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Show cure: for love sickness. I havo a friend at London-supcr-ruarc, a dear old lady, who keeps a school where young ladies are "finished," "fin-ished," The age of these damsels range from fourteen to eighteen, "sweet sixteen" being the average. Having a confidential chat with my friend during the calm quiet of her last Christmas holidays, 1 asked if she was not often troubled by her pupils falling in love. Sho answered mc unreservedly, "1 have to contend against no greater difficulty. Iq a town like this.where we cannot walk any way without meeting half a dozen boy's schools, to say nothing of the hundreds of loiterers, it seems altogether impossible impos-sible to prevent flirtations from rising, and notes and love tokens being clandestinely clan-destinely exchanged. 1 spare no pains or art to guard against or counteract llii.; but the thing exists, and will continue con-tinue to exist so lonir as girls arc sixteen six-teen and foolish, and youug men and lads are bold and aJveniurous. My only plan, when I fee that the tender) passion is developed, is to cru-h it in the bud." "What do you du?'' "You will smile when I tell you, for my receipt re-ceipt U in the antithesis of romance. It is a do.-e of senua tea." "Senna tea!" "1'cs senna tea. Whenever I perceive as I very quickly do that one of my young ladies has fallen (as she fancies) into love, 1 at once take hiT into hand. I never hint at anything any-thing connected wilh the tender pas--ion, hut I treat her as an ifrtalid who i? ku tiering from an imnaireddicestion. 1 keep her closely to the house, and dose her liberally with senna tea. This plan is always attended wilh success. Sometimes Some-times she gives in after the first few doses; but usually it takes two or three duvs to complete the cure. Once a Week, |