The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-06-04
LONDON GOSSIP
(BY FLANEUR.)
(Sre ,ial for the Daily Bullctin.)

(Sre ,ial for the Daily Bullctin.)
1 hear that Mr.. John Brown has
left diary behind. him, which, if
published, will require a considerable
amount of editing before it can be
given to the world. But for obvious
reasons it is improbable that it will
ever appear. Greville and Wilber-
force have proved quite enough for
one generation. IL is a fact that
several attempts were made at diff
ferent times by Society Journal to
prevail upon the late j. B. to become
contributor of society gossip. The
sturdy Scotchman, however, stead
fastly refused TO listen to the voice
of the tempter, or to look at the
golden guineas which were offered
as reward for the valuable infor-
nation which he would doubtless
have been able to supply.
Not the least astonishing thing in
Monte Carlo is the attire of the fair
ladies (and their name is legion) who
grace the gambling-rooms with their
presence. The fashions are quite
month in advance of those of Paris,
as coats and hats can be worn on the
Casino terrace, which would excite
undue remark on the Boulevard DIES
Italiens or even in the Avenue dies
Acacias. The most extraordinary
bonnets of the poke genre are to be
seen, the front meeting in high
point, which is anything but becom-
ing to the majority Of French faces,
while enormous hats, overloaded
with feathers or flowers, are much
affected by pretty Russians and
Americans. The turban hat, which,
like the Bible and liberty of the
press, is dear to every true born
Briton, is seen solely on the cropped
heads of English beauties. Short
hair, by the bye, is decidedly going
out of fashion, and SO is the potato
at the back of the head to which we
have been treated dd ,,d,1seane for
the last three years. The hair is now
being worn twisted on the top of the
head, the nape of the neck being
much en- evidence. The French YER
sion of the Newmarket is good deal
worn, and is often made of velvet or
a large patterned brocade, the front
being well cut open to show a.trow
.frou of soft silk flounces. Very
large spots and enormous checks are
the patterns mostly employed, and
elaborate open-work embroidery in
silk on cachemere looks we'll. Elec-
trio blue still holds its own as CO.
lour, and several good shades of
terra Gotta and brown-red are to be
seen. Parasols are still large in size,
and have crook handles in the shape
of serpent; not far from the end a
STAT" bow of ribbon is tied, the co.
lour being identical what that of the
cover.
A short time ago the Island of
Sardinia was blessed with, and by
new Bishop. Not one of your easy
going magnates who wink at abuses
and let things be as they are, but a
reformer and innovator. His first
official act was to demand a list of
the saints honoured by the Sardinians.
He strongly suspected, he SAID, that
several of the ladies and gentlemen
so honoured had never been pro-
perly canonized; and he was right.
Imagine the horror of the good Bis
hop when he was informed that no
less than thirty seven villages were
in the habit of invoking Saint,
whose name is not mentioned in the
Calendar, viz, st. LucUsr! He
dispatched pastoral letter at once
to the thirty-seven villages explain
ing the gross error into which they
had fallen, and proposing St. Sulpice
as their future patron saint. But
great was the indignation this pro-
posal aroused. They Indignantly
refused to have anything to do with
St. Sulpice. saying St. Lucifer had
invariably been generous to them,
and they were perfectly satisfied
with him. And they have actually
sent petition to His Holiness beg
ging him to protect their Saint from
the attacks of their Bishop. In this
case yor popuN is decidedly not
voe Del.
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