DRESS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2245, 27 November 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

DRESS.

Remembbr that it h your spiritual, your moral, your intellectual worth by which you will be estimate 1 by all good and sensible person". A man may bo most" expensively and elaborately equipped — cosily rings may adorn his fingers, and prieeles-" jewels he suspended on bin ulnin, but if he have little or no intellectual ability, his guy clothing will not admit him to the choice fraternity of tho literati. A woman may bo draped in the height of fashion, but if her moral and spiritual character bo blotted, she will be shunned by all her ptuv, and piom sisterhood. Never, then, judiro of a miv's position or a woman's worth by the exteriors, unless there be a l<iok of attainable deoeuey, cleanliness, and care. . Never suppose that your career in life is to be succe.shful and honoured simply b(,eaiir.e v *of the qu-ility of your garments and tho value of your ornamentation-. It is said th.it on one oocit«ion Gogia Effendi, tho Persian «asro, dressed as a beggar, and entered a hon>c whero a gay tea it w/is bein»r held. He was pushed hither and thither, hustled by one and another, and noticed kindly by no one. So Cojria withdrew, and repaired to his home. He then arrayed himself in his mo.-t splendid style, with jewelled shoes on his feet, a robe of cloth of gold on his back and a turban glittering with a diamond aigrette on bis head. Then hanging at his side his sabre, in the hilt of which flashed some valuable jewels, he , made for tho feast. His entrance was at once a signal for attention on all sides. The guests, who before had rndely pushed him aside now made way for his pa s lge to and fro. The host came hastily towards him, with the words, 'Welcome, my Lord Effendi, thrice welcome ; whit will your lord&hip please to take!-" In reply, (Jogia quaintly but expressively stretched out kis foot, so that the jowel on his shoo ppaikled, and then, taking his jjolden robe in one hand and holding it away from him, said, with bitter irony, 'Welcome, my lord coat— welcome, most excellent robe ; what will your lordship please to take ? For,' said he, turning to bis perplexed host, 'I ought to ask my coat what will it take seeing that my welcome was due solely to it.' H.ive we not known, iv these days, himilar homage paid to dress ? Is this not in some quarters a notorious and crying evil? Are not devout mon, wise men, influential men, God-honored men, somptimos thrust aside for one whose millinery and jewellery arc more costl)' ? — Thf Quiver.

Ax old lady, who had several unmarried daughters, fed them largely on a h\b diet, because 1 ., as she ingenuously observed, fish u rich in phosphorus, and phosphorus is the j essential thing in making matches. \ Tommy, who has just received a severe I scolding: "Am I really m> naughty, mamma?" Mamma: "Ye*, Tommy, you are a very bad boy." Tommy, reflectively : 11 Well, anyhow, mamma, I think you ought to befflad I ain't twins ! " The India Office have done a wise tiling in determining to put an end once for all to the uncertainty which attends the te.st of ejet>ight for entering into the various Indian services. It is probable that their example will be followed by other departments at home, and there will be a deiuxnd for modifying the practice followed m the army examinations. Sir Joseph Fayrer has drawn up a definite code of rules regarding defects of vision which will be applicable beforehand by any doctor. They are adapted to the needs of the various depart meuts, and foimally allow the assistance of glasses under certain definite conditions. Why should not the same recognition be extended to glasses in the army. If ;i combatant can see better with them it is equally an advantage to the service and himself that he should use them. In the German army 'both officers and men are allowed to employ them, and the efficiency of the Gorman army has hardly suffered in consequence. And as regards the danger they constitute while men are on active service, it is notable that the number of wounded in the Franco-German war, whose wounds were aggravted by wearing glasses, was singularly insignificant. —Home News. English Tobacco. —ln March last Lord Harris called the attention of Parliament to the penalties imposed upon the cultivation of tobacco in the United Kingdom under the statutes of Charles 11., George TIL, and William IV., and asked for facilities for experiments required for its cultivation and preparation as a marketable commodity. Both Houses having agreed to the experimental cultivation, under the supervision of the Excise authorities, several landowners and others undertook the planting of the " weed," among them being Lord Walsingham, in Norfolk ; Mr Elliott, in Devonshire, and Lord Harris, Mr C. De Laune, and Messrs James Carter and Co. , in Kent. The last-named for this purpose rented Holloway's farm, near Bromley-hill, and on Tuesday thecuttiugofthe crop, whichcommencedonMonday, was continued, as in consequence of recent frosts it was deemed inadvisable to postpone this operation. Lord Han is, with other visitors, was present The crop was planted out on June 10, the seed having been bov/n in April, under glass, and the plants afterwards pricked out in boxes. It consists of a field containing 17 varieties, of which only two have failed, the Kentucky and White Burley, probably owing to the climate. Four sorts have done exceptionally well —the Island Broid Leaf, Gla>ner, Yellow Pry or, and Big Frederick. Some of the.'c have grown to a height of 3ft. Gin., aad have borne from eight to ten leave} each, measuring from 24in. to 2Un. in length, and from 12in. to 14in. in width. A curing-house has been fitted up in the farm granary for carrying out the processes of moistening, fermenting, priming and drying. "Launue," in the Yoeman writes:— 11 Poor Fred Archer. What a sad end. TTis list race is run, and King Death is the winner. Jocks may come and jocks may go, but Fred Archei's name will not soon be forgotten. How many triumphs has he not had, what ovations, what a long succession of victories. How many millions of anxious faces have watched his graDd finishes on the classic swards of Goodwood, Ascot, Epsom, and Newmarket. Eheu, what a dreadful epitaph is his, "self-destroyed!'' Old hands may gossip of the good days when the old school of "jocks '' had their triumphs, and decry the popular feather weights of to-day, but can a record be found to beat t^ab made by the young fellow who has just died. Taking the Blue Riband of the English turf alone, I find he has " pulled oft 1J no less than five Derbies sinco 1877. In that year he rode Lord Falmouth's Silvio, winning the Derby of the North, «.«'the Sr. Leger, on the same horse. In 1880, he hteored to victory the Duke of Westminister's Bend Or ; the next year he won for the American tobacco millionaire, Mr Lonllard, on Iroquois, obtaining the St. Leger again on the same hor.-e. Tom Cannon was to the front in ISS2, aud Wood in 1883 and 188 i. Bat back came Archer again in 1883 wifch auother Derby on Lord Hastiug's Melton, and once more in 1886 on the Duke of Westminister's Ormonde. In the year 1883 this wonderful ridev hoaded the list of winning pokeys (for the 12fch time in suecs^ion) and 246 wins, tho host on lecord, C. Wood bemq: second with 155. Naturally such a lucky, or lather clever, rider was nride much of by English sportin<r society. Princes hobnobbed with him, ladies of high r«nk smiled upon him ; nay, if report say<» truly, he "was oven proposed to by one well-known sporting Duchp«s, whom to her great disgust he cruelly «<jf used. When he married a year or two ago, the daughter of Matt Dawsdu, the famous triiner, the wedding presents totted up to the nice total of £9000 ! The premature doath of his wife, however, broke him up for a long time, and a lengthy tour to America had to be taken. His win on Ormonde, hovrever, this year proved that his hand had not, lost its old cunning, and had he lived, ho would doubtless have onoo more topped tho record.