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ADELAIDE LETTER.
FAIR WAITERS!— COLD FEET.— THE GLAD EYE— BEWARE
OF THE TIGER!
Adelaide, July 13.
Visitors ti- this Stale frequently re
mark upon the number of pretty girls
to be seen. We have long held the re
cord for churches, and at one time
for hotels, but just now girls seem to be
our chiel product. And — Patience ought
to be the Christian name oi a large
majority! Every evening as you walk
up and down King William-street from
7.15 onwards you can count hundreds oi
lovely maidens lined up against the build
ings. Their shingles are arranged in. thit
fetching cow's lick on each cheek, the
same geranium lips, the same celluloid
legs, and the same objective — some un
punctual sheik! Some kind-hearted philan
thropist might hire one of the large
white buses and pick up the 'left overs,'
who have been given the 'blue duck,'
and take them to a picture show or some
thing. If a. young man makes a date
be ougit to be on time. It is quite
pathetic, the sight of all those anxious
faces. A msn remarking upon the
subject the other evening said ''he couldn't
understand why a girl was always so
punctual before marriage and the re
verse afterwards.' But you know girls,
don't you.? Nobody bothers to go cours
ing after a dead hare! The present
generation think they know a great deal,
but now and then you get j. siiouk to
find history repeats itself. When the
Bishop of Grantham opeued the box
of that old lady, Joanna Southcott, which
had been sealed for 113 years, the first
thing he struck was a book, dated 1790,
entitled 'The Surprises oi Love, or ac
Adventure in Greenwich Park.' There
is no doubt our girls get the sunie fur
prises, and the Eider i'ark would surely
provide similar adventure.
Love Will Find the Way.
Although a number of young men spend
a fair proportion of their weekly wage
in the entertainment of beauty at
theatres and picture shows, where they
consume a pound or so ot expensive choco
lates, there are others who weary of
graudnia's advice, 'Keep walking,' no
they seek the seclusion, warmth, and
peace of the Public Library, Not the
ground floor, but the second is their
happy bunting ground. Xow, to the
studiously inclined nothing is more dis
concerting when you try to concentrate
than a niunnurim conversation; you are
lucky if every alcove docs not run to a
pair of lovers. The other evening a
ooupJe arrived immediately after their
dinner. They had pot past the stage of
soft nothings. They were furnishing, and
bad no objection to any one hearing their
plans. They had a heated conversation,
which worked up to an irgumeiit
whether linoleum should be laid on the
bedroom floor. The man in the shop bad
convinced the lady it was the best idea,
because in case of illness ''you could
siroj it over with a wet mop.' The young
maii's objection, which he voiced over
and over again, wae that 'it was daagcrous
to brin? your warm toes out of bed and
drop them on to something stone cold,'
and so he argued on. At the end of
two hours he was still 'dropping bis
warm toes ou a cold iloor,' and as they
Beamed iikely to maks an ail-night titling
of it, I retired vanquished. Cold hands
are supposed to dejiote a warm heart,
hut not feet leave tx-u guessing. Anyway,
they would be a big asset iu the winter.
One thing is demonstrated, the Public
Library is missing a good chance that
mijbt be worthy of consideration by the
board, namely, an opportunity to make
an honest penny with preferential booking,
but mind the J. C. WiUiuuun cm
pany dues not hwr ^b*at it, and
get in first. IncidtntftOr. there is
a third floor, but tbut might b:;
made more expensive. I have sever ven
tured there, being under the impression
that the general atmosphere would be
warmer. But it is open for anyone else
to sample a little bit of heaven. The
fact remains that the really studious
would irelcom* » few reserves, Howe -h«v
i
could ^njoy the perfect quiet the H^ary
suggests.
The Power of a Wink.
That the feminine mind ifi early alive
to the i'rail:y of man was shown in a
tram car the other day. Xwo friends got
into the tram. One had a sweet liu,e jrir:
about ihree years old, who was blesEed
with that love of perpetual motion that
keeps children climbing uji, lirst at one
window and then another, with an acrobatic
tendency to balance in a perilous manner j
on one foot whenever tbe car pullea up, '
which kept those in her vicinity
in a cold perspiration. At la&t
th« mother, catching sight of a
massive policeman on the platl'o.-m of tie
car, thinking to frighten ti.e saial. a Una
into beinjj quiet, remarked, 'If you d n't
sit still, that policeman out the:e wi!
come in and carry you o;T to prison.' T.ij
pretty little mite in her wee black satin
hat tied under her chin, lookeii pensive
for a moment, evidently weighing the
situation. The other pisser gera expected
her to burst into tears, instead o£ which
she turned to her mother, at.d asked, in a
stage whisper, 'Shall 1 .'rink at him1!' I lie
parent went ou chattir.g t-. a iiie-ni enJ
took no notice, eo the small mailuc, quite
oblivious oi tbe crowd, made a vio'cuL
facile distortion at the policeman. Evi
dently taking the will for the deed, the I
constable smiled at her. That relieved the |
mind of the small girl. 'I've fixed h.;ir!'
she cried, joyously, and started her sirjm
bling to and fro with riiiewod v'.nor. Evi
dently she felt that lie .via a man first and
a policeman later.
Them Tigers:
It was just on 6 p.m. ani very dusk
when an old lady boan!r-d a i-ar. w'tb her
bat knocked all crooked, and a general air
of having seen trouble. No'.iuj thit i!jc
person next to her hiil a p^pur, j,lse en
quired, 'iiayc they cai!_'lit tlieoi ticore?'
lctideutly it was duriua the viflt ui !
Wirth's circus. No one iu the tr-jin j
kcew anything about the escape of any
wild animals, but the oM lady wis em
phatic, and her story was q\iii» hu;r
raising. She related Inw she was wjlk
inz aionc Currie-street in the dusk when
suddenly two tigers ?who hail bceu Iurl.:n4
in a doorjrar leaped ot;t after her.' Aff-.'r
that she was a runner in a lightning
handicap. According to 1:it own Dccouiii.,
she got into the back »orc! ot some LuiM
inz. climbed a fice eseipe, nil! bhv the
tigers were after her, and iija!- c-jt j
tbrourrli a winduw into safer;-. You \j I i
oniy to look at the iady to fc?l sure her i
story «-as a into one. Xuthing but a ]
tiger coa'J have ii'du.-ed ai'vo ( f b('r
contour :o essay a lalder. Hut ;he tigejb |
were the puxzle, until it eventually aji i
peared that tiro of Adelaide's fair damsel?
have tigtr^skin coats— net tie n.al thi:i^.
but material so like ;t as to Make The
poor old lady's mistake quite possible, as
the skin-tifrht body, ani fawny legs ttud
to convey that impression.
The Favorite Snot.
The Freemasons' Hall seems to be sup
plying a locg-felt want A'ter at»ftd;Dg
dances pt-arly every ni^ht of the wttk ia
that building, you wonor wtetl-cr sue!; a
constant stream of ber.utiful w -tech ssd
irirls through the sacred ha!l w:-' te,.J to I
weaken the objection to women becom- 1
in? Masocs. Bui seeing how nianv h.tl.ejta |
masculine resorts the fair scs have ir.''a Jsd,
it looks as though this will in t'lt? Sx,d in
th* oce aud only spot v here tie harrier
remains against them.
? '-inn a.'
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