MOSGIEL D.L.F. SOCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2666, 19 April 1905, Page 77

MOSGIEL D.L.F. SOCIAL.

MOSGIEL, April 8.

Dear Dot, — No doubt it will come as a great surprise to you to hear that we have managed to hold a social out here, the event taking place on the 6th inst. We are always inclined to do things in fits and stsuts, and

everything was got up in such a hurry that there was no time to put a notice m th? pstge. However, wo had the help of the .Literary and Debating CLub, and as many of tli2 member:.' as could po=sibly come put m an appearance, ami did all they could to make the social a tucccsis. The Dunedinitßb came, out m th? 7 tram, while several of our Mosg.el meuibsrs cpmo down to the Oddfellows' Hall to see to the lights and that the seats, floor, etc., were m proper order I anived rather late, and when 1 did come everything piesented gui' 3 a tollable appearance, but or entering the ladies' room, tli3 first thing I heard was someone mourning over the absence of a mirror. That was quite an oversight on our part, but stil! I do not think there was any necessity fo.- o^a, for I am sure the L.L<\ in question looked quite "nice" without fussing in front oi a glass for half an hour. Indeed, lam sure if v/e had brought one, thers would not have been too much time to catch the tram. The first item on tli3 programme was a march waits, m which a good number took pait. I don't know whether it was supposed to be a grand march, but I must syy it did not present a. cry imposing appearance; but it was all right once the waltz started. As many of our fiiends could not dance, and as we had to make a point of everyone enjoying themselves, .we did noi have much dancing but played several parlour games, in-jludirTo lorfeits, parlour foWball, etc. Several musical items were delivered during the evening the performers being Ficd, Lulu, Lady Dimda=, Didn't You Knew, Go Hon, Lord Darlington and Cupid. One of The Nippers reciWl -Murphy shall not sing to-night" in his u a ual pleasant manner, and Awkward Ned nearly brought the house down with that splendid recitation, "The road to Heaven." T think most of the L.F. Heard him recite it at he Dunedin social, but 1 do not thirk anyone could ever gpt tired of hoanns> him deliver it. T really fool like clapping" yet. .Didn't You Knew and Go Hon treated us to en £i musing little "sketch," which was just rather short— short and sweet, I suppose. Go Hon made his appearance m a hockey cap with hatpins sticking straight up all over the top. I don't know what he was supposed to represent, but I know that I felt a decided inclination to pat him on the head, but as T thought it might spoil the farce, T refrained from doing so He then proceeded to sing ''Honey, you stay in your own backyard" to Didn't You Knew, who, by his antios, didn't seem to relish staying in the back yaid — the ante room, I mean. Awkward Ned then ran Go Hon from the h«ll, and as they did not seem in a hurry to give H3 the_ second act, we started the "cushion dance." Eveiyone knows what a fascinating game that is, so it was no wonder that the two "actors" forgot their original in-t-erjtions, and joined in the game. However, wa are to understand that it is "to be continued at our next." "We also played a. game of "spin, the trencher," a saucer taking the place of a trencher. The L.F.s endeavours to spin it properly provoked several hearty peals of laughter, but the owner of the saucer was in perpetual dread 'of an accident; but, aa nothing happened, her face soon wore a brighter expression. About 9 o'clock we prepared >upper, and very soon everyone was as busy as possible. We must thank Fred and T. D. A. for their help in taking round the refreshments, but I am afraid that they had to go supperless themselves. After supper, we again stepped the '"light fantastic," but from the amused expression on the onlookers' faces, you could tell that they thought there was nothing light or fantastic abo\it it, but so long as the dancers themselves were pleased there is nothing more to say about it. The boys tken proceeded to put all the girls into the pa'wage, and got ready for a game of their own choice. I don't know what the ntme of it is, but I must say that they seem to think that girls are very timid, when they thought a lot of waving handkerchiefs would frighten us. They all arranged, themselves at the back of a long seat— by the way the seat had a fairly high back on it— and called one of the girls into the room. if she took the wrong place she was promptly chased out, but I think they overlooked the high "fence," for they were perfectly harmless, standing behind it; but, of course, we had to make a pretence of terror. I anight mention that Maid of Killeena's aunt and sister acted as chaperons for the evening ; but if their presence had any restraining influence upon us, I am afraid ther-e would not have been much of the hall left if they had absented themselves. I must not forget to mention -that Vera Lilian and Grape Nuts played the accompaniments for both singing and dancing. The singing of "Auld lang syne" brought a nleasant evening to a close, and One of The Nippers called for three cheers for the Dunedin L.F., which was responded to very heartily, considering that we had talked ourselves hoarse in the earlier part of the evening. However, the Dunedinites made up for our, feeble attempt when they gave their cheer 3, and quite surprised us by singing "For they are jolly good fellows." As there are only two bay L.F. in Moogiel. they took all the honour to themselves, and I understand that there are not two more "self-respecting" boys in th° Taieri at the present moment. lam sure that everyone enjoyed their social evening, and I don't see how it could have been otherwise, for I have never been amorg a more sociable crowd. Everyone moved about so freely, and you would veiy rarely see anyone in the same seat for more "than ten minutes at a time.

IVTost of thp !\to=i=iel L F. went down to the +rain to see tlipir town friends "safely off the premises," and most of the porters at the station stored, open-niouthed, no doubt surprised that such usually quiet girls could make so much noise. No matter how far you looked, you could not have found a happierlooking crowd than those lhat gathered on the. Mosgiel station that Bight. A smiling face sometimes hides a sad heart, so the Dunpdin li.F. must not imagine that we were glad to see the last of them. We nearly all arrived at our respective homes at midnight, tired out. but quite satisfied with the world in general and ourselves in particular.

I am afraid there is not much of a "report about tbis; but I am not in the humour for stating bare facts fust now, so you will just have to make the best of it, Dot. And now I have come to something even more important than the social. The Mosgiel L.F. have decided to hold their annual picnic at Stpwnrt's Gully on Eastrr and we would like as many as possible of the Dunedin and suiroundmg districts LF. to be present. The Duii"dinit°s could come on the train which leaves town shortly a, f tcr 9 o'clock, and ris the •south train comes into Mo=o{el at the =amr> time, we could easily meet the L.F. who come from cither direction. Therp is a late liam roing down south on Toaster Monday night, so if any of the L.F. wish to go away on it we will guarantee to «how them the beautiful Fights of Mosgiel city "while they wait." Of course it ''s understood that we supply tea, sugar, nnd milk, so the visitors need not bother about the=«. Remember that this is the last D.L.F. picnic this season, so we might as well have a good finish up. Stewart's Gully is an ideal spot for a picnic, and I am sure it is worth coming a long distance to see. Love to all the L.F., not foreotting TRALR3STE.

yourself, — Yours tiuly,

[The heading to >our report, Isplenc, wp.s indeed a surprise to me, as that was the first intimation I had had of this mo=-t successful social meeting. If the Mosgiel L.F. do things

by fits and starts, they r.rs evidently capable of doing them properly when the "fit" begins, and I smcere'y hope Easter Monday vriil be a brilliant day m order that the Stewart's Gti'.ly picnic iray bo a^ successfully larnad out a.- th.- social, pnd thus gr> c the L F. another happy day. -DOT.]