and so on. A fortunate husband and father thanks Madame Krändel for the "happy Entbindung" of his wife, and publishes his wife's maiden name. Parents announce the death of a child, and invite their friends to "quiet sympathy." A stray Berlin paper makes it clear that a like practice prevails in the capital of Prussia. But most amusing of all was the advertisement, in French and English, of the landlord of the Golden Star, at Bonn. Here it is:

"De cet hôtel la renommée

Promet sans exagération

Que vous y trouverez

Le comble de la perfection.

Le luxe de la salle à manger

Surpassera même votre idée."

"By all visitors of the Rhine

Known as one of the most fine

And best conducted models