Between the two-century-ol8 pages Jof "Rider's British Merlin" from which the "Observations on. March," given on this page, are taken, are lying dozens of the most deileate cut-out designs in white paper, doubt the work of the owner of the little tooled-leather volume, who has inscribed her name in. a delicate Ballan hand on. one of the many Ayleaves—"Dorothy Gisborne," Her focus" party by the Fashion Group of Great Britain at the Cafe de Paris. Small boys dressed in leopardskin trunks wheeled in white platforms ike giant wedding-cakes, on each of which was a figure with green eyes stalks and a mouth of red sequins balanced on a spring.
An iceberg ended in transparent stocking-clad legs, while above it hovered stuffed seagull carrying hats. Chalk-white plaster girls, their pro-tress accompanied by a loudly-singing bird, were adorned with the newest artificial flowers. Colffures were represented by monstrous orchid-blos-sorns growing from white leaves and green hair was decked with trails of honeysuckle, Mr. James Laver, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who ofclated at the display, Is perhaps best known the author' of "Nymph Errant," the Cochran success.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.