IN LATER DAYS.
An old "grad" of the sixties, who happened to see a crowd of new students deporting themselves in a manner which seemed to him to be quite unseemly, was heard to philosophise as follows: — When I see a youth with his pants turned up and hie beautiful socks on view, And over one eye perched a little, round hat with a rilbbon of mauve or blue,.' And fourteen rings and the pins that he got at his dear prep. school, ( Why, it strikes a chord, and I say: "Oh, Lord! was I ever that big a fool " When °I see a youth with his' gloves turned down,| and a cigarette stuck in his face, And a loud cheek coat and a horse cloth vest, and a half-inch-wide shoe lace, And a bunch of hair that hides hie ears, and a line of senseless droll, Then I paw the/ sward as I "say: "Oh, Lord! was I ever that big a fool?" —Phinceton Despatch, New" York Times.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9404, 31 December 1910, Page 3
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169IN LATER DAYS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9404, 31 December 1910, Page 3
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