BREVITIES.

Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 16277, 22 January 1927, Page 5

BREVITIES.

IBY AGATHA GREEN.) “i mi swore flint- you’d be true to me—- < ! ~|,e as the stars—as if you could!” “Yes,” said the maiden, pensively ‘True as the stars of Hollywood.”

Another sign of the times is the needlework and embroidery, magazines in the barbers’ shops these days. Men who smoke may - soon be regarded as effeminate.

A fashion writer says: “The modern couch takes many forms.”

This explains why the swings of ours broke so quickly.

lelephone girls in a New Zealand country town were examined by a committee, which was investigatin''' a charge of incivility.

The young ladies stated that they never answered anyone back.

Party to adopt a healthy baby girl one month old.”—N.Z. da'ilv. ' " ’

In these days, you can’t secure your dancing partner too earlv.

Doctors definite a kiss as “the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction.” So it may be, but all the same, this is just another case where an ounce of experience is worth a ton of theory.

A correspondent in a morning paper asks: ‘Tf a girl kisses me at a dance, should 1 kiss her back?”

No, this is NOT the reason for the deep cut in evening dresses. « • • «

Jirom time to time young men write to newspapers and magazines, asking which day of th© year is the luckiest on which to marry.

An exhaustive canvass amongst married men fixes the date ior February 31st. -

In some churches they take up the collection on a trav. In most churches that’g all those who take it up get.

An Auckland clergyman commenting this week on the wayward tendency of ,/f 5 the modern girl as dances, said that yl on going to his auto outside a hall, he “sat down upon a young woman.” Life is full of surprises.

London’s latest fad is to have waitresses dressed to match the courses at dinner.

In some New Zealand cities, the girls would have no diffieultv in serving the trifle.

Writing of the abnormalities of the Arctic. Dr. Hansen says that owing to the rarity of the atmosphere there, the human voice can be heard a mile off.

This explains why explorers never take their wives with them.

In Zululand, wealthy tribes ceased a long-standing feud on the arrival of the Prince of Wailes.

In Auckland they will begin it when the Duke arrives next month. * * « « ON THE RENOWN. “In consequence of a following breeze, the decks are now dry. except when there is an occasional rain squall.”—Stirring message from H.M.S. Renown. Another one, even more thrilling, “The Chief of Staff and party made a hurried exit from the decks this morning owing to a, shower of rain.” Th© following is a precis of messages to be sent next week:— Tlio Earl of Cavan, who is a brilliant humourist, greatly amused the whole of tlie ship’s company this morning by remarking that next time it rained lie was sure it was going to be wet. The striking wetness of the ocean appeals to the Earl of Cavari, Chief of Staff. In a. private conversation with one of the staff of journalists, who work in shifts, night and day, he exclaimed, “Isn’t Nature wonderful?” The Renown has entered the tropical regions. It is stated that the beat of the weather is due to the rays of the sun. Ice placed on a red-hot fire shovel on deck at mid-day visibly changed shape. The Earl of Cavan was much interested in the phenomenon.

The Earl of Cavan, Chief of Staff, lias arranged for a ’school of whales and sea lions to appear off the port bow at three o’clock to-morrow afternoon. T.R.H. ‘"-e ?"t.ioipating excellent sport. • * » • THE CURSE OF WORK. Drink is the curse of the working class— So, at least, traditions bray. But pass the flagon and fill the glass And phrase it a friendlier way. Yea! Oh, yea! Oh, yea! Pass the flagon and brim your glasses; Work is the curse of the drinking classes. , • -