THE LADIES' DAY AT EPSOM. 



Juliet spoke very rudely of the sun, termiug 

 him '' garish," and generally disputing his claims 

 to admiration ; hut then it is evident that Juliet 

 was not going to the Oaks. It was certainly 

 with anxious expectation that the luminary was 

 watched on the eventful morning, and eager eyes 

 read out from the papers the verdict as to what 

 sort of weather the Americans had decided on 

 providing for us. ''Light, variable airs or 

 southerly breezes. Warm ; cloudy," was what 

 had been predicted about the prospects of the 

 Ladies' Day; and any adverse opinions which 

 might occur to the home authorities were 

 triumphantly refuted by this comfortable sen- 

 tence. Whether young ladies would have felt 

 equally certain that the prophet must be right if 

 he had foretold storms and unsettled weather is 

 quite another matter ; but he omitted all men- 

 tion of rain, and tender creatures, who had been 

 looking forward to the Oaks, were quite prepared 

 to applaud the excellence and accuracy of his 



