A HARD-UP SOCIAL.

NZ Truth, Issue 165, 15 August 1908, Page 7

A HARD-UP SOCIAL.

A HOT TIME IN THE OLD

TOWN.

„The Pioneer Bicycle Club, of Ohristchurch,. has seen roatting days,, and eVeh aow old members who nave settled down to business arid respectability and have big, strong, ypung pioneers of their own, gq outi dh the loose on the smallest provocation and . have a howling celebration m cofnme,mpratioh of the good old times. A . distinguished member ', who. is leaving the district, Was given a Hard-up social t'other night, and the enthusiastic, rbysterers cornered the welkin m the club's rooms: and made it ring again. The Welkin.:is an animal that does nothing else but ring and it has to be forced to do that. Everybody , came m fancy costume Was unrecognisab'lfl by his reighbbr, so that .' he" could . do what he darned Weil pleased— and -did: In this connection it irhght be mentioned m passing that at a preyipus Hard-up gathering a member impersbhated 'a well-known Christchuirch character named Mary McKechhie, and acted thei part so well that he was arrested'unde^ the vag.. On the more ' recent occasion the room manifested every indication, of Cohsi'deraible hard-upnegs. ISfumerous kerosene- tins Were ' requisitioned, arid planks ■were placed, on these, and viands - were handed round' on tin plates, Whilst ptint pannikins were] used to swillbeer; of which there were a couple of large k«gs. ' The 5 programme, printed'with many Wrong-fount letters by 'the one-time, publisher: of "the Wheelmar," the pioneers' official organ, was a masterpiece of artistic and disordered type impressions, and ran somethmg like this :— :-.-< Bono Mhii ' Kapai te Catgut A Haeremai I 'Hardups! Haeremai! '' ' „. :... Skinbqrie Alley"/ tV V ; .ijDeadbfeal; Gully, ;:;n;r „,.,.,-^: ■;; ...:•;,'•..;• - Jtaly'4Bth,'A.D.^ ;?als and Barrackers, ; V . ;-.- : :i.-'-' ■■/'":: "^ a * H° ! " W. '.' : [ :■:.■/■ We've' struck, a .streak of Fortune .here— ; .. Purge and grdb'and good pie beer. :■ Fill" 'cm up With the ole familiar juice, / And hiccup if you're. >tbo far gone ; to Iboose. '■■-■' Top 'soon, alas, .will, come the sad ,attd '..,: sordid day, . ..,:."...'".'...; When, -ea'ch; Will smoke his last long pipe J ' of clay ;. , ' '„'.: The race Wiljl soon be rim, the numbers Up,. '' :■-. ■.'..-* " ' "•• " ■ ' ■ So goilt like the :"devil, yell,- and :swlpei '■X: -and..-lBup:-.. : --v .' „/;;:'.;7/:vKv\r.v. c On-; tht? castiii 1 vote of the boss'stopEtier you have been selected to join the jovial company of hpp^hewers on the: grateatxd gleeprious : n'ight; of July thirty lsrb: -> A. hosier /gorge of says, spuds, "boose, : music 'and 1 at a bob a' time.;- ■ -W^e'll filli yoii" up ..an 1 ., teep ]ypu liV^n* ,;,'.. Thp* Life* a gift not worth tecfeivin' r> . .Yi'-hen . heavy/ . . pressed With. Pane : and ."'.. ..grievin' 1 ; r ..' ■■' 1 : ' '-;: •'''".■..: ' •■■•■; l ••'■.-. Bu't:- oiled with beer. !. - ■ The. wheels' of life 'go downhill screainin' : ;:;: % • •,. ;;•: With rattlin' cheer !.:: ; -; i. ;'/:':. \ VStow^yoiir, cares and troubles ihyoSir. spx ! ' pjon't fear .bailiffs, '.toffs, money- \ lenders; .'"new, women,' motor cars, de;wdrxaps,; or graf erf ones, but get pntet .the j spuds ' ap;d swankeyj, saWdust : arid jollity: . .' .Bo.koSill, the Bunny Butcher, will makci things 'hum-uin-um. -. . , .., _' V .'Eatty Frypan Will cough up a solo. •:•■; ; ;/Antpriib' : Wyittp .will .skite on 5-legged goats. .' ''l-..-' . . ■ '■■'. ■ ■• . .' .-■ '■ ■■ . Rummy, the gumrdiggter, wiU yeU- "The, Blow that Laid Out Father." ' > • Pinchgut Pickwick will kid to all the . Faithful. ' ».■'•'■' . Birdlime Lenny— he bawls like a bull ; so- he does— will shout golden kippers for the -crowd. •''• ' ■ Baldass Feathers will ' grind out melody on agaspipe. " ■■ ' : , : •■ Blo\ces will let Hell" loose, bat: We'll look after YOU. : In the midst of our pleasures yoiu/'pion-. '' : eers" raaj. laugh j But to-night. an old pal leaves his welltrodden' Pathi . The. Club will' miss his grey hairs when '■ ; he's gone, '• ■ , / For he r s been one bf the best, both m spirit and song. ■ Ever "green" m our memory, he's been a true pal indeed, Bo' good-bye to the chief stoomer, our friend "Hayseed." • x 1 Tallow Dips, Choruses, Grease, Dirt, Piurge, Says, and Hop Soup. Come m Rags, Bags, or Feathers, but daw up when the Bull Bell Rings'. It's a bob-to come* but you can pay without ; getting m. ' • -Live a lifetime m one night. • You'll remember it when you're dead I; Everybody, will sing— V ; /'.Oh, Hard Times Come Again. No .."V-" '• . . • More." "■',.•' '. '." By Order, HARRY THE HAWK. ;■ \-y. ... , - ,-, OLE HAYSEED.' .■. , rThe social Was just like the fir ©gramme* only more so,^ and as the hours merged into midnight, and midnight into morn, the. second musician was blowing !:beer about .with his tenor horn, and no one cared, a saveloy whether Dick. Arnst. won the Grand National Steeplechase or Nadador opened a book on the boat race. The holy city is a hot shop sometimes.