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Mra Edison lately gave a ball at whioh the musio was furnished by phonographs.— An aoademy has been opened in New York for? giving lessons in the arb of love>ffiaking, ! "-.~— ' What is the partioular virtue in grey-.titt'ted note-paper? In an. advertisement in a leading olorioal paper in London for a lady •• oompaniou," oapaole of keeping aooounts iv the Frenoh ourrenoy, it is expressly stipulated that replies shall be made upon stationery of this not quite everyday tone. A possible explanation is that tha announoement may be made in several papers, givihjj different ootoured papers, by, whloh^ &eaoV> vertiser oan judge for future guidauMwhioh bnnga the greatest number of replies.— «— The Ljndou Figajh thus-reLrsiitd a matter already mentioned io the Echo ; -" Invitation oards tbia neauou, if a preoedent eet by a well -koown peer bs followed, will have the word, • Boxing ' m •__]•,;> lefi|iand gbrttwV instead of 'Dancing' or *MBaw.V'.At\the'; house ol the nob.cman ia question, the guests (ouud a riug m up iv the gorgtous ballroom, and were edified by a series of aontests botween a soieotparty of pugilists, speoially ongaged lor the uodisiou. What with •Danoing Girla' and •Boxers.* indeed, Buoiety is likely to hava an uuuauallf lively time ot it tbis season.".- Silver quesof must hide their diminished heads: Mrs ' William Astor, the widow of the well-frown/. Amerioan millionaire, is Boon to be a ,r Gbl_ Queen.'' That iB to say, her friends, wishing to mark her approaohing'jubilee in a duly modest and Amerioan way, have expressed • their intention of presenting her with a ' golden orown l---Young Mr Vanderbilt at , Monte Carlo, made some extraordinary coups the other day iv baoking 4 and 6. whioh numbeu oame up constantly.— At BrJ_H_England), before the Kegistrar, Miss , Gladys Knowles, who recently reoover'ed £bSOO damages from Mr Leslie DunWa fot breaoh of promise of marriage, waa married " to Mr Prager, a Londou dentist; - f