WARKWORTH.

Observer, Volume IV, Issue 92, 17 June 1882, Page 217

WARKWORTH.

What was wrong with the baby, doctor ? Charley McK. has been on a visit. By chovo ! ah ! toq-ufcterly-too ! Grefc your gloves washed before the next ball, L.i there's a good boy. Any more sights be seen in that lootingglass, Mac ? When Miss W. next attends a ball it is to be hoped that she will not leave her good manners at home. One of our " esteemed fellow-citizens" is about to : go and do it. The potato crop must be good this year.

The ball given by the officers of the Rose Caseywas carried out to perfection, even in the smallest detail. The *' heart." thrown into the affair from jump to finish betokened general appreciation. How shall I justice do to thee, Thou lovely sugar-pluni, Miss P. Great Sappho ! how can words impart, The rapturous thrill that swell'd each heart* When iv that Heavenly pink arrayed Appeared the beauteous Warkworth maid ! But shades of Apollo ! shepherds tell me who was that in brown cloth gloves who evidently imagined the whole assemblage was in love with. his beauty ? The Misses W. looked very nice in pink sateen and black. But, shades of Brnmmel, who was, he Devoid of British gaucherie, That festive swell with the eyeglass, Ogling each lovely "Warkworth lass ? The cheerful Rowley was^ar excellence the pefc of the ladies. Heigho ! I would I were a boy again When life seemed full of sunny hours, When every breath that fann'd the flame Seemed but as sunshine to the flowers. But, dear givls, take a hint. White stockings are unbecoming at a ball. Nuff sed.