LOVE TOKENS.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 263, 6 March 1886, Page 4

LOVE TOKENS.

The gossips tell a funny story, in which two Russian noblemen and a favourite Parisian actress play the principal parts. Both of the Bayards were suitors for the fair lady's smiles, and both seemed to be equally esteemed by her. It would appear that in liussia, as well as in many oilier countries, a lock ot hair is considered a signal pledge of the tender passion ; but, if the truth must be told, few of our theatrical divinities are endowed with profuse chevelures, and if they were, the incessant demand would soon exhaust the supply. Mdlle. Alice glories in the possession of auburn ringlets, and wouldn't part with one for less than a duchey. Her Russian admirers, the Count de L and the Baron de M , both happened to have hair of the same golden hue as that of their mutual Dulcinea. Each begged for a tress of her hair in exchange for a lock of his own, to which the charming creature readily assented, and without touching a single curl of her head, cunningly managed to effect an exchange of parcels, by which each gentleman received a tuft of his rival's capillaries. The count now wears the baron's " wool" next his heart, and the baron sleeps with the count's scalp-lock under his pillow.