BOUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2015, 13 June 1885, Page 2

BOUND THE WORLD.

A. Paris correspondent says that Princess Dolgorouki, the widow of Alexander 11,, has gone to live at the former Austrian Embassy, Rue des. Oases. Her dinners and ! receptions are going to be one of the: features of Paris, judging from the invitations, which include MM. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ernest Renan, and Alexander Dumas', A Paris correspondent writes that a lawsuit is likely to arise oufcof theMackayColunna. wedding. The jealousy of Paris dressmakers has been aroused .by the fact that the mother of the Princess chose' a raadame Arnaud, an obscure umfarim living in the Rue Bassana, to make the trousseau, bridal-dress, and every adjunct of toilette for the great ceremony. • A confusion of names having arisen, tho lucky dressmaker has resolved'to enter an action against any Paris house of fashion giving itself out as a claimant to the honour of having clothed the wondrous group which knelt at the altar of the Nuncio's Chapel. The following calculation of the number, of stitches in a plain shirt has been n,\ads by a sempstress in Leicester the collar, four rows, SQftO./sewhw'fto ends, 600; button fcokjf and 'sewing on buttons, 15Q< jewing the collar and gatherlniffoeneek, 1204; stitching wrist-bands, 1228; button-holes, 148; hemming the slits, 264; gathering the sleeves, 840; setting on wrist-bands, 1468; stitching on shoulder straps three rows each; 1880: hemming the bosom, 393; Bewirig tho sleeves, 2254; setting in sleeves and gussets, 3050; tapping the sleeves, 1526; sewing the seams, 848; setting side gussets in, 424; hemming the bottom, 1104; total number of stitches, 20,946. Where is the man that can do so much | J Those who /figure %gg)fc| the. Times (Paris), orapondent as a man perpetually with notohook and pencil make a. complete error, Jf, do Blowitz rarely has a, scrap of paper in his' ■ pocket, and'his only pencil is a. trinket attached to his watch chain. He never takes notes, and his memory is so sure that he oanboasfc of never having been accused of inaccuraoy by any of those whose words he has recorded. As a feat of memory, M. de Blowitz relates an incident which occurred in 1873, bofore the Times had a special telegraphic wire. M. de Blowitz had been with Mr Delane to Versailles, on an occasion when M. Thiers made a great speech; and as tKe the correspondent was accompanying Mr Delane to tho Northern Railway Station the same evening, Mr Delane'said " What a pity we can't have a speech, like M extaw in the Tinien the mqfflikperl d . eliv W." $ Mrafe'% y, s »¥y mm attentively to the speech, witMt m intention, of reporting it, topje adjutage of tliia opportunity of' showing hia editor what he could do, saw Mr Delano ink) the Calais express, drove to the telegraph office in the Rue de Grenelle, sat down at a table, and wrote out M. Thiers' speech from memory. When Mr Delane arrived at Dover and opened the Times, he found M. Thiers'' speech, occupying two anda-half columns of the. journal—a full verbittipx renor.^ ~,A