The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-24
COLUMBIA, S. c., SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE a. 1866
Gossip for the Gentlemen, on Sub
tects fn which the Ladies' Take no

Gossip for the Gentlemen, on SUBJ
jects in which thc Ladies' Take mo-
Interest.
Tilting hoops have not yet reached
Sandy Hill. .-Abo"y Argus.
Owing to its elevated location, and
the natural delicacy of the sex.
Albany Jou,7,aL
Summer gauze dresses, abroad, are
bringing into fashion colored silk pet
ticoats-somc of these which are
worn under dresses striped with gold,
are also trimmed with gold fringe.
The fringes which are now used for
trimming petticoats are frequently
four inches deep.
The use Of the cigarette at the din
ner table by Partisan ladies is, at
length beginning to be custom.
They are to be provided with costly
Sevres spittoons. Upon which an
English writer asks: ''But what can
gloss over vulgarity? Not even a
gold spittoon set with diamonds, or
the use Of lace handkerchiefs at ten
thousand francs each"
Women are great mystery. Ac-
cording to Haller, women be, hun
ger longer than men; according to
Plutarch, they can resist the eff
fects of wine better; according to
Unger, they grow older and never
bald; according to Pliny, they are
seldom attacked by lions: ION the con-
trary, they will run after lions;) and
according to Gunter, they can talk q
few
''loilet Receptions" are the latest
idea in New York fashionable society.
Hair dressing has become such an
elaborate affair, and occupies so much
time, that bellies now receive their
callers while under the hands of their
maids. At present, their intimates
only are admitted, but the sex is not
limited, and gentlemen are also re-
ceived by madame in the most charm
ing of combing toilets, w.th the
sweetest of smiles and the prettiest
Of apologies for the situation.
Ne'O York Sun.
There is a man in Pennsylvania
who is SO forgetful of countenances
that his wife is obliged to keep
wafer stuck to the end of her nose,
in order that he may distinguish her
from other ladies. Even then he oc-
caslonnlly makes mistake.
Now that the strawberry season is
at hand, it might be useful to know
that in Sicily it is the custom to
crush the strawberries with white
powdered sugar, and to squeeze the
lnlce OF al orange OF two over them.
Tins makes most agreeable com
pound, superior to strawberries and
cream.
Among the numerous demands
upon Gov. Moore, of Louisiana, from
different portions Of the country, for
his autograph, is very modest one
from a young lady. 1nclosed in her
letter is small octagonal piece Of
silk, which she desires the Governor
to write his name upon, as she is
getting mp an "antograph quilt"
There is no telling what strange bed
fellows the Governor may find him
self among before that quilt is taken
from the frame.
Mrs. Ritchie, in letter from Lon
don to the Philadelphia Home Weehly,
tells this hard story: ''Some scandal
has been going the round of the
upper classes, that a certain lady's
maid in certain high family, where
there are two beautiful daughters,
has received her dismissal after six
months service, because se-because-
how shall I write it?-because she
was man! One has often heard of
woman disguised as men, but never
before Of men disguised as maid ser
wants. The affair will not be brought
into court, I hear-sileasio.