PARISIANA.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 16 (Supplement)

PARISIANA.

AN OLD AGE ROMANCE. OF THE CAPTAIN. 'T,y OEnpoK CFCIL.) - " • i' em'!--a--p Tnatrimonv ' " f *~ yin I'fe. Tl>nri. whil<* under f a r.<vit him for a wifa, or "inrr.a ore for him, taking ! r: - n v rnncl rare that a. dowry is T'ir.r. Uor.riott*. brought up (very f"• > :■ ■ T -° look upon a husband as => t r ' 3 fl=urpd po?se3=ion, ■ : 1 •• 5 '■ o make herself enticing. f : ho-revpr, i1?to be found, <* ' ' ';■ '• ; ir-<■ I-1 pensioned stationi- m:.i a sj'inoter of eighty-nine 6 '* ha\ ir.s startled their friends by fiie h-nds of Hymen. Both, t.: ■ ■; . co advanced in years, are ment.ft y o' und and physically fit. ".'■'•i.*' r T Inte in the day to marry," you T *" i True! but thereby hangs a ard a very romantic ono, as ill be j- ■n. lf-nri. wlior; a young man of ("-•T : y, m"t Henrietta at the French «'T;: '..li-nf for a bean feast, and fell j;. id.;." in love with h»r hlush-rose comp!\■ n srid haunting eyes. The jeune :' ■» rfeifTOfated, to bo informed by IL. nri"h = - . rn parenis that her dowry * iiisurKcii-nt. So the poor swain, att.'r many a sigh, found con-iwv-uioi in his job, that of a railway P'-rtrr, rliit ini;iii.-tiing himself in so m irke<! a d."_rrep, that he eventually be-| came a s'at n>n mastpr. Yet, the chef de giro nevor forgot his love of former yr,-i r : ; for lirr ilcar sake he remained p■ . refu.-iiig the overtures made him by d'\-igning mothers, ambitious fathers, and i> runrd maidens. H''iiriette, too, Sfi.r, e\erv suitor to tin- right about, her s heiriLT a faithful heart. F' r many a long year the pair did not till, one wintry day, a mutual Boqnninfanoe introduced them. A fragrant. memory came to Henri; something rlur.'hed at. Henrietta's heart-strings; t. I: f>y eomparr-d notes; Cupid did the rest. And now two hearts beat (matrimonialiv i as one.

INFURIATED MALE DANCERS. Amongst the many "dancings" which enliven Paris at night is one at which the men have always dressed as they please. The (Viler cavaliers, having been properly l-r«''ieht up, invariably wear "un smoking," us ttie dinner jacket suit of civilian t ir.n is, for some unknown reason, tprmp.'l in France. Recognising that a gentleman attires himself in a suitable Trrinner when passing the evening with Indie?. they dress accordingly; the "-making." if abominally made, is suited to the occasion. But the younger men, through ignorance, or laziness, or both, \cp;i r their day clothes, thus introducing a mo«t jarring note into the proceedings. Tor a long time no one complained; the Frenchwoman, looking upon man as the sij|>»*rior animal, readily forgave the illbri'< I youths their departure from the path of sartorial circumspection. Now, happily, they have been hauled over the C 'ill'. \ f-w evenings ago, the proprietor of tlip ''dancing - ' turned the customary int ;il to excellent account. A roll on ti;p drum having proclaimed silence, he made the following speech, which, as will be =pen, was extremely to the point: — "A number of the young men who frequent this rendezvous of the nobility and g.-ntry evidently are under the impres--■•'ii that they are looking on at a footi .ill match. Let me remind each that v. hen ladies are their partners they must be properly turned out. I have seen them on occasions wearing le smoking,' consequently, each possesses the necessary clothes. They will, in future, dress like gentlemen when seeking admission to my 'dancing'—or go elsewhere for their pleasure." At the conclusion of this one-in-the-pye oration there was a moment's brooding silence. Then pandemonium broke loo~p. the persons who had been taken so ruthlessly to task furiously protesting with all the force of the Gallic vocabulary, accompanied by frantio waving of arms, wagging of heads and shouts of anger. Had the speechmaker been of the class which fights duels, he would have received at least twenty challenges, punctuated violent slaps on the face and a dose of nose-pulling. In Tiew of his lowly position, the abused one was let off "with vituperative retaliation, upon which he merely turned his baclc. Meanwhile, the insulted slackers left the "dancing." thus rendering many ladies partnerless and sad. It remains to be seen !f this drastlo action results in the young Parisian who possesses a "smoking" mending the error of his ways. The odds are that he v ill frequent a dance-in-your-shirt-«]ee\es establishment. A suitable place for him.

HOW THE DENTIST ADVERTISES HIMSELF. Paris being a city of countless social nativities, the dentist advertises himself hr turning them to account. Many an evening sees him at a dance club, a debating society, provided he is young enough to stand the racket, while the hour before dinner is spent at some cafe where, being an habitue, everybody is a war* of his business. At the debating societies the learned man lectures on dental subjects, the theme and treatment heinsr suited to the lay mind; when dancing lie is alTorded an opportunity of inf'irming his charming partners that p ; , i n extraction is a heaven-sent hir-sing. The dentist sits on many a r.imii'if tee. walks regularly in tha Bois of :i Sun<i:iv morning, attending the races in t:io afternoon. All Paris knows him i •• -i-_ r ht. • does he find time to disport y :f thu«you will ask. The prac- , .- . .nor wlvi is well-established naturally 1.0 lei-nro for amusements; but the ni'Wcomer, h;i\ing to make his way, ad\t i• e« hi in ,-elt" in the above manner. l.\ ,t.! i::iliv. it repays him.