Reflections

Ladies' Mirror, Volume V, Issue 2, 2 August 1926, Page 72

Reflections

Boys will be boys—but the girls arc giving 'em a hot contest for the privilege. We note from an exchange that an American jazz composer has given a substantia sum to charity. This, we suppose, may be regarded as conscience money. A man complained in a .Magistrate's Court that his wife spent a lot of money on gloves. If he bought her a lew diamonds rings, the glove bill would decrease. There is a large stock of hops in Nelson at present unsold. In our opinion the New Zealand brewers should buy fresh supplies every year and not dip the same hops twice. "Who steals my purse steals trash."—Shakespeare. And he who steals a lady’s purse steals : A lipstick. A powder puff, A nail file. Four pennies. A shopping list. A lead pencil. (Much chewed.) A ring. Three penny stamps. (Stuck together.) A handkerchief. Three buttons. Three or four kinds of powder.

“Will you marry me?" he asked. “No,” she replied. And they lived happily ever afterward. Modern brides, it is said, frequently take off their wedding rings for dancing. In the tango especially this is thought to give greater facility of movement. I Love to Dance y "But my feet. And short partners who seem always about to rest their chins upon your shoulder. —fat partners to whom dancing is but another reducing exercise. —middle-aged partners who wheeze vapid compliments. T HATE: -*—tall partners who lift me off —imagined specialists in the dance who offer to teach me new steps and keep me guessing as to what we do next. And- those less confident ones whose dancing is monotony. —partners who dance silently, only a little less than those who talk too much, and those who sing or hum out of tune. —handsome partners who think always of their audience, and homely ones who are self-conscious, and those of average appearance who lrankly like to dance but have never quite learned the steps. 1 hate 'em all, and yet — I love to dance!