... the community, and one day when he was addressing a public meeting there was a bag of flour thrown at him, but he went on speaking as if nothing had occurred to disturb his equanimity. Our OLpEsT EMINENT AvuTHOß.—Last week Dr. Samuel Smiles reached his ...

... Bill liked tu think as 'ow ’twas after Easterbrook’s lil’ maid, which was fulishness, ’er not bein’ born then. Bill use’ tu speak of his two Besses, which was more fulishness, 'er havin’ only two tenths o’ one and the Lord knows what o’ the other, but nothin’ ...

... The king. tamous epicure was mentioned at this luncheon party, and the King, speaking of the Marquis d’Aigrefeuille as the inventor of the sauté de poulet, quoted against him the words of Brillat- Savarin, the greatest reproach one can make to a man of ...

... the spring the lilacs make the whole scene charming with their pale pure colour. Of the Royal Hospital there is no room to speak, but facing it is a little old publichouse with high-pitched tiled roof, soon to be pulled down. This is the house made famous ...

... d under the personal supervision of the sanitary surveyor of the district) can safely be considered absolutely perfect ; speaking tubes and every modern convenience. The accommodation is as follows : On tge topfloor, two large and two small bedrooms for ...

... EWYEAR'S DAY was not, socially speaking, celebrated in London toany very great extent. A certain number of dinners were given at home or at the restaurants, but these were in nearly every case restricted to “intimates,” who took the opportunity of meeting ...

... Harriers.—ln the excellent picture appearing in the issue of December 27 of a meet of these hounds, the Deputy-Master was shown speaking to Mr. Alexander B. Campbell, the present Master. Mr. Southerden is now the Deputy-Master having resigned the position of ...

... The accent, of course, is terribly difficult to master. I myself once, after six months spent in Paris, where I had been speaking French almost constantly, strolled into a café at Versailles, and gave an order to the waiter. He went to the counter, and ...

... gracious, Vera, how hot and angry you look about something! Whatever has happened ? ” “That wretched Mr. Softleigh, I'll never speak to him again—never! Youknow that he writes poetry ? Well, we were all sitting on the lawn just now, and one of the others persuaded ...

... under the personal supervision of the sanitary surveyor of the district) can safely be considered absoluately perfect ; speaking tubes and every modern convenience. The accommodation is as follows : On the topfloor, two large and two small bedrooms for ...

... portable as chairs and tables. - | speak, in the main, of course, of wood or marble chimney piece does get moved sometimes, but it is obviously much more trouble- some and expensive to transport than the wooden one. As it chances, the three fireplaces ...

... quality, the extra cost at the outset is more than counterbalanced by what is achieved with a poor instrument. Generally speaking, amateurs begin by using a hand camera, which is more difficult to master than one on a stand StanD CAMERAS I begin by mentioning ...