TO ERADICATE 'WAGGLES.'

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 8

TO ERADICATE 'WAGGLES.'

(American Paper.) Miss Ethel Bury-Palliser "has came." Miss Ethel Bury-Palliser is a greater anddaughter of Mme. Michau. She is a great niece of Mme. Louise Michau. And again she is a daughter of Mme. Bizet-Michau. Already, once more, she is a niece of Admiral Palliser of the British navy. . Now; you really dori't mean to say that- you are not cognizant of the importance qf- this young woman ? Well,' iust ' keep it to yourself , because to admit it' Would be a most egregious blunder! ki '.' | „ , -. :'■ ■ . ; You see Mme. Michau, Ethel's greatc grandmother, was the mistress dfe danse jit- the courts' of : Napoleon • I, King George IV. and King William IV, and she was so v sfcrong on what was proper at. court that all the other people who ever. came.. to court. used to take lessons from her as to how they should behave when m the presence of royalty. \ ■ ' Then it was Mme. Louise Miohau, the great aunt; who taught King Edward and the other children of Queen Victoria how to say "Hello" to their mother without violating any of the numerous rules of court etijq,uet. ; Now this was all. very . nice, * but itdid not bring m any" very large and numerous shekels,; so Ethel's mamma' got to thinking one day that some of those rich Americans who seek presentation at courji make very bad blunders. " ■■''" She nought of the Michigan matr oh who said :. "I'm complimented to meet you,. l ci ng. I needn't tell .you that we've heard or you,. even m America. h : She Kw^t; on thinking, and finally decidetf ■.-;; that there, were probably a whole , lot of Americans .suffering from AnTlo-mania, who would not object to heim,. separated from some ofiheir dollars ;if s they . could only have a chance ;to learn, how they really ought to behave when they go over to see King Ed. She. and Ethel, talked it over, and as Ethel had . been taught whole chunks of court v etiquet, it was decided she should come to "that dear .America" and teach eti;quet . and take dollars., . • > : . So now Ethel, "has: earner."; ■. She arrived m New York a few days ago: and m talking of her mission j said >h> expected to have- more 'trouble with American girls than she had had with '^ncliFh girls; as the American girls "have such an evtr?ordinary way of p-haking and- wangling themselves when they walk -that is— well, it isn't admived m "Eripubiid. In fact, it 'would riot be permitted m the ro Tr ni Presence." Ethel expects to teach a bit of dano iri"v . advancing, side-steppm.s;, and other stunts'; but most of air to try find teach our girls not to ''waggle.' 7 Oh,, splash.