BREEZES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 May 1937, Page 4

BREEZES

After Many Years. They were very much in love, but there came a day when they had l a bitter quarrel and parted, each resolving never to see the other again. Years passed 1 , and they had almost forgotten the little love affair, when they met at a dance. Tlie man felt embarrassed, but said, softly: ‘ ‘ Wliy, Muriel! ” Y She looked at him indifferently. ‘ ‘ Let me see, ’ ’ she said, was it you or your brother who used** be an admirer of mine? ” I ‘l really don’t remember,” he replied, affably. “Probably my father.” * * * * Bachelor M.’s.P. Chevied. Since Mr Pilkington, the 29-year-old bachelor M.P. for Widnes, revealed in the House of Commons that 200 members were bachelors, proposals of marriage from all parts of the country have been pouring into Westminster. The bachelors, while enjoying this hearty approach, bashfully refuse to give any details. One M.P., however, said that ho had. received during the week-end a dozen offers of marriage. Some of the writers, he added, had enclosed their photographs.

Ham and Bric-a-Brac Fairs. The Ham Fair of Paris is held every year from the Sunday before Easter until the following Saturday. Hundreds of stalls are set up along one of the boulevards towards the east of the city, and they display tempting ham and sausages and all sorts of - pMps. Many of the stalls are willing to Wnd samples to would-be buyers, and a taste of a delicate morsel often, leads to a sale. The pork butchers of Paris compete with one another at this annual fair and win certificates that later adorn their shops. The ham fair dates back to the thirteenth century. Adjoining the ham fairs is the equally famous bric-a-brac fair. For close on. a mile almost everything imaginable is offered for sale. > The fair of “junk magnificent a wonderful sight. Here the flotsam f, and jetsam of thousands of homes have gathered together. Old “Ob jets d’art.” which gave pleasure to someone stand forlorn and abandoned in an age which lias so changed in artistic taste as to refuse to give centimes for what once cost francs. Many family portraits in oils stare severely at a. passing, indifferent crowd. Models which have cost’ hours of patience ahd'AHsappointment are heaped in this PJprgossa sea of thwarted ambitions, close to relics of wanderings in foreign, lands.