The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
LONDON GOSSIP.
(By FL.ANEUR
Special for the Daily Bulletin.)

yet done can surpass the matchless
beauty of this production. The half
coqucttish, half triumphant and
wholly voluptuous expression on the
beautiful face of "the Serpent Of
old Nile" is most fascinating and
irresistible. The gazer looks and
looks again, and yet again, and on
leaving the gallery is haunted by
that one wonderful couutenance,
and dreaniily dazzling smile.
There is no great art in writing a
love-lcttcr. But it is very hard some
times to get it safely delivered into
the hands of the addressec. This is
a want that has always been acutely
felt in Partisan society, and which is
ut length about to be remedicd. An
institution has been formed which
will enable two loving hearts to cor
respond daily, and even hourly, in
spite Of parental vigilance, or coniu-
gal jealousy. The monthly sub
scription to this projected Agence
d1dmour will be but 10 francs, and
each subscriber will have numbered
letter-box, Of which only he Cor she)
possesses the key, placed at his (or
her) disposition, in the establishment.
Suppose A falls in, love with b Cor
vice versa), but they cannot cores
pond on account of G Tin Paris this
letter would generally represent
"husband,") then B subscribes to
the Agence PAmou,', receives the
key of letter-box No. 80 (let us say),
and informs B of the fact by post.
And ii A happens to be under par
entail or conjugal supervision, then
he subscribes likewise, and informs
letter-box 80, that his number is SO
(let us say). This scheme sounds
very practicable on paper; but the
originators have forgotten one little
drawback that may seriously inter-
fere with a satisfactory exploitation
Of the idea. The existence, scope
and site of the Agency will be known
to every member of society, within a
week after the opening day; and the
subscribers will never he able to force
their way through the crowds of
Jealous husbands and wives who will
watch the Establishment by night
and by day.
There was great battle of knives
and forks in Paris, the other night,
1t was the annual banquet of
society called the "Union universelle
pour lie progress de Fart culinaire. "
All the gournaets of the capital flock
ed to the feast. Charles Monsclet,
the witty doyer of the Rebelaisian
army, presided. There were nine
teen dishes made by the best cooks
of the day, and prizes were distri-
buted. The first prize was carried
off by the chef of Baron Erlanger,
for his poularde a panglaise.
The American receipt for making
one log of wood keep IA man warm
for whole winter is, to say the
least of it, very ingenious. Here it
is:-Buy good heavy log. When
YOU feel cold, take up your log and
carry it rapidly up to the top storey
of your house. If you still feel chilly,
drop it down the we'll of the staircase
into the hall, rush downstairs, pick
it up and ascend with it again to the
attics. AS this cannot fail to create
a warm glow through your whole
body, put your log on one side.
When you again feel cold, resort to
the same plan, by adhering to which
YOU will find that the log will still be
whole in the Spring.
A somewhat comic case was heard
last week in the Lord Chief JUSTICES
Court. A gentleman applied for tai
Injunction to restrain the Committee
of the Hanover Square Club from
expelliug him. That august body
claimed to have the right of expel-
ling the plaintiff, although it was
admitted on both sides that he was
no longer a member-membcrship
having Iapsed through non-payment
of subscription. A Yankee humor-
list says that the funniest thing in
the world is to see man trying to
catch q black cat in a room when it
is not there, but for downright genu-
inc comicality ! give the palm to this
" Hanoverian plaintiff trying to
prevent people from doing an inn
possibility, and 10 the Committee
proposing to expel a man from a
Club to which he does not belong.
Talk no more to me of Irish bulls.
When / hear one shall cap it by
quoting the above. .,,
Sarah Bernhardt, the irrepressible