Collection Of Handkerchiefs

Tourtsts returiting from abroad report a new fad which has, for the moment at least, superseded the erstwhile popular craze for souvenir spoons; instead, milady now collects dainty handkerchiefs. From the days of Josephine to the present the handkerchief has been an important item in the expenditure of a fastidious woman; a good dresser considers her toilet incomplete without a bit of snowy lawn or linen, which, tliough scarcely ever seen, and' it may be severely plain, must yet be above reproach with regard to flneness of texture. An invetérate globe trotter, who has just returned from the other side, rejoices in an exquisite collection of these cobwebby nothings. At every city or town where she stopped, no matter how short her stay or how insigniñcant the village. another square oL linen was faithfully added to her spoils, and, curiously enough, she readily reialls where each was purchased. So that her handkerchiefs, in a measure, servo her as a sort of note book.