A Tea SET.—The Chinese.. . The Coming- Bonnet.—Several factories, says an American contemporary, have commenced to manufacture bandboxes 6ft. high. The Wat to Woo.—Wealthy widow (in answer to warm vows of undying love and admiration) : " Then do you really think me beautiful, Mr O'Dowd? Can, didly now P " Mr O'Dowd : " Beautiful ? Indeed you are. Not, perhaps, in that cut and dried, regular, and insipid fashion that passes for beauty with the vulgar herd; but, O! your face has a. subtle charm— a—a—an ineffable something—a —a —a certain 'Je ne say kwaw,' you know, which is far more rare and more precious than what the ignorant world calls • beauty !' "—Punch. • i
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2069, 21 August 1875, Page 4
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109Untitled Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2069, 21 August 1875, Page 4
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