GLADSTONE, and WESTMINSTER, MACCOLL and STEAD,

That OLGA NOVIKOFF is still O.K.

A Portia—à la Russe! Have I not proved it?


DIAMONDS ARE TRUMPS!

[The ladies, who are learning Whist in New York, do not, says the Daily News, worry much about the rules, but rather use the old-fashioned game as an opportunity for exhibiting their diamond rings, &c.]

I played the other day at Whist,

My partner was a comely maiden,

Her eyes so blue, her pretty wrist

With bracelets and with bangles laden,