Horatian Motto for Mr. Stansfeld & Co.—"Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas." "The humane gent plunges headlong into impropriety."
The Best "Dress Improver."—A Pretty Girl.
A REMINISCENCE OF THE NAVAL REVIEW.
I had never seen a Naval Review. It was to come off on the Saturday, and this was the Thursday previous. When therefore in answer to a modest inquiry, I received a wire from Mr. Richard Rossher, Chairman of the Great M. & N. Steamship Company, saying, "Come aboard our new boat, Regina, to-morrow, Friday; tickets and instructions by post," I made up my mind on the spot to accept, if I could return on the Saturday night, as business of the utmost importance demanded my presence in London on Sunday morning. What that business was is nobody's business but mine, so I need not explain. Suffice it to say that to miss a certain appointment on Sunday morning, would have been fraught with most disastrous consequences to myself and others.
I answered Rossher's telegram, "Yes, with pleasure, if you can land me Saturday night." To which the reply was, "Think it can be managed; try to come." To this I wired, "Instructions and tickets received. Am coming." Within two hours I got a message from a Clerk in the M. & N. Office, City, "Rossher on board at Southampton. Too late to wire."