The prettiest change of the year is in the sailor hats, which are now trimmed and made to look quite different from the plain and useful things they used to be. A white one that I saw the other day had six rows of narrow velvet ribbon at equal distances round the crown, and a rosette of the same at the right side. Another had a wide band of red velvet on it, with an upstanding spray of cherries at the side, and bows of red velvet mixed in with them. Both were to be worn with washing veils.
[VARIETIES.]
A Sufficient Reason.
Author: “But why do you charge me more for printing this time than usual?”
Publisher: “Because the compositors were constantly falling asleep over your novel.”
Living happily together.—A few more smiles of silent sympathy, a few more tender words, a little more restraint on temper, may make all the difference between happiness and half-happiness to those we live with.
Friendship.
Well-chosen friendship, the most noble
Of virtues, all our joys makes double