"HOW DARE YOU?"
A party of four just returning from a theatre'called in at a fashionable restaurant. The prim old maid, who was the guest of the evening, was charmed with everything—especially the music. While the waiter was standing by the table she asked him to find out the title of the piece the orchestra. was plajdng. Tho willing waiter promised, but other duties claimed him for a while, and when ho returned the lady had completely forgotten her request. When lie bent towards her and softly whispered something in her ear, she recoiled with horror. Then, recovering from the shock, she turned with cold, relentless fury upon the hapless man who waited. "How dare you?" she cried; "how dare von !" And it took the terrified waiter quite a time to explain why he bad merely bn'rithf'd tho litio ol' tho piece so softly --'•' \Y!,;,t Can 1 Du to Make. Yoo l.u---Me?"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10684, 3 February 1913, Page 2
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152"HOW DARE YOU?" Star (Christchurch), Issue 10684, 3 February 1913, Page 2
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