THE RAGTIME BOY.

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 5

THE RAGTIME BOY.

• „-.- • — * — I'vte at ehaßminG; Ji ttle neighbor. . A Seventeen or thereabout, ' „ ' Dimpling cheeks and eyes coquettidfcLittle flirt, I have no doulit, PaP« houglit-her a contrivance ; .. For . her rausi.e-hnngry -soul, Which/ attached to a piano, Is melodious- from a roll. Tuesday -niphts she has a caller Bltifff arid hearty, bis and stoat, Sriiod peA Wood- and joy of livine; ' .Radiate when he's aboiit. Then she pedals &oed ' old raskime , Oi a- ballad simple, sweet, Anft their vdices blend togeth?!: F.lcSitiiie: to- me up the street. "Honev v Love Me," "Dear Old Geor- . , ""'a. 1 ' If DoEothy. My Lily Fair," "Who's Dat Knockin','' ''Shuaiin' .Sambo," .. ' . . of Sunshine iii Her Hair." "I'llJSe Faithful," ."Don^t Be Lone..ly," . ' "In. a Little Flat for Two"— On irty .word, that fellow likes it ; Weilj, who bla^Bes him ; wouldn't you ? Friday niglit illeie- comes a' rival; /White craVait and spotless clothes'; i Looks like he's afraid he'd spoil them In . a moraent; o£ repose; . : Now the mel»dyisrdifSe^ent, Classta ptuff for- cultured ears. AW bereft of.h.umaii heartthrobs,., Kaotyi-n'g nafoght 61 smiles aiid tears. He" J may "have apjirecifttioH, , He taat ijeel. a sort of ioy : But I'll bet. he doesn't wither— Luck . be with yM— RaStjime B o 7 . Mr ; Alec ,V^rne, so 1««S wit«. .Johnny Sh-endou, and lately thCQii.di New Zealand wi.th i Bostock and Wombiyeli's circus,^ is at -prespnt m Otago as ljusdAiess , manager to. the Holloway product iO3is. Alec reports Mig; Business m, lnvercargLil arid/ v. bigger. 1 thiist m that drankless city. vffetotfe(i-"bsr & Christcikitch medico that hfe not lon- ago s&i-rt a. patient. to a : ltttfsing h^ifife whei.c she -found she had actually Vo-rnstmet <he hHtse • iB; ; ch^se>--a' prd&^tioiier— what to do, nbt -6tdy- to herself, -to the <)ther patterits. Yet it was a reeistercd '■li'omfe m -charge of. a registered midWife. Tfier.e is-; a dark whisper floating ax v bund tb&i- the son '$ a wealthy cattle .. king li^s teen-, rocked :'df a sm|ll :"tjpr,Wl»e, ! by^ the" 'aid of mirrors, .ait % fashiori&bje . BxiQgc" ' i^rty, just recenitly. . Well,' 100 l vM' can be lia&efo dQW?}' |f . tin old dodge Mice the mi^ro).; . trick, ,,gftigbt as ; .Avejl- lose his gonee- that way. as /any other. • • Sdiiller DiUtnan's gracing •.rigser W!©iffi4« oi>iy ,^3tb,. \vhioHv fact Rlrikts one \yi-th the marvellous skill oi modfern. ly6at-buildihg. That 23 ft ot 'cedar frailty, 'witli :t-li>e^.sfre-!tgth of an 'athlete's -ari'iis strahiirtg on its riggers, can support :LOsl; 101 b of : - bone 'ami 'mu^cj;g' dosyna sliark-iAfested, river is .something-, t;o se^, ofle thinking ! Unhappy^ .Russia. Parents.- now drivei)L -by. J|%nune.. lip. -selling tliieir da«^.t^ijs, to,ir<jjDruiters,;iox Turkish- liarenis. jyijpanVhile ■'■tiie. base .contraclpiTj for vciiet have ,. a:ecjeaved. SO.OOJO.bba' roubles; (not * {sterling" as the "Times'" generously put it) .and only delivered to, the dejjpt^ a smail quantity of rye. 'Now see what's comin", through the rye,!,- . „ ■ , -.- .• ..- -„-■■ The 'real cause of the- •.•rto'sslv intemperate attack , oi > the rev. : j j. uoMh and ihis brothti' nlmrisees urnl baked-wmd-; mercharite; • on -iho ."Times, '•' for publishins: thu nanves of ; the N.Z., wirraers -m Tatt's svees»s. was: their.; fear of some day figiirinis m .the list themselves. You see ia would be very ooftv-oof to draw a bis:, fat prize, but how would- *-M:t* j sheen bleat ajt'thc shepherd when ihev ! read his name m 1 lie list of w-irmcrs' (Not only would they be shock«\ ha' : bitterly jealous : which sat«itr feeiinn [ helped- to wake jay jay au- ihe vi/.loc I wild and vc-rvL tlicrir diSiijipoiatrntui oa I the kapleM "Tiia**. 1 *