These ceremonies are usually conducted in the Salon de l’Horloge, but the new venue was doubtless thought more appropriate for disposing of the Turkish impedimenta.
MANNERS AND MODES.
THE STRIKE AGAINST THE PRICE OF CLOTHES IS SPREADING.
[Fashion Note.—Lady Germanda Speedwell was seen walking in the Park looking sweet in a rhubarb-leaf hat, the stalk worn at the side. Her corsage was of clinging ivy leaves, in contrast to the fuller effect of her banana-skin skirt. Her companion wore the usual morning-coat and kilt of grass, but struck a new note with a pumpkin hat.]