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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXVI, 18 December 1897, Page 810

Mrs Atherton declares in the‘Woman at Home’ that the immemorial freedom of the American girl is lost. This is what happens now:—After a large morning wedding a man, by mistake, was put into a carriage alone with a girl. The girl went off into a state bordering on hysterics, and the man had to get out and walk. Yet they were old friends and the girl was one of the greatest flirts in California. The curious way- in which the most serious catastrophes are reflected in the world of frivolity sets one to wondering whether anything is really serious or really frivolous. The shocking holocaust of the charity- bazaar in Paris is having a perceptible influence on fashion there, not by- making it less thought of, but by starting a new vogue of black and white. Persons who have lost no relative or intimate friend by the accident nevertheless adopt this fashion, young men wearing black gloves and young women black and white figured gowns. A new game is always welcome. The latest of them is called ‘Bumblepuppy.’ It is played by- ladies and men. and is exceedingly productive of mirth. To a long pole on a grass plot is attached a I>all hanging by a string. The party- playing divide into sides and try to hit the ball as it flies round with their rackets in the desired direction. There is a good deal of skill required, and a good manyhard hits, and funny- situations result, Altogether a good, noisy, and amusing game.