WIT AND WISDOM FROM RECENT NOVELS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 7

WIT AND WISDOM FROM RECENT NOVELS.

"A man expects to be trusted, but n woman loves to be tousled.' —"lhe X mitful Vine." by Robert Hit-hens'. "1-iiving m a country town is very much like living m a house made of glass."Phyllis," bv .Mrs Moberlev. "The horrid part of going out to tea is that itV'snch a bother-to get up and g»»." —"Ripe Corn," by S. C. Nethcrsloe. "It is only women without the power to love who have no right to provoke men's love.'' —"Zuleika Dobson," by Max Beerbohm. "Many a young and lovely woman is in love with nobody so much as with hefself."—'".My Beautiful Neighbour," by Arabella Kenealy. *""\Ve can't get men made for us, and. if we could we should send them back lor alterations.!'—"The Doubts of Diana." by Kvelyn Tempest. "No one gives sufficient credit to the English tailor for his share in creating the national character." —"Dan Russell, the Fox," by Somerville and Ross . • "There is' more . light thrown on the conjugal state by the simple choosing of -wall papers thai) is generally supposed.' —"lnhaling,'" by Gcorgina Lee. "Any man could manage women if he only reckoned with their temperaments when dealing with them, and paid 110 heed to their actual words. Elinor vJlyii, in "l'he Reason Why. "How a man does hate to be called a safe person, almost as much as a. girl loathes being called 'thoroughly sensible.' " —"Crooked Answers," by Phyllis Bottome and 11. de .Lisle Brock. "A spinster at the head of a family of girls becomes like a lighthouse —a warning." ".There's no arithmetic of affection. Lova is one of the mysteries. ' • "Directly conversation becomes serious it becomes dangerous. The is to j keep it lively.'—"The Challenge, ( by | Harold Begbie. " ' • [ "A man thinks that whatever vexation a woman is suffering from, his kisses can put it right/'—"The White Peacock," by D. H. Lawrence. "Most men are good-tempered and easv to manage. 1 lit' lower their inches tile more men like having their own wav, and the nastier they tan be if they don't get it."—"She was a Widow,'' bv Ruth Rivers. "There are two things which make a wopian look worried —love and money. —"The Magic of the Hill," by Duncan Schwann.

'■' An i)l<I lady was going over the Zoo, aiiij after some time she went up to a keeper and tripped him on the shoulder with her umbrella. "Well mum?'' said the keeper. "I want to ask you." explained the old lady, "which of the animals in the Zoo you consider the most remarkable?" "The keeper scratched his head for a while. Then—"Well, mum," he replied, "arter careful consideration, as you might say, I've came to the conclusion as the biscuit goes to the laughing hyena!" "Indeed!" said, the old lady in ; "and why do you consider the laughing hyena so remarkable?"