Holidaitis

NZ Truth, Issue 943, 22 December 1923, Page 1

Holidaitis

, When a stranger produces a corkscrew, waives the formality of stereotyped introduction, .-,,.<#• lets \ us know that the weather iis wWtfn out of fear that we may hot realise the full worth of everything-: good, going, he suffers from hollVi'aitisr— or is^fttter-l our gold hunter. : At > tliis, season' of ■ the year, however, <re/ip'us| : credit him with the best interitib'ns, cast aside ! our customary hauteur, and sympathise -when we learn that the wife's mother, has just arrived to stay qver the New Year. At holiday <imes people have common interests, and march m step towards merrymaking-. It is a fact, too, that for a few weeks they are living well above their wages, and rejoicing accordingly. Sunny geniality puts the mists- of reserve to flight. Even the most dignified commercial magnate warms up to his fellow mortals, falls m with an acquaintance m some popular hostelry or-' other, and finds .himself at the end of t,he day m a shooting gallery trying to .pot moving birds and animals; or elite making a gargantuan meal of schnapper and chips' at a fried fish shop. II? the high tide of festivity catches us at flood and wo pay an instalment on a motorcar or a seaside residency well wo wero foolish, that's all. No one blames ft s for it. It is a tremendous error during the holidays to .--..nurse, a grievance, or to get gloomy because the boss's wife didn't speak to -your better hnlf. Forget it. Just -think of the wife and Beo how easy it Is to feel sorry for Norma Talmadgro, Mary Pickford and Co. Take things easy during your spell, , men have been known to get heart failure for less than attempting to climb Mount Cook. And if ( you are not strong open the January bills In the presence of the family doctor.