"What did father say when you told him of our engagements" asked the young lady. "Well — or— really, Phyllis," began the ineligible young man, "Oh, leave out (ho strong- language." "Then there's nothing left to tell you." A certain Socialist loader tells the following story against himself : K 1 was to address a public meeting, and there was intense prejudice against me, so tho young- man who had to introduce mo thought he would try to disarm it. 'The ' next speaker is hated /By some people. 1 ho said, 'because he has been in strikes. This is not right. It is the law of nature to defend yourself. Why, even a dop will growl it you try j to deprive him of the bono he ib gnawing, a goat will butt if you got in his way, and all know what an ass will do if you play trioke with him ! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Blank will now .addresa you,*"-'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19090327.2.107.2
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1909, Page 10
Word Count
160Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1909, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.