The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14

copy of the statues of the club at
Starodub, county town in the
government of 1chernigov. Rule
No. g: 1t is strictly forbidden to
enter the club in high boots rubbed
with tar, or to wear clothes impreg-
mated with the smell of fish or
leather. Rule No. 8: On ball nights
members are expected to appear in
dress. coats and white ties; and not
in velvet jackets and coloured
scarves, as is usual on ordinary
days. Rule No. 10; 1t is strictly
forbidden on ball nights to use the
curtains as poclet-handkerchiefs.
N. Is. Members must thank their
partners after each dance by saying
1Herci and not ,Spdssibo (thankec)
which is vulgar and only used by
mmjih;s. Rule No. IL: Smoking is
not allowed in the ballroom during
dancing, under penalty of fifteen
copecks. The money to be en-
ployed in purchasing pomlre de ris
and eau de Cologne for the ladies'.
Rule No. 40: In the event of a
quarrel in the billiard-room it is
strictly forbidden to use the cues as
weapons of offence or defence,
under penalty of forty copecks for
each blow. Rule No. GO: AS some
of the members may be in the habit
of drinking beyond the bounds of
moderation the 6u6etchih (refresh-
ment contractol) will be fined three
rubles for every member who is
unable to reach the hall without
assistance.
The perennial rumour that tho
Duke of Edinburgh has sold to the
German Government his reversionary
interest in the sovereignty of Sake
Coburg-Gotha has this year been
promptly and officially pooh poohed;
but not before several journals had
time to comment on it. Now there
is little doubt that the German Gov
eminent would willingly purchase the
reversion-but. from whom? The
Prince of Wales is the next heir to
the Duchy, and retains his rights till
he ascends the British thlone, or
makes a formal remuneration of them
in favour of his brother. The Duke
Of Edinburgh is the probable sue
cessor of the reigning Duke of Sake
Coburg-Gotha: but his younger
brothers also have reversionary in
terests; and the Prussian Govern
ment, after purchasing the Duke of
Elinburgh's reversion, would have to
satisfy their claims also, and not only
theirs but the claims of host Of
petty German princes besides. Still,
Prince Bismarck has sufficient funds
at his command, and could easily sa-
tisfy all the parties Interested; but
there is an obstacle to the fulfilment
Of his secret wishes, and one that
money cannot remove; the Duke of
Edinburgh is under promise to as
sumo the sovereignty when the time
comes. The late Emperor of Russia,
when his niece Olga Constantinovna
became Queen of the Hellenes, re-
solved lhathis only daughter, to whom
he was devotedly attached, should
also become reigning sovereign enc
day; and it was on the understanding
that the Duke of Edinburgh would
not renounce his rights to Coburg-
Gotha, that the Tsar gave him Maria
AleXandrovna in marriage.
There is rumOur afOat that the
graceful and interesting Cotillon i. to
supersede the melancholy quadrillc
in England this season. The Cotillon
is danced everywhere ON the Con-
tinent, though it is seen to the best
advantage in the great ballroom Ct
Prince Giovanelli in Venice or
Florence. Italian women, even if
plain-featured are always graceful in
movement and gesture, and il English
bellies wish to distinguish themselves
in the various figures of the Cotillon
they must study elegance OF walk
and easy of manner. more than they
do. Those dear old dances the
''Minuet' and "GavOtte" are also
about to be revived; and the dress.
makers are already at work fabrica-
ting picturesque costumes with
embroidered trains, for the ladies to
curtsey in with becoming stateliness.
And with these revivals it may be
asked, is the reign of the waltz
drawing to a close! 1t has had a
long run of popular favour. The
first persons who danced it in Eng
land were the Marques of Harting-
ton afterwards Duke of Devonshirel
and the celebrated writer Lady Nor