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Show j not care to wear ine pooitct at-ucnoq to I the pirdle and wishl to have the hands at liberty tucked the fan into the In It, I slid the purse into the corsngo nnd hud ; the handkerchief carried by a gallant, to whom it was necessary to ntIly h u i it hapiiened to be neeied. If the hand- kerchief carrier could not be found, or ! was insidiously flirting with another wo-' wo-' man, and the none imperatively demand-I demand-I td blowing, the caso wiw neriouM. When tho French blow the none, it hould lie rememliered, it is for all it is worth. No ono who has not witnessed the performance could ever believe the nasal jiaiags possessed of such a sonorous sonor-ous quality, and when the effort is several sev-eral times related ono might easily im-ogine im-ogine himself listening to the Angel Gabriel rehearsing for the last judgment. Tho French fashion in this respect is not to bo recklessly imitated like i'aris styles in laces, silks and satins, fans, dresses, bonnets and other things pertaining to female attire. San Fraud tco Chronicle. The Hamlkerrhlef In France. Lace was used to ornament linndkcr- j chiefs in France as early ns loot. Iu j M5-J8 they were cuihroidcred and had tas- : Bills at each of. the four corners. In the timo of the Directory, that period of fashionable eccentricity, thoy underwent maav vagaries. Those ladies who did |