| Show dltGPW5 DRiSS SUtl rho Thrifty Parisellito Who Walked Eathti Than Pay a Penny Talkin of the speakers dinners tc members at which in compliment to the official position of the host as representative repre-sentative of her majesty in tho house of 2ominousr levee dress or uniform is vorn by the guests I was once told a funny story of the late Joseph Biggar I the thorny tempered deformedlittle bacon < ba-con merchant who Was the msfocratio rcfin dParnoWs1 r lly and foome ti l vf U er XiI Jflri i e Bigag r n tn poor nan buthe I was a thrifty oue and he hated the idea of spendh g money on a court dress Yet Mr Parnell liked his party to appear ap-pear at the speakers dinners as asserting I assert-ing their privileges of parliament So Biggar undertook the irksome expense of hiring a court suit in which to go tc dine with the speaker The man who I toll me the story another member who was not dining officially that night was in the habitof going home with Biggar on tho top of tho last tram they lived near each outXiambreth way somewhere and on this night tho iuaint little form of Biggar appeared in his smart trim dress sword paste buttons but-tons and all without even an overcoat to KO home as usual His companion remonstrated but in i I vain nor would Biggar even consent to I ride tS far as tho train would have taken him but got down as was his custom at the extreme point to which a penny conveyed him and walked the street thenco to his rooms His companion went so far as to offer to pay the extra penny out of his own pocket nut Biggar I refused sternly Ho was savage at the foolish expense which ho had already gone and would pot have even a penny more made of it A man capable of such indifference tc costume has a right to remonstrate about feminine attention to dress but few are those men 1 IMrs FenwickMil Jer in London Graphic |
