An Extreme Test.
If you wish to ascertain the temper of a young lady, look at her nails, and the tips of her gloves. If they are jagged and much bitten, you may be sure she is peevish, irritable, quarrelsome, and too ready to show her teeth at the smallest provocation. This is an infallible test that every ill-tempered young lady carries at her finger's-ends. Do not attempt to kiss such a young lady under the mistletoe.
PROBLEM FOR THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.
Can no chemist tell us how to obtain a solution of the Eastern difficulty?
HOW TO SEE THE TEETH OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY.
Praise her rival before her face, and you may depend upon it, she will soon show her teeth.