'The February number of Cassell's Ma-racine just to hand is, as_usual, bright, newsy, and entertaining. Headon Hill continues' his thrilling romance of Klondyke "Spectre Gold," and amongst the other bright features we might quote from Mr. F. H. Williamson's article on the delicate subject of Girls The girls of to-day are generally healthy and very often clever. They have twice ax much of education as ever fell to the lot of their less educated mothers, and in the matter of hyyienies they go very fir indeed, riding many miles on their bicycles or horses, walking with the guns, or playing golf; while in town they may resort to skating at Ningara, to fencing, or to gymnastics, Another feature of change is that nowadays itis rather the exception than the rule when a girl is not well dressed. However simple her garments may be they are generally well made, and of " material beyond reproach, Tt is not necessary that she should invariably be dressed in white—in fact, of late years it, has been rather the fashion for girls to appearing simple frocks of black tulle. In the country she will wear coats and skirts with delicate blouses of muslin and lice, or silk shirts; while her evening dresses are elegant as well as graceful; and although in the way of tea-gowns she may not—in fact, could not—vie with the young married women, she can look dainty enough teatime in the pretty silk frocks which saw their first light at Ascot or some Royal garden-party. Really, nowadays, x girl's wardrobe is no immaterial item of household expenses. Like the elder members of her sex, she must have ball-gown dinner-gowns, gowns for morning wear, and gowns for garden-parties, Then there are dresses, too, for country visits, and bicycling suits for winter and summer, as well as the necessary Busvine habit.
The Quicer in an admirably written article entitled Love in the Slums" shows how the poor in their correspondence have an opportunity of exhibiting their phlesmatic. character. The subjoined supine from Mr. Sparrow's contribution is both amusing and characteristic. It is from a street scavenger at "Hackney to a girl at Shoreditch to whom he had been engazed just one week -"Dear Nell.—You'll_he surprised ter hear foythur's dead, so don't giv me a red tie fur my birthday. A million kisses from yer levin Joe. Wud yer like ter come ter the buryin? It wud be an cutin."
Here's another from girl who had been engaged to two men at once, but wanted to clear the. way for " third.
"Darling Sam,—Maybe you've heard taken up with Dick; he has the You can keep the choker [comforter] 1 worked for you. For a wedding present you might buy mo a teapot. Say if yer want to.see me spliced. Dick joins in luv.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.