CHIT-CHAT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6936, 9 February 1884, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHIT-CHAT.

London Academy: "Good women should never make puns." Mrs. Alexander Hamilton was the first to introduce ice-cream into Washington society. . Miss Eleanor Winslow is the name of the new American " furor" in England. She is a Bostonian. A single bouquet presented to Nilsson on the opening night at the Metropolitan, New York, cost 100 dollars. Annie Whitney's marble statue of Harriet Martineau will be placed for the winter in the Old South Church, Boston. Miss Eustis, Mr. Corcoran's granddaughter, is said to be the finest horsewoman in Washington, which is saying a good deal, Mistress, in alarm : "You're not putting a lead spoon into the custard, Bridget?" 5 Bridget: " Faith, mum, it won't hurt the spoon a bit." Prince3s.Marie Valeria, youngest daughter of the Emperor of Austria, is said to be wearing the ring of the Crown Prince of Portugal. Mile. Rosa Brack, a cousin of Sara Bernhardt, has made a successful debut at the Comedie Francaise, Paris, in Moliere's Amphitryon. She is both young and pretty. Her mother used to be a dancer.

Together they were looking over the paper. "O my, how funny !" said she. "What is it 2" he asked. " Why, here's an advertisment that says ' No reasonable offer refused.'" •'What's so odd about that." "Nothing, nothing," she replied, trying to blush, "only those are exactly my sentiments." L»dy Anne Blount, daughter of the Earl of Lovelece and his late countess, Ada Augusta Byron, is said to be a speaking likeness of her grandfather, Lord Byron. When Lady Anne was presunted to the Queen, Her Majesty kissed her, Haying as she did so, "I do that for the lovo I bear your ancestor, the poet whom I moat love." A new work by Carmen Sylva, the Queen of Roumania, is annnounced to appear shortly. It is entitled " Moine Ruh" (My Rest). It consiats of 365 poems, one for each day in the year, arranged in twelve divisions. There is also an introductory poem, which explains why the royal authoress adopted her now celebrated pseudonym. - "No, I cannot marry you," she said, "I hear that you gamble." "I acknowledge the truth of your charge," was his manly reply, "but then I always win," "Oh! is that so ?"■ she eagerly exclaimed ; " then I'll take you. Pa gambles t but he always loaes, and I was afraid that you'd limit me to two calico dresses a year like he does ma." Four Sioux maidens stopped in Sioux City on their way to the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. The young ladie3, being possessed of some knowledge of English and a little money, showed their inclination and aptitude for the ways of civilization by at one going on a shopping tour, which was continued so long that they missed the train, although the whole police force scoured the town for them. A young French actress makes her debut in Frou-Frou in a provincial theatre to empty benches. On the morrow she writes bravely to her father, " The public not coisy, but very enthusiastic. Coming out, mamma listened among the groups; everyone was saying, 'How different from .Sara Bernhardt !'

When a young man says his lady-love is " worth her -weight in gold,'' he is not putting a very high valuation upon her unlere she is a heavy girl. At this rating 1201bs. of girl would be worth about £6000, and any young man who doesn't think his sweetheart worth more than that, ought to be kicked clear over the front gate by an infuriated parent, and have the dog Bent after him. The "harvest hat," a new freak of fashion, is very unique, and whether or not it will look well depends entirely upon the wearer. We would not advise a plain person to attempt iiu It resembles in shape the Alsatian, ana tho straw simulates cornstalks, a. large cluster of the golden grain appearing on one side, and a fringe of wheat ears bordering the brim, with an underlay of cream lace, Over all the top and sides glow a perfect wealth oE scarlet poppies, with small buds and fully-blown blosßoma mixed in wild confusion. "Well, my dear," said an Austin man to the wife of his boaotn, "shall I call for you, say at three o'clock, this afternoon?" "Callfor me ! Why, what for ?" inquired his wife in an evident tone of surprise. "To go to the milliner's after a hat." "After a hat! Why, hubby, didn't we get a new hat for me only yesterday ? What on earth are you talking about?" " Oh, I forßOt, surely. Why, yee, so we did. I see it now very plainly. It is only every other day you want a new hat." By stepping put hastily and holding the door shut he managed to esoape merited punishment.