HINTS TO ARTISTS AND WRITERS WHO NEED TO ADVERTISE THEMSELVES BY SOME ECCENTRICITY OF COSTUME.
While the most elaborate attempts to draw attention often fall flat,
sometimes the smallest deviation from the usual may prove irresistible.
Commercial Candour.
From an Oxford Street wine merchant's advt.:—
"Equal to the so-called First Quality brands."
"He was defended by Mr. Macbottle of whisky."—Scotch paper.
The Macbottles (of whisky) are a very well-known Highland clan.
"At Sapphire Lodge in Vincent Square, W. A. Randall Wells has lately painted two rooms in a manner which combines novelty very successfully with a sound tradition." Speaking of the bedroom, The Times goes on to say that "there are passages from the 'Sensitive Blast' finely written on vellum in every panel." Certainly this variation on the title of Shelley's poem seems to "combine novelty very successfully with a sound tradition."