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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2180, 28 December 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

': A'-eurious" publio-hbuae' is anidiiiK;'.the '■( latest attractibiiß in Paris. It is called : liv' Tavern du Bagne, The walls ; are liiirig ;• 'js\ with paintings representing; the -horrors v fffi of convict life, interporsed with portraits of notorious Communists. All the waiters ■;':'%?: are dressed in convicts uniform", and'wear' ; : V i ':s the chains' and' tioukts of the regular; fomV The landlord'is Citpyen Lisbonne, one of of the leaders of' the:; 'V ft inauirrectionof 1871. : .^s-:. '•;;

The' following is given by the Pall Mall V:^v-.; Gazetteas : the ages of the well-known ">B ; ;- women named. The figures arVobtained- ;' v| from a careful study-.of the dates con- ■ ; - 'S : ! tained in a recently-published English bio- "i('ns graphical work:—Mm'e. Adam,49; Mary v ; '.: 3 Anderson, 26; Sara.Bernhardt, 49; Mib H,- ■ Besant, 38; Rose'Bonheur, 62; Miss Braddon, 48; Miss Gordon Gumming, 48; T 2: Lady Eastlake, 69; Empress Eugenie, 59; Emily Faithfull, 50; Mrs Gladstone, 73; Julia Ward Howe, 60 ;■ Mme. do ; : r Novikoff, 43; Jenny Lind, 64; Pauline ; Lucca, 45; Helen Modjeska, 41; Florence Nightingale, 56; Christine Nilsson, 42;,, ,', Mrs Ohphant, G7; Adelina Patti, 42;' Christine Rosetti, 55; Ellen Terry, 37; Mrs Weddon, 48; Mrs Henry Wool 66. The "Eloper's Complete Letterariter" may shortly be expected to appear in print, This usefulwork-will be dedicated to the boarding-school misses and the flirty wives who desire to feed in pastures new. A large number of specimens of different styles of elopement letters will be culled from the pages of tliieo volume novels, penny-dreadfuls, and the records of. the Divorce Court; An index and table of reference will afford intending elopers much help in discovering the style of letter most suitable for. the occasion, and how they should address the relatives they are leaving. . J Ladies with undeveloped charms need I no longer reply upon the .service of art- m fully-disposed pads of wadding to fill out J9 their dresses and give roundness to the JS figure. We'have just been reading of gm a preparation that is guaranteed to de< @fi| velop a beautiful form in sixty days, and 83 and whose effect is stated to be permanent wig and usually discernible within ten days after the first dose is taken.. Attenuated ladies are assured that aiair trial will'not only convince them of its .efficacy; but elicit their enthusiastic thanks andpraisgs. The proprietor of the wonderful preparation appeals also to those ladies-to .whom Nature has been more bountiful- and. solicits their patronage on the ground that a fine bust is already possessed the preparation will preserve tho same firm' and perfeot in shape. Appended to this alluring advertisement are the inevitable extracts from letters received . from delighted customers. One lady candidly affirms that it has "done wonders" for her.; another, says she is "perfectly charmed" with it; a third declares it has " worked like a charm" in her case. The ladies' names are not appended to those testimonials, t '

"The turbulent .element in Paris'," remarks the "Argus" London correspondent, " hav.e.adoptedan ingenious method of keeping in remembrance the New Caledonian sequel to the Oommuhe. Maxime Liabonno, 'ex convict of the Commune,' has just inaugurated 'La .Taverne du Bagne,' which is an exact reproduction of one of the wooden huts that form the convicts camps'at New Caledonia. The attendants at the door wear the blue grey duffekniform-and sword of the penal prison' .warder, r The waiters have donned the scarlet. Bleeves, the trousers-of the latter hue, and "the green cap with stencil number plate which the, French convicts wore up! to 1883, A chain and imitation cannon ball fastened to their feet tinkles as tliey minister to the wants of thirsty souls. Two letters 'T. P.' (tmvamform) are ostentatiously displayed on shoulders, and thighs. Inside, the place is a mere barn, its whitewashed walls covered with most of tho portraits of the Communistic nota bilities in prison garb. There is but one exception, the counterfeit of Henri Rochefort, who wears his ordinary dress, as he did in New Caledonia. There is also a pictorial representation of Rochefort and Pascal Grousett in the boat that landed them in Australia. The' Taverne du Bagne' is expected to become the trysting place of the vilest among the Paris population, and probably the headquarters of the next revolt. ' NOTIOB EXTRAORDINARY. Owing to the large number of Coupons for Xmas presents being issued, L, J. Hooper & Co. find that it will be impossible to distribute the whole of the'presents on the 24th of December as advertised. Solders of Coupons will, therefore, please present them on the 22nd or 23rd, and any %e. up to the 31st of December, until'' which time Coupons will continue to be issued. L, J. Hooper & Co., Drapers "and ClotMers, Masterton.-[ADVT.] - We observe that Mr J. Thorburh the well-known clothier • and outfitter, of Willis-street Wellington, is offering a grand inducement to buyers of men's and boy's clothing &c, &c. Nothing less than a caA bonus of 3s in the £ is given to every purchaser of goods to the value of £5 and upwards. This libera} distri. bution of icuih will last from tlio 6th of December to the 9fch of January.—Advt. Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufactory. All Blinds guaranteed of the very besi description. Price list on application to R. W. Henn (late .Henn & Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Factory, Wellington.—Advt„

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