CHARACTERS CLASSIFIED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 11021, 11 September 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

CHARACTERS CLASSIFIED.

Barb birds — A pious soldier, a rich author, an impartial critic, an inconsolable widow, a happy old bachelor, an incensorious old maid, a moderate reForir.«r, in unduesaeguine Protectionist, a peacemaking lawyer, a clergyman who practises all he preaches, a physician who does not kill more patients than he cures, a smokes who is not just on the brink of leaving off, a well-fed boarder, a cheerful tailor, a lean butcher, a silent barber, and a successful gold digger. Unpopular personages — A fat man in* an omnibus, a tall man in a crowd, a short man on parade. Timed people— A loon about to pop the question, a man who does not like to be shot at, and the steamboat passenger with a cholera case on board. Stupid folks The man who cannot see any fun in your jokes, the editor who respectfully declines your coniniunications, and the old folks that will not leave you alone with your lady love. Kind folks— The man who makes you presents you do mi want, the friend who could give you so much good advice, the lady who insists that you have not made a good dinner, the old gentleman who is starving/himself to lay up money for yoa, the shopkeeper who abates the price of an article just because it is for you, and the mother who lets the dear children do as they please. Genteel people— The young lady who lets her mother do hor ironing for fear of spreading her hands, the miss who wears thin shoes on a rainy day, the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his father. Prosecuted people — Women by that tyrant man, boys by their parents, and all poor people by society at large. Sensible people— You and I. j££gxi&