of discord into the assembly of the Gods? Rither " wag or a mundane At6 hee appeated tu Tientsi, and hes persuaded the cinderella Committee to accept a prize for what is advertised as "the Lady's Dress of the Evening" at the forthcoming Fancy Dress Ball—a curious and ambiguous way of putting it. Our local paper undoubtedly expieses the opinion of many ladies and few men in soberly and adversely critic ing such a needless innovation, To say nothing of the incompatible canons of judgment by which the premium may be awarded, such prizes, like kissing, always go by favour and not by merit. \y express hope that the Committee will yet make a rightabout tua, and withdraw the plausible gift, if for no other rosen than the fact that such rewards often lead to dissent sion,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.