A Society Reform

Undor the pretty titln of tho "Cindereüa" dance, a sort ofsemi-ball. rigorously pledged to exhibit its fiml galop on the hcnlthv, woalthy, and wise sirte of midnight, ajives good augury of a rotura to sober honra in the habito and customs of tho Englisk. - Anothor hopeful siga is the practico of abbreviating dinner, botli by a rcduction oí' a menu and by the abolition of a male sedcrunt running -into much time and niftny magnums. Tho fashion of tüus cartailing and litrluening tho once solenin and ofton dreary meal had indeed been steadily growing for a lon time. Tliose heavy feast.s, with tlieir inoiislrous opergnea and conversationalities as pompons and depressing aa the tray of fealliors that used to bc oarried in front of a funeral, are swept away to the last crumb. Tliorc rcmained, however, i mucli to bc done in the way of' praudial reform, even at a recent period ; and, to the joy of opera and theater managen against whose interest the late and long dinners of the last decades carried on a rnthlesa war, the work of continued amendment has been taken vigorously in liand by many leaders of society, foi-emost being the Frince of Wales. As for the quadrille parlies unmed bo prettily aftw ihe lierono of the Counless d'Alnois' f;riry tale, all sensible pcople must wisli tlicm success; and thcir introduction at the Mansión House is one of the n roof s airead y given by Sir Francia Truscott of a (lelcrinination to niake his Mayoialty meinorable for wholesome and graoeftil iniprovemeiits.