WHAT "THE WOULD" SAYS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 23 September 1880, Page 3

WHAT "THE WOULD" SAYS.

Mr W. H. Ssnitb, being no longer First Lord of the Admiralty, is going to console himself. I hear ho has purchased from the executors of the late John Perm tho yacht Pandora, and it was on board her he closed his highly honourable career. Mrs Smith and family are to embark with the late First Lord, and are to make a long cruise in foreign parts. Several of the ladies present at the Princess of Wales' garden party did not enjoy the walk as far as the Duke of York's Column, which thry had to accomplish before they could get to their carriages. The fact is, the watered state of the roads ncessitated the uplifting of the dainty garden dresses. Why is it that some ladies display such lengths of black, red, and golden silk stocking on such occasions P I am very much afraid that they do not wear any petticoats. At a certain smart little boll last week I was struck with an excellent arrangement of the floor. The dancing-cloth was of some tightly slrefehed shining material, and ifc was a dark green. This is vastly better than the usual white drugget, for two reasons It does not generate a white powder that covers black coats, and it shows off the dresses with rare effect. I recommend it. Old Mrs Charles Mathews, the mother of our beloved Caplsin Patter, was very looking till late in life. A friend of the family meeting her son one day, and commenting on the fact, said, " Sy the way, Charlesi how old is your mother ? " " Well," answered the inimitable Charles, considering, " I hardly know. She must be forty; I'm thirtynine."