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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2218, 25 September 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

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It would seem as if there was no satisfying the, changeful minds of women. Everybody knows, the disastrous effect produced ou the simple village maiden when -the versatile Lord of Burleigh dropped the r6ie of painter and showed himself in his, new , colours. Taking warning by ' this young lady's sad fate, Mr Conway, a thoughtful butler, determining ,to reverse tfce order of things in the Lord of -Burleigh's.cruel proceedings. So he "w.enfc to; America, . called himself the Hon. Seymour ..Conway, and wooed and won a,, high-born,, maiden to his ■wife. IHe brought his wife to Ms buttery in England, where, he of course . dropped tho Hon. Seymour., i pare of himself and prepared to settle/ down to domestic life.; but, instead of being delighted at this little surprise,*,^be;,. lady, is -.terribly annoyed. It is, true she -has {not (died, but .she has, done th9.next.best thing, and instituted divorce pr©ceediugs. Courting in fancy dress, seejrs not to bea success, whichever way it is .tried. ■ ,#, # - The, first lady surgeon qualified in Gfeat Britain ha_s just been invested with the Letters Testinional of the Irish Collge of Surgeons, under the new power granted; to it by its charter of , 18S5. Our lady confrerey sa'ya the .Medical Press and Circular, is Mrs Mary Emily Dowson, wife of a gentleman who is practicing as an engineer in London. She obtained >her r education at the London School ■of Medicihe f for, Females, and produced all the evidences > of study , required by the London College of Surgeons, besides her diploma of ITK.Q.CP.L, which r she had already Obtained. |( Here is a story' of Mrs Arthur Bronson, tue lady who is shortly to become Mrs Robert'Brbwning'r'Mrs Bronson, as Miss De Kay,' was one, of 'the 1 belles of New York. The' late Sam 'Ward— the uncle of Mr ''F.^Maribh./ Crawford— was in a florist's shop one dayj and could not obtain any roses of the kind he wished, the florist remarking that all he had had been ordered to be 'sent to this young lady. " Ah," sighed Ward, as lie met a friend at the door, " how fleeting are the things of this world ! The florist says that his very last rose has gone to De Kay."Madame Christine Nilsson, who has already been' married -by civil process to, the Count Casa di Miranda, will go through ' the religious ceremony at Madrid, where slie will permanently reside. ' In accordance with the wishes of her husband, slie will not appear again iv opera. But she will commence a farewell concert tour 1 in October. Stockholm will be visited at 'the beginning, and subsequently all the ' principal European cities, including Berliii; St. Petersburg, Paris, Lisbon, and finally London. The latest Parisian novelty in pins is a trinket of an ornate description, consist ing of a single gold daisy, violet leaf or shield, of some sort, \\ ith a bee attached to one side, the peculiarity about it'being that the legs of the iusect are attached so as to oscillate with every movement of the wearer. Mme. Ristori (fcheMarchesaDelGrilio) is preparing for publication her autobiography," with studies of the principal characters 'in which she was so celebrated. The book will come out simultaneously in Italian, ' Boglish, French, and German. \ ' ' ,' _!

Scfne— \tt school. Mrs. Nonveau: "And istbatlar^e picture borne of your work?" Pupil* "Mine? Oh, no, madam ! That is one of the old' masters."" Mrs. , Nouyeau, m an undertone to" Her companion : I don t,, like to hear a young 'uian- speak so, disrespectfully of his tdachewi'' ■'■ ' " ; \ PorITJS'ItEQUfiST.— Durmgthe distress , in Partic.k-wl^P the shipbuilding trade was almost at a standstill, - and many -families were on the verge of starvation, a little girl entered ai neighbours house and delivered her message* ! thus^" 'Please, Mrs. Scott; ma mitlier"s compliments to ye, au' if it's a line day the morn will ye gang begging wi her?" '•'--"••"/' l.;,', \, „