ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 46, 14 November 1907, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

Boarder— l say, Mrs. Napper, I. don't, care for your bacon this irorning. Itf doesn't seem fresh. Mrs. Napper — Very strange,' sir. The shopman, said it was only cured last week. Boarder— Well, it must have had a relapse. • .' Pray, give me the six shillings you owe me, for the. opinion- you had of me,' said an Irish lawyer to a former client.. - ' Faith, I never had any opinion of you.' • She was a very pompous lady who, having inherited a fortune, had bought a country seat, where she delighted to play the hostess. ' What beautiful chickens-! ' exclaimed a guest. who was being shown the poultry farm. ' Yes, they're all prize fowl,' was the lady's reply. ,' Oh, really ; do they lay every day ? ' "Oh, they could, of course,', said the purse-proud lady, ' but -foi" people in our position it is not necessary for them to do so ! '" Mrs. A.- (before the full-length portrait of a girl) : 'Oh, if I only knew -the painter of this ! ' Artist (stepping forward,' joyfully) : • Permit .me, • madam, to introduce myself as the painter.' . Mrs. A. : ' What extraordinary good luck ! Now you will tell me— won't you ?— the address of the dressmaker who made this girl's frock ? ' J