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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XV, 15 April 1899, Page 489

Perfumed beds are the most recent development of luxury. The introducer of this charming and refined custom (says thw .chronicier) is a famous duchess, whose prodigal hospitality is almost a byeword. If guests remain over night, she manages to find out their favourite flower or perfume, and by means of numerous strong flat shaped sachets the delighted guest finds her sheets redolent of heliotrope, rose, lily, or whatever may be her favourite odour. Speaking at the dinner of the London Cabdrivers' Benevolent Association. Lord Crewe said that the statistics of the Metropolitan police showed that there was apparently no place safer than the London cab. During the past year 38.0(H) articles had l>een left in the gondolas of London. It wus not surprising that of these no less than 17,8<M) were umbrellas, but among th*' rest the most diverse articles were found. Perhaps the most singular, after a live rabbit was a parrot with a complete mastery of the language of those who went down to the sea in ships. The bird had even shocked the susceptibilities of the Metropolitan police, but it had eventually been re stored to its rightful owner.