden., A good excuse,' .(ieordie — going to the hospital to see Tommy ; but how about the Kyber Pass lload afterwards ? . » Wlio. are the dressmakers in Hobson-street that never pay their girls and keep them working late every Saturday? Is .-Miss 0., of Queen-street, thinking of . ■ taking the fatal leap? ISTow thai her father ■ K has sold out her name should be Walker. Since R., of the Coffee Palace, got rid of mistress No. 2 things seem more prosperous, ,' at any rate a -visitor meets with civility there now. * . Was Moses only seeking information about timber, or doing a mash with that young lady, in the naval dress, in the Albert Park last Saturday week ? Who were those two young ladies who amused themselves at the Blue llibbonite meeting by pulling the boys' hair, and giving, them flowers to appease their anger? Madame, after a day's anchorage , at the Vie, has cleared out like a ship in distress, and now contemplates joining the Society, for Promotion of Christian Knowledge. . That young masher who was making love to the servant girls on the verandah at Wynyard House on Tuesday night should .'' not speak so loud : his tongue betrays him: „« You need not Have been so greedy, H., one * should have been enough. One of the London comic papers, Moonshine, wants to know why the temperance party in Auckland,j|hen they enthusiastically lauded Tawhiao ofrhis return, ignored the mystery of that black eye which confined him to his lodgings for several days. Professor Hugo says that Nelson stands first in the colony for feminine beauty, with Auckland second and Grisborne third. He also asserts that Tauranga ladies are the most distinguished in the colony for ugliness — from his point of view. The Professor has a wide mouth, for hash, and the ladies of Tauranga, physiognomally speaking-, do not love him; they don't care about big mouths. A carriage, furnished with cigar racks and • numerous other dainty devices for man's enjoyment, has been presented to Mr Spur- , . geon, of all people in the world. A notable . feature in the carriage is a mirror, a discreet. . mirror, we hope — one, for instance, that • won't give way to untimely reflections upon the luxury and self-indulgence of the bishops of the Established Church. Imagine Christ ; travelling in a carriage with cigars and a ■ mirror ! ■■ ' ' ■ ■ ■ ■ • .■ . : One of the irrepressible interviewers, has ' found out Lord Wolseley in the Soudan, and writes of him in the^ following enthusiastic terms: — '"It is marvellous to see him," he says. 1 -"Up before five o'clock, he is out and about until nearly noon. ' ' All the afternoon he works, in his room; making work for ■ others, and making others work; he may take an hour's exercise at five o'clock ; then to work again until dinner-time. He gets to bed aboutjjmidnight, to be up as usual abo.ut five. He %&' never tired, or never shows it ;. he can r&le* horse' I*"or1 '*" or camel ,from early ■' morning til^late at night, and' Ms equanimity and amiability are neve^ upset. . |But he makes his influence felt, and already "llieije is discernible a quickening up along the fine, which may yet &aye the campaign ; it was in danger of being wrecked through delays that were due to obstinacy when they were not due to wilfulness." * * | c