k, some years ago, by finding all the river
shore at Richmond, in Yorkshire, black in its earth, from the mere
drift of soot-laden air from places many miles away.

[14] One of the things which we must very resolutely enforce, for the
good of all classes, in our future arrangements, must be that they wear
no "translated" articles of dress.

[15] This abbreviation of the penalty of useless labor is curiously
coincident in verbal form with a certain passage which some of us may
remember. It may, perhaps, be well to preserve beside this paragraph
another cutting out of my store-drawer, from the "Morning Post," of
about a parallel date, Friday, March 10th, 1865:--"The _salons_ of Mme.
C----, who did the honors with clever imitative grace and elegance,
were crowded with princes, dukes, marquises, and counts--in fact, with
the same _male_ company as one meets at the parties of the Princess
Metternich and Madame Drouyn de Lhuys. Some English peers and members
of Parliament were present, and appeared to enjoy the animated and
dazzlingly improper scene. On the second floor the supper-tables were
loaded with every delicacy of the season. That your readers may form
some idea of the dainty fare of the Parisian demi-monde, I copy the
menu of the supper, which was served to all the guests (about 200)
seated at four o'clock. Choice Yquem, Johannisberg, Lafitte, Tokay,
and Champagne of the finest vintages were served most lavishly
throughout the morning. After supper dancing was resumed with
increased animation, and the ball terminated with a _chaine diabolique_
and a _cancan d'enfer_ at seven in the morning. (Morning-service--'Ere
the fresh lawns appeared under the opening eyelids of the Morn.--')
Here is the menu:--'Consomme de volaille a la Bagration; 16
hors-d'oeuvres varies. Bouchees a la Talleyrand. Saumons froids,
sauce Ravigote. Filets de boeuf en Bellevue, timbales milanaises
chaudfroid de gibier. Dindes truffees. Pates de foies gras, buissons
d'ecrevisses, salades venetiennes, gelees blanches aux fruits, gateaux
mancini, parisiens et parisiennes. Fromages glaces, Ananas. Dessert.'"

[16] Please observe this statement, and think of it, and consider how
it happens that a poor old woman will be ashamed to take a shilling a
week from the country--but no one is ashamed to take a pension of a
thousand a year.

[17] I am heartily glad to see such a paper as the "Pall Mall Gazette"
established; for the power of the