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MODERN EXTRAVAGANOE IN DRESS. There is scarcely a maticist, philosopher, or great divine who has not left on record, some weighty remonstrance against the money spent in dress; and now to-day the cry is raised once more, and the echtem porary moralist, in the shaps of Lady Jonas, denounces the wickedness and folly of women who waste their husband's substance in clothes for their own backs Lady Jenne should have quoted those lines of Massinger's from The Pletare, for they express almost exactly the gist of har remonstrance --

There are some of you,

Whom I forbear to unine, whose coining heads Are the mints of all Day w lwshions, that have done Moss hart to the Kingdom by superživods travery, With the foolish gentry imitate, than a wor

In a long fantas, "All the treasure, by : This fool nicem, In got into the marchant,

elkman, Joweller, tailor'a land;

the think part of the land foo, the nobility

Engrossing the only*

troustau for the envy and admiration of the ouleldo world. Let her try to imagine that the catalogeo of her frocks and under- garments, interesting as it is to herself aud her sisters, can have no interest for the reat of womankind. And also, we might suggest that great ladies, de par le mands, should consider that the public description and appraisemost of their attire is scxaowhat do- rogatory to the dignity which they wish to support. If only a decent reticenca in those. matters eculd be niode fashionablo, the shoddy world might cease from taking whaddy pride in its apparel-Spectator.

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Why is it that death should come before the alleted -age of thros seins and ton, and why ne maoy mitious of human beings Davar live to three socru and are, and why that not ons in every thousand live to three peere years? We kill ourpetres. Many interesting particulara ate Found tables of physiologiste and writers on National Review, does not mouse her Button, present interesting particulare on the fellow-women of carrying ruin quite so for sabject of imigevity. They treat it in two ways, es that-Indeed, it would be hard to hold historical and physical. The historics! side of them responsible for our agricultural diethe recitation of all facts known of the naturally trope-but she does assert that their ordinary and extreme duration of life and the

Steamore of this line pass through the soperduous bravery pats a great deal too physimal aspect of the problema involves the con much treasure into the merchant's hand, templation of the great natural phases of deva- INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, and call at and that the morchsat, embroiderer, openent of the specics, digestion, period of

Honolulu, and passengers are allowed to or tailor who profite by their excess growth and length of life.

Mankind pays too little attention to the warn-break their journey of any point an route is not even an Englishmau. It is gooding voice of nature, signe of approaching calamity for trade, is a very favourite excuse for are unheeded, the disorganization of the affected

Farough Passage Tickets granted our indulgence in luxuries, infortunately organ inoresees and after a time bosomes isen-

England, France, and Germany by a in this instancs, not even that ples can be sile, then no pain is fall and the sufferer is

evansa sladne inds of Stundee, and to the made to serve as a salve for our conscion deluded into the belief that be has shaken off principal cities of the finited States or Durga will be received on board tintil nep: for, as Lady Jeune says and as, the disease; nothing could be mere erroneous ne atiada, Reus may be obtained on appli-Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Of indeed, is aufficiently demonstrated by tho dangerous, for the complaint has only passed on cliou.

antil on the day before sailing. present condition of commerce-it is not one further stage towards the end, and nature THE on TICKETS issued passengers ta Silk and Valpables for Europe - will be the English trade that gains, but that of orsos to and those warning aches and yoize us Europe or to cities in the United States or shipped at Colombo; General Cargo ohr ricain on the Continent. Both the they were unnoticed when sent, tho debility and Canada are goud for transporation to the for London will be conveyed vid Bombay inexpensivo material, cheap at the time of weakness increases however, and nerveusness, Missouri River, by th CENTRAL, & UNION without transhipment, arriving ons wook paxchase, but dear in that it has to be loss of appetite, and general langour comes PACIFIC LAILWAYS Oy, East of the Mater than by the ordinary direct route vid constantly renewed, and the expensive and sold is caught in the kids, insuri River, pasengers he the choice of Colombo, Tat will be sent either vid Bour

ver and another tifo is saorificed to Brigl form of labour which is employed in coados, Consumption, or some other serious and various Railway to New York, and buy or Col aabe decording to arrangement. verting it into a dress to wear, are chiefly fal disasse. Scoffers can tall as they ke

Unicage

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Agarát of foreign extraction. Extravagant people | the virauer claimed for Olements' Tonio, but oven

ton, Philadephia,

FRERIH assaut, apply to cha Particular of the various routes can be Persia & ORIENTAL STRẨM, NAVIGA to-day can therefore try to reform by the mout prejudiced wein know it is genuine and adding this to the many reasons that should dous possess merits no other medicize ever did obtained on application.

MON COMPANY! Once, Hongkong. persuade them to economy--that the more as instanced in the following case. For the

The Contes elus of Packages on required to be declared prior to shipment. reckles their expenditure, the loss their past four years I have been a great sufferer from fellow-countrymon benellt by it.

savers paine in the back and left side, being at

oto the temas and conditions of the Cox

Shippora are particularly requested Lady Jeune's appeal to them loses no-time quite aualde to do any work or even walk thing by being couched in the meat me akoat. I suffered in this way until it hecata

pany's Black Bill of Lading, derate terms, and founded upon statements quite anbaurabia, and in February, 1849, I cou

Through Muls of Læviing issued for trand which are very far from being exaggerated. sulted a pizysician who treated me for seventeen months, and during that time I 83fered the She lays great stress, and very rightly: upon the lamentable effect which the sovaret texture ander his treatment and fostend partation to Yokohamad other Japan Ports, to our Francine, to Atlantic and

This Steam Lakes Carge and Paisongers of improving continued to get worse; ho said at example in extravagance set by rich wo lost, I have done all I can and you will never infand Dition of the United States, vi for Monskilled.

H. H. JOSEPH, men has apon those of the working class. he better. This drare ma to despair and Ivar and Bailway, to Hava, Trinidad,

Superintendent. The question has become much more went under another doctor's treatment for four and onerara, and to porte in Muxiety complicated one sines the days of Mas- months and took about 30 bottles of medicine Contral and South Amor, by the Com-, & O, S, N. C's Office,

Hongkous. March 16, 1893. ainger. It least the foolish gentry' who bat with no read. I was giving up all hopes pany's and connecting Stamez imitato to-day: they set the example, and when I read of the wonderful entes effarted by

Occidenta, & Oriental the people foitate. The old order has so Cleacate' Tonio and on my husband's advice I far changed that all distinctions of dress tried it, and after the use of only three botiles

was quito us differant woman. I have taken 16 have been swept away; overy class oma- lated the ono above it in its clothing, its bottles and foc as well and strong as ever and can do my work with ease and pleasure, whereas umisements, and the smallest detalla of its Inxury, and, as Lady Jenco says, this is

particularly the case with women. The East-End factory-girl, with her Chainsbo rough hat and her bang," is a vourou in itation of what she thinks the lady of fashion in the West-End must be; and the servant-mail, who spends all beremall a slavish imitation of her mistress Tages in and merger up the area-steps on Sunday so gorgeously apparelled that the almost aprecogulsable, is another instance, and оде that comes bome to more nearly. It comes home muss maré nearly to the poor girl's parents, who - coire but little ald from their daughter's Wages, Of course, one esot hold the richer portion of womankind responsikte for the imitation of their drezans by their poorer neighboursan imitation which they would gladly discourage if they only knew how to do it-bat sizce their examı. pis is thus slavishly followed, they would which is a thort and years old. I entered the be acting more in accordance with common churchyard and sosted myself open a namclean charity and the spirit of the timoa, if they while he went in search of nobody in strove to make that

it was a great trouble before azing Clements"

fatigue.

Tonic. I can now aleo walk for mites without Before taking this medicine I have often suffered with Neuralgia for wacks at time and could never got any relief, but uines taking Clemente Tante I have never had an attack of it. siner; as a result of my experience I lave as pleasure in recommending it to all RЯlicted. Mrs S. E. Baker, Swan Street, Morpeth, N.SW. Ronder-Is it any wonder interosted people should bo jesloan of Clemente Tanis when its patrous write such spoutaneous praize as ? yet them is pot mail bag comes out our way but what bringa similar lottery. F. M. Clemente', 212 'Beckelt Street, Melbourne.

REMINDED OF HIS DEAD MOTHER.

[EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.]

friend and I had come down from Ramsgate to It was the latter part of August 1891. A

Minstar, to even the venerable church there,

We hear a great deal ple a good one. unlock the doors of the edifice and alow its

of woman's will, nowadays, and it is a pity that we cannot Also Be both exercised a little more where they are as obvionely needed. But apart from the harm that worked upon their poorer sisters, the wivos and daughters of the foolial gentry, as Maasinger calle

them, lead

is

wonders. In a few minutes he returned in com- pany with an elderly indy, to whom he intra- dured me, saying shes the enstodian and guide of the place. I gazed at her face for samp moments without a word. If my own mother. dead and gone 15 years, had come back to speak to her only sex, I should scarcely how buen mors astonished. For dis woman was almost

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expenditare apon dress absorbed more thau Sarah Herd eaid: I have lived hero in Miuster The 21st March, 1893. (Parcals are not Militaries, members of the Nag viren, Bär F. H. Balfuur contributes = three-fourths of their busbands' izcentes; † 50 years, and sean many ups and downs. One to be sout on board; they must be left at to European officials in service of China i paror Cheng, founder of the Chinese sta="Bag. Gugan, Lata 16,00EU

of my tons is new in America, where as is doing well. He wants me to leare England and anake

and we have no doubt that these same help mates were not nafrequently land in their complaints of male extravagance in the my home with him, but I doubt if I ever shall. matter of cigars and other malo delights a somewhat like that old yow trec out in the It would be no exaggeraticu, we beliers, its worte for pulling up. Then I am going on yard, deeply moted to this soil, and might be to say that, with rare exceptious, every in Ho, and illa grew apace with sga, is the woman of the middle pe upper elsas, whose

income is restricted, suffers the pitch of spring of 1878 I had serious utlack. At first I scarcely knew what to make of it There was

poverty chiefly by reason of the large pro- no disea that i recognised in particular. I felt portion of her incoms which she devotes to tired in body and weary in raind. There we her clothes; or, at least, facis far more per- gonal discomfort from her enforced economy In that one particular than in any other. We are amanted from time to time that the old anser on the subject of women and their one interest in life, chiffons, is not nly threadbare, but completely out of

much pain at my chest mud bock, and a kind oỪ tickiness at the sides, as though physical force: ware applied there to restrain me from moving, My appetite, which was usually good, fell away and whateve: I ate or drank gave me pain, and lived almost entirely on bread and water. I was always in pain aavi coullet cleep so as to date. Is it out of date, we wonder? ask as to be ausle to go about my work. A feel refreshed by it. After a time I grew so There are, roughly speaking, nome five or

bitter and sickening fluid dress into ray moath, air periodicals, possessing a considerable and 1 perspired to such an extent that the sweat airculation and influence, written by women sometimes rolled off my face to the floor. for women, and dealing with matters which Ithe writor) break in upon Mrs Herd's story are supposed chiefly to interest the feminine at this point merely to say that this tendency le mind. Some idea of the little importance sweat without the provocation of labour or of that the feminine mind attaches to dress, cercies is always a sign of a debilitated condi- may be gathered from the fact that, at the son of the system.

very least, four-fifths of the contents of It mems that the blood is impare and im. thean newspapers are devoted ally in porciaked, the kidneys working badly, and that the description and advertisement of new

the body lacks nourishment and is living feebly on what was previously stored in it. In other frocks. A woman's newspaper is only an- cther name for a journal of fushions.

words, the stomach bas refosed its duly and the other organs are in sympathy with it. Now we

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Special rates (fimt class only) are granted these travels in the interior of China is Chios Mutual S. N. 0,20,000 £ (2), 20,000 LE Diplomistic, and Civil Services, Paper of same "ngth entitled "The Rm- and Japan, and to Government officials and pire," which will be read with genuine interest by students of Chinose history, re-thoir families.

1 tow short notices of New Books and a Passangera who have paid full faro, re- embarking at San Franciice for China oruumber of Notes and Queries, one of which "On Chicose Oatlas in Western Borneo Japan (or vice versa) within one year, will be allowed a discount of 10 per coat. Ties and Java" might appropriately have been. allowance does not apply to through fees placed under a separate heading, complete from China and Japan to Europe.

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Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo desineil to points beyond San Francisco, in the United States, should be sent to the Company's Offices, addressed to the Col.

·lector of Castoma, San Francisco.

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Trubner's Oriental Recent contalas, the following notice of the China Review: Tho présent publication, judging by the number o beture

Humphreya is intended to occupy a position, as regardy China and the West Point Building Co., Limised. 12, 500 neighbours Say be illed in fudia by the HK. High-Lowa Tramways Up, 1,30 Ju to that which has been filled in India by

of t degree Calcutta Review, The great tention that has been bestowed of late years Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld. 4,500 upon the investigation of Chiume literature, Pasja Mining O.,

***** 60,000 antiquities, and social developments, to say Selama Tin dining Company, 115000 nothing of linguistic studies, has led to the

$35,000 3 acoumnlation of important stores of inform Société Francaise des Charbia- ation; rendering some auch channel of pub The Balinacal Gold M'ing Co., Ld 15,900 $

nager du Tonkin

8,00 560 licity as is now provided extremely denir- 495able; and contributions of much interest Has Imuris fines, Limited 17500 17/06 Finom,

may fairly be looked or from the members aub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ld. 200,001 13/4 321, bayers

50 of the foreign consular services, the Chinees Societó Francise des Houilleres

8,000 Fcz, 500 F. 37 $45, sellers Customs xps, and the sinnary body de Tourand

FLANTING, EPO, HA aning whom a high degroo of Chinese scholarship is now assiduously cultivated, Chias Bornac Company, Lea 69 who are

represented in the fitat H. G. Bronu & Co., Launted... severally number of the Rerico by papers highly Austin Arms Hotel and Building

HOTELS, KTO, creditable to their respective anthors

Company Limited.

For further information as to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 72, Quean's Road Central, J. S. VAN BUREN,

Agent. Hongkong, March 14, 1993.

Intimations.

WINDSOE HOTEL, (in Connaught Buildings), QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG,

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Unluckily, at the present moment, cheap will let the lady proceod, begging pardon for the az SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASS8 Private flatel heretofore carried out Some translations from Chiness novels and Hongkong Hotel Company,

She went on to say: For a lius I tried to

materials and cheap fathlon-plates have interruption. had an effect which has by no means added to the cheapness

our daily lifa. They cars myself with various domestic tomedica bare made the changes of fashion more which surmetics anewer. But they failed, and rapid, its demands more exacting, and the I consulted a physician. Wid all respect to the temptation to imitate more irresistible. doctors, they occasionally failed too. This one Indy Jouno's exposition of the causes of did. You how there comes a time in all long modern extravagance is admirably put, and asses when we get in sous way need to pain and misery, and make no further efforts to col

AND LUGGAGE.

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Chinese poet-statoimin of the eleventh

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I in WINDSOR HOUSE has now been Removed to CONNAUGHT HOUSE. playa are marked by both noenray and fresh- Bach Bad-room has its own. Buth-room-sentury, Sy Fang-p'o, by Mr. E.U. Howrs, & Watson & Ou. Tumised.....50,000 $

Cuisins under European management.noss of style; and an account of the career of of Lading for the principal places in Hot and Cold water, Passenger Elevator only historically valuable, but is size Dakin, Cruikshank & Co., Id. 50,000 8 RUSSIA

distinguished by Ita literary gracs, Beafle Charges from $ per day upwarda, Special Rates for Families or Permanent ptices of new books relating to Chins and d. and China Gas Co., Limits. 7,0 bor suggestions towards reform are as rid of it. In fact, we don't know bow, su so 8.6.. SACHSEN, Captain H. SOME Buarders. Oftoes and Rooms to let Ug the Kant, which will be a useful feature of Hongkong Electria Co., Litaltol..... 30,000 tremely sensible. But who is there who don't try, For about three years I remained with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPEDE, Board, by day or wombly. Apply at the and detail, we're glad to notice that Green Liland Cement Co., La√20;000}]§.

furnished, and Becs with or without the Review, if carried out with punctuality will pay any attention to them? The story watobed and sing, and dal nabappy years they and CARGO, will leave fis-port as above Uffico, No. 37, 3rd Floor. is such an old one; for thousands of years ware. My sufferings were beyond all I had over calling at GENOA. one-half of the world has grurabled at the known before, yet there arewed Dething to do.

Shipping Order will be granted til!

to all Floora.

N MONDAY, the 3rd day of April, 1893, at 3 p.,, the Company's

BRICK AND CEMENT.

KISUELLANZO (4).

*Notes and Queries a destined to Hongkong Brick & Cement Co. LL 4,000 5

be Hongkong, Aurva: 23, 1892. 1594find place in its pages also. It is to other half's love of finery. Still, to-day but to tour them as paticultly as i could. At Noon, Jarge will be received on board YUNG CHUNG & Co. (A) degras of literary, zoal to that which was Hongkong Bakery Oppaay, Lt....

hoped that this opening for contributions Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited... 1,800 8 on Chinese subjects may evoke a similar Geo. Fenwicks & Co., Limited 6,000 that love of finery has less excuse then it Lids dete, 3581, cerizon friends of nine spoke to antil 4 p.m., Specie and Parcels until 3 ever had before, for it ia no longer me of the great benefit they had received from *superfluous bravery of which we com-thousa

(Parcela from SANGHAI, are prepared to undertake displayed during the lifetime of its prede Hongkong Dairy Farm Co

5,000 8 Mother Seigela Syrup, fer indigestion P. on the Sed April, 1893. plain, but valgar Datentation. The chief and dyspepsia. This threw light on my mind, are not to be sent board; they wu CONTRACTS and JOBS for PAINTING, cumor in the fold, and that the China Review Hongnag Les Company, Limited... 6,00)8 offenders are women who do not seek to though I mnnot say it made me at ones a ha be left at the Losnov's Office). Donte POLISHING, DECORATING and all des may receive the support nedary to tears 'kong Hope Manufactory Co., Ld. 3,00 $

Founder'a ghoros adora their own charms, but simply to liever in Seigel's Syrup, At length, however, in of Packages are required. No Parool Recriptions of ORNAMENTAL WORK in its continuance prove that they can spend more mouvy July 1881, I began to take it. In all T neod six ceinta will be signed at less than $2, and

bottles, and found any health fully reatord. Ten Parcols should not exceed Two Foot Cub

upon their clothes than others. It 14 years have elapsed, and I have had wo attack in measuremen such a pitiful show of anobbish pride, a

But if I do in future I shall know where

bar visit being virtually over, we called for a

that there is some reasonable hope that a to put my hand on the remedy." revulsion of good feeling will put a stop to it. With this end in view, we would like to few moments at fto fard's hous, 2, High make a humble suggestion to this effect: Street, Minster, Kant, and then wonded our way That no bride who respected herself should, back to Baungate.

C. M. R. New York, October, 1891.

for the future, publish the whole list of her

The Steavner has splendid Accommodation and carries a Doctor and Stewardess. For further Particulars, apply to

MELCHERS & Co., Agente Hongkong, March 10, 1393.

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TAVING just been REPLENISHED HA

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alt 8100, buyers 1088521 anisa.

all $2, mellora

15 $13,50 $5, nollers

104, zalera

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10 All 132, zom 20 165, buyers 50 a $28, sellars

Amant Value. Interest.

Daviation.

with a large assortment of the latest Daless Inserial 1888. 767,200 Tls 250 7% p. aun a 15% prom, bæren EUROPEAN and AMBIGAN NOVELTIES,

DESENTURES.

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CHINA MAIL OFFICE,

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