A DANDY'S DIARY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 10

A DANDY'S DIARY.

Very interesting and amusing is tho "Diary of a ModcnrDandy," which has been copiod for "Notes and Queries" by a correspondent. It is aloo of considerable value to students of philology, as it may help to fix dates for tho entry into our language of various illusions and phrases. Here aie some of tho entries: — Saturday.— Hoso nt twelve, with n, d d headache. Mem. not to drink llegcnt's Punch after supper. The green tcp, keeps one .ivake. "Breakfasted at one, sent for the tailor and stayniukcr — ordered a morning demisurtout of the laet Parisian cut, with tho collar n. la guillotine, to show tho neck behind — a pair of dress Petersham p.inlaloons, with itriped [ Hounecs at bottom, and a pair of Cumberland corsets with the whak-bonc back. [ — A c.i ut ion to the unwary. Th.> last I nil" gave way in stooping to -pick up ..ndy B.s glove — tho .Oukc of C © vulgar enough to laugh, and asked me in the «uv slang if 1 had not 'missed stays in tacking.' Find this to be an old joko stolen from 'Tho Fudge Family.' — Query: Who is "Tom Brown? — not known at Long's or tho Clarendon. "Five to seven. — Dressed _ for the evening — dined at half-past eight; 'nobody with me but niys>elf,' as tho old Duko of Cumberland taid— a' Meat din-

nor in Long's best style, vii., a tureen of turtle, a small turbot, a dish of Carlton— cutlets. Remove: A turkey poult and an apricot tarfc. — Dessert,": ■finoappb and brandy cherries. Dranl; two tumblers of the Eegeni's punch, iced, and a pint of Madeira — went to the op«ra in high spirits — just overforgot the curtiin drops on Saturdayn before 12.— Mem.— To dine at seven 6n Saturdays. "Monday.— Dinsd in the city with Sir W. C , all th« fashion since the. Prineo went. A d d good dinne» and capital wines. The baronet— a hospitable fellow but vulgar. Sent hix plate twice for turtle, and drinks beei after checss !"