Give Me Kisses.

Wairarapa Standard, Issue 2067, 13 May 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Give Me Kisses.

Give me kisses! do nut stay Oourting in that careful way; Ail l lie coin your lips shall print Never can exhaust the mint. Kiss me then; Every moment, and again ! Give mo kisses I nay, ’tis (rue, 1 am quite as rich as you ; And, for every kiss 1 owe, I can pay you back you know. Kiss me, then : Every moment, and again ! V/rtor Ifmjii,

On the Instalment Plan. —A down East clergyman has hit upon a doubtful improvement which ho calls marrying upon instalment plan. 1 An impecunious voting man got credit for the wedding foe. and actually paid five shillings a week for live weeks until the debt was cancelled. Five weeks is a long time for a man to burden bis conscience with an obligation of that character. It the fee had been larger or the ratio of payments smaller, the parson would have had occasion to regret his experiment. Of course there is a temptation for clergymen to extend their matrimonial connection by all means, but ready cash is still the safe rule for this line of clerical work.

At the Door. —Miss Obtrusive prolongs her call to the proper limit and rises to adjust her wrappings. “■ Must you go so soon. Miss Obtrusive.'” Vcs, she must, but she doesn't. She walks toward the door and comes back to tell a story. Again she reaches the door and stops to ask if it is really true that Mr. So-and-So is going to bo married. This starts the conversation afresh, and she stays the rest of the afternoon. Oh 1 no, no, she can't possibly stay to supper, but she can stand on the porch and chatter, till the supper is cold on the table and everybody has contracted rheumatism in the damp evening air.

A New Device-— Mosaics of broken glass with putty surrounding each piece and imitating lead lines, is the newest device tor windows. It requires time, and if attempt to produce any design it also requires taste and skill, bur the indolent content theilisi I\ rs wilh blending Colors, erft/y o |lli It fashion. The result is prettier than the paper imitations of stained glass, anti the work is lather amusing.