DUNEDIN CLUB NOTES AND CRITICISMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 83

DUNEDIN CLUB NOTES AND CRITICISMS.

"One Man TSa&y Speak the Universal Mind.' I wonder if this definition originated from one of our club members: — Evolution. — Evolution is a. change from a nohowish, urit&lkaboutable, allalikeness, to a somehowieh and in; general taUtaboutable jiot-at-alllikedness by continuous somethingelseificKuon and sticktogetheiations. How's that, comrades? llenfteis on. « recent club, evening were

astonished to hear the whizz of a larce p- r=° heavily laden- (perhaps with keys aLd tram tickets) directed with unerring aim at out general secretary, Cornish, who was holding forth at the time on married men in general. Tncpiiries elicited the *fact that T.D.A. had thrown the parse (in default- of an iron glove) as a protest against Cornish's unfeeling remarks re the pco<- married men! LOST. Son-? erstwhi c popular members, amongst ■tLeni being Miattie, Cornflower, Ptiscilla, New Year's Eve, Lady Psyche Straight Hair, Haisie, Sopsie. Bluebell IV, Lady Dundas, Red Hose, Captain Cook, Vance, Troilua, E.H.P., etc.. etc. Will finder please direct any or ail of these back to the club! Our club has suffered a severe handicap ■within the last few weeks in losing the services .of Octiva, Areta, and St«n. Octava has always been a valuable member, and, was indispensable at socials and picnics. Areta, at last election, had just been appointed to the position of librarian, and we were expecting much from her. Stan, also, we regret to lose, as he was a very popular member, and was developing into a. real live club worker. Texas Jack says it is commanding an impossibility when you tell him to hit one of his own sighs! INTERCLTTB DEBATE JOTTINGS. Puzzle. — Who was the more nervous, Ceres or Harry? Neither of them has decided to thia day. Why is it that weather has such a lar^e effect upon attendance? — I have reluctantly eoine to tbe conclusion that some of our members are made of sugar. D L.F. visitors at cub on the occasion «f the interclub debate: — Lola. Shasta, and Mtee (Invercargill representatives), Darky. I and Sadje. " I Who said that he hoped tin* interc'ub «T»te would be but the first of a "seneb" > Eh, Harry? OAMARU PICXIC-ALITIES. (Per D.L.F. Press Association ) j Kippihoe tried in vain to solve that oft- I «.tnrnng qiiery. "What are the wild waves mving'' I Oh, mal-de-mer' How many countless ' victims canst thou number amorgst thy con- ' quests -J Last_ trip Lady Esler, Lilianfels, ! and Hl'iebel IV would have been quite infal ted Lad you accused them of being homesick, j 'lhe Shepherdess's Fairy he& gained quite ! a, leputation a3 a "fair charmer," but her efforts, s-ad to relate, were quite unsuccessful insofar as a young man with a rninia■ture flower garden in his coat was concerned! A\ th« steamer was forging her way down [ the harbour she passed a motor launch with ' * party from the Y.W.C.A. singing, hymns. J Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! Some of our fair members thought dolefully of these lines of Tennyson's with any- j thing hut poetic feelings inspiring them. j Our old friend Ceres yearned unceasingly for the White Stone City, and had to requisition the services of a. nurse. Needless to say, one waa instantly forthcoming m the parson of T.D.A. Stan and Harry commenced a gourmandising competition just approaching the Oamaru 'wharf, and neither has settled to this day ■who disposed of the larger quantity of edibles. A life on the ocean wave, A home on the Tolling deep! And Cerci said "No, not for me!" In fact, bo emphetic was his protest that he actually exchanged his steamer Teturn ticket for a railway ditto ditto, and we quite misued our comrade or. th» return votuw.

"Harry seemed to be none the for his having worked all the trip. He was 1 tinning about like a two-year-old, together with his little "sweetheart." "We were all glad to see our two distinguished "West Coast comrades — Peparoa and Scribbler — present. It is a pity we did not see more of them though. Hope you had a safe return, comrades! Indian Chief and Mattie had not time to get seasick, being too great y concerned in exchanging confidences all the way. A little bird gave you a-wa-y, comrades! Our little friends seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed the picnic, judging by the radiant faces they all wore. * If only the camera had x-rays! Several of , the group managed to take advantage of the more stalwart members in fiont to hide themselves from the gaze of the camera. Ah! Ceres, old man, "murder will out!" I Someone at Oamaru was singing "Alice, where art tbou?" After his departure we hear someone else joined in the chorus. I Dunedin D.L.F. in group photo • Mattie, 1 T.D A., Kippiehoe Alice, The Shepherdess's Fairy, Lady Esler, Cornish, Harry, Texas Jack, and Didn't You Knew, j From Kstitangata Gramophone From West Coast: P-aparoa, Scribbler. ; From Southland • Sadie, Ceres, and Bohva. j Sadie and Cornish, held a debate on "Is j Lionel Terry a Coward or a Hero?" Sadie | spoke on the latter, and Cornish on the former side, and each literally smothered the other with arguments. Eventually Sadie admitted the soundness of Cornish's arguments, and so Cornish added one moie vioi tory to his credit. Sadie has now no sympathy with the much discussed Lionel! Kippiehoe quite prided herself on beingimmure fiom the "distressful feeling" on the return journey. | We al reached home tired and happy, with a feeling that we all "had a good day today." ON DIT — — That the piesent year is Icari year. The I s[irl members won't let us forget it either. j Beware, 3'oung man,, of the girls beware, I They're bewitching, entrancing as elves. I Take care, young man. of your heart take i care, 1 Your lurgs will take air of themselves. i — That, all going well, Harry intends to pay a visit to Oamaru at Easter time, so , look cut ye Oamanutes! | — That Cornish has fu ly made up his ■ mind to visit Invercargill in search of rest. Ye Invercargillite", give him none! Our best wishes to you, chum. — That a prominent Dunedin clubite waxes furious when the epithet "Dustcoat" I is hurled at him! I — That our president's favourite ejacule- ; tion is "Goodness gracious me! ! !" — and a world of expression she puts into it, too! — That after a recent fire in Invercargill a photo of our Invercargill Club's secretary waa found next morning reposing peacefully by the roadside. Oh, Midgie! Madgie! ! — That clubites send their good wishes to Stan, and express the hope that he- does not go rowing on various "stores" in Queenstown! — That a strange incident took place recently at a. seaside resort not » hundred mi^es from Invercargill. Jessica was seen giving chase to (it wasn't leap year then, either} » Maori! Great Osesar's petrified ghostl 1 ! — Tliat J.E.S.- and Harry made quite happy-looking partners at the Oamaru picnic, and marched down arm in arm to the wharf! — That the editor's scissors has clipped hei«. QUAGO.