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v- wr" 't.aJ: LONDON LETTEBS. i m ♦ The Shah of Persia is coming to Europe next Äpril, and will visit all the principal capitals, invi- lations having already been received at Teheran |rom London, St. Petersburg, and Paris. The Shah 13 to travel overland, as his dignity will not him to cross the Caspian Sea in a Russian Steamer. The Persian flag was formerly paramount In these waters, but it has seldom been seen in the Caspian since a tragical affair which recently occurred at Baku. The Shah's yacht was entering the harbour with the Persian Bag flying when a shot 'vas fired from the fort, which struck the water fcear her. The Persian captain thought that he --as being saluted by the Russians, and pursued bis course; but presently three more shots came ln rapid succession, each one in more dangerous Proximity to the vessel, whereupon he hauled down the Bag. The Russians are morbidly tenacious on such points in Eastern waters, but this manifestation of zeal was regarded as ill- timed at St. Petersburg, the obnoxious vessel being a Royal yacht, and it is said that the Shah ■*as so enraged that he caused his luckless cap- on's head to be chopped off. The bustle is doomed, that is to say, the bustle of to-day is doomed by the edict of M. Felix,whose Vl()rd is law in le monde des modes. The dictator of the world of fashion has decreed it shall no longer be worn in its present terrific dimensions. There "il1 now be some space left in the salon, the theatre, and the railway carriage whereon the in- ferior animal may seat himself with some amount Of comfort. If you please, M. Felix, veto those fountains of millinery which now do duty as feminine headgear, and earn the lasting gratitude Of the whole male population of the civilised 'vorld, for then we shall be able to see what is going on on the stage. The result of all sumptuary feforms is a rush from extreme to extreme. We toay, therefore, expect that the beautiful darlings \>llU revert in the matter of garb to the clinging Karinents which enfolded the forms of the 41aughters of Greece, and in the particular of head- gear to a mode suggestive of the muffin-man's hat. A correspondent of the Pall illall Gazette tells us sad story. Miss Marianne Godwin, the clever young artist and caricaturist, who adopted the Pseudonym of Jack," has been burnt to death. She was mending her muslin dress in her studio "nen it caught fire from the gas stove, and though the flames were quickly extinguished by the lodger in the next room on hearing her shrieks, She was so much injured that she died the next day. « Jack" was chiefly noted for her theatrical Portraits, whether satirical or serious. Four of her Paintings appear in this season's exhibition at the Dudley Gallery, two of which represent Ellen Terry as Margaret and Marion flood as Dorothy. fier great ambition, it seems, was to illustrate a Newspaper. Her friend records of her that she once sent a parcel of sketches to the Prince of IVales, with a note beginning "Dear Prince of IVales signed Your loving subject, Jack." The frmce kindly bought some of the sketches. The importance of foreign languages is empha- sised in influential quarters with unusual earnest- less. Nothing could be more useful, and nothing Qserves more favourable consideration. Car. should be taken, however, to prevent the time being wasted or misapplied. Students," says a great authority, should not be overloaded with facts unfitted to their previous knowledge, and they should not be allowed to Bounder in error l'ather than confess their ignorance." Mr. Oakeley Rives instances of both failings in his recent Report on Training Colleges for schoolmasters. One is so good that it is worth quoting. pupil, it appears, was set to translate piece of French that referred to the objects of interest in a morning walk—the freshness of the &ir, the warm sun, the birds, &c." In his desperate attempts to make a creditable show, be acquitted himself as follows I have seen the beautiful fclocks and the grand promenade which is on the |opposite sides at the commencement of the insti- .'tution. This magnificent promenade stands in a Lovely place, and in front of a chapel with various ¡ttew observations. One day I saw these, which "as a rare choice. Two hours after that a speck ;°Q the horizon from the solar system appeared, fbut what pleased us best was the responses of the clerk and the exhalation of roses. A large num- ,her appeared as if ready for a journey, and the lp lingers looked like posts, immovable and silent, and appeared fatigued with their work; but at the sound of his words they chanted gaily." We have for some time had opportunities of ljbuying Gladstone claret and Gladstone bags. We may now, it appears, also purchase Gladstone bricks—not merely bricks bearing the name of our National misfortune, but bricks that are actually Manufactured by Mr. Gladstone's agents upon Mr. Gladstone's estate at Hawarden. One hundred and lifty-five thousand of these bricks, which are said to be "of excellent quality," have just been Shipped to Boston, Massachusetts, where they iU be used in the construction of a new court-house. They cost the Bos- tonians L9 9s. 7d. a thousand; but even at that price they ought surely to have all been pur- chased by dear old Scotland and plucky little Waies. There must be numbers of people in those countries who would willingly pay far more Nearly for bricks of the Premier Brand," as it is 80caewbat irrelevantly called. Is the National Liberal Club built of these bricks, we wonder ? If fcot, it should be at once pulled down and re-built of them. In the meantime, perhaps, Socialists and "Dttiers who habitually parade the streets with brickbats in their pockets may be glad to know that W. E. Gladstone and Son, of Hawarden, supply capital materials for Trafalgar-square demonstrations. i A powerful Chinese squadron, the vessels of hlCh have been built in Europe, will assemble in 'the course of the next few days at Spithead under the command of Admiral Lang. The squadron ""ill consist of five vessels—two swift armoured Cruisers built by Armstrongs, armed with Krupp, Armstrong, Hotchkiss, and Gatling guns, as well j*8 torpedo guns, all the vital parts of the vessels 'being protected by a so-called turtle-back steel deck—these reach a speed of nearly nineteen knots; two heavily armoured cruisers built II.t Stettin, armed with a battery of Krupp 1:1108, and having a speed of fifteen tr'Ots and a large torpedo boat buiit in the Thames, which 13 the swiftest boat of its size 14 the world, as it has attained a speed of 28 knots 411 hour. The torpedo boat has an English crew; •"Wie remaining four aro manned by 600 Chinese bailors, and are commanded by Chinese captains ho have gone through a naval course at Green- wich and on beard British ironclads. Admiral Lang is assisted by several officers of the Royal bi,,Y, and one at least will be on board each of the \>essels to aid the Chinese captain in the naviga- tion. The two vessels built by Armstrongs marvels of naval construction. They are said to be the most completely and effectively built equipped warships that were ever launched 14 Great Britain. ), A tourist who has been taking a holiday along the lne of the Canadian Pacific gives a glowing de- tlcription of the sport with fishing-rod and gun that may be enjoyed on the Nelson and Saskat- chewan Rivers. The Hudson Bay steamers make tltoppages at various stations, and the officers are *erv hospitable in their attentions to strangers. ear Grand Rapids a lady indulged in pike-fishing 1t.4 a piece of bright tin for bait, and pulled ou big fish until she was tired of success. The half- breeds sweep a small net through the water at the end of a pole, and in one or two strokes usually land a supply of five or six pounders white fish, resembling salmon, sufficient to breakfast a party. A good hunter has a chance of trying his prowess with bear, and there is worse provender than bear- steak, although it is far inferior to juicy tender. Icin of the ox. Of feathered game, pelicans, awanst and geese abound, and ducks by the" wheel- barrowful." For all this sport there are no leases to be reckoned with in the cost of recreation. Rhode Island, following the example of Kansas and Iowa, adopted the Maine Liquor Law twelve months ago, and already every impartial person admits that the experiment has utterly broken down. *'It cannot be denied," says the Providence Journal, the leading Republican organ in the State, that prohibition in Rhode Island after a year's experience is found to be so complete a failure that it would be no extravagance to pronounce it a miserable farce." Free rum has been the rule, and the spasmodic efforts of the police to enforce the law lwfo never effected anything more than the temporary closing of a few front doors with greatly stimulated activity at the back doors." A few persons have been arrested, but the prosecu- tions have invariably broken down either before the grand jury or the higher tribunals. There is as much drunkenness as ever, and club-rooms and kitchen bar-rooms are doing a roaring trade with- out contributing a penny of revenue to the State; A relic of Indian barbarian was received at the War Department at Washington a few days ago. It consisted of a necklace of human fingers. Originally there were eleven fingers, strung together after the manner of necklaces of bear's claws, but three of them had been lost. This ghastly adornment was captured in an attack on the Northern Cheyennes in 1876, and each finger epresented a life taken by the owner, the big medicine man" of the tribe. '1 he fingers had been preserved by opening the skin, removing the bones, scraping away all the tissues and fatty sub- stances, re-placing the bones, and subjecting the skin to some tanning process. The necklace was sent to West Point by Captain Bourke, who is now engaged in preparing some historical matter relating to the Indians. It was brought from West Point in order that It might be reproduced in papier-mache at the Smithsonian Institution. I learn that the negotiations for establishing rail- ways in Tonquin are practically concluded. The result will be the throwing of almost the whole trade of the Jaunau province into French hands. The success of our leading commercial rivals in China will probably give an impetus to the move- ment in England for opening up trade with and throughout the Celestial Empire by means of the Canton River. The New Journalism," as conducted in Lond*n, has a formidable rival in the Wild West." The editor of the Atchison Times, a paper not yet a month old, invited the townspeople, in his eleventh number, to advertise in his journal, and this is how he did it. No man," he declared, can do business in this town unless he advertises in this paper. If you don't advertise with us, and do your part in building up a respectable paper which will be a credit to this city, we will advertise you in a manner that will make your hair stand up on end. This paper is going to live; and if it resolves itself into this proposition, that either you or the Times must perish, we would rather it would be you than we that should die." He contemplates the possibility of captious critics putting a disparaging construction on his frank observations but the prospect does not frighten him. Now, gentle friend," he says in reference to it, let us whisper something in your ear. If you call us a blackmailer, we call you a liar." The Atchison editor is even more outspoken than his English models. A curious story regarding a bat, says the London correspondent of the Irish Times, is current in the lobby of the House of Commons. It appears that on Friday night an elderly member, who is said to be of a jealous disposition, and, moreover, is pos- sessed of a young and, of course, good-looking wife, took from the cloak-room another member's hat. On the following morning after breakfast he discovered the strange hat on his hat-stand, and on closer inspection found that it was garnished inside with initials, above which was a strange crest. The green-eyed, monster was instantly at work, especially as his wife had returned from the South of France during his absence at the House on the previous evening. His favourite chapeau, of course, being missing, lie immediately in- terrogated his wife as to who was her escort. The innocent dame was highly in- dignant, and hotly denied the impeachment, Seizing his Debrett, the honourable member traced the offending hat to its lawful owner, and; journey- ing to his solicitor, indited a very strong epistle to the eldest son of a peer, who sits on the opposite side of the House, threatening him with all sorts of penalties for the insult offered to his honour. The young scion of nobility immediately grasped the situation, having himself had to travel home in a strange hat, and kept up the joke by sending the enraged husband a solicitor's letter, charging him with stealing the initialed hat from the cloak-room of the House of Commons. On receipt of this epistle, it immediately dawned on the elderly M.P. that be had made a mistake, and he forthwith made a personal apology. He has since been strenuously trying to effect a pair for the rest of the session. Here is a lovely little story which has grown out of Sir Henry Wolff's return to London. Our late Plenipotentiary Extraordinary brought over from Constantinople two or three Turkish servants whose knowledge of the English language is not quite according to their zeal for it, and who cattJh up phrases with a charming disregard for their meaning. One of these was trained to wait at table, and was serving Lady Wolff with a glass of claret. He performed his task with Oriental grace, and with the suave remark, delivered in an excel- lent English accent, Allow me to give you a glass of wine, darling." He had caught the phrase from Sir Henry's lips, and re-produced it, to the polite horror of the company. The astrologers are abroad. They are pro- phesying terrible things. There has been an eclipse, that is bad for one thing; Mars and C"n_- ;n nAniimnfinn that: ia wnr9.. Everv- .Ja.\tU1U AU ,VUJ'Wo" -J thing is to be disturbed. The restless spirits of France are to break forth. The Church (I do not know which Church) Is to be in danger. Japan is to be visited with earthquakes, and San Francisco by riots. It seems a pity that we cannot have an eclipse, which nobody saw, without paying so dearly for it as all this; or have the conjunction of two planets, which nobody much noted, without disturbances of the public peace and the crust of the earth. But it seems to be agreed by the astrologers that the world is to be in a bad way for the next little while. • It is an interesting circumstance in connection with the execution of Lipski that he is only the third instance of a Jew having suffered capital punishment for murder in England within the last 150 years. His predecessor in this unenviable fame was also an inhabitant of Whitechapel, but this car hardly be considered a coincidence, as that quarter of East London has for long been the chief home of the Jewish population of the Metro- polis.

Now that I have got my hay in," said the relieved farmer, "I think the world would be greatly better for a good shower." When the good Duchess of Leeds requested Dr. Drake to say the grace at the dinner-table, at Hornby Castle, he simply replied. Madam, your Grace is sufficient for me." No," said an old maid,441 don't miss a husband very much. I have trained my dog to growl every time I feed him, and I have bought a tailor's dummy that I can scold when I feel like it." Why didn't you stop? said a fat passenger as he clambered to a tramcar. "Ye didn't signal," replied the driver. I stood in the road." Well, 1 I'm no mind reader," said the driver, lashing his horses.

Ychydig ddyddiau yn ol cefais y fraint o gyn- niwair yn dawel wrthyf fy hun o fewn amgylchedd muriawl Castell Caerdydd. Yr oedd yr Ardalydd a'r Ardalyddes Bute o fewn y castell, ond yroedd yr Arglwyddes Margaret. Arglwydd Dumfries, a'r Arglwydd Edward o ddeutu'r maes agored yn chwareu. Rhyw le hynod yw amgylchedd Castell Caerdydd i'r hanesydd, canys yno mae dyn yn sicr o fod yn troedio daear a droediwyd gynt gan benaethiaid yr hen oesoedd. I'r dychymyg ym- ddongys holl hen droion hanesyddol Morganwg yno wedi eu crynhoi at eu gilydd. Saif yr hen ddiogelfa uchel, tu fewn i'r ffos ddyfrol sydd o'i hamgylch, fel tyst tragwyddol am wrhydri hil Morganwg. Ar wyneb dyfroedd cylchog y ffos nofiai elyrch gwynion a'u gyddfau bwaog fel yn arwydd o urddas henafollle sydd yn awr yn ardal lonydd! « # Yn union ar gyfer y fynedfa o'r heol i mown i'r caBtell y mae grisiau yn esgyn i'r ddiogelfa o'r ochr draw i'r ffos ddwfr. Tros y ffos yn y fan hon, yr oedd gynt bont grogedig, yr hon a alwai yCymry yn Ysgrogell." Pan ddigwyddai gelyn enill amgylchedd allanol tu mewn i furiau y castell, yr oedd y ddiogelfa uchel o fewn y ffos i encilio iddi wed'yn a digon tebyg iddi fod o wasanaeth lawtir tro i ddiogelu y Normaniaid rhag y Cymry. ,Tynid y bont rag-ddywededig i fyny ar y fath amgylcb- iad i ochr y ddiogelfa, fel yr oedd yn ofynol croesi drwy ddyfroedd y ffos cyn cyrhaedd llethr allanol y ddiogelfa. Ar ochr chwith i'r grisiau, wrth wynebu y ddiolgelfa, darganfyddodd Arglwydd Bute ffynon ddofn wedi ei naddu allan o'r graig. Dyma lie y cai preswylwyr y ddiogelfa ddwfr i'w yfed pan na ellid, o herwydd y gelynion, ei gael o unlle arall. Mae y ffynon wedi ei hadgyweirio gan yr Ardalydd a'r ffordd gysgodol tuag ati wedi ei gwneyd mor debyg a- y gellid. ilr un gyntefig. Teimlwn yn fwy na haner bardd wrth chwilio, sylwi, a myfyrio o amgylch y ffynon hon. Dim ond cau y lIygaid, a thallu y ffrwyn ar war myfyrdod, gwelwn un ar ol y Hall o wyr, mewn arfogaetb gadwynog o'u pen i'w traed, yn cario yn llechwraidd ar hyd y grisiau, yn cael eu cysgodi gan y bont grogedig, ddwfr o'r ffynon i'r pendifig- esau o fewn y ddiogelfa. A gwelwn befyd gawod o saethau yn ehedeg oddiar fwaau y saethyddioo yo sefyll tudraw i'r ffos, a'u hamcan i drywanu y gwyr arfog, a phob cawod o saethau yn cael ei dilyn gan floedd grechwenog milwyr y ddwy blaid ddig. Dyna fel y bu hi lawer tro, yn ddiddadL Oddiar ben y ddiogelfa hon y gwyliodd un o frenhinoedd Lloegr-Harry yr Ail, os wyf yn cofio yn iawn- frwydr yn y maea cyfagos rhwng y Cymry a'r Normaniaid. Digon tebyg mai oddiar ben y muriau hyn y gwelodd lestyn ap Gwrgant. Brenin Morganwg, y frwydr fawr ar y Mynydd Bychan (a elwir yn awr "Great Heath"), rhwng gwyr l'owys, o dan lywyddiaeth Eynon ap Coil- i wyn a'r Normaniaid, o un ochr, a gwyr Morganwg ar yr ochr arall, am orsedd Morgan wg! O'r fan non y gwelodd efe Morganwg yn syrthio o dan draed y gelynion, o herwydd bod Powys wedi ym- gyngreirio Wr gelynion yn eu herbyn, o herwydd y cam a wnaeth yr adyn lestyn a'i nai, Eynon ap Collwyn Gyda'r hen frenin Morganwg, y dydd ofnadwy hwnw, safai y Dywysoges Nest ar ben y twr gyda'i thad, a gwelodd golli y cwbl! Ymbriododd y Dywysoges Nest ag Eynon ap Collwyn wed'yn a rhoddwyd iddynt Meisgyn, Caerphili, a Chwm Rhondda yn etifeddiaeth; ond cy- merodd y Normaniaid iddynt eu hunain fro- dir Morganwg. Bu Nest a'i gwr fyw yn hir wed'yn yn Meisgyn, ac mae eu hil yn urddasol yn Morganwg byd heddyw. Ond am lestyn Ap Gwr- gant, dywedir iddo ddianc i Keynsham Abbey, rhwng Bristol a Bath, ac iddo fyw yno nes oedd yn gant ac ugain oed! Cafodd Eynon Ap Collwyn ddigon o amser i edifarhau am yr hyn a wnaeth, sef arwain y Nor- maniaid i Morganwg. Tra na roddwyd iddo ef ond y mynydd-dir, gwelodd y Normaniaid yn meddianu y goreu a'r tecaf o wlad Morgan I Rhoddwyd i fab hynaf lestyn Arglwyddiaeth Nedd, a galwodd ei olyddion hyd yn amser Harry yr Wythfed eu hunain yn Avan, oddiwrth Aber Avan. Mae teulu Aberpergwm yn disgyn o hen linach frenhinol Esyllwg. Un o'r teulu, sef Miss Jane Williams, Ynyslas, a ysgritenodd un o'r goreuon o Hanes Cymru. Gwnaeth lawer hefyd o waith yn nglyn 4 leuan Ddu Glan Taf, trwy gasglu yn nghyd hen alawon gwasgaredig ein gwlad. Ond, dyma fy myfyrdodau wedi myned a mi yn mhell o Gastell Caerdydd. Aethum o'r ceilldu tucefn i'r ddiogelfa, ac eisteddais o dan yr hen wydd cysgodfawr, a disgynai awn heolydd Caer- dydd yn ysgafn ar fy nglyw o'r pellder, fel own pellenig yr hen amser gynt. Drwy'r colfenau deil- iog gwelwn blant yn chwareu ar y fangre dywys- ogaidd werdd. Deallais pwy oeddynt; mai hil brenhinhoedd yr Alban a Lloegr, set hil y Steward- iaid. Pwy yw y gwr bach dewr acw ? Mae yn cerdded yn syth, ac mae rhywbeth yn wahanol i'r cyffredin yn ei drem ? Gofynais hyn i was yn lifrai y Bute ag oedd wedi dyfod ar fy nhraws. Ei ateb oedd, H Mae Arglwydd Edward Ninian mab ieuangaf Arglwydd ac Arglwyddes Bute, oedd." Yna aeth y gwas i adrodd wrthyf fod yr arglwydd bach yn medru eiarad Cyaireig yri rhyfeddol o dda, a chyfrif ei oed, sef pedair blwydd a'i fod ryw diwrnod yn siarad Cymraeg ag Evans y saer, a threiodd hwnw ef trwy ofyn iddo adrodd geiriau Cymreig dwfn, ac nid oedd un gair nad aUai y gwr bach ei barablu yn groew. Yn wir, yr oedd chwant ar fy nghalon fyned i gofleidio y Cymro bach; ond mae nhw'n dywedyd nad yw yr Arglwyddes ddim yn un i" jocan" & hi. Gan hyny, aethum i chwilio am y bachgen o "'Brdar"cyn beiddio myned i holi Edwarn Ninian Stuart, o Gastell Caerdydd, yn y Gywraeg. Cefais y rhaglaw o 'Brdar, a chefais ganiatad ond pan aethum yn ol i dir y Castell, yr oedd Iarll Dum- fries, Arglwyddes Morgaret, ac Arglwydd Edward Ninian Stuart wedi myned i fewn i'r Castell o'r golwg. Mae dwy famaeth Gymreig gyda'r plant urddasol, a phob un o'r rhai hyn yn gallu traddodi eu meddwl yn hoew yn iaitb y Cymry! Wir- ionedd i, mae'n hyfryd meddwl y bydd yr hen Gymraeg etto ar ei sedd henafol yn Nghastell Caerdydd. Peth rhyfedd na b'ai rhai o'r dysgedijjion yn ysgrifenu hanes Castell Caerdydd. Nid wyf yn gallu dirnad pa beth mae y dynion dysgedig yn eu wneyd fila dysgeidiaeth. Y gwaitli iselaf-onó peth bollol anghenrbeidi,.)I-yw addysg ynfoddion enill bara a chaws. Mae elfen yn y dyn ag sydd yn llawer uwch na'r hon ag sydd yn crefu am luniaeth i'r cylia, sef elfen y meddwl. Nis gall dyn fod yn ddyn dedwydd heb fod yr elfen bono hefyd yn cael ei diwalln. Nid yw y dyn neu y ddynes ag sydd a'i boll feddwl ar bethau i lenwi y cylla yn fawr uwch yn ngraddau bodolaeth na'r fuwch sydd yn cnoi ei chil ar y cae, ac yn bachio v clfit i ffwrdd a'i chynffon. I foddhau yr elfen fedd. yliol yn y dyn yr barddodd y Crewr y meusydd & blodau, ac A liwiau, a'r wybrenau & gogoniant! Nid er mwyn mwyniant yr anifail y gosodwyd bwa ami-Ivwiog yr onfya ali ben yn y cwmwl, a sylfaeni ei ddwy golofn ar ddiddym! Nid er mwyn yr asyn a'r fuwch y brithwyd yr wybren & eer arianaidd, ac y rhoddwyd i'r corau eagellogea rhanau cerdd, a'r holl leisiau yn cydgordio yn un anthem ogoneddus. Mae yr haul a welwn mor ogoneddus o bardd, fel pe b'ai Dwyfol allu Dwyfol ddoethineb, a chariad tadol y Crewr wedi bod ar eu heithaf yn ceisio dyfeisio pethau priodol i roddi byfrydwch i'r hyn sydd yn uwch na'r anifail yn y dyn. Wrth ganfod y pethau a ddar- parwyd i ni, pwy na ddywed Diolch o'i galon ? Mae llenyddiaeth, yn ei holl ddosuarthiadau, yn foddion arall i ddedwyddu yr hyn sydd eneidiol yn y dyn. Barddoniaeth yw y dosbarth uchelaf o lenyddiaeth; ond nid yw yn ofynol iddi fod o fewn llinynau mesur, ac nid yw clec cynghanedd yn ofynol iddi o gwbl. Yn wir, dywodir am Robert Burns mai mewn rhyddiaeth yr yagrifenai ef ei feddyliau barddonol yn gyntaf, ac yna ceisiai eu trefnu o fewn mesur ac odl. Fel hvn y gwnai ieuo ei ddrychfeddyliau barddonol & sain peraidd gyda'u gilydd. Cyhuddir rhai o'r beirdd Cymreig eu bod yn ceisio gosod sain o flaen barddoniaeth, ac o fod yn aclios dirywiad bardd- oniaeth Cymru. Yn awr, ymddengys i mi-dywedaf hyn yn wylaidd iawn-na fwriadwyd y cynghaneddion i fod yn efynau am goesau Case? Wen Adeiniog yr Awen. Mae yr hen enw uchod ar yr ysbryd barddonol yn profi taw un i ehedeg y golygai yr hen feirdd ei bod; ac yn sicr ni feddyliodd neb o honynt am gylymu ei choesau. Ymddengys i mi mai gwersi ieithyddol yn unig y bwriadwyd y mesurau caethion i fod, ac i'r beirdd, fel gor- chest, ddyfod yn raddol i fabwysiadu barddoni yn y cynghanedion fel prawf o'u gallu i farddoni hyi yn nod mewn gefynau ieith- yddol! Fel hyn, daeth y beirdd i fod yn rbyw 11 fountebancs 11 lienyddol, byth a befyd yn ceisio sylw y lliaws tuag at eu gwaith yn cerdded a mag- lau am eu traed. Daeth y maglau. medd rhai, i fod yn eu golwg yn fwy o werth sylw na gwir farddoniaeth! Dylai barddoniaeth gael ei gosod o flaen y lliaws mewn dull poblogaidd; dull ag y gall y werin ei deall fel y deallant emyrl-tu Pantycelyn, Ann Griffiths, a leuan Glan Geirionydd. Bydd yr ychydig emynau a gyfansoddodd y diweddaf yn aros yn ysgrifenedig ar galon y genedl Gym- reig pan fydd ei farddoniaeth yn y mesurau caethion wedi eu hir-anghofio. Nid oes un o bob cant o Gymry yr oes hon yn rhoddi gwerth pibed o eog" am yr holi awdlau penigamp" yr Eistedd- fod. Cyfaddeddaf yn rhwydd, nid wvf i ffy hunan yn cael fawr mwynhad na difyrwch wrth eu darllen. Fel y dywedodd gwas Walter Scott, sef Tom Purde, am ffugchwedlau ei feistir, maent yn foddion da i wneyd i ddyn gysgu. Gyda difrif- oldeb gwr yn hoff o'i genedl a'i llenyddiaeth henafol, dywedaf, mae hi yn hen bryd i'r beirdd adail y gefynau o'u hol, a cbeisio canu yn bob- logaidd er budd y mywniant i'r werin. Wrth son am Syr Walter Scott a Tom Purde, daw hauesyn i'm cof am danynt. Yr oddd yr hen Tom Purde yn ddisgybl y Covenanters. Albanaidd, ac yr oedd yn cadw dyledswydd deuluaidd yn ei fwtbyn bob nos. Safai eifwthynyn agos i barc Abbotsford, sef trigfan Syr Walter, ac yn agos iawn i'r palas. Un diwrnod yr oedd Lockhart, sef mab- yn-ngbyfraith Syr Walter fyd-enwog, yn nghwmn ei dad yn nghyfraith o ddeutu'r pare, a sylwodd Lockhart fod troedffordd newydd wedi ei gwneyd drwy y laurel i le unig yn y pare, ond yn cyrhaedd yn agos i fwthyn Tom Purde. "I beth y gwnaethoch y droedffordd hon?" gofynai Lock- hart i Syr Walter. Dynesodd Syr Walter ato, a dywedodd yn gyfrinachol, "Yr wyf wedi ei gwneyd i'm galluogi i fyned yn ddistaw yn y nos o dan ffenestr Tom Purde i'w glywed yn cynal y gwasanaeth crefyddol gyda'u deulu!" Yr oedd Syr Walter yn cael ei gydnabod gan Arglwydd Byron yn frenin Parnassus. Nid oedd iaith Tom Purde ond bratiog, ac nid oedd yn gwybod fawr am lenyddiaeth yr oes. Ond, yn ddiau, darfu i Syr Walter yn y laurel yn y pare, a Tom Purde, yo y bwthyn, gyd-benlinio pan fyddai arogl y pryd- nawnol aberth yn esgyn o'r bwtbyn hwnw! Welo IsLori arall am Syr Walter Scott. Yr oedd ef a'r Arglwyddes Scott yn cerdded fraich-yn- mraich un tro yn y pare. Daeth oen bychan, tew, i ymbrancio o'u hamgylch. Yr oedd y bardd wedi dotio ar ei brydferthwch a'i ddiniweidrwydd. u O!" ebe y bardd, 0! onid yw yn bryd- ferth?" rtYdyw," ebe'r Arglwyddes, "ydyw; onid yw yn dew? Oni wnelai bastai ragorol?'» Dywedir i Syr Walter lefain allan, "01 Dduw I" ac iddo neidio fel mewn braw oddiwrth yr Arglwyddes. Wele 'stori o sort arall. Yr oedd flynyddoeddyn ol hen wr yn byw yn ardat y Dinas, Cwm Rhondda, ag oedd yn hoff iawn o wyddoniaeth; a daeth i'r gred y gallai ehedeg, neu 'edfan," fel y dywedir yn Morganwg. Aeth y son ar led ei fod yn myned i geisio 'edfan oddiar ben pren ger ei dy ar awr benodedig. Daeth lluaws o bobl yn nghyd. EsgynoddJf i ben pren uchel ar gae agored. Yr oedd esgyll pluog wrth eu goesau a'i freicbiau. Wele bobpeth yn barod i'r daitb awyrawl; saif bron yn orchuddedig gan blu; egyr ei goesau; egyr ei freichiau, yn ol a blaen, fel un yn nofiolr gwynt; rhydd lam yn mlaen! ond wele efe i lawr bendramwnwgwl ar y cae. Rhedodd y bobl ato. Ond yr unig beth a ddy- wedodd oedd, M Duw di shefio ni! Chofiais i ddim am osod cynffon i mi fy hun! Dyna'r achos i mi syrthio! Bu bron myned yn aberth i wydd- oniaeth, ond da genyf ddywedyd iddo fyw lawer o flynyddoedd wed'yn. Yr wyf yn adrodd fy banesion fel y maent yn codi i'm cof, ac beb dalu llawer o sylw i'w gosod yn y lie mwyaf priodol. Dyma un arall: Yr oedd y diweddar Barch. Evan Harris, Merthyr, wedi cymeryd ei destyn un tro ar yr adnod, Pwy yw hon sydd yn dyfod i fyny o'r anial- wch." Wrth ragymadroddi pwysleisiai ar wabanol eiriau, megys, Pwy yw hon? Ptcy yw hon? Yna, Pwy yw lion? Pan yn gofyn, m'wn llais cryn- edig fel arfer, Pw-w-y yw-w-w hon ? digwydd- odd hen wraig fod yn ddiweddar yn dyfod i'r oedfa, a phan ofynodd Mr. Harris yr ail waith, Pw-w-y yw lion! cododd rhyw "gipan" o ddyn ar yr oriel, a dywedodd, "Beth i chi'n p'ido gwed wrth y dyu pwy yw hi?—taw Shan o'r Shop yw hi?" Gyda golwg ar yr enw Llundain, a'r farn a ysgrifenais taw Llandian oedd yr enw cyntetig, dymunaf ddvweyd mae yr unig reswm sydd genyf am y farn yw bod Fullpr yn ei Church History yn dywedyd fod teml yn sefyll gynt i'r dduwies Dian, neu Diana, lie y saif Eglwys St. Paul yn awr.

A private in the army recently sent a letter to his sweetlieart closing with May Heaven cherish and keep you from yours truly John Smith." Medical students are among the most snobbish people in the world. It is a common practice with them to cut people dead. Say, Harry, want a dog ? I've got one I'll give you." Thanks; I've been looking all over for one. Anything the matter with him ?" Oh, no nothing except that he's dead." A man who was a connoisseur in bird-stuffing used to criticise other people's bird-stuffing severely. Walking with a friend one day, he stopped at a window where a gigantic owl was exhibited. You see," said the connoisseur to his friend, u that there is a magnificent bird utterly ruined by unskilful stuffing. Notice the mounting. Execrable, isn't it. No living owl ever roosted in that position. And the eyes are fully a third larger than any owl ever possessed." At that moment the stuffed bird raised one foot and solemnly blinked at his critic, who said very little more about bird-stuffing that afternoon. There was a worthy shoemaker who by diligence and thrift had acquired quite a good property, and who had retired from his useful employment and was enjoying a mature age of leisure. From his dignified and judicial demennour he had gained among his friends the title of Judge." Once an eminent stranger was visiting the town, and the citizens were making an effort to ehow off the place and give a reception to the visitor. The Judge was on the committee of entertainment. The stranger, hearing him called "Judge," thought to do a graceful thing by asking, Judge, are y»u on the bench now ? The Judge," turned on him a good-natured face, and replied, "Why, bless you, I tint waxed a thread for twenty year!" J,

AND, FASHIONS By a Lady. [ALL RIGHTS RESEIC/ED.] I The storms of last week have ferried us rapidly across the meteorological bridge that divides summer from autumn. The transition was a short one, for we are again enjoying beautiful weather, but there is a marked difference. The year has passed its prime, like a womar who has left her youth behind her. She is attractive still, and beautiful it may be, but the charm of hope and freshness has gone for ever, and no artifice can restore or re-place it. But one must not take too melancholy a view of what is right and fitting. If it has been a well-spent life the gains are greater than the losses, and the sense of achievement and completion abundantly compensate for the hopes and dreams of youth, beautiful as they may be. As Longfellow tells us- Age bas its opportunities no less Thau youth itself, though in another dress. That last word re-calls me from moralising to my proper province. The chilliness of the cool, early mornings and late evenings necessitates a little alteration in one's wardrobe. It is no longer prudent to go out to spend an afternoon in a well-fitting dress without a mantle or outer covering of any description. The middle of the day is quite warm, even hot, and, therefore, the change in the temperature after sundown is all the more felt. Young girls often commit great imprudence in this way. They dislike muffling themselves up, and do not care to hide their pretty figures and nicely-trimmed dresses. How often one hears the protest, "Oh, this dress is quite warm. I do not want anything else." A maiden of some seventeen summers came to my house the other evening in a light summer dress without the smallest attempt at cape or mantle. Presently a heavy shower came on, leaving the atmosphere cold and damp. I insisted on her taking a cloak, but she was very reluctantly per- suaded. She would not take cold, she would soon be home, &c. Everybody has heard those excuses a thousand times. But young girls often do great injury to their health by catching a chill. Some- times they lay the foundation of a serious illness. In our changeable climate it is always safe to carry some light garment with you, if you are going out for more than an ordinary walk or visit. It is foolish to go to the extreme, which I have seen some ladies do during the past week, and don a fur cap. The little covert coats are useful, and serve as a kind of half-way house for out- door wear. Sometimes they are made with turn- down velvet collar, which improves them. Woollen materials are also coming forward for dresses. Tweeds, homeepuns, and other stuffs make up into handsome and serviceable dresses for seaside or yachting wear or for travelling. They have the additional advantage of being the handiwork of our own countryfolk in Scotland and Ire- land. The Shetland tweeds and the Irish homesnuns. woven bv hand from undyed wool, are the best of their kind. Nothing can be more comfortable or suitable for a travelling autumn dress, and they wear so well that their original cost is very soon re-paid. Every lady who possesses an ample wardrobe should assuredly provide herself with one of these dresses, while her sister of limited means will also do wisely to procure so durable and lady-like a garment. A good serge is also an excellent and inexpensive U stand-by," or, as our French neigh- bours would say, a piece de resistance. Some- thing of the kind is indispensable at this time of the year. The Norfolk bodices and Garibaldi blouses are still very popular, and they have the advantage of supplying the extra warmth needed on the beach or the moorland without wearing a mantle. They are especially fashionable for chil- dren and very young ladies, since they are exactly suited to their holiday romps. At the recent festival of the Eisteddfod the Princess of Wales' three daughters wore dresses of blue Rilk of the old china shade spotted with white. Their hats were crimson. The Princess herself, whose taste in dress is a proverb, wore a checked silk of the heliotrope shade. Costume, bonnet, and parasol were all alike. The Princess does not dress her daughters in the same style as herself. Although the eldest is decidedly out," and the second, Princess Victoria, has made her appearance on some notable occa- sions, they are always dressed in a very simple fashion in the daytime. This is the more notice- able, as the Princess has them so much with her. but it is a refreshing change from the prevalent tendency to force the young things forward into the rauks of their elders. Speaking of juvenile fashions, I may mention that I have seen some pretty patterns. A princess dress made with a yoke front was simple and elegant. It was made with a princess front and plastron, the latter being of lining, over which tke full front was arranged, the upper part being filled in with the yoke. This was made of velveteen; so was the collar, made in a band round the neck, and so were the cuffs. Moreover, a velveteen band finished off the waist. Another pretty dress for a girl was made in two materials. The foundation of lining was cut princess shape, and a kilt of plain material was arranged on it. The other stuff was plaid, and this covered the back nearly to the waist. Down the skirt in front were broad straps of plaid terminating in a point some inches from the bottom. A broad sash of the plain material en- circled the waist, finishing off in a large bow at the back, and being tied w ith ribbon on one side. Then there was a broad, plaid collar and a V-shaped pleated revers of the plain material, the fronts, which were plain, being laced down the centre. A small band collar completed an effective dress. The sleeves were trimmed round the cuff with pleats of the plain material slanting cross- wise. 41 I The close of the season is always the time for weddings, and this year has been no exception to the rule. There have been some very pretty weddings lately, and I must specially mention the marriage of Lady Florence Wilbraham, the second daughter of the Earl of Lathom, to Lord William Cecil, the second eon of the Marquess of Salis- bury. The ceremony was performed at the Church of St. Andrew's, Wells-street, Oxford-street, Lon- don, and was choral. St. Andrew's is famed for the beauty of its musical services-a clergyman once said of it to me, It is well to have one church in London set aside for the consecration of an art"—and consequently the musical part of the service left nothing to be de- sired. Keble's beautiful wedding hymn, "The voice that breathed o'er Eden," was sung as the wedding party came up the church, and during the ceremony there was a fine anthem, the Wedding March being, of course, played at the close. The bride wore the regulation white and lace and diamonds, but the bridemaids' attire was especially pretty and becoming. The dresses were of pale primrose satin, trimmed with white gauze, and their bouquets of saffron flowers excited general ad. miration. Lady Betty Lytton, the eldest daughter of Earl Lytton, was among them. She had the opportunity of rehearsing preparatory to her own forthcoming appearance as a bride, for she is engaged to the bridegroom's cousin, the Hon. Walter Balfour, brother of the Chief Secretary for Ireland and nephew of the Prime Minister. Lady Betty is possessed of brilliant talents. Her friends fondly believe that she has inherited the ability of her grandfather, who has left us so many clever novels. Lady Betty has already appeared as an author, though, I must confess, her subject was not a very pleasing one. I daresay we shall see some further productions of her pen when she has settled down in her new rdle of married life. She is marrying into a family which can appreciate intellect. The Marchioness of Salisbury comes of an intellectual family. Her father, Baron Alderson, was a very able man. Her brother-in-law, Mr. Beregford Hope, was for many years proprietor of the; Saturday Review, and Lady Salisbury herself con-1 tributed to its pages. Lord Salisbury has two daughters. Lady Maud married Viscount Wolmer, the son of the Earl of Selborne, and the young viscount and viscountess take great interest in the condition of the working classes. I have heard a good story about them. Some little time ago an entertainment was given by one of those excellent associations which let out rooms to the poor at reasonable rents, which they collect with unfailing regularity, seeking to benefit their tenants by keeping the tenements in good repair, advising them and assisting them when ill or in difficulties, and generally "pulling them up" without pauperising them. The evening passed very pleasantly, a good tea being followed by music and dancing. Several ladies and gentlemen assisted in the entertainment, and one young gentleman and his wife, who were spoken of as Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, made them- selves extremely popular by their geniality and pleasantness. The lady was in constant demand as a partner, her dancing being greatly admired. When the party broke up the whisper went round that the unassuming Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were no other than the son of the ex-Lord Chancellor and the daughter of the Prime Minister. What would some of our nouveaux riches say to this? The marriage of Viscount Raincliffe, only son of the Earl of Londesborough. and Lady Grace Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, was also solemnised at St. Andrew's, Wells-street. Lady Grace wore a white satin dress with a Brussels lace veil. The bridemaids, who were all sisters or cousins, wore Chinese white silk, trimmed with green, and white hats. They carried pink roses, which I do not think was a good combination. White has been rather in favour for bridemaids' dresses lately. It is very pretty and effective if the relieving colour be suitably chosen. it One group of bridemaids at a recent wedding bad very elegant dresses. They were made of cream-coloured Valenciennes, with lace insertion. The bodices were of striped white moire. The hats were of fancy straw, trimmed with white moire ribbon and bunches of cornflowers, and the bride maids carried bouquets of the same pretty flowers. It should be mentioned in connection with this wedding that the dress of the bride, a white poult de soie, was looped up with natural flowers. She wore a train, as several other brides have done. It is very grand, of course, but it is rather a cumbrous appendage. Another of our recent brides wore a very pretty costume. She had a. petticoat of ivory white duchesse satin, draped back and front with point de gaze. The bodice and train were of striped satin trimmed with lace and orange flowers. A veil and wreath of orange flowers, fastened with a diamond butterfly, completed her elegant attire. Grey has been a very favourite colour for the travelling dress. It is very elegant when trimmed with steel or silver. One dress made of two shades of grey Venetian cloth, trimmed with silver passementerie, with grey hat trimmed with silver and grey ribbon, was a success. Another was of grey tweed, with collar and cuffs embroidered in steel. The hat was made to match. A third was of grey Indian cashmere, trimmed with oxydised braid, and relieved here and there with a slight admixture of pink ribbon. Everybody seems to be pleased with the Queen's decision that the greater part of the Women's Jubilee Offering shall be devoted to the nursing of sick women and girls. It is most appropriate that the women's gift should thus go back to women. It was generally expected that the Queen would wish the money to be bestowed on some public or charitable object. Some people grumbled very unreasonably, I thought, at the appropriation of any part of the funds to the erection of a statue of the Prince Consort in Windsor Park. But since the offering was meant as a personal tribute to the Queen it was only right that she should spend some of it for an object especially interesting to herself. There are, no doubt, many statues of Prince Albert scattered here and there, but there was not one in Windsor Great Park, opposite to the Queen's statue, and no doubt her Majesty has often regretted the omission. But as the statue only cost £12,000 out of the £82,000 sub- scribed, there is a large sum left on hand. It is spoken of as the surplus," but in reality it is the substance of the gift. The Queen has asked a committee to advise her as to the best means of attaining the desired object. It seems to be still uncertain whether the funds will be best bestowed in the furtherance of existing arrangements or the creation of new ones. Good sick nursing is an invaluable boon to the helpless sufferer, who is probably deprived of the means of obtaining money at the very time at which she needs it most. There are thousands of professional women who are dependent upon their own exer- tions to whom ssupension of labour means sus- pension of income. How, then, are they to provide for the heavy expense of serious illness, and to pay a trained nurse as well as a doctor ? In the lower classes, in which it so often falls to the lot of the woman to be bread-winner for herself or for others, the need is more apparent, but it is not more real. The poor governess, the disabled artist, the invalided dressmaker suffer a harder pinch of poverty sometimes than the sick char- woman or factory worker, because these have 80 appearances to keep up, and can apply for aid in quarters which are inaccessible to the lady." I hope the Queen's gift will be directed into some channel by which it will reach this kind of suffer- ing. There are many admirable institutions in existence now, paying hospitals and homes which receive ladies at a very moderate charge and provide both medical and surgical attendance as well as nursing, but I am afraid that the demand greatly exceeds the supply. The Queen herself ha.s always 6hown a tender sym- pathy for sickness and suffering, and her daughters take after her. The late Princess Alice was cele- brated as a nurse. She it was who undertook the chief nursing of the Prince of Wales in his dangerous—almost fatal—illness, and her devoted attendance on her own children and husband under an attack of diphtheria cost her life. She founded a hospital in Darmstadt, and played a conspicuous part in the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers during the Franco-German War. So, too, Uid her elder 6ister, the Crown Princess of Germany, who has rendered her adopted country most valuable service in this respect. When it was found necessary to operate upon her husband's throat in Berlin the Crown Princess was allowed to be in the room, as her nursing skill and experience were of value to the doctors. Perliaps she has had something to do with her Royal mother's final decision as to the destination of the Women's Jubilee Offering. Chocolate Pudding.—One quart of milk, twenty even teaspoonfuls ot chocolate, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla, and six eggs, reserving whites for frosting. Boil milk and chocolate, and stir in the well-beaten eggs. Flavour and bake in a deep dish, like a custard. When cold frost with the whites of ten eggs and one half cup of sugar. Flavour with vanilla.

A beaming Irishwoman was heard to say, on the recent departure from Ireland of the two sons of the Prince of Wales, "Isn't it a fine reception they're getting going away ? Why do ducks go below the water? For divers reasons. Why do they come up? For sundry reasons. Why do they go down again? To liquidate their little bills. Why do they bob up serenely ? To make a run upon the banks.

PARIS, AUGUST 24. The Temps has sent a special correspondent again to Ireland to try and come at what is going on in the island; what is true and what magic- lantern. It is the same gentleman, M. Daryl, who was entrusted with a similar duty some two years ago. On arriving in Dublin he found the atmos- phere all Parnellite; when he reached Belfast it was as hotly Orangeite; so he, apparently, gave up the task as hopeless. Philippe Daryl is the nom de plume for Paschel Grousset, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs under the Commune, and whose foreign field of work was compulsorily limited by the city fortifications. Arrested when endeavour- ing to escape, disguised as a woman, he was sent to New Caledonia, from which he bolted with Rochefort, and on arriving in London settled down there as correspondent of the Temps. Groussett never abused, like so many of his clan, Australia, which allowed him to disembark, nor England, which gave him all the exile comforts of a home. He has long since renounced all his wild-oats politics, and is mellow- ing down into old crusted Conservatism. As be is a small landed proprietor, with yearly tenants on his estate, people are giggling to know how he would like the law, not himself, to fix the rent of their holdings, and in case there were some years' arrear of rent, how he would deal with the eld score. M. Zola has not been allowed to enjoy calmly his pilgrim's or hermit's rest at his Castle or Tower of Medan, outside Paris. He has the un- enviable notoriety of being a dirty writer; just now he is proving himself to be a putrid one. In a feuilllton which he is publishing, "La Terre," in a morning journal, he out- Herod's Herod. It is impossible to find any pal- liation for the liberties he has taken with the moral and mental hygiene of his readers. It was bad enough hitherto to have to pick your steps through his columns of nasty stuff; now you must positively pinch your nose in skipping the Rabelaisian proofs of naturalism. It is said we fall on the side we lean to: Zola has sloped to literary filth, and lies wallowing in sewage. The tale is intended to chronicle the coarse manners, dirty habits, animal instincts, and social puerilities of French rustic life. He empties the manure heaps simply, and invites the reader to read, mark, learn, but, above all, admire his dustman expertness. Five of his disciples have signed a round robbin, which would be more effective were it simple and less verbose, shaking off the dust of their feet against their once Pontiff, and declining to follow him either to a lunaUc asylum or a main sewer. Paris clearly repudiates Zolaism, which has been killed by the very excesses of Zolaism. The gods scourge us with our vices. Attention is being drawn to the pinched condition of musical composers in France. Not more than two really live on the income derived from their compositions. First comes Gounod, with his town house and his country villa at St. Cloud. He is as snug as a mouse in a Dutch cheese. Ambroise Thomas would find it difficult to make the two ends meet were he not Director of the Academy of Music. His Hamlet" is not at all a gold mine. Saint-Saens, the composer, is sup- ported by Saint-Saens, the giver of con- certs. When Massenet wiote "Manon" he had to give lessons in music to obtain the means to live. Reyer, the composer of Siguard," depends for his revenue on the salaries from a plurality of small offices. Leo Deli bes, having a personal fortune, is independent of the receipts from "Lackme," "Srlvia,L-c. Joucieres has composed some good things, but it is by his lessons and salary as a musical critic he lives. They are the by-gains which keep the musical composers out of want and misery. And they are poverty itself as com- pared, say with Faure, who interprets their works. Neither composers nor singers make as much hard money as Paulus, of cafe-concert fame-the composer and singer of the Boulanger Melodies." He keeps his carriage, a luxury Gounod has not. The public wants comic songs, baccy, beer, and side-splitting laugh- ter. The man who eschews these ends may go down to posterity a celebrity, but he will, during his lifetime, have to struggle with that ever. keeping-coming-on enemy-a hungry stomach. The Women's Rights League has held its annual meeting in the Temple of Concord, lent by the Freemasons for that purpose. fhe" oratress, of the evening was Mdlle. Barberousse, a noli me tangere lady. She stated that out of 97 municipal councils in France 34 adhered to the objects of the society, and would accept the oratressoa the league would delegate to address them. Mademoiselle then went at her text, "The Subjugation of Woman by Religion and her Elevation by Science'' —a take-awav-tbe breath subject. The mission of woman, she maintained, was to destroy all religions. Then, again, women and girls of the period were mere sewing machines. Rich girls were simply fools, good only for bringing grist to convents. Woman is not an intermediary between man and animals. She ought to be a human being, and the equal of the he-critter. M. Jules Alix, who is the pillar of fire of all the philanthropies, past, present, and to come, said, Woman could not be free so long as free-love was interdicted. A male biped drew attention to the fact that there were many young ladies present, and they should weigh language, a score of sweet voices urged him to get out; two parasols were levelled at him, and one stout, widowish-looking sister hinted he was a brute. He took up his hat, and smiled a farewell. M. Alix further urged the necessity of "harmonising the masculine and feminine worlds," and deplored the tendency of the times to build galleries to preserve fossilised bones, stuffed animals, and impaled insects, but no halls to allow of women expressing their wrongs. The De Melville-dragoon officer and De La Bruyere-editor duel ended very tragically; one man spit the other with his foils. Gnly the latter had been steeped before being used in carbolic acid the lung wounds would have proved mortal. Both adversaries had to be carried to the nearest house to be examined, and they now lie, almost side by side, on, perhaps, their death-beds. The theatrical season has re-opened by, of course, the Comcdie-Francaise. Spectators did not go to re-see the "Cid" and Moliere's Pricieusesi, but the new iron drop scenes and some changes to prevent the public bestowing their patronage prematurely on a crematorium. The manager forgot to put up a very common notice, Tak care of the paint. ¡ Some persons must have been held to wall-seats like a sucker to a stone. The proscenium was painted to represent the Palais Royal Gardens in olden times, with busts of Corneitie, Moliere, &c., in the distance. But the point is, will .the drop drop when there is a life necessity ? The doors have been re-hung, so that in a scare they they will open outwards, not shut inwards. There is more room to reach box scats, but as for the pit, the occupants would ruu the danger of being incinerated just as ever. The safest theatres in the city are the Guignols, in the Champs Elysoes. There you may be wet, but im- possible to be calcined, save by the auu. A writer draws attention to the great drawback the battles of the future will labour undAr by the general use of powder which, when fired off, will cause no noise and emit no smoke, or cousume the latter as in the case of factory chimneys.

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