Piteous end for a friend of yore;
Was it too much of a boon to give
A merciful death on the nearer shore?
The New "White Hope."
"'I passed through several drawing-rooms,' she says. 'I saw ladies who were so shy that they couldn't utter a word before me, but who suddenly put a ribbon round my wrist to measure it'—you know, of course, by reputation Polaire's 15-inch wrist."—Sunday Chronicle.
If the biceps is in proportion, Bandsman Blake should tremble.