MY FRAU.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 191, 12 August 1911, Page 15

MY FRAU.

I met a lady on the street, _ M\ Who smiled at me and.spoke ~.«T^ et » And seemed so very friendly that 1 stopped to have a little chat: I thought she had fanuhar grace, But did not recognise her «««• . "You see," she said, with earnestness, "I have the latest style in dress, And so r» changed my sue and girt, I'm wearing now a Harem start; My shoes are smaller than before; A larger hat I never wore. In gloves, I wear a longer pair; I I've changed the colour of my hair. I dropped some liquid in my eyes To make them dark and larger size; My nose looks different, and I think My neck and cheeks a deeper pink; And then I bought a patent stay, T'mt makes me walk a different way.* And then she said: "I must relate, Your necktie isn't very straight, And you forgot to dust your coat, And fix your collar at the throat, And say! I need ten dollars NOWt" [ And then I recognised my frau. Jno. Jj. Hobble.