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Show London High Society. London high society has been exasperated exasper-ated recently by a series of articles in the St. James Gazette detailing the experiences ex-periences of an American young woman who advertised for a chaperon who could introduce her into court and other exclusive ex-clusive circles. Elizabeth L. Banks, who recently started a lively controversy by her investigation of the domestic servant problem, assumed the role of the American Ameri-can heiress. The mass of replies which were received from more or less impecunious impe-cunious persons of title, although printed without the names of the writers, has made a genuine sensation. Two chapters chap-ters have been devoted to tentative offers of-fers of marriage from scions of British nobility. The expose may be accepted as conclusive proof both of the hard times in Great Britain and of the venality venali-ty of the British aristocracy. New York Sun's London Letter. The rrencn blotting roll has at last found Its way to our stationers' counters. coun-ters. It is a little roll of blotting paper arranged in a frame, and in principle resembles re-sembles a lawn roller. It is the most convenient form of blotter imaginable and, silver mounted, is a pretty ornament. |