THE CRITIC CLUB,

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 74

THE CRITIC CLUB,

Motto: They were critics always, and being critics they spoke their niinds freely and were not afraid.

Dear Taffy,— To finish my Wellington experiences. "We had time to look round a bit. ife went over to Day's Bay, which 19 a veritable fairyland, and 'enjoyed ourselves immensely. Talk about your talk abouts, that is the place to see ferntrees and kidney ferns! "We went round, the Queen's Drive and saw the cave where the hermit used to live. He is not there now, though. I don't know why he left. I should not mind being a hermit for a week or two if I had plenty of books. We came ■home by Oriental Bay, and it was not bad at all. Of course, we visited the Parliament Buildings, the museum, and all such places of interest, including the new goal. It is a splendid building, and is almost enough to make one do something desperate for the pleasure of putting in a short time in it. I may cay a very short time would suit nae. I question if it is good policy to erect such handsome prisons. It might bring back the events of the early days, when, I believe, the inmates of the prisons were let out for a day to attend the races. When 6 o'clock came a bell was rung for the prisoners to return. The prisons were Toy no means such handsome structures as we now boast of, yet the prisoners found them so comfortable that they ran a.t a breakneck pace for the gaol, in deadly fear of being shut out! Wellington people walking along the streets «yen on a calm day grab their hats when turning a corner. I suppose its habit. We saw xather a funny thing to-day. We were taking a. walk and saw a man coining along on a horse at a pretty fair rate. He looked as though he were part of the saddle and horse, in short, imxn.ova.ble. His language led me 1o believe he meant to break things. All of a sudden the liorse eleva-ted his heels and the local Buffalo Bill was levelling the road. He jumped up, ajid, shaking his fist at the horse, said, "That as the first time you ever threw me." H-o eeemed afraid the horse might take too much ciedit to himself for the performance. We are leaving Wellington to-morrow, and I am not eorry. I don't care a great deal for it; Napier is much nicer. Nbiman says I play "Home, eweet home," with great feeling now, but that is not bo. I heaxd a fellow play on a mouth > organ the other day, and it was quite nice. I ; had no idea it was possible to get such music ' out of them. I'd get one if I thought 1 could play it. — Yours tiuly, DICK. Golden Morn. — (1) Sometimes, but gen.era.lly i the auto, is enclosed in a smaller stamped en- i velope. (2) If the photo is sent immediately, ! I think it will be in time. I Maggie.— Thank jyou very much for making i such a handsome collection for our fund, i dear. No wonder the fund is creeping up ! steadily when it has such friends as come to the fore almost every week. ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLE. By Pickwick : — Because it is farthest away from the baik.