MISCELLANEOUS.
'You have mentioned several timeq during the evening," observed one of the •udienoe to a lecturer, ** the word periphrais. Would you kindly inform me of its precise meaning ?" •« Certainly," said he, it is simply a circumlocutory and pleonastic circlo of oratorical scnorosity oircumecribing anjatom of ideally. loBtni verbal profundity." Helen Gladstone is thought to resemble her father in appearance, and she also pos•esses his remarkable vitality. At Newhum College she invariably keeps her table in the bestof spirits by her amusing stories and witty repartees. For ordinary society re K ulations she has little respect, and is quite ndiftereub about her dreas, appearing at luncheons and dinner-parties in plain, sensible-looking costumes, in which very little taste la displayed. Bhe is, however, u social favorito.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7273, 22 October 1891, Page 3
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