THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 48, 26 February 1929, Page 6

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) 1 LUCK. T«o-t t- ~» i: r 't•> by lady ,iT rn 11 nnro to tro'v —Daily paper. i I>r:ir Imly. as i' appear-, j At r:i-« liiiM- many folk- are tri'-il. A man I knm\ ;i rivor I">T. Alas. lif left Irs n"if in»i<l«-; I'ai- may have |.e. n jm-re kin'i to him Ihan f'» the l"<er. Hai riders Is -■■inetimes n>>i as payable As j»M-kiii ~ up the rank outsiders ! Pear M.A.T..— Being a keen fisherman iiixsclt. I read with intere-t and amiisrinent the loiter in the <o: rcsj,<->ndenee c«iiuinn of Sat urday's "Star" al.om FISH OH! the »-cl which "towed a canoe five <>r seven mile.-, and a piece of it when cut looked like a side of bacon. It reminded me of a storv mv uir!c u?ed to tell aliout one of his catches. He was drappin- it home in the half-darkness one night when a friend came a ion:; and said: hy don t you ride it V thinking it was a horse he was leading and the eel'* fin? were the w inkei s of the harness. If a, piecc of one ee! could look like a side of bacon there ino doubt at all that a whole eel could look like a horse.—Jane Gray. No Al.-atian wolf hound has barked in local columns for some days, and it was hoped he had ceased to howl. An Alsatian gentleman. ___ however, writes to »a v THE DUKE'S that the Alsatian people COAT TAILS, call the dog "a wolf hound" in the same sense as we call a pig-hunting dog 'a pig dog," or a sheep-scaring collie "a .-heep dog."' The Alsatian hound is keen on wolves as a prev. Perhaps not generally known that it was formerly quite common to breed wolves in captivity in hngland. Here is printed proof 159 years old: "lhe Duke of Richmond had lately'a narrow escape for his life. His Grace hath long had a wolt at Goodwood, which was bred up tame, hut, breaking his chain one day. Nature took place and he marched off into the countrv, but. being followed by several men. was brought back and placed as before. His Grace afterwards goin? to view him. the creature flew at him and catched hold of his w-aistcoat. but that giving way. his Orace was retreating when the beast again catched hold of the skirt of his coat. Fortunately the Duke, after a long struggle, escaped, leaving part of bis coat behind. The beast was immediately shot." Dear M.A.T.,—The other day standing on the safety zone I perceived some distance off as I thought my next door neighbour and l>owcd. However ■ THE BOW VISIBLE, lady sailed up to me and said, "I think vou are making a mistake,'" when I found it wasn't r.% • J ll ' l a resemblance. "Sorry," said j '•'rr ii ou r' lt . vou were an acquaintance." ! well, said she. "I do wish my friends would bow as you did. Half my time I reallv don't know whether they are bowing to me or not. Bit short-sighted, you know. The wav vou bowed I knew it really was meant for me."' .-o here s a tip. But I forget. Bein" M.A.T. you either doff headgear or raise a forefinger backwards, according to whoever it is. But perhaps you'll agree one does meet manv different kinds of bows. Yours in an ctiquett'e mood.—Tuahine.

"Tualimc reminds M.A.T. that most men have- distinctive ways of "lifting the lid " fluftmg the castor," "agitating the cadv," or. TH r nn L eSS v, 'Ji; arl - v > raising the THE LID. hat. When a man could ... ], e adequatelv hatted for ? Ju a i S j VCn ! lg?1 he a Pr are ntly thought more of the lady than of the hat. Observe the man who ,s nowadays set back a couple of sovereigns tor a roof. He generally tikes it carcfulh b> the brim, extending his fineers over the crown to break the strain and looks at everything but the lady. He's thinkin- of the lint and not the girl. Thousands of men who have not stopped to think what this act ot devotion means observe a lady in the distance and make the necessarv * motions for uncovering, knowing that having passed she won t know whether he saluted aecuratelv or not. In older countries where observances are precious doffing the hat is a sizn of eoualitv *or a man servant to doff his hat to h'is cm n oyer would be the height of cheek He would merely give it a submissive touch, lllustratn eot the dear old custom of j.ullin~ the forelock. But submission is the real ing of all doffing. In old times the varlet or rogue, or churl knelt with his head bare while the sweil put his foot on the place where the hat was. Awfully quaint to see a man in Queen Street kneeling before his ladv fair while she puts her foot on bis switchback Apropos street greetings—the smile. Watch tins smile coming down the street. It i< onlv a bend ot the face: pure convention; a nrinia.'e that lades the instant the object of it has passed. How different from the winning smile ot the baekblocker who meets his pal on a "•owded pavement after a separation of vear« \\ at eh the live minutes' handshake. the*=mile S T. r T r,f a^-,f ta - VP for a quarter of an hour, and. Hello. Bill, and how are ver?"' "Hello ( harhe. how is it?" "Well, and'how are ver? ti- „ e are • Vf ' r " ,nv —■ Tumerumba. are "ver'' Nell. and how are vor: v Cheeriii" «n, in " taneous friendly! Then the arinnin-j silence. "Wot about a spot?" * " |

Recent local artillery practice emphasised the point that the modern slayer doeVn't see his target and may be making widows and SMART ANCESTORS, faintest 'he , . , . A > s doing it. What is of ugh importance m modern as in ancient artillery wart are is to get the shells awav fa-t as poss'ble Although our ancient * brethren of the artillery had to sec their objective before whanging at it. they certainlv sliowed a turn ?I_"' >er '. t rl .. Here is a n extract from a paper of ' 1 0: - This morning Their Majesties honoured the regiment of artillery with their presence in the warren at Woolwich. Hi* Majesty came pui poselv to see some experiments tried" Their Majesties were first taken to the Roval laboratory attended by Colonel and went through the rooms-there, where all kinds of military store* were preparing. Thev then proceeded to the waterside, where several shots were fired with an iron gun bv mean- of a lock lixed to the veat (sic). A sea servi<-'«. thirteen-inch mortar was next iired entirely filled with pound shot. Their Majesties next saw a heavy twelve-pounder brass "un fille<l twenty-three times with shot in a" minute sponging between each tire and Joadin- with the greatest safety, which surprised %verv spectator. having far surpassed anv ouickfirin'ever practi-ed. The method, which is entirely new. was invented by Colonel Desaguliers." * When ladies meet and there are no men present their conversation naturallv turns to the domesticities. The way the strawberry jam TnF Tftc _ turned out. what Millie THE LOST BABY, did with the puce geor- , T . ?ette, the next remnant sale and Joy s measles form topics that will last some time. And inevitably there come, the moment when the question is asked. "And how is the baby getting on!" The latest rer.lv to he query is that the baby did fifty miles j an hour on the Great North Road. And talknig about infants, a note of pathos must' ere™ ! in here. A lady wa 5 discovered sitting dUcon- ! solately on a seat upon a long Mil,urban road 1 A man walking along the r 0.,,l wa* 1 by the ln.l- . -i)e ;1 -lved: "Oh. ,|; ( ] A brown ha by aloni: the road V The mn, scented tragedy, but was reheved to learn that/ tie brown baby was ahod wixk rubbee. {