THE EARL OF OLDBUFFOUGH'S DAUGHTER'S DOLL
CURED BY THE USE OF
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR AND MACASSAR,
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF,
PARR'S LIFE PILLS, STOLBERG'S VOICE LOZENGES, ETC.
[Illustration:
MORRISON'S PILLS—A GREAT REDUCTION ON TAKING a QUANTITY.
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Extract from an interesting Letter from Lady AMELIA (the lovely
Daughter of the venerable Earl of OLDBUFFOUGH) to her Cousin, Lady
ARAMINTA LAMB.
"NAPLES, _9th of October, 1848_.
"MY DEAREST, DEAREST, DEAREST, EVER FONDEST ARAMINTA,—On my arrival
here I was _so_ sorry to learn that my darling doll had been thrown
out of the carriage, and sadly hurt by the fall; but I must tell
you, first of all, she had been terribly upset by the shaking of the
steam-vessel, for she tumbled out of her berth, and it was a
thousand mercies she was not smashed into a thousand pieces. As it
was, the shock was too much for her delicate nerves, and she was
laid up for a month in a drawer. Her beautiful ringlets (auburn, you
will recollect) all fell off. Her lovely complexion had completely
gone from dropping into the sea, and her pretty eyelids, once so
quick, would neither open nor shut, though I tried pins and
everything I could think of to make her open them. Oh, Araminta
darling, believe me when I assure you I was tossed about so madly
that I was completely bouleversé.
"I was quite distracted with the fearful change. I called in the
assistance of the most experienced Italian doll-makers, but their
remedies were unavailing. My little pet gradually got worse, when
mamma's French maid, Smith, persuaded me to apply to my sister's
toilet-table for restoratives. After several applications of
Macassar Oil to her bald head, I cannot tell you how delighted I was
to perceive the hair beginning to grow again. I jumped for joy. I
was quite a little mad thing for the space of ten minutes! But I
persevered, and now (thanks be to that sweet Rowland) her ringlets
are just as beautiful as ever, with this slight difference, that
they are now jet black instead of the light auburn they formerly
were. The little dear looks all the better for the change of hair.
Still its complexion was _so_ very bad, I did not like to take her
out with me into society at all. Smith again, like a good creature,
recommended me to try some of Rowland's Kalydor. I did. I washed the
darling's face with it every morning for a week, and you will
scarcely believe it, but it is no story, when I assure you that my
doll has quite resumed her pristine bloom, and is now as pure and as
lovely as ever. But her eyes pained me the most, so I made bold to
ask Sir John Sheepshanks, who never travels without Holloway's
Ointment, to oblige me with a little bit. He gave me as much as
would cover your tongue, and, before putting her to bed, I placed it
over her eyelids, and the next morning gave her a good pinch of
Grimstone's Eye Snuff, when, upon pulling the strings, will you
credit me on my word, my dearest Araminta, when I inform you that
her eyelids opened and shut just as well as when my dear papa gave
me the beautiful doll on my birthday. I was going to give her a
small box (price 11_s._) of Parr's Life Pills, but Smith assured me
she would probably come _alive_, and I was frightened, as we have no
nurserymaid here to attend to her. My doll is now quite a new
creature, and I should advise you, Minta dearest, to try the same
remedies, if ever you find yours looking faint, or losing her
colour, or growing old.
"_Toute à toi, mia amica cara_ Minta,
"AMELIA.
"I forgot to tell you, that my sweet pet also lost her voice from
catching cold rather late one night at the Opera. I gave her half a
dozen of Stolberg's Voice Lozenges, and now she says 'Pa' and 'Ma'
more distinctly than ever. You recollect, too, her voice was a deep
baritone. It has changed to the most beautiful falsetto! Isn't it
wonderful?"
[Illustration:
"THE HUM OF MEN."
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