But still will she my empress be,
Wherever I may dwell,
And still her smile my heart beguile,
My peerless demoiselle.
W. W. M.FOR the benefit of their eight subscribers, we correct the following Aberrations: A model proposal should have been A modest proposal; with should have been with; jittle should have been little; the editorial article on Josiah Quincy should have been written eight months ago, since the name has been on the statue since last spring; to who should have been to whom; the "Proctors' Table Talk" should have been freed of a few vulgarities; and the "Proposal," whether "Model" or "Modest," should not have been accepted.
MATTER-OF-FACT Freshman to go-as-you-please Freshman on the morning of the Physics examinations: "Say, Ned, got this down pretty fine?"
Go-as-you-please Freshman: "Well, about as fine as I could get it, and still have it legible," as he shook out a little piece of cardboard from his coat-sleeve.
IT may be interesting to those who enjoy the invigorating sport to know that there is good skating near the railroad bridge at the foot of Kirkland Street. The distance is hardly half as great as to Fresh Pond.
THEATRES.BOSTON THEATRE. - 7.30 P.M.; Matinee, Saturday at 2 P.M. For the rest of this week last performances of "Michael Strogoff," which has held the boards at this theatre for three months. Next week, Her Majesty's Opera Company, for a limited engagement.
BOSTON MUSEUM. - 7.45 P.M.; Matinees (this week) Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday afternoons at 2 P.M. "Patience" at the Matinees and on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Friday evening, Benefit of Mr. Charles Barron in "Scraps of Paper" and "Katharine and Petruchio." Saturday night, Dion Boucicault, in "Colleen Bawn."
GAIETY THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. For the rest of this week, Hyde and Behman's "Muldoon's Picnic."
GLOBE THEATRE. - 7.45 P.M.; Wednesday and Saturday at 2. For the rest of the week, Comeley-Barton Company in "Madame Favart." Catherine Lewis, Minnie Walsh, Fred. Leslie, H. A. Cripps, and John Howson in the cast. Chorus of 75 voices, and a Grand Military Procession. As played at the Strand Theatre, London, over nine hundred nights.
PARK THEATRE. - 7.45 P.M.; Matinee Saturday at 2. Booth. Tuesday, "Merchant of Venice." Wednesday evening, "King Lear." Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening, "Richard III." Saturday afternoon, "Richelieu." Suggested by Bella Pateman and Samuel W. Piercy.
MR. MESSENGER, of the firm of Messenger Bros. & Jones, Tailors, of Boston, sails for Europe to select their confined styles for the Spring season on January 4, in the Gallia.