Life — February 19, 1885 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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*- LIFE: Wales after Mahdi? He is forty-two Colonels in an aggregate lump, and even if | forty-one of him should be killed, there would be enough of him left to run the Empire when his turn comes. . . . OUTONNIERES are worn very large this winter. So large in fact that Plinder has established a new branch of business, whereby boutonnieres the size of a saucepan may be hired at $3.50 per evening. . . . FASHION item announces that “ undressed kids are now de rigeur at the opera.” We had an idea that kids were not alone in this respect. . . ’ A’ a recent Philadelphia ball twenty men appeared ar- rayed in white-lined red coats and embroidered vests. They were not scene-shifters nor gentlemanly “supes” from the theatres, but leaders of Philadelphia society. All of which shows what a fool brotherly love can at times make of a man. . . ‘ OTHER defaulting cashier has turned up, and most surprisingly finds himself unable to attend the Mon- treal Carnival. He was not a Sunday School Superintendent, and was therefore implicitly trusted, which makes it a most extraordi- nary case. . * . HE following invitation, it is said, will shortly be sent to the leaders of New York Society : MR. FERDINAND WARD, EX-MAYOR EDSON, MISS JONES, At Home. Until Further Notice. . . . EV, DR. FULTON'’S church, in Brooklyn, is to be turned into a Roller Skating Rink. It is estimated that the transformation will not decrease, but rather increase the collections. Dr. Fulton, himself, has not taken up rinking for a profes- sion, although a large part of his congregation will, undoubt- edly, remain true to their old home, and the lenten attendance will be unprecedented. * * * HE frisky ex-Mare bids fair to be stabled shortly. As Hosea Bigelow would have remarked : Franklin E. Wishes he Had n't acted quite so previouslee. Chateau Ludlow St. HY do not our English cousins send the Prince of | A VALENTINE TO MY SUMMER GIRL. HEN first we met six summers since Upon a pathway narrow, Young Cupid, Love's blindfolded Prince, Stood by with bow and arrow. Swift from the string he sent a dart With an intent mischievous ; He pierced my young and tender heart, And made a wound quite grievous. At times I feel—well, fancy free, But straightway then its aching, The wound begins. Ah! ‘tis for thee My heart is well nigh breaking. Tothis I'd like to sign my name, Oh, gentle little lady ; But as I’m not yet known to fame, ‘T is best to keep it shady. M. M. G. A MATTER OF AVENUE ETIQUETTE, DUDELET (to full-fledged dude of high degree.)—Ah, Mr. Vanhuyster, you seem to have forgotten me. Don't you recollect our meeting last summer at Saratoga ? DupE.—My dear fellow, I do not forget it in the least. 1 recollect you perfectly well at Saratoga, and should we both be there again next summer, I shall only be too happy to—a —meet you again. Ta-ta, VERY “ HARD UP” OF LATE—The weather on Mount Washington. BOTH inside and outside of Parliament the Irish agitators have justified their claim of being the greatest “ blowers” extant. GLIMPSES OF PARADISE, No. 3. THE Keeper of the Book: There are too many marks against your name. You can not enter. The Rev. : Why? How—er. mistake ? The Keeper of the Book : We make no such mistakes here. The Rev. : I know, but it is very curious. I cer- tainly have done nothing to deserve this. The Keeper of the Book: \t is what you have not done that has injured your record. The Rev. : But I have preached the Gospel for forty years. The Keeper of the Book; You have preached because you enjoyed it. All the drudgery of your work you have handed over to your wife and daughters. You have neglected the poor and toadied the rich, and your reward you have already received in an easy and successful life. Next. Isn’t there some comicbooks.com