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ALICE LAUDER.

the bamboo chairs, or walked the deck with that superb air of self-satisfaction which only an Englishwoman of a certain rank, supported by a lifetime of cold baths, High Church services, Parisian corset-makers, and invitations to Court, can possibly command; and, in addition, she had the moral support of finding the best-looking man on board completely at her service—so far.