THE Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1904

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1088, 8 September 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1904

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■ A PARAGRAPH in this papor the other day slated that Lady Plunket had noticed that tho girls of New ■ Zealand dressed 100 expensively, and that she remarked- it was a pity to see young girls wandering about, evidently beyond the control of thei"' mothers. Her Ladyship is probably not aware yet that many parents in 1 New Zealand have not tho time or inclination to look after their own , children. As for the disposition of I the young colonial girl to gallivant ; her father owns she is not as obedient as a British girl, and rather revels in it, The average girl in New Zealand is not content to know ■ that she has a smart frock at home but she wants iho world to know it She does not- follow tho old-fashion ■ ed British cubloih of Bhowing qualily by plain attire. She wants lo make a splash, and it is surprising how she effects her purpose. Why it Kioro so little filial reverence in Now Zealand? Simply because there is little reverence in parents for their " betters," Thingsare so beautifully graduated at Home. The servant raises his hat to the master, who may be a grocer, the grocer doll's his hat lo the customer, the customer bows low to the squire, tho squire bends his back to the baronet, the baronet kowtows to.tho peer, and tho peer worships casto if it is sufficiently high. Keverenco for anyone a little higher than oneself is common in tho Old Land, and children learn it in their cradles, The diseipline that prompts a sowing-girl to curtsey to fhehead.milliuer is tho same feeling that prompts her to concede lhat her mother is worthy of Hie same respect. But in New Zealand everybody is as good as everybody else, There are thousands of girls and boys in New Zealand who are better educated, better dressed, and more ambitious than their parents, and they are evidently not going to let dowdy person: of the parent class dictate to them ?,\\ matters of etiquette, The men ol New Zealand, as a rule, control the |.urso-strings, and are mainly rcsponmblu for the generally gorgeous attire of their daughters, and their daughters' scorn of the mere uiolh-jr, and so wn conclude that the lac -c of courtesy and reveronco for elde. \ and love of adornmenl, can never lie reformed by all the Mothers' Guilds in cieation. The men, for whose benefit the "smartness" is assumed, have the

remedy in (heir own hands. Tbey could make the good girl, tho mothi'i's girl, (he" dowdy" for that matter, fashionable in a year. But, man wants to see something for his money, and tho ' smart" girl takes care lie succeeds.

Messrs, Hnszard and Haszard notify :imt tho timo for the closing of tenders !or an eight-roomed houso has been oxlonded to Monday, September 12th. On Tuesday lust 100 tons of champion Hour wns included in the Mararoa's cirgo fur Wellington. The Northern lio'-lor Milling Company arohaving "ratifying reeulis, judging by ibu favour in which iho bukcrs speak of Iho product. Mombcrs and nil inlefestod aro reminded of tho h- If yearly uiioting of the Young j Men's Improvement Club, which takes place in tho clubroom this ovoning. Tho hnsinosg to bo considered being of considerable importance, a largo attendance is particularly desired, Tho hockey match, Waihi v. Thames, takes place at Pacroa on Saturday, ''he following is tlio Wnilii team: Goal, Asf ley; Full backs, Howe, Coolto; halves. Cave, Gray, McKinfey; forwards, Seelye, Torreus, Ulrioh, Roberts, Burnell. Emergencies: lkoks—Haszai'd, Moakcs; forwards—Corbett, Taylor. The britko loaves the Central Hotel at 12.-15 sharp,

Concerning tho cost of living at the St. Louis Exposition, an Australian lady writer quotes from a letter from some Mollis who visited tho groat show: " 28s 61 per day for a room without a scrap of food, . , . There is a monu card as big as an evoning paper, setting forth details of scores of articles of food for each meal, with cost of each item, and tho very cheapest breakfast runs into ss, and then I would bo hungry in an hour. I chose at tho most economical tho following do jetincr: 2 tipples, 35 cents, plato of porridges 85 cents; c<ip of toa, 21) cents; roll 20 conts; "tip" to waiter, 10 cents. The most ordinary dinner comes lo about liis. They charge (or pickles, salad, celery; every bit ot vegetable- is spcc'ally charged, oven potatoos, and a singlo mutton chop is billed at 60 cents or 2s Cd, To uso tho tolcphono in this hotol costs 2s Id per minute, I'm quite off going to any moro American exhibition cities, unless I marry a millionaire before starting.