The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-05-28
LONDON GOSSIP
(DY FLANEUR.)
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Tremble, We, aesthetics! DR.. Rich
ardson, hide your diminished head
The much-abused corset has found
powerful advocate in the lady who
contributes one of the articles to re-
cent number of the Nineteenth
Century. 70 Mr.. Knowles all things
are possible, and that he should have
secured the services of so able q
writer as Lady Augustus Paget to
vlndicate seeming hopeless cause,
will win for him the esteem of all
his gentler readers. But she does
not spare her censure when she
comes to the subject of cosmetics,
paints, and powders, and writes very
strongly about the weakness in this
respect of some of her Trailer sisters.
The Empress of Austria has a
dread of embonpoint, and takes vio-
lent exercise with view to retain
ing semblance of slimness. Her eX-
PLOTS cross country are well-known
and appreciated, l suppose, in Eng
land. She swims like fish at Ischl
during the summer months, spend
ing several hours daily in the water
with her daughter, the Arch-Duchess
Valerie; but the adipose tissue is
evidently gaining the mastery, for
her Majesty has resorted to heroic
measures and takes a two hours
lesson in fencing daily. She has
made ,oomzevut strides already, it
is whispered in Vienna, and can pink
her professor every second bout.
but the effect of this violent exercise
on her Majesty's waist is still UNI
known. 1 am inclined to think
fencing is not violent enough, and
venture to recommend her Majesty
to import the Whitechapel Chicken,
or some other pugilist of repute.
The other day in Paris, q gentle.
man went to an English chemist for
some ipecacuhana lozenges. Unfor-
tunately, he was affected with an
impeachment in his speech, and STAN
mered out, ''Please ] want some
Observation-Disclosures cried the
witty and intelligent chemist, as he
handed him the waters he wanted.
A glorious time is in store for the
mouiiks of Moscow. Half million
packets of sweetmeats have been
ordered by the Government, and
will be distributed Unfortunately
during the Coronation festivities.
Cabbage-pies, each yard square,
will be baked in their tens of thou
sands: sailed cucumbers and picked
behring's will be countless as the
sands of the sea, and the liquor will
flow ad libitum. AS regards this
latter point, it is remarkable that
that product of the ''rotten West"
beer, should have been chosen for
the refreshment of Moscow patriots.
The Slavophile party will feel the
blow severely; perhaps petition for
the homely Russian brew, Kvass.
Of course, if the populace were
consulted, there would be a IN.
animous cry for vodka, but the
equivalent in rubles of million
gallons of this enticing liquid, is
more than the Russian EXchequer
can bear at the present moment.
The other night | witnessed q
melancholy and interesting scene al
Cologne Railway Station, where
about five and twenty Russian Jews,
men, women and children, were
gathered together, waiting for the
train that was to convey them te
Hanover ell route for their homes ir
Russia. On enquiring of the Chief
Rabbi, DR.. Frank, who was super
intending their departure, / fount
that these poor people were return
ing from the United States, and tina
whole patches of fifty and sixty hat
preceded them, travelling to the same
destination. DIR. Frank furthe
informed me that in addition to thu
free passes granted by the Israelit'
Relief Committee to these wanderers
they we're provided with Refreshments
in accordance with the Jewish ritual
at each principal station along tn
route. On enquiring Of the mos
iutelligent-looking individual ia VI
group (who turned out to be
medical suddenly how he and hi
companions intended to gain
livelihood when they reached home
I was greeted with a unanimous or
of icv at the mere mention of tn
word hone, aud 1 found that thes
poor outcasts would literally prefe
to be down-trodden and oppresse
by their fellow-countrymen and