A certain Peruvian heiress once paid the late M. Worth i&SOO for a costume, which was, after all, nob a large price, considering that upon it there was nearly £iGOQ worth of lace. ” - “ The dumb piano " ie a new invention on which young ladies ; can learn music without making any sound. It is simply automatic, and all the keyboard is there, but emits no sound whatever. ; Young ladies without any'ear for muaic can now play these pianos without disturbing their hearers. .. :» She sighed,—She had been looking into the nsirfirr, but still she sighed. “'Yes/she admitted, 41 1 have reached the age when 1 mu.it expect to stand up in a crowded tramcar. ; 1 can neither got a seat on account of my youthful beauty nor by reason of ray helpless old ago." •• f ■}- When women rule.—“ Have you been able to catch the Speaker's eye ?" asked the first lady legislator. Have I?" rejoined the second legislator. ‘ Well, rather, f wore my navy blue bengaline with tho heliotrope sleeves,' and the speaker couldn’t keep bis eyes of me."
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2691, 14 December 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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177Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2691, 14 December 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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