"And let each woman beware, that neither by countenance, nor by array of body nor of head, she stir any to covet her to sin. Not crooking (curling) her hair, neither laying it up on high, nor the head arrayed about with gold and precious stones; not seeking curious clothing, nor of nice shape, showing herself to be seemly to fools. For all such arrays of women St. Peter and St. Paul, by the Holy Ghost's teaching, openly forbid." D.P. * * * * * SALADS. Oil for salads is mentioned in the Paston Letters, in 1466, in which year Sir John Paston writes to his mother, that he has sent her "ii. potts off oyl for salady's, whyche oyl was goode a myght be when he delyv'yd yt, and schuld be goode at the reseyving yff itt was not mishandled nor miscarryd." This indicates that vegetables for the table were then cultivated in England, although the common opinion is, that most of our fruit and garden productions were destroyed during the civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster. A good salad, however, had become so scarce some years afterwards, that Katharine, the queen of Henry VIII., is said, on a particular occasion, to have sent to the continent to procure one. D.P. * * * * * ADVERTISEMENT OF THE OPENING OF THE LONDON COFFEE HOUSE, UPWARDS OF A CENTURY AGO. "May, 1731. "Whereas it is customary for Coffee Houses and other Public Houses to take 8_s._ for a quart of Arrack, and 6_s._ for a quart of Brandy or Rum, made into Punch; _This is to give Notice_, That James Ashley has opened, on Ludgate Hill, the London Coffee House, Punch House, Dorchester Beer and Welsh Ale Warehouse, where the finest and best old Arrack, Rum, and French Brandy is made into Punch, with the other of the finest ingredients--viz.: "A quart of Arrack made into Punch for six shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for fourpence halfpenny. "A quart of Rum or Brandy made into Punch for four shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for threepence; and Gentlemen may have it as soon made as a gill of wine can be drawn." G.K. * * * * * SIR WILLIAM JONES'S PLAN OF STUDY. Some idea of the acquirements of the resolute industry with which Jones pursued his studies may be formed from the following memorandum:-- "Resolved to learn no more _rudiments_ of any kind, but to perfect myself in--first, twelve languages, as the _means_ of acquiring accurate knowledge of I. History. 1. Man 2. Nature. II. Arts. 1. Rhetoric. 2. Poetry. 3. Painting. 4. Music. III. Sciences. 1. Law. 2. Mathematics. 3. Dialectics.