THE EDITOR OF THE LADIES' COLUMN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1716, 27 March 1888, Page 3

THE EDITOR OF THE LADIES' COLUMN.

There we a good many strange features IB London journalism* Foriome years past a writer, whose signature was "Miranda" furnished sundry columns of girly.girly gossip every week to the " Lady's Pictorial," and row it comes as rather a shock to the readers of that paper to discover that "Miranda" was a male individual, and bore the name of Archibald M'Neill. Young girls, middle-aged girls' elderly girla-ghle of all Jorts, in fact—poured their confidences into 11 Miranda's ear." They wrote BBking him to expound dark points regarding stockings and frilling, they consulted bim on cosmetics and things that would remove pimples j they took his opinion on the subject of trimmings for delicate garments whioh are worn in the silent watches of the sight and "Miranda" answered them all and breathed soft cocfi deuces into the pink ear of the public. Thej all gave themselves away under the impression that lie was a.woman, and he wasn't a woman after all. And now "Miranda"has come to a sudden end. It would have been all right, doubtless, if he had confined Hmßelf strictly to writing women's items, as that it an occupation at which comparatively few men get murdered if they are ordinarily earefuJ, but he went away to report the fimith-Kilrain prize fight and a day later his dead body was found in the Seine.