JUDGMENT OF PARIS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 3 (Supplement)

JUDGMENT OF PARIS.

The post-office authorities of Silesiai have been called upon to' undertake the role of Paris, and, being mortals, and some of them husbands, they have wisely declined. It was the cruel jest of the students of the Breslau Gymnasium which laid this task upon them, says a writer in the 'Pall Mall Gazette.' Before departing for their Easter holidays these lads, whose minds should have been occupied with graver subjects, decided to send their collective homage to the most beautiful maiden in a certain town in Silesia, whch town was to be settled by the casting of lots. Fate decided for Sprottau, and so they sent a post card addressed thus: 'To the most beautiful girl in Sprottau.' The other side was conceived in these passionate terms: 'Beautiful Unknown, we, the undersigned, are drinking your health, till we can drink no longer.' It was a striking instance of love without first sight, and the faith that makes all things possible. But, unhappily* it miscarried. The card was returned to Breslau after a few days with the following postal comment: —'There are many beautiful girls in Sprottau, but beauty being an affair of personal taste, the post-office cannot undertake to deliver this missive.' Sprottau is said to be noted for its fair daughters and explosive match factories* therefore such letters are distinctly dangerous.