Love-making in France and England.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 86, 24 January 1885, Page 6

Love-making in France and England.

I havjs never much admired the way in which declarations of lovo aro made in France. With urf the foolish animal has to go on his knoos at a woman's foot. With her eyes modestly drooped on us, this littlo demon of observation makes an inventory of all our smallest defects -of our hair, growing sparser ; of our languishing eyes, turned up and showing their whitos; of a little whart which we thought concealed. I put its squaroly that in this littlo scene it seems to mo wo have to play a supremely ridiculous part. If any one of my readors is not of this opinion, let him putting question to himself, "Should I ever think of being photographed in the attitude above described ?" I await his answer. They manage these things differently in England. You sit down comfortably, very much at your ease. You have the adored object of your dreams at your side or at your feot, and you can murmur your sweet whisper* of love into her ear without ever dislocating your vertebral column. You may even smoke your cigar, without any fear of giving offence, all the time you tell your love and build your castles in Spain. " Then you are something of a pasha," I enn imagine some emancipated woman exclaiming. Not at all, madam : it is no question of master and slave : it is a matter " not of slavery, but of exalted duty."—" Los Fillesdo John Bull," by Max O'Rell.

Sheridan is playing in " Tho Fool's Revenge " at tho Baldwin, San Francisco. Miss Wallis, tho Shakesporian actress, lias also been very unwell. Jenny Lind (Madamo Goldschmidt) announces her intention of paying the United States a farewoll visit. Frank Cates has been giving recitals lately in Adelaide and Warwick. Gainor has been assisting him with songs. Franz Liszt has finished tho fourth volume of his memoirs. The whole was to be published at Christmas time. '