Smyrna times., 1865-08-23
For the Ladies Only.


I" wise and otherwise
The daughters of the I. F. VS., in Rich
mOnd, are now engaged in working on clothing
for the United States Government Bureau
Six hundred are thus employed, at their own
residences, earning about five dollars per week
The clothing they make is intended for the
cOlOred troops in Texas. 1t would be matter
of some interest to ascertain the opinion enter
tanned Of the national authorities by the femi-
nine representatives of Virginia SECESSION
The eOlOred soldier and the white female Sc
cesslOnist have in many instances changed po-
sltlons In most remarkable manner.
The latest fancy of the ladies is to increase
the height of the forehead by artificial means
consequently the foreign papers have plen-
teOuS supply Of advertisements of waters for
the purpose Of destroying the hair on the fore
head at once and forever. The less expert, or
more economical, shave, and have nasty blue
mark, like the result Of razor over rough
beard
Letters from the principal French sea bathing
places represent that the excentricity of ladies
in dress is quite as great this year as it was
last. Glarlng colOrs and extraordinary cuts
are all the rage Petticoats reach only little
below the knee, as last year; but the Hessian
boots OF 1864, going almost to the knee, have
given way to shoes and leather CATERS. Round
the waist very broad belt, fastened by huge
buckle, is worn: but instead of merely confn-
ing the gown, it fastens in the coat alsO-for
coats, with large buttons, have long been sub
stituted for shawls, clOaks and mantles Walk
ing sticks are still employed, but some fair
DANES prefer Alpine stocks and shepherds
crooks.
There is a woman at Erie, Pennsylvania,
whom an editor was recently astonished to find
talked as "pertly" upon oil and Oil-wells as any
person of the opposite sex. She had sites for
sale Of any desirable promiSe-was quite indif-
ferent about trading; had interests which she
considered worth from fifty to one hundred
thousand dollars did not want to marry ex-
pected to open an office in New York soon :;
had no agents employed, transacted all her own
business and was ready to negotiate for any
thing in the way Of property, from steam en-
gine to a urt-house
AT Randolph, Wisconsin, farmer Windsor
took pretty gal' with him to circus -
Straightway walked his wife to the druggist,
of whom she bought some arsenic. This she
inserted into pie, Of which her husband was
very fond He ate it next day at dinner, and
that night was past the region of Irritation.
Mrs Windsor address it at Madison jail.
If red haired man falls in love with a girl
who dislikes hair of that color, he will very
likely dye before he is married
There are eight regular female physicians in
Phsladelphia-all of whom are in good prac-
tice-and one OF them is so overwhelmed with
business that she keeps three horses in con-
stant use.
DoUBTFUL-A city paper mentions the ar
rest of woman in the streets, with nothing
on her person but a lOve-letter and daguer
reOtype."
In the city of New York, SO statistics state,
there are fewer marriages, by One-third, than
there was twenty-five years ago.
A broker has disappeared from Philadelphia
with twenty-six thousand dollars and woman.
Both another man property.
A letter-writer says A girl, nowadays,
ought to have the Bank of England for pa
rent, to stand any chance to be married.
Constance Kent, who murdered her little
brother in England, is, it is rumOred, to be
pardoned because she is so pious and pretty.
The present fashion of ladies' head dresses
| does not come up to the fashion i'll France IN
Maria Antoinette's time. Maria Theresa wri-
ting to her, says: "They tell me from the
root to the top OF your hair measures thirty-slx
inches, with feathers and ribbons above IL.
! The ladies will see they can pile on u Ioot Hnore
|
II ;s said that one of the dresses at the Sar-
atoea ball cost twenty-five thousand dollars.
Since the trial of Miss Harris, in Washing
ton, unmarried men pay higher premium for
| life insurance.
In marriage the heart of a widow is like a
furnished apartment, where one is apt to find
something left there by former lodger.
The oldest person in Harrisburg, Pennsylva-
MIA, is Mrs. Stone, who is one hundred and
seven years of age. She is yet quite active.
Maoie Antoinettes s garter has been present
ed TO Barnum for his new museum, by the
Countess of Savigny, who is now residing In
New York.
Rev. DR.. Palmer, of New Orleans, is cele-
brated for a sermon he preached there at the
beginning of the war, predicting success to the
rebellion because slavery was a divine institu.
ton. He has since seen the error of his ways
and, returns from long exile to preach to his
old congregation, as thus reported by the New
Orleans correspondent of the Boston Post.
Sunday DIR. Palmer frankly told his people
that they had all been wrong, and he the chief
of sinners that they had been proud and
naughty, disobedient, rebelliOus; that he him
sell had Deen numDle0 DeIOre UOu, ana recelV-
ed merted chartisement; that they had all
been taught good lesson of obedience to civil
authority, and he hoped it would be filially
received by them as the children of Christ, and
laid up in their heart of hearts. His address
was very touching, and dutifuliy received by
the people, with whom he has great influence,
and have no doubt man so strong as he,
who is thus thoroughly subdued in the faith,
has great and good work before him.
Colonel Parker, who accompanies General
Grant on his travels, is pure Seneca Indian,
and grandson of the celebrated Red Jacket
chief Of the Six Nations. He is large ro-
bust man, at least six feet in height. On his his
breast may be seen the broad srTeT mes% pi'
sented to his ancestor by Ueheral 0ackSon'
A correspondent writes to know "AA' 'AN
,r0ste of time measures round.