BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17996, 5 November 1926, Page 11

BY THE WAY.

SOME REFLECTIONS AND COLLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys). Oh, yes, printers have brains. One of them setting up a West Coast item made it “Wet Coast.” Does man absorb into his nature the conditions that surround him? Montana, America’s desert land, by toda>**s cables voted dry. Didn't Ashburton do the same thing, and do not the West Coasters always vote "wet”? What is the meaning of “old man” flood as applied to the Waimak? Probably it refers to “dad”. . He’s alwa}-s in deep water. It is understood that a Dunedin admirer has presented “Miss Canterbury” with a pair of homing pigeons. If the Waimak. comes down. the the Avon, will the Drainage Board cancel the order for the new dredge? “Bags are very fascinating just now. For morning wear there are two shapes.”—Extract from Stella’s fashion notes. Mine are just the same—two shapes— Creased and uncreased. Secrets of Success —An ounce of pretention is worth a ton of servilitj'. It seems to be about all up with the short skirt. j.j ;.j “So Jane is an old-fashioned girl, eh?” “Yes—when I tried to kiss her she burned me with her cigarette.”