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Show ENORMOUS GOLD CROSSES, as worn by ladies of fashion, are made hollow. This is not wonderful; but only to be expected from the well known hollowness of all ways of the world. However, a French writer, of an original turn of mind has made a discovery, which proves the peculiar nature of the ornament to be a useful feature. It is filled, he says, with cordial or sherry or brandy, for sipping in public and thus the religious symbol is made to administer to creature comfort. "This custom can be observed nightly at the opera, where a charming young English lady is in the habit of pressing to her lips at the most pathetic passages an enormous gold cross." |