... than have a serpent St or a skeleton, or, perhaps, Her name pricked into a' their skins. One or two of these artists in blue G aud red are to be found in every treaty port, hi and, as a rule, they are considerable swells. 01 It was by a ...

... offended Lord Melbourne long a ago. Lord Melbourne wa3 one day seen coming a from church in the country in a mighty tume. b Finding a friend, he exclaimed, ' It's too bad. I a have always been a supporter of ...

... A A CHAT ABOUT CHRISTMAS, This is an age of literary revolution and in- version of hitherto accepted truths. Historians and essayists well nigh overwhelm us with the number of negations they live and labour to make. Here, at the outset of chatting about ...

... TABLE CHAT ABOTUT ai CERTAIN THIN-G. A HUSBAND'S SCEPTICISM OYERCO3'a- It bad always struck me that the w. .1- -, was simply a matter ot faith,' callr z aa- And, you would think, anorhb e:!ir; the effect of the mind over the rit, eCa: ?? the visitor ...

... disco.~d in a pe-sajini-itic strain of the decadenc ofhe traltija huyekrand co!ellete a-'1 of theil aerili ag elive ?? byng- and lsok- colleC-ting; in1 it' proper a-cn-c jut;: -adn '-cuned ince 1352. NVIen there cam.', a ill-t di-partur,- ansI ...

... Alderman Cons. What a muddle a moan gets into when he ventures on the technicalities of needlework. Surely one might have expected even fa learned Churchman to describe the process of threading a needle a little accurately than knitting a ...

... Castle, Hawlhurst. Others become lec- turers. As a general practitioner it is at first a little diffi- cult for a woman to get a practice; but I have just heard of one who has done very successfully in a large town in the Midlands, thanks ...

... longer be met with a c curtain lecture, but with a camera. But this subject t, is too painful to pursue l n The correct way of dressing the hair at present is tV not at all well adapted for a thick growth; and long A hair is quite a trouble ...

... only is made of the loose hair, which gives a pretty wing-like appearance. The right hat to wear with a wrap like this is a new shape, I which is almost a revival of the old pork pie; it has a v velvet crown and ...

... dresses flowered flannel is a very good material, and can be made up as well over alpaca as over silk. It looks well made with a slightly fulled skirt, and a short jacket opening over a fulled vest and finished at the shoulders with a wide ...

... new costumes for calling, as a dress which can be worn now only in a &arriage under a wrap, can a little later on be taken into regular use. A lovely new design which can be utilised in this way is of palest heliotrope cloth, ...

... full, with a flounce all round the bottom, and three lines of ribbon laid above the flounce. A ribbon is passed round the waist, and a ribbon forms a V between the shoulders and the waist. The low neck is cut in a circular shape, and has ...