SUNDAY-SCHOOLS AND BALLS.
TO.THB EDITOR. Sis,—An acquaintance, more conversant with Knukapakapa matters than I am, reading^ , Ttaveiler's "letter, remarked to mejj V. What a,, shame ! ; when one thinks of the .time, labour, and expense devoted by these i teaohers to the, children. The sanctimonious, noodle must refer to the entertainment given to the bairns when their contributiena ,to. the Auckland Sunday-school .Industrial Exposition wore exhibited locally, and when, probably,-.enough, some of the older.young people had a dance afterwards." And, sure enough, sir, I happened this very morning to receive from one of the teachers a letter, in which he says, "I enclose £4, proceeds of the entertainment; vrill you buy bookfi for the children's library, and send I them up as soon as you can." " Who could
ii ; be.f, eaye "~~" "I. don't knpw'M^nTp^p'f^t<, can't imagine." But, o n remdin £ • - and coming, to the description of A yidual, whom I offered to make"a. *l a & bet, my friend burst out^ '•You, don't mean .to nay Im % "Hush," said I «,I " , »fa .rarely.connect with euch a deJcrip&t^ good old man, .ripe for a better world. J^ love, to, all the saints, especiallv t 0!e brethren who teach that school { . the known in the district." " Hum!" n n ill = friend, " 1 don* know about that • «T *? y Bcription was irresistibly suggestive ••it^ t ~ after all, it eurely couldn't be he r> ■ live at Matakana now?' (Mv'frio^ 63 he ; will perceive, is rather simnle mi'A oa »Besides haven't I seen him it ) I Kaukapakapa, - skipping and piron P H- a i about after the most approved fashion <? S g ! ancient beau." "Yes, but," I said "ti • was some time ago. Perhaps he hL „• i resolved to 'eschew sack and live cletni" 1 -, "Why," says my friend, " I have m v i heard him, with his divinest smirk, and • fascinating tones, remark, 'Bow much s" and-eo and So-and-so are improved .- Mr. (not one of the teachers refeS to) began to give them these dantin lessons.'" "Ah, well," I concluded, "ther no saying : it's a wicked world,"—l anii & * 3 J. M ■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 6
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