ABOUT THOSE STOCKINGS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 493, 27 November 1877, Page 3

ABOUT THOSE STOCKINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OPTHE EVEjaXtT.MAiIu

Sib, —Knowing that you wish.- your newspaper to retain the good opinion of the public, I confess that I was surprised and grieved- to See an advertisement in yesterday's iss-nje of a highly improper character, affitfc most insulting in its reference, to. a highly respectable, numerous, and well-behaved body of persons. Ti;e dressmakers of Oamaru need not my pen to defend them from such silly and baseless charges.; but .such advertisements as the one in question disgust and offend the good sense-of your readers, and for their sake and your own credit I pray you will refuse in future tpjnsert such as are evidently concocted for the purpose of insulting respectable people. In future let their sex and their position find in you a champion, and -so gratify your obedient servant, John Hardy. 0, ... — T—rV TO THE EDITOR CF THE EVESIIfG MAIL. Sib,—A ctrtain. jariy (I son .sorry to say k member of the softer sex) visited the baths on Saturday afttrnoon, and after enjoying^htrplunge, she gractfully walked off with a clean pair of stockings, , with elastic "liold-'em-rups,",the property of another fair bather still in the liquid. She did not, however, leave the second bather stockingless, though nearly so; for on going into the dressing-room she found (what had originally been a pair of stockings)'a pair of. legs, with traces of the feet, and n«>t at all remarkable for the clean .white that usually may be seen in such articles. Now, sir, I cannot consider the exchange a fair one, and I would suggest to those young ladies inclined to deal thusly with ; " encasers" and " bindtrs," tl at they slould leave a pair, at least,' as good as the pair they take—whole feet, and clean.—l am, &c, Flo. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL. Sir';,'— I perceive in yesterday's issue a most scurrilous attack on a very industrious and respectable class of citizens, which calls for a reply. I begin by stating that no dressmaker would meddle with any person's clothing whilst bathing. I am quite certain no_person has lost any stockings and garters at the Oamaru baths. lam also quite certain that if there were any sto'cki'ngs of the description, mentioned by the advertiser, that they belonged only to the. advertiser herself, and not to any dressmaker of this town and Ilk. This is a miserable attempt to cast a slur on a much better-behaved class of persons than the advertiser belongs to. There is one thing the,dressmakers do not practice, viz., appear at balls and evening parties i with borrowed plumes. Let the adver- [ . tiser take this hint, and not hug herself Sr~ in the delusion that the name is a perfect yp secret, known only to herself and the Editor;' If occasion calls for any further remarks froni me, perhaps 1 may tread very hard on somebody's.toes.;—At present I subscribe myself, Amphibious.