MULTUM IN PARVO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 85

MULTUM IN PARVO.

FROM D L F.-DOM

"Thiee heads are better than one." TIC redi\ivus! Dedicated with all due resx^ect to oui "punning member."

Said a. tond mother at the tab'e of a fasl lona'ole hotel the other day, "Do >O'i know, my little =011 that the word 'menu' is Ficnch for bill of fare?" '"'Oh, yes mamma," was the assunrg r e j. ly, "me nil it'" The mother fainted light theie. She was afraid her boy would glow up to be a paragraph editor

Dame Rumour hath it that se\eial piomirent Duncdm D.L F. intend to vib t Oamaru at Easter time. So. Ornsiuviano keep your ejes open!

EXHIBITION CORKERS.

Alas for tho days of auld laug syne ' Xo moie do the once famous exhibiiion coineis witness the happy gatherings as of yore' At one time (I was going to say "Once upon a time," but that was in the days of fairy tales) our pride and dahght was to po-nt out to our visitors our \uuous exhibition comers, and to intioduce them to the p'atlcmsers thereof. Those good old days 11? over, and the corners but biing back happy memories of days gone by— days- when tho host of tho Pie-snatchn g Brigade u^ed to assemble on the Saturday evening with o<c pectation written in laige letters across their "phjsogs," while the scout, having icconnoitred, leturns with the signal "All clear " and the band eiiter with happy faces and smart jokes to devour their "jjoie wee dor»s. ' But, apart from.theii importance f 10m "the gouxinandismg point of view, what convenient meeting places they proved whenever a distinguished stranger D L.F. appealed on the scene here, and with what certainty we used to know the whcieabouts of our comrades at certain tinies each day.

Some talk has latterly arisen about ab-nu neglect on the part of Dunedin D L.F. towards visitors, and it struck me that njt many years in the past that accusation could 1 ever have been brought against us PerL&ps the neglect of the social side ot D L F - di-m is in the main the cause of the downfall of our exhibition corners, and if so let us look to our laurels.

Perhaps some day an account will be written of oui various exhibition cornels, and it will then be seen /hat an lmcortant factor they weio In keeping the D.L F. in close ties of friendship.

We are pleased to note the- -'return ci Lulu to the club, and extend) to her a very happy -welcome. She was oxice one of.

our most willing v.-oikers, and we are Tooking fcrward very eagerly aud hopefully to so:v papers from her for debates and open meetings. Please don't disappoint us, Lulu! We have also very much pleasiue in welcoming Kippiehoe to our rank of workeis. and she gnes pionnse of being a \aluab!e member. At the last election she was appointed to a °e<flt on committee, and h»s already done some good woik in the way of papers, etc. Another recent member gives piomise of being a worker. If Forget-me-not can only overcome her bashfulnss we may many papers from her. Where have our thres little Purak.\nni fi"tnds gone to' of late? ISTo papers have beer, received from them for some time. A certain girl member boasts of the numhn of post-cards- she po&sesse=. When 3110 gt-ts married her happy husband will be ilehghtcdi to find that she brings him a Jow.-\ composed of 14,805 post-cards. fc-cene- Club room. Time Tuesday zoning Occasion Impiomptu debate, "Should Miiiried Men ha^e Prefeience to Single , A , r en 111 the Matter of Employment ■'" Coiri^h vividly desciibes the mamed iii< .1 devoid of ambition, and possessing an "01,t-of-work appearance," etc., etc. Emerald (chiming in) • Goodness, gracio.,=, we don't want a. description of yourself (Violent explosion on the p.ut of me.i' bers ) In the above-mentioned debate Willow Brook — who, along with Gipsy Madge — was a visitor to the club that evening— declared himself "as happy as a inamcd man ' Surely coming events cast their shadow s> before ! TaTigles had quite an easy time of it occupying the chair the other evening. The worries of the position did not come near her that time. MIGRATORY MEMBERS. — Cornish is at present 111 Outiam. being stationed there for a. few weeks. He intends to visit Invercargill in the near future. — Nipper is still in the wilds of Southland. Address wanted by at least one comrade. — Black Watch is at present working up Enfield direction. — Ucta\a, Areta, and Stan are still enjoying the salubuous atmosphere of Queenstown. — Je?sica ba<:k at Lovell's Flat. — V^docq is a resident of a village of an unpronounceable name up Taihape way. Last heaid of from Waiouru. — Hori Pirika was seen recently in D\medin on his way southwards. Kia-oia, comlade. — Lester last heaid of from Chris'olnu-ch — Solomon Slow is at present woiking on the Straih-Taieri — Texas Jack lifts been summoned to Clyde to woik theie for a spell. — Indian Chief is now on the wallaby, and is at present in Dunedin. — Scots Grey has been woiking Eomoham way. and rews if his well-being was bi ought ti 'hia c'u'u fnends by Lous Te\ —Yours till next time. " ~T I.C.