BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21244, 27 January 1931, Page 15

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Once upon a time a party of women sat down to tea, and hardly said a word to each other throughout the meal! “ I think that Brown girl from ‘ Mon Repos’ is very attractive—don’t you?” said Mrs Smith, the mother of two rather plain daughters! There was once a girl who dropped in upon a friend for a few moments. She stayed exactly 20 minutes. “My husband is so generous,” said the hostess as she poured out the tea. “And so is mine!” echoed one guest. “Mine too! ” declared a third. Once upon a time there lived a woman who made no attempt to capture her, friend’s perfect maid. “No,” said a hostess, as a caller admired her 5 o’clock tea cloth, “it isn’t handmade lace. As a matter of fact, I bought it at a sale for five-and-eleven.” “I'm sorry to have to say it. dear,” said Mrs Robinson, as Mrs Jenkins handed her a cup of tea “but that’s not a bit how I like it. I said I 'liked it weak, and that’s as strong as varnish.”