Show v RECEIVES IN HER HEH BATH boTe reign of madagascar transacts Meta state affairs in her tub tab persons who pride themselves upon what they call their sturdy common sense affect to despise elaborate civilities under the expressive term of star starch cb none the less says the denver republican do such sacrifices to exacting graces flourish and certainly not less than in countries nearer home among the hovas of 1 madagascar fada gascar who were even before t their heir annexation nothing it if not paris parisian sia n starch is how ever at the court of antananarivo no I 1 mere matter of form rather if anyone may r say so a form of matter for it is the starch 0 so indispensable in our laundries that like Shake divinity cloth hedge around the queen Ea she like ime marle marie antoinette is accustomed to receive state visitors in her marln morning g tub and quite seeing the disadvantages of having her bath water lle lilze her state policy too clear the sarc star rc clis is thrown into it to dissolve as aa t v te veil v eil around the queen amon among 9 the dignitaries dil thus received by her wa ace ac according to the paris correspondent e c of I 1 the times a french ambassador 5 N le lc myre de vilers who after a use of diplomatic soft soap retired retired highly confident au an old hova however io wever e more experienced in madagascar ar etiquette took a different view of the results result of 11 de vilers mission oh he will vill not obtain anything lie he s sad a there was too much starch I 1 excessive 1 ces sive starch would seem to make e queens and collars alike stuck up |