THE TARTAN'S TRYING COLOURS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 11

THE TARTAN'S TRYING COLOURS.

... inc ;i an i «ri q in e inu uuuuuitoi .. A lady, had/a pet chameleon tliat ohangcd its.colours::in sympathy';with its environniorit,;.'and- did so "with" wonderful rapidity.' .. It Avas in^chargb'of an old-and; faithful ser- • vaiit. / "James, bring mo, tho chameleon'; . I waiit to'showit-to-Lady May." "Sorry 1 canriaj. mam." ■) " ; Why:not?" : "Well, you sec,: iriaihj. :it's ; this way! ' One o'; your lady friends called' while'you "were out. To 'am'nso herjl'just showed - her your pet;" "Yes, there is no harm-in "that.','.; "No, mam, well," I put it on; a blue cushion, and it turned blue." "Yes?". ""I••pub it on a pink cushion and it'turned pink." "Yes, verygood." "I put it on a'yellow cushion and it turned yellow." "Yes?" "I put it on a grey, cushion, and it was just as grey as vour ladyship's dress." "Well, well." "Then (in saddened tones) I put it on a tartan'• plaid, and-it'just bust itself." * Miss Rllaline Terriss was bom in such ar Dut-of-Uio-way place as the Falkland Islands She amused herself on ono occasion by tak ing iicr'place in a line of applicants for place; iii,tlic chorus at a thcatro. When her tun ,' came, slio stood by the piano on the stagi and sang a scale or;.,two, and was classa with: those ivho came triumphantly througl ihu ordeal and worn told tlioy would bo on caged. Then her merry laugh drew tho at tention of the management- to the ner jlmristor,. in whom', to their immenso sur •rise. tliey discovered their leading lady.