AN UNFORTUNATE ARCHITECT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 789, 9 June 1881, Page 3

AN UNFORTUNATE ARCHITECT.

On the v occiiion .ofQiiceo Victoria'g , visit to Prance ip 1860,- the Prefect of the Seine charged a tfolebrated ntitfiitect /with th»_ taik- he d«sired.i;o:|[ive.itf. ; lieV Miiobr!)!«';. r-| , . The archftoct assumed-the'" ; npd j demanded tp -be presented; to the Queen m a recomperiso... ' / j j . "Lookihg'l ike ft billy-goat as ; y ou do " exolaimed the Prefect. '. "Out; of, your . beardand I : will-'pf6aent you'." 1 I . "Cut of my : beard.never! Never," | For aevpnl days: the. unhappy architect vacillated betmn -his love for his board ; . .and hii desire to iaee th'B 'English sover- - . .eign.; .i' , ■ .'.i . ! ' ■ : The latter feeling; however,' prevailed, . snd. at the last'moment,-he shaved his face cleaned presented liimself at the Hotel de Ville, where he; never, left the "aide of Z-". j j%pWW n Ktton,.tgofc. -in . ipiteofh(sefforts toattracttlie attention ,of .the Prefect, the architect was never presented. When the .Queen, had de- • . parted'he turned : indignantly upon the Prefect and said. ; . . .v. .. "Why didn't you. present me 1" JK- ■ "Present you I On what pretext ?" v , "As the originator of the fete; or.your .. • architect." "Mon Die.u!" exclaimed the Perfect | "I didn't know you .with your beard off." • • An^ Indian'sohoolund'farm is to be established in Albuquerque, NiM. The - city will donate 60 acres: of ground and the department will erect ..buildings costing £IBOO. '> ' ... . ; It is stated that a .detective, has been placed in the Melbourne Civil Service re-; fr'eshment room, to watch the " alcoholic tendencies" of the clerks employed. Professor Erasmus Wilson, at one of his exhibited the photograph of A woman thirty-eight years old,, and 6ft sin high, whose tresses, whenshe stood ' 'erect, enveloped her entire form in a golden veil and trailed several inches on the ground. The longest fibres measured 6ft l|n. Thirty inches is considered the mean length, of the hair of women, and three feet is considered a very remarkable length. This instance is exceeded, however, by two American women-one whose hair measures 7ft 6in, and another, the wife of a druggest in Philadelphia, whose luxuriant hair is almost as long, and so long that when seated upon a chair she can completely V cover herself with it. Keminiscknceb ov w wuimm—ln the year 1845 a worthy citizen pioaded his way. with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree , to Te Aro Flat being in search of the surveyr's opog which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth- : ' " Land o> the mountain and the Hood, M of brPP tot hand shaggy wood. In the year 18G6 it passed into the hands of Mr Jahks Smith, the present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the fpsplt was, Te Aro House, as at prcsont, one of the most completp and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the colony of New Zealand. The General Drapery occupies a large spaco, being 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, ( Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, j , Ribbons, Laces, Ac, The Men's, Boy's, and / . Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 f feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfort able fitting-room. Carpots and Household furnißhiiigs have a similar space allotted to them. The Show-room for the sile of Millinery, Mantles* Jackets, Costumes, &c., is a veiy spacious apartment, elegantly fitted Dp, apd beautifully lighted from the roof, apd moires B'J feet by 22 feet. Tlio stock fif gflofis, s at ,all times large and well > selected, and patterns are forwarded post free on application. A special feature at Te Aro Houso is the Order Department, and very careful attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents, Allorders are executed under the immediate supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded tu their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always dist'm guished To Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling fISriWT-1 BmmßWHWl.ll.l,l i.... ■.