LANGUAGE OF THE SKATING RINK.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 18

LANGUAGE OF THE SKATING RINK.

Lying on the left side, c Sly heart is at your feet.' Lying on the right side, • I have money in the bank.' Standing on your nose, ' I have no objection to a mother-in-law.' Jumping on your skates, ' I'm afraid I can't trust you.' Lying on your back, ' Assist me.' One leg in the air means, ' Catch me.' Two legs in the air means, ' Mashed.' One skate in your mouth, ' Crushed again.' Hitting on the back of your head with your heel, ' I am gone.' Suddenly placing your legs horizontally on the floor like the letter V indicates, < 1 am paralyzed.' Punching your neighbour in the stomach with your left foot, 'I am onto your little game.' A backward flip of the heels and sudden cohesion of the knees to the floor indicates, * May I skata* the next music with you ?'

* Ma, can you get out of your skin !' ' Why, mercy, no, my child. Why do you ask ?'

' Well, I heard pa tell another man that when he comes home nearly every night, he finds you beside yourself. I don't understand it, do you ?' 1 No, my child, but I think your father will.'

Professor : . Give me an example of a Wghly compressible solid. £$.: The — female form.