LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 187, 15 July 1874, Page 2

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

[TAe Editor will be glad to give insertion to any local contributions from his lady friends that may be considered interesting in the family circle, or to the sex generally.]

Lobd Denman to his Wife : On October 18,1850, the 46th anniversary of his wedding-day, he wrote with his own hand the following verses to his wife, which have been preserved by the pious care of his daughter, Lady Baynes, to whom he gave them after her mother’s death. They possess a simple and touching pathos which will probably speak to the. hearts of all:— ’ Full six-and-forty years have flown Since first I claimed you for my own; You trusted then your youthful charms To an adoring husband’s arms. Well saw he with those charms combined The upright, generous, feeling mind; The nqSle.nature’s Inborn grace, The soul, e’en lovelier than the face, Well did you keep Affection’s vow, Precious when made, far dearer now. In that long maze of varied years, Of joys and sorrows, hopes and fears. Though oft a cloud perplexed the view, Love never failed to guide us through. Downward we pace; but, hand in hand, Hope tells us of that happy land, Where tumults, pain, and sorrow cease— That land ot harmony and peace : A house not ma le with hands, i By all we' cherished or revered. The aged who sunk in ripe decay ; The buds in childhood plucked away ; The future haven to receive, , The dear ones we on earth must leave ; Where Friendship rears a hallowed shrine, And Love is endless and divine. “ He winnowed her into Paradise with a fence-rail,” is the last phrase for wife murder. , “Transactions in Hair,” is the heading given by a Detroit editor to an account of a street fight between two women. The Story of a Letter. — A young! lady in Indiana sought to demolish an unJ faithful lover by publishing some versea addressed to him, in which, after prophesy® ing her immediate dissolution, she said] “ Come, gaze upon my dust, false one! ] But the compositor spelt “ dust ” with ’ a ’ “ b,” and the young man went to see her the next evening. , Apropos of San Francisco balls, a young lady of our acquaintance, who has just gone to the Far West, writes home that the fair San Franciscans by no means overburden themselves with their dresses when out for the evening, their dresses being decidedly of the order of “ beginning too late and ending too early.”

A young lady had been dancing with a partner who evidently pleased her, and wishing generously to share that pleasure, she introduced him to another lady thus: “ Miss Jones allow me to introduce yoh to Mr. Waltzer, a bully dancer, you bet. Why, he wizzed me round the room so that my feet never touched ground, except when he quit his hold to take a new grab." A young transatlantic lady recently issued invitations for a party, and as usual, iwaoribed - thereon, the invariable “ R.S.V.P.” One young man did not come, but sent his card with “ D.8.C.C.” Meeting him in the street shortly afterwards, she asked what the mysterious four letters meant. “ What did yours signify?” replied the young man. “They were Jgrench for ‘Answer if you please/" “ r oh, then mine were English for ‘ Darn’d sorry, can’t come/ " Malvern Toasted Cheese. — Take about 402 of cheese, 2oz of butter, owe good tablespoonful of cream, put them into a saucepan on the fire, keep stirring till just on the boil, then break into it the yolk of one egg, stir and pour out directly, serve as quickly as possible on a hot-water dish; it should be the consistency of custard. Dry hot toast served separately. The Napier Telegraph sa^s: —A ropewalk will shortly be established in ?<apiCr. Two of the Halcione immigrants are erecting the necessary sheds near the barracks, and have obtained a supply of flax from our local merchants with which to siirt business. Many years ago there was a’tope-walk in Napier, but the industry died through some cause or another. We trust the present modest effort to reestablish a' rope manufactory will be the successful commencement of' a future flourishing business. 500 Men’s White Dress Shirts, 4s 6d, worth 7s 6d—Edwards’ Drapery and Clothing Sale, Gisborne.—Advt. 3500 yards Fancy Dress Materials from 6]d, at Edwards’ Drapery and Clothing Sale, ftreene’s Auction Mart. —Advt.