BREEZES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 January 1932, Page 4

BREEZES

An English Summer., He: He’s pretty fast server, isn’t he? ' She: Yes, you’ve got to serve pretty fast this summer to, get the ball.across the net before the next shower. * # * * Drugged!

A recruit policeman gave evidence in his first case, one of drunkenness. The defence was that the man had been drugged, and the magistrate asked the witness: “Did the prisoner appear to be drugged?" “Yes, your worship," replied the policeman. ‘ l l drugged him myself by the scuff of the neck."

Wife’s Loan to Husband. A wife who handed her husband a £SO note to give him a start in business, and who has since separated from him, sued in a London court for the return of the money, and won her case. Apparently, anything that passes in the form of cash from wife to husband is a loan, and anything of the same nature from husband to wife is a gift.

That is the law of the matter, _ and the actual facts of everyday life do not contradict it.

Peer in a Cottage. Heavy taxation demands are given as the reason for the decision to close indefinitely Chillingham Castle, the Northumberland home of Earl, and Countess Taukerville. Lord Tankerville, who is a keen airman, succeeded to the- title on the deatli of his father a few months ago. At present lie is in residence with the countess at an estate cottage. The dowager countess intends in future to live in Edinburgh.

Chillingham Castle, situated about 15 miles from the Scottish border, is famous for its wild white Chillingham cattle, which have been 011 the estate nearly 700 years. Their future at present is uncertain. Lord Tankerville, however, is most unwilling to part with such a unique legacy.

“The Cost of Victory."

All, English exchange, under the heading of “The Cost of Victory." gives the following British figures regarding the Great War: Men raised by Bri(jiin for land service, 5,654,000; for naval service, 600,000; loss of life, 1,104,890; wounded, 2,121,000; tonnage destroyed, 9,031,000; cost of war to Britain, £9,500,000,000; Allies’ debts to Britain, £1,250.000,000; Russia’s debt to Britain (regarded as irrecoverable), £l,013,250,000; present values of Allies’ debts (at date of funding of annuities under agreements calculated on a 5 per cent, basis), £333,500,000. Britain’s sacrifice on Allies’ debts alone to date (apart from the £1,013,250,000 owing by Russia), over £900,000,000.

Annual Hunt for Husbands.

Thousands of girls from Paris stores and dressmaking establishments on November 26 forgot about “depressions" long enough to “battle for a husband" in the annual “husband hunt" of the St. Catherine’s Day Frolic.

It had been feared that the depression might kill some of the gaiety, but the girls crowded the boulevards and cafes of the capital. Tradition allowed those 25 years old or older to lay aside restaint in search of husbands —in case they had no husbands. The big dressmaking establishments gave the girls the afternoon off. Special parties, dances and costumed receptions were held in the workrooms. Champagne, music and the gayest of Parisian humour predominated in this especially Parisian fete. After the parties the girls invaded the streets, wearing yellow bonnets and fancy costumes and running and dancing along. Many a prospective husband was embraced, and when the battle for a husband turned against the girls, good-natured gendarmes afforded the girls a refuge in protecting arms and threatening clubs. East year’s innovation of bathing suits as a special inducement to skeptical husbands, were banned this year, the midinettes being required to dress as more becomes the young maidens that they are, so as not to outrage the wise Saint Catherine.