Bouquet Fashion

Let me aay a wom mi ciraiuwtion ot' a Freiich oustotn OTur an American one. in Paria it is nol; noi has it ever within my knowlcde beert the fashion f or a lady to carry even Binóle boiujiiet to ball. As to thJ multitudiuoua noaegaya wlucli our belles ne accustoined to bnrdun üieiu-" selveswiili sa prootof tlieir bellchood noPaiiflian beauty wou ld ever soloid hersel 81e would coiwdcr. herself as aping the floral mumplis ot some lavoi-ite prima donna L'allet" dancer. lliii' flowei's are lor thö adorn ment ot lier saioon, ""- " "■- hindering of the grace of hei carmgtf or the mtu-ring of tüe general efieet ot her toilette in a ball-room. Why will not, therefore, our yomig belles, who are sometimos only too réady to adopt a íoolish Parisiun iaahiou, adhert to one that is eminenüy sensible and roisouable, namoly that ot cai-rying no flovirera to bal Is or partios? E ven a solí ury bou- quet suoils the wearer'a gluves, and is ant to become a nuisan.e hetore the evoningis vrell enaed. lts lreshneS9 and beauty too speedily ilépart m ihö (tas-heated, vitimed air, and the das ter of cosily blossums is by midnlglift a thing tor the dust-heap ratlier toan a llower-vase. Tnc Parisieuue is lar wiser. The floral offoriiigs whioh sucf veceiveson her mine day or on Neuf Year's Day are kept tor the ador..nient of her drawing-rooom. But 1 ,IU in hopes that the very exces M this custom will soon lead to lts use, as, trom thrce nmiiuire Nvago reqoiréd to tako the flowert td thd eemeteryata fastiionable iunenil we have coiné to the sensible request of "Please seud o llowers," appeuüeü to thenoiiceofadcatü. AnU our young ladiea liavo taken to can yinglrou. twelveto twonty Couque each to a ball, we may bowH ttat t WÍU 8OOU be considered the hexght OÍ ton to appear withoot . ;my. Therc is a talk of reviving a pcdestrian l'eat wliich was in vogue iitty vears a"o in England. It is a wdlklng match baekwarda. Uno uiciiam i ton undertook to walk 120 nales backwards in three successive days ; time; twolve houra eaeh day. lio fimsuca his task with ihty-eight minutes to ■pare. A Maryland t'anner is making money óuiofan euornioiis orop oí nm talo bugs. tíeiujj opposed to tije wse ot Taris g-remi, ho ngoa up a largo in hia Held, and hirmg six men, oollected the bujfs, and soucd Uiein m builmg water. About two ..alluns wcre ooucOieU, ind by WOW dent a piecö oí oKl Blieop-ski leaiher, used liniiig Btaow, wout into tue mess. Attcr me luid been go bis on tor nali an ie was asioiw islmd w iind tna% Uie ieatuer liad cuüiged iis color 10 tue riolíoM darte crillisou. Ttiisarousiug bis curiosity ho uuerted oiltfti iuiurito and asour tainod awotUei1 pecuMarily ot ilio liuuid, Tlie muierial pl.ieod in it chuied iirsi to a dark brown, theii a .,-,oonil hui-, men puré ycllow, theu Hht Wue, "iKiuiíin, to dark bine, theu Ii2ht red, te.nu.iaung i Uie briHwnt Bcarleu wln.-h was me peiinunout col- or üonsequeuce, íonnation ot a stock coinpaiiy to niake dyeing uuxMítí lroin potato bugs.