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Show Mustaches Prohibited. " This is the rulo at tho welb&nown banking house of Messrs. Coutts & Co., 59 Strand. None of the bank clerks wears mustaohes, and it has long been considered a point of business etiquette that all tho gentlemen employed at the bank should wear frock coats during business hours. A clerkship at Messrs. Coutts' is considered one of tho prizes in the banking profession. Somo of the men are university gradnates. many havo been educated at one of the great public schools, while several have been called to tho English bar. Somo years ago on attempt was made to havo the unwritten law regarding mustaches rescinded, re-scinded, but it was found that a greatet number proferred tho old custom to re main in force than were in favor of its abolition. This curious custom is also said to prevail in somo of tho large teahouses In tho city, while it is well known that some Church of England bishops prefeJ the curates under their charge to bo clean shaven. A lady who faied about threo years ago to enforce a shaved face on the groom in her employment, and dismissed him at once because he refused complianco with her order, found that the law gave her no such power and w&d mulcted in 5 for wrongful dismissal dis-missal and the costs of tho action by th6 tndge of the Bodforfl county court. iondon Standard It is often r 'difficult task to remove soft solder from gold jewelry requiring to bo repaired. Scraping and subsequent subse-quent treatment witli acid arc commonly used, but are often dangnrous to some articles. ar-ticles. A hitherto secret method of treatment treat-ment employed at a largo establishment in London is as follows: To 8 ounces of muriatic acid add an ounce of crocus and shake well. To an ounce of this mixture add 4 ounces of hot water, placo in an earthen dish aud keep up the heat by means of a gas flame. Upon introdnoing tho soft soldored article into the solution the result is raid to be all that ronld bo winhed. |