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Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1094, 16 December 1899, Page 22

She had been weariedly listening for some time to a new-chum remittance Johnnie, who never even faintly approached anything interesting in hia conversation. At last he said, ' I — aw—see the fashion is coming in again for ladies to wear earwings. I — aw— suppose yon'll have to have you eara bored, Miss Glawa ?' The answer was very pat. ' Oh, well, I'm used to that.' He was a rather shabby-genteel looking ' swaggy,' and when he applied for assistance to the Waikato settler's wife she got him to beat her carpet. The man went to work with so much gusto and evident skill that bis employer could not help commenting. ' I suppose,' said she, ' that is your regular occupation, or perhaps you are a furrier by trade ?' ' No, madam,' he replied, ' I was a schoolmaster.' Have you heard how a certain giddy youDg bachelor, well-known about town, got even with a fashionable dowager the other day ? At any rate, it's worth repeating. She is the mother of half-a-dozen marriageable daughters, and when he entered the drawing-room the other night, after stabling his horse, mamma asked affably, ' How much does it cost you to keep a horse ?' Young bachelor : 'About ten shillings a week.' Mother of six (significantly) : ' You could beep a wife for that.' Young bachelor : ' Yes, dessay ; but I'd rather keep the horse.' He wasn't asked when he would look in again. IV/TKB HUNTER'S BERLIN DEPOT. New Shipment Just Opened. NEEDLEWORK OF LATEST STYLES. Drawn Linen and Oriental Embroidery. LADIES' COM ANIONS. Traced and Embroidered Pouches and Braces. JAPANESE GOODS IN LARGE VARIETY FOR XMAS GIFTS. KARANGAHAPE aOAD, NEWTON. IT> B M" N E T T • X) OF KARANGAHAPE ROAD, Has Just Opened a Beautiful Lot of PARISIAN MILLINERY, PARISIAN MILLINERY, The Prettiest and Smartest she has ever received. Also, A GREAT VARIETY OF STYLISH AND SEASONABLK HATS. - PRETTY BONNETS, Trimmed and Priced to Suit all Customers. FIRST-CLASS DRESSMAKING Without Doubt one of the Best Houses in the City for Ladies to Visit. All Goods Newest Styles and Best Quality. THE NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS COMPANY, Ltd. Special Cheap Rates on Goods and Parcels to London. Constant Shipments by Direct Steamer and via Sydney.