Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-08

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swan indifferently, followed out into the
sea a young lady, who swan excellently !
that, painting with emotion and exertion,
he assured her in the brefest possible
manner OF his attachment, and almost
choked himself in the attempt TO seize
and'kis her hand; that, floating npon
his back, he explained quietly his posi-
tion and circumstances, and breathed
words of tenderness, while the fair one
again and again plunged under water to
conceal her bushes; and that, finally,
when they swan TO shore, the daring
youth had been accepted, at the cost of
being almost paralyzed with cold.
A day or two since two ladies from
the country, on shopping excursion to
the city, dropped into a hardware store
where agricultural implements are sold.
They had read Johns. advertisements,
and therefore innocently inquired for
cradles" The storekeeper said it was
rather late in the season for the article,
and he had sold all he purchased. The
ladies looked at each other wonderngly,
and whispered laughingly when one,
turning to the blushing John, remarked !.
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ai,oays ia season. "
The following is a list Of the Com
memoraiiye weddings" Two years after
the wedding is the paper wedding" the
fifth anniversary is the wooden we'd
ding" the tenth the TIN wedding;
the fifteenth the '',,erystal weddingii, the
twenty-iiiih the Silver wedding; the
fiftieth the golden wedding the sew
enty.fiith the diamond wedding.
TUNES are still simulated on dresses
for dinner, promenade, and evening
wear A very effective style is formed
by asehing the front. breadths of the
dress.skirt with a ruching or with fall
of guipure, and continuing il down to
the bottom o: the skirt behind The
bottom of the front breadths is edged
en- suite with the simulated tunic.
Marble fire places should not be washed
with suds, it will in time destroy the pol
ish After the dust is wiped of, rub the
spots with nice oiled cloth, then rub
dry with soft rag.
A London writer, in speaking OF bon
nets, says the coal-scutte was III vogue
when blushing was known; but that art
or in6rmity being now obsolete, or being
rendered u permanent attraction, the
coal-scuttle is dispensed with
Unfortunately, useless for all practical
purposes, as the present sty le OF bonnels
are, they are not unbecomlng; instead
of one fixed and arbitrary shape, there
are half dozen equally fashionable,
and ladies can therefore suit their own
style of face and feature better than they
ever could before
No one now thinks Of wearing colored
cashmere petticoats az formerly wool is
much too elementary nothing but silk
or satin can be tolerated, and these,
whether green, blue, pink or mauve,
which are the favorile colors, mast be
elaborately worked and trimmed with
cluny
Ii young lady wishes to encourage
her lover when ne gives her a squeeze,
the best Thing thai she can do is TO re-
press him. ."
Aprons, stimulated by bands of velvet,
silk, or gnipure, are among the recent
styles of trimming dress-skirls. These
adorn--or rather dis6gure-tho backs as
we'll as the fronts. Miniature aprons are
set on the shoulders and cuffs.
DO you like novels2' asked Miss
Fitzgerald of her backwoods lover. " |
cant say" he replied, " | never ate any
but m death on possum.
Mule slippers of canvas, holland, or
brown linen, embroidered III colors, were
introduced far sea-beach promenade
this season When soiled they can be
washed with water and a brush. They
are fresh and cool, and, if large enough,
easy to the feet just the thing for the
purpose
Smiles and kind words cost nothing,
hui are beyond price 10 the afflicted
heart
A bit of blue dissolved in skim milk
and water will restore old Grape
Why is kissing your sweetheart like
eating soup with a fork Because II
takes a long time TO get enough OF II.
One of the latest arrivals at Saratoga
was lady with eighty dresses.ahd thirty
six bonnets
Gauze wells, attached by some elegant
ornament will undoubtedly be "a feature
of the fall bonnets
Why are women hard on clothes Be
cause, when they buy new suit, they
wear il out the first day