... besieged oy tne telephone to-day. All the dearest boys of my acquaintance, and there are at least a dozen, have insisted on speaking to me. In fact, my cousin Bob, who was One of the Dresses of Golden Brown Velvet worn by Miss Pearson's Bridesmaids here ...

... fashionable young ladies of 2,000 years ago for the benefit of showing Parisiennes how to dress. 2. Fashions in hats are, so to speak, in a transition stage. The practical section of society is thinking of adopting a sort of mechanical hat, which will answer ...

... said. You won't now. But I'm not going to marry any of these paragons of yours. I hate paragons Always did. You like plain speaking, Aggie. Very well. If I married Evelyn Denning, or your American, I should be in the Divorce Court in six months. Gosford ...

... excuses for those poor worthies, jaundiced in body and mind. Of mince pies, plum puddings, et hoc genus omtie, we will not speak. Little Maryolatry of this extravagant form is a subject too sacred for discussion. And there is no doubt that repentance has ...

... less settled. On the whole, however, I stand by my word that your modern winter is a condensed, damp, miserable business. To speak, of ice is to enrage Ice the ardent skaters. They have recently enjoyed the usual ex perience of seeing a likely frost turn ...

... Hotel de Alpes. Mrs. Richardson had remarked this to Mrs. Carter and the Finlasons, speaking of Mr. Fairley- or whatever the man's name might be, as one might speak of a bull in a china-shop. They had agreed with her. The truth is the Hotel des Alpes ...

... pickaxe competitions, and we could, at the moment, relish a good indoor competition, in which our mental pickaxes, so to speak, now so long neglected, could be put to work again. This is where Mr. Spencer's novel idea is useful, and an excellent competition ...

... IT is almost a fortnight now that I am domiciled in a mediaeval villa in the country, a mile or two from Florence. I cannot speak the language; I am too old now to learn how, also too busy when I am busy, and too indolent when I am not; wherefore some will ...

... conversation has been like this Monsieur, three times this morning I have seen you. It has been impossible that I resist speaking. You are in grief? Frightful he has said. Perhaps, she has added timidly, you are also hungry With a hunger insupportable ...

... chance in Buxton, and it was only then that we realised that we were going to meet a real R.A. Reggie stared at her without speaking. At that moment there was a sudden noise in the hall. The dr ving party had returned, and Miss Harrop hurried away to greet ...

... attempt at consolation in the face of this colossal disaster would have been an impertinence. Of the past it was impossible to speak. The future might be more cheerful. I hear, said I, that there is a great deal of illness about. Even theatrical managers ...

... use of which is said only to show when the writer has ceased to think. Really, this is very stem The Saturday forbids us to speak of things increasing by leaps and bounds, of Parthian darts, of Homeric laughter, or of Sturm und Drang. Yet all these have ...