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Talented Families.

The unmusical member of a musical family will appreciate the following conversation:-— "Do you play any instrument, Mr Jimp? " Yes ; I'm a cornetist." "And your sister?" " She's a pianist." "Does your mother play? J " She's a zitherisl." "And your father?" " He's a pessimist." This reminds us of another fragment ot contemporary talk. . "]3ou't you think, asked the young £>irl graduate, "that Miss Spring is a charming poetoss? " . , i t "Waal," said Uncle Solomon, with deliberation, "I think she is a mighty sweet poetess '. I'm sure her cousin, Miss Chalmers, is a charming paintress, and hei aunt Lucrece is an excellent sculptress, and her mother used to be a capital dishwasheress. It s a talented family, hers is."

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Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 70

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Talented Families. Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 70

Talented Families. Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 70