... Tokes and Jokers. The farce-seeing man is not necessarily far.-ee. ing. An elevated road-the one that leads from the tavern. Talk about the thermometer haying been low; why, it has positively been vulgar. The only thing that a miser ever loses is his ap-l petite-the cost of a meal snares it away. The man who lives on little is worshipped as an economist, while he who lives on nothing is des- ...

... SIR MORGAN MORGAN'S PORTRAIT, ir- FIRST VIEW AT THE ART SOC1ETYf ad EXHIBITION, ie PUBLIC-HALL, CARDIUF. ed as Through the kindness of Sir Morgan Morga, ad and by the consent and help of Mr. T. E. Stophbea, in chairman of the Sir Morgan Morgan Testimonial )s, Fund Committee, the South Wales Art Society ate ernabled to place on the walls of their exhibition Mr. B. S. Mrks's fine portrait of Sir ...

... I FIS NNUAL EXHIBITION AT.I CAIMCIIF. Ic THE. OPENING TO-Dxy. t WNHAT THE PICTUIEiS ARE LIKEM Art in South Wales owes much to Mr. Edwin Seward, 1LC.A., of Cardiff, who has ever evinced I the warmest interest; in its culture, and spared no pa.ins to render it successful and prosperous. it ad was mainly through nis instrumentality that thle ,se South Waebs Art Society was established eight ~ ...

... ON Saturday last we paid a further visit to Plas Mawr, Conway, the home of the Royal Cambrian Academy, and were glad to learn that the attendance since the opening at Whit- suntide has been very much better than any previous year. The exhibition has been a great success from every point of view, and will close at the end of October. The academy has now been established six years, and there is ...

... CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL I EXHIBITION. | SECOND NOTICE OF EXHIBIT. The Cardiff International Exhibition, with its varied exhjibits and aft~ernoon andieventing ooncerta& still proves a source of interest, the numoter who passed through rhe turnstiles en Tbursday monigto 6,943. Next week the execu-IV tie provides an immense attzractia great e~xpense, in Johliouo'e Blue Hungarian Bland of twelve per ...

... THE OLD GUARDATMTE THEATRE ROYAL. In spite of comic opera competition elsewhere, ar Sttticipationa with regard to Pi1.anquette's Ol!d tr Guard, of whiich so much has been written and v, more said, sufficed to draw a good and ni' represenltasive house to the Theatre Royal in on Monday evening, where the opera 'openeid w. for a week's engagement. With the piece some in whio are never ...

... ART EXHIBITION AT LLAI. DILO. An exhibition of works of art took place at the Diili-liall, Llandilo, on Friday. This exhibition- tine first of its kind at Llandilo-was made in con- nection with tine recently-established drawing. class, under the mastership o1 Mr. NY. Sones; science aud art teacher, Carnmarthen. Dr. Lloyd acts as hoonorary secretary of tine local branch, and Lo him much of the ...

... THE OPENING TO-DAY. The Cardiff International Exhibition, which is under the special patronage of the Marquess of Bute, E.T., will be opened by the Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman T. Wind6or Jacobs) in state at three o'clock this (Wednesday) afternoon. The proces- n Sion that will escort his worship will leave the a Town-ball at half-past two, and will be of an im- posing character. It will be ...

... HORT1OTLTURAL SEEOW AT - GARRWBN. The fourth untaibto the Public f11, i Gaerwsan, t ilae District Flo wer, Garden, ana EVarmj Produe 8tioiety took place on Saturdayand proved nimost aooeueful. This yenr the president of the soowty was Sir Chandos Reade, Bart. Mr J. Mfssey 3 Williatas, Garneddgooh, was the ohairman of the . Executive Committee, the vice-ohairtman being Mr J P . Lewis Jones, ...

... THE CARDIFF DANCING( ACADEMY. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE~ eMAUGISTRATES. 1-1S UA MMONE LD FO R NOT HAVING A v., 10 LICE-NCE. I At Cardiff Police-cootz on Friday (before M~r T. NY, Law is, stipoediary; the Mayer, Alderman s( Jaeobs,: Dr.Painre,andillajor Slcper) Mr. Frederick 01 Sumtmers, of 1, Rowe-street, Roath, was summoned IL *by 'Mr. John Xenkins, accounitant, Philharmnontic Chambers, St, ...

... CARDIFF AM USEMEN TS. a TH'EIEATItE ROYAL., i A very fair house assembled at the Theatre 5. Royal no londay niglht to witness tihe production t of the well-known drama by Messrs. R. C. Carton y and C. Raleigh, The Pointitnran. The plot is a well conceived, and tihe piece itself obtains full ,ostice at tbe irinds of Miss Agnes Hewitt's com- y pny; but there were several slight hitches in the ...

... CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL EXSHIBITION. OPENING BY THE MAYOR. PUBLIC PROCESSION. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIiBTS. , The Cardiff International rradas Lnd ?? i Exhibition, the nature of which has already baeen i fully described i1n preliminary notices, was formaJy; opened on ?? afternoon by bhi worDnMI |l the mayor (Alderman T. Windsor Jacobs). in utu) c , matter of weather - that all-important factnr,!: ...