THE LONDON AND PARIS LADIES' MAGAZINE FOR JUNE, 1851.

Promenade Dress.-Robe of barège and pardessus of taffetas, trimmed with a quilting, edged by a fulling of ribbon. Bonnet of fancy straw. Walking Dress.-Robe of nansouk of the redingote form, and mantelet of black silk, ornamented by a small plissé of ribbon. Bonnet of white crape, Carriage Dress.-Robe of glacé silk; the corsage is open to the waist, with pelerine covered with frills in a scollop; the pagoda sleeves also terminate with similar frills. Bonnet of tulle, with

ornamented with lace and ribbon.

feathers.

SAGACITY OF THE BEAVER.

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DANGERS OF SLOTH AND LUXURY.

THE American beavers are the most sagacious
and industrious of all animals, and erect
edifices superior in contrivance to those of the HACHO, a king of Lapland, was in his youth
savage human natives of their wilds. In order the most renowned of the northern warriors.
to form a habitation, they select a level piece of His martial achievements remain engraved on
ground, with a small rivulet running through a pillar of flint, and are to this day solemnly
it. To effect their works, a community of two carolled to the harp of the Laplanders, at the
or three hundred assemble; and every in- fires with which they celebrate their nightly
dividual of this community bears his share in festivities.
the laborious preparations.

The first object is, to form a dam: to do this it is necessary that they should stop the stream, and of course that they should know in which direction it runs. This seems a very wonderful exertion of intellect; for they always do it in the most favourable place for their purpose, and never begin at a wrong part. They drive stakes, five or six feet long, into the ground, in different rows, and interweave them with branches of trees; filling them up with clay, stones, and sand; which they ram so firmly down, that though the dams are frequently a hundred feet long, a man may walk over them with the greatest safety.

Nor was he less celebrated for his prudence and wisdom than his valour; and above all, his temperance and severity of manners were his chief praise. In his early years he never tasted wine; nor would he drink out of a painted cup. He constantly slept in his armour, with his spear in his hand; nor would he use a battle-axe whose handle was inlaid with brass. He did not, however, persevere in this contempt of luxury; nor did he close his days with honour.

hog, being bewildered in a solitary forest, and One day, after hunting the gulos, or wild having passed his fatigues without any interval of refreshment, he discovered a large store of

honey in the hollow of a pine-tree. This was both faint and hungry, he fed greedily upon it. a dainty which he had never tasted; and being From this unusual and delicious repast he received so much satisfaction, that at his return home he commanded honey to be served up at his table every day.

The houses which these wise animals build are erected upon piles in the water, thus connected by means of the dam; and are either of a circular or oval shape, with arched tops on the outside resembling a dome, and on the inside having the shape of an oven. These houses are constructed, with the utmost ingenuity, of earth, stones, and sticks, cemented together, and plastered in the inside with surprising neatness. The walls are about two feet thick; and the floors so much higher than the surface of the water, as always to pre-gardens of his palace to be thrown open, (in vent them from being flooded.

TO THE FAIR SEX. The approach of the summer, with its powerful influences on the skin, calls for increased attention on the part of the fair sex in preserving and improving the delicacy and beauty of this important part of the vital economy. The only specific for beautifying and preserving the skin is the celebrated Rowland's Kalydor, so deservedly established in royal and public favour and estima tion. Composed of choice exotics of balsamic nature, utterly free from all mineral admixture, harmless in its nature, and pleasing and delightful in its effects, it tends to neutralize the action of the atmosphere upon the skin, and to promote that healthy action of the microscopic vessels by which its general well-being and the beauty of its appear ance are so essentially promoted. Freckles, spots, pimples, flushes, sallowness, and discoloration fly before its application, and give place to delicate smoothness, and the glow of beauty, and of bloom. Ladies travelling, taking out-door exercise, or bathing in the sea, will feel this delightful application at once to dispel the evils of exposure to the atmosphere, while it will diffuse the grateful feeling arising from the healthful state and elastic action of the skin.

Have the courage to decline playing at cards for money, when"money is an object," or to playing when your losses amount to a much as you can afford to lose. Have the courage to dance with ugly people, if you dance at all; and to decline dancing if you dislike the performance, or cannot accom

vitiated; he began to lose his native relish for His palate by degrees became refined and simple fare, and contracted a habit of indulging himself in delicacies; he ordered the delightful

which the most luscions fruits had been untouched, for many revolving autumns,) and suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and gratified his appetite with the most luxurious desserts.

At length he found it expedient to introduce wine as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary ingredient, to his new way of living; and having once tasted it, he was tempted by little and little to give loose to the excesses of intoxication. His general simplicity of life was changed; he perfumed his apartments, and commanded his helmet to be ornamented with beautiful rows of the teeth of the reindeer. Indolence and effeminacy stole upon him by imperceptible gradations, relaxed the sinews of his resolution, and extinguished his thirst for military glory.

SOME years ago there appeared in BENTLEY'S MAGAZINE a tale, no doubt well remembered by our readers, called "The Handsome Clear-Starcher." What the preparation made use of was, is a mystery; but never was lace or the finest of muslin so beautiful. There was no withstanding beauty so adorned, and the heroine of the tale brought all the sterner sex captive to her feet. This year, 1851, amongst its other wonders, has to boast of the introduction of Colman's Satin-glaze Rice Starch, which may be seen in the Crystal Palace, and which has overcome the difficulty of all other similar preparations, in imparting to the most delicate fabrics a perfect uniformity of clearness, colour and gloss, which even the handsome clear-starcher herself could scarcely

While Hacho was thus immersed in pleasure, the king of Norway invaded his kingdom with a formidable army. Hacho roused himself, and marched forward to meet him. Both armies joined battle in the forest where Hacho had been lost after hunting: and the king of Norway challenged him to single combat, near the very spot where he had tasted the honey. The Lapland chief, languid and long unused to arms, was soon overpowered; and before his insulting adversary struck his head from his body he uttered this exclamation: I fall a sacrifice to sloth and luxury. The honey which I tasted in this forest, and not the hand of the king of Norway, conquers Hacho.—

JOHNSON.

SOCIETY, says Macaulay, is constantly advancing in knowledge. The tail is now where the head was some generations ago. But the

Of the vast assemblages of persons who will visit the "Metropolis of the World," and honour England with their presence, a large majority will have heard of the reputation, or tested the merits of ROWLAND & SONS'

ELEGANT AND LONG-ESTABLISHED TOILET PREPARATIONS.

Among the tens of thousands who will grace the Industrial Fair, every nation will contribute bright samples of its youth, beauty, and fashion. The frequenters of the Ball, the Public Assembly, and the Promenade will find both personal comfort and attraction promoted by the use of R. & Sons' valuable aids; and what better mark of esteem can be offered to friends on their return home as a

than a packet of

MEMENTO OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

ROWLANDS' UNIQUE DISCOVERIES:

THE MACASSAR OIL, KALYDOR, AND ODONTO.

THE Patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, together with their general use by the Aristocracy and the elite of Fashion, and the confirmation, by experience, of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating Specifics, have characterized them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. They have proved the theme of the poet; they are celebrated in the periodical literature of the whole civilised world; the lays of Byron, and the voice of the universal press, have proclaimed the incomparable virtue of the "Oil Macassar," and of its accompanying preparations.

A short description of the merits of these admired specifics will doubtless be appreciated.

IS A DELIGHTFULLY FRAGRANT AND TRANSPARENT PREPARATION FOR THE HAIR; and as an invigorator and beautifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, Premature Greyness, and tendency to fall off, are also entirely prevented by this "incomparable" Oil. In dressing the hair nothing can equal the effect of Rowland's Macassar Oil, on either natural or artificial hair, rendering it so admirably soft that it will lie in any direction, producing beautifully flowing curls, and by the transcendent lustre it imparts rendering the head-dress truly enchanting.-Price 3s. 6d. ; 7s.; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double that size, 21s. per bottle.

ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO.

A spirituous and aromatic water, distilled, with great elaboration, from flowers and herbs_principally indigenous to Oriental climates, and specially selected by a physician and botanist during his scientific rambles in that" Land of the Sun," Asia Minor. Fragrant, and invigorating, gently stimulating, yet sedative, this exquisite product enjoys a preference throughout the several Courts, and among the Aristocracy of Europe; the LADIES generally, by their acknowledged superiority of taste and discernment, have at once and definitely given to it an established vogue. As a cordial restorative, and for fainting fits, lowness of spirits, oppression from overcrowded rooms, or summer heat, its virtues cannot be over-estimated.-Price 3s. 6d. per bottle.

ROWLANDS' KALYDOR,

FOR THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION,

Is unequalled for its rare and inestimable qualities. The radiant bloom it imparts to the CHEEK; the softness and delicacy which it induces of the HANDS and ARMS its capability of soothing Irritations and removing CUTANEOUS DEFECTS, DISCOLORATIONS, and all unsightly appearances, render it indispensable to every Toilet. Gentlemen after shaving will find it allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant. During the heat and dust of summer, or frost and bleak winds of winter, and in cases of sunburn, stings of insects, chilblains, and chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged.-Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle.

ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE.

A WHITE POWDER, compounded of the choicest and most recherché ingredients of the Oriental Herbal, of inestimable value in PRESERVING and BEAUTIFYING the Teeth, STRENGTHENING the Gums, and in rendering the BREATH sweet and pure. It extirpates tartar from the Teeth, and insures a PEARL-LIKE WHITENESS to the enamelled surface. Its ANTISEPTIC and ANTISCORBUTIC PROPERTIES arrest the further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indicative of perfect soundness.-Price 2s. 9d. per box.

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A. ROWLAND & SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London,

AND BY ALL RESPECTABLE CHEMISTS AND PERFUMERS.