Paris herself again in 1878-9 . ladies dresses, the Commissioners have been forestalled by PeterPobinson of Oxford-street. The authorities, in their selection oflottery prizes, have not paid much attention to that essential corol-lary of Free-trade, Pieciprocity. The English exhibitors have beenin particular left out in the cold by them, and even the Englishwinners of Grand Prizes have been neglected. From the magnifi-cent exhibit of glass of Messrs. Thomas Webb and Sons of Stour-bridge a variety of secondary objects have certainly been selected,but only a single one of their incomparable engr
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . ladies dresses, the Commissioners have been forestalled by PeterPobinson of Oxford-street. The authorities, in their selection oflottery prizes, have not paid much attention to that essential corol-lary of Free-trade, Pieciprocity. The English exhibitors have beenin particular left out in the cold by them, and even the Englishwinners of Grand Prizes have been neglected. From the magnifi-cent exhibit of glass of Messrs. Thomas Webb and Sons of Stour-bridge a variety of secondary objects have certainly been selected,but only a single one of their incomparable engraved vases hasbeen bought. Once more, then, the world is to be favoured with a performanceof the admired comedy called Blind Chance, preceded by a brief lever de rideau, mathematically demonstrating that, come whatmay, so many millions of ticket-holders must lose, and followedby Disappointment, a farce. Wealthy and adventurous have bought tickets by the thousand at a time, may find them- L60 PARIS HERSELF A STOUT OLD LADY GALNS A BICYCLE. selves left out in the cold, while the 125,000 francs worth of platemay fall to the lot of a schoolboy or a concierge. Chance is gamester once at Hombourg placed a pile of gold on every num-
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