Volume 107 — THE DIURNAL FEMININE.

Let others read the "latest news" Our daily papers offer, Take pleasure in the smart reviews And chuckle with the scoffer, Enjoy the leaders, or appraise The newest "Labour Crisis," Or smile to learn, that Brighton A's Maintain their recent prices. I only find such trifles vex, I do not seek instruction Upon the blemishes which X. Perceives in Y.'s production, And stocks may fall like anything, They'll not affect my fate, or Compel less cheerfully to sing This vacuus viator. The reason why I daily make My sacrifice of pennies, Is merely for a column's sake Which scarce, perhaps, for men is, And yet it elevates, refines, It stirs the noblest passions, That article whose moving lines Are headed "Latest Fashions." What joy to ascertain in print The latest mode in dresses, To learn the new artistic tint Adopted by Princesses, To roam the galleries with her Whose eulogies and strictures To hats and dress alone refer, And never deal with pictures! Let troubles still oppress the State With all their usual rigour, Let politicians still debate With undiminished vigour, Of such the common person reads, But give to me the papers That chronicle at length the deeds Of milliners and drapers!