The Gavelyte, February 1908

19 Leap ·Year Party. ! that as the weather was somewhat I cool WP won Id jast walk. My! I was I 'ince t.he appearance of the last I disaµpointed but concealed it some in number of the Gavelyte we have been the dark. We arrived alright anrl t.o a Leap Year party. / were escorted into a room with some Wr had to play the pc1rt of cl: girl J other ·'girls" wlrnre we found ''pow– ancf, never having been a girl before, I ders and puffs" in abandance for the we did not know ho\\' to act. but did : arrangement of our toilet. Not quite the best ,~e could. The invitation, f undt>rstanding their use we desisted. extended VPrhal ly, called for seven Some of the other boys not being– forty live. At about iive forty five ! more skilled than we were but wish– we were rea<iy, ft->aring that our ing- to show a knowledge of such "man" might come a little sooner things dasted some ori their shoes. than she announced . Promptne.:;.:; li'inding that they hacf rnacte a mis– was her chief characteri:;tit.:. Tnen I take they put some in their pockets w1~ did not know wh_at to do with our- 1 to take and try in tt1e privacy of selvP-s until the fateful time but final- their rooms. They wert' determined ly idled away tht· time. not to be outwitted by the stuff. We lmrnediatt'ly Llpon the arrivHI of anLicipate that they will understand 0·1r "rn rn" ,v c at'.Jse to a p!)int ,it' e t i- 1 its 1:se next time. quette, not worthy of mention herl:', : Tile entertainment was · fine. We which she sat down upon at onct'. 1 learnt>d book-making during a part of gn,rngh said, we mentioned no more : the evening and cut up all the maga– ~tiquPtLe during the evening:. Aftt'r ! zines in that part of town. waiting quite a whi1e an hour or I We were very much disappointed I so our land lady ca.me i11 and :-;ug- 1 at supper. We got half a "man" on- - gested that it was timt" to go, whit.:h j ly. \Vhen supper wa announced, we [ agreed to, not knowing any I.Jetter / waited and waited and after a while way of getting startt'J. On lt->avi11g f we saw our half going out with an– the house wu were so flusttated tlrnt Iotht'r ''girl". ,"lwrtly we wand,,.red I - .we forgot many things that l\'e want- ! around and got seatl:'J as near as we ed to takt', but envered up the ern- ! Col-Jld to our half. After .,;upper onr bara:-:rnwnt scimL~ liy looking for th\:·1partner::; just got up and walked away hot·. ._fl and buggy which we expected I without excusing themselves. We to si>f' hitcl1t->d to a post s,,rne1,·ht>re I wondt>red if tha t was.; style and wt,uld I )11•:tr. Our "111an·· ;4 ()1)1) i11r1Jrlllt-'d 11., 1 havt> nwntio11rd it ir \\'t' h:t j lltlt di:---