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  2. SOCIETY AND PERSONAL.

    WE hear a great deal about the foolish finery of our maids and the extravagant dressing of working girls generally. The feathers and flowers, the new colours and the latest fashion caught up and adopted as soon as out, the ...

    Article : 1,804 words
  3. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    COSTUMES made of a mixture of cashmere and silk are mere and more popular daily, and even very dressy ones are made in this style. The most successful I have seen this week was white faille; the edge of the skirt was bordered ...

    Article : 1,669 words
  4. TEMPERANCE.

    AT the working men's meeting, held in Glasgow, in connection with the Social Science Association, Lord Shaftesbury drew the following picture of Shaftesbury Park and of the advantage of excluding public-houses:—"Would ...

    Article : 585 words
  5. SLANG.

    WE allow ourselves to say of a rich man that he has gor "stamps;" of the drunken man that he is "tight," of "booty;" of anything that pleases us, or is satisfactory that it is "stunning;" "awful" is considered a better word ...

    Article : 1,045 words
  6. LIGHT READING.

    Cicero said: "The pursuit of all things should be calm and tranquil." How about capturing fleas? A rural paper observed, with great facility of expression: "These moon-light nights! Ah! by how many a vine ...

    Article : 1,699 words
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