BRAW LADDIES

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, 19 March 1908, Page 37

BRAW LADDIES

"A short wMie^ ago there was started' a movement to have . the kilts of a . certain one of the British 1 Highland ' regiments ; discarded in .favor of ordinary trousers.^ It was objected that the .men would be discontented at this change, and the colonel gave orders that a census of the- regiment be taken in order to ascertain the wishes of the men themselves. The colonel is the descendant of a long Mne of Scotch lairds/ and strides' earnestly to uphold the old traditions.

The sergeant who' took the census of the regirrent' finally appeared with "his, report. 1 All the men, with the exception of three, are in_ favor of the change, sir,' he said. -'.. • • , ' Indeed ! ' the colonel said- ' Tell me the names T>f these three true clansmen. They^shall be promoted.' ' The sergeant read from his = list. " 'They, are, sir,', he said, ""Patrick Doolan, - Hans Steinbreaner, and , Moses Ikenstein.'