BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18332, 8 December 1927, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) My flapper friend complains that we have too many jokes about feminine skirts in this column. But brevity is the soul of wit. Sir Gerald du Maurier doesn’t seem to worry about the prevalence of slanguage on the stage. Indeed, he says, he has heard flappers call men by a name which previously could only be expected from a sailor during a bombardment. All of which reminds me of a war story, which is probably untrue. An English officer reprimanded an Australian for not saluting, and the Australian called him a . The officer complained to an Australian officer. "Well,” said the Australian officer, “aren’t you a ?” "Certainly riot! ” "Well, go back and t%ll that joker he’s a liar.” President Coolidge keeps on saying he won’t stand for re-election, but not even his own party will believe him. Politicians know better than to believe anything another politician sa) r s. •*« **« *■« Noisy exhausts are to be barred in Wellington. Cut-outs cut out. I’m told that when the gale yesterday struck the Sign of the Takahe and the iron and boards were being thrown into the air, a member of the Summit Road Trust took one look and started downhill as fast as his legs could carry him. He thought Harry Ell had turned real nasty and was breaking things up. The Wellington business men are planning a business trip to Samoa and Niue. The big idea is, of course, developing business. I doubt if they will get away with it. They won t if they have wives like mine. M tl ZrZ Mention at a N.S.W.’s Commission of the reluctance of young men to get married because they could not have such good times married as single is somewhat like a remark made recently at the Cinderella pantomime of the Edgeware juveniles. “Are you really married?” asked the prince. The bold robber, who has just become engaged, answers: “I’m as good as married.” \ . • "If you only knew it,” said the prince, "you’re a darn sight better.” The call of the wild—Calling a strike off. Of course, it may be merely a coincidence, but have you noticed that since Parliament closed down there has been much less static? When searching for the comet last night I came into violent contact with a clothes post, and discovered quite a galaxy of new stars. 9 : They can open the new concert hall how they like, but here’s hoping that they don’t open it with speeches, and here's betting that they do. I suppose that sudden gust from the south-west yesterday was due to Mr Amery delivering a speech on the slopes of Mt. Cpok- , . .. .