Speaking o£ becoming attire, what thing is most likely to bccomc a woman? —Why, a little girl of course. An ambitious mamma complained to the music master that her daughter was going back in her music. "Why so, madam?" said the professor. " Because," she replied, "Seraphina tells me that her last piece was ill live sharps, and the uuu she is now learning is only two '" A foundling Hospital has lately been established by some of the leading Sydney ladies, and has secured tiie countenance of Lady Eobinsou. The honorary secretary, Mrs. 15 . has been most energetic in soliciting subscriptions ior this fashionable charity, and was naturally delighted the other day to reeeivc a sympathetic letter and a cheque for 1M;>0. A meeting of the ladies' committee was convened, ami the munificent donation duly announced. A little later it was discovered that congratulation was premature, 'ihe signature, which had been taken for that of one of tile (inn of Young and Lark, proved to be "What a Lark," and notliavingbeen keenly scrutinised, the hoax was for a time undetected.
A \vcll-ktK>\vn shopkeeper in Colliusstreet, Melbourne (says a Victorian paper), has lately broken out in statuary. The garden of his suburban villa "learns with glorious forms from the antique. There are minds so constituted that they can t dissociate the nude from the indecent. And so this lover of the beautiful makes a compromise between his artistic instinct and Mrs. Grundy. The limbs of -Mercury are modestly concealed by a sheet gracefully draped round the loins. The Gladiators defy the wintry blast under cover of a gunny bag. And the supple from of a Bacchante is arristieally shrouded from the impertinence of public gaze by a graceful dispusi tion o; fancy dower-pots. .MaR \ViLI,A Cocoa. —Taylor BKOTni:r.s Manufacturers of Cocoa id ilurope,, having tiife oxelusive supply of this unrivalled Cocoa, inv;te c;m parison with any other Cr.ccn for Purity—he* Araaia —Sanative, Nutritive, ami Sustaining Power— of Digestion—and especially, delicious flavour. One trial will establish it .13 a favourite I3evers',v lor breakfast, luncheon, and a Soothing Refreyl ment after a late evening. K.B. Caution.—" Maravj i.a." is a registered Trade Mark. Ma ua villa Cocoa. —Tho Globe says, "Taylok CKoriiEE.s' Maravill'. Cocoi has achieved a tborca.'h success, and supersedes every other Cocoa in the rrarii 't. Entire solubility, a delicate aroma. a rare concentration o! the purest elements of nuir'.i'jn, distinguish the Maravilla Cccua Above all otlu rs. Per Invalids and "Dyspeptics, we could not r«coit>n>.-c.>:i a move agreeable or valuable beverage." For t rrvior favourable opinions vide Standard, Mominn J")st, British Medical Journal, &c., &c.
IIOMfEOPATiuu Cocoa.—This original pre;.»a>at on, which has attained such a world-wide ropucati »•;. is manufactured by Taylor BitoriifcKd, und-r the ablest homajopathic advice, aided by the skill and tixperieuce of the inventory, and will be found ;c cjq - biue in an eminent degree the purity, line aror-a, and nutritious property of the fresh nut. Soluble Chocolate, made in one minute without boiling. The above articlca are prepared exclufively by TAYLoa Bkotubks, the largest manufacturer* in Europe, and sold in tin-lined packetsjonly li y storekeepers and others all over the world, t l *"* brick Lane, London. Export Clucory Mill*. Belgium.—[A.PVT.!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4045, 29 October 1874, Page 5
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