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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 709, 3 June 1879, Page 2

A travelling correspondent of the Argus, writing from Paris, says :— ln passing through the picture galleries another party of tourists would sometimes get mixed with ours, and a stranger would fora moment avail himself or herself of the instruction given by our guide. On one occassion, seeing us regard with attention a not very excellent picture which was hung in a bad light, our guide remarked *' Ah yes, that is Yosef and the Pootifar." An English lady standing by, said to a Jack who was next to her, " What is the subject of that picture V Jack lifted his hat with a very bad imitation of a Frenchman, and blushing a little in spite of himself, and trying to hide the confusion by affecting a foreign accent, replied : — " Mademoiselle, it is the ancient story of a young man who waß singularly deficient in the quality of tact, and who was deservedly punished for his gross want of gallantary on the * occasion of a memorable interview with a lady who had prominent mention in sacred history,,, Then, ; our new acquaintance saw the situation. She fled, and got her way out, and Wba/aeen no more in the gallery that day. A discussion arose among us as to 1 whether Jack had behaved rightly on the occasion. It was resolved by a narrow majority that he had given the 'only explanation of the picture which a man of any delicacy of feeling could offer to one of the opposite sex. , , ' A sharp Toledo girl said of a gentleman to whom she had just been introduced that he would be ' very presentable if nature hadn't turned up so much of his legs to make feet of.