LEFT UNSAID.

Otago Witness, Issue 2356, 20 April 1899, Page 51

LEFT UNSAID.

The first light swerving of the heart, Which words arc powerless to express, And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess.

— Longfellow. It is usually what we left unsaid -which would have made us happier, have relieved the moment of embarrassment, or robbed it of bitterness — would have glorified the past | an.i soothed the present. I Ie is usually what we left unsaid — and | thought of afterwards — which was so witty, amusing, and apropos, which would have been the saving grace of that dull afterdinner speech, the glittering point of those few " well-chosen words," which were really so deadly dull ! * The wit and the repartee that we left unsaid far transcend anything our friends are accustomed to hear from vs — we may mourn them as a distinct loss. But the passionate pleading that we left unsaid — the very soul of prayer that must have won us oui heart's desire, ah, why was no speech given us for that? Why was that left unsaid? Easy river of words on which to float every idle whim of the moment, but a dried-up spring of eloquence, only a few dull stumbling common-places, when the supreme moment of destiny is upon us. It passes, and all that we longed to say is left unsaid ! I Apart from the narrow circle of our own • personal hopes, fears, and experiences, the

visiting the Princess of Pless she takes part in the exciting boar hunts in the German forests.

— Lady "Peggy" Primrose, who has become engaged to Lord Crewe, is a young lady of great personal charm and accomplishments, who in the comparatively short time that she has been "out" — she is only »18 years of age — has won herself ar unusual number of very warm friends, who look forward to seeing her fill a position of great influence and usefulness. As the daughter 'of Lord Rosebery she will, of course, in■herit great wealth. Lord Crewe, who is a j.vridower, is one of the abl6st, best-liked, •fcest-looking, and richest of the Liberal -peers. He is the only son of the late Lord "Houghton, a poet and patron of letters, Ivfho was probably best known as Mr ;Monckton Milnes. His son, to some extent, inherits the father's literary leanings, but has shown more disposition to interest himself in politics. He succeeded to the Earldom of Crewe a few years ago, oa the death of his uncle. His eldest daughter, by his first wife, is to be presented at Court this season.

— Not content with eating rose leaves and the petals of violets in the form of sweetmeats, the Parisians are now thinking of adding dishes composed of flowers to their menus. The most favoured flower at present for edible purposes seems to be the chrysanthemum. When boiled, it is said to resemble in flavour the ordinary cauliflower, and it may be eaten either hot or cold. is still at college. Miss Fair is the daugh- — Miss Virginia (Fair, one of the greatest "heiresses in America, whose marriage with W. K. Vanderbilt, jun., brother of the Duchess of Marlborough, has already been describe^ in these columns, is 27 years of

age, while the bridegroom is not yet 21, and ter of the late Senator Fair, of California, one of, the Bonanza kings, from whom she infcerited £1,500,000.- She is a devout Roman Catholic, has travelled extensively in Europe, and was at- school some time in Paris.