The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-25
GOSSIP.


1t is said that when chignons are
we'll filled with crude camphor they
are not liable to become colonized with
insects.
Mrs. Darlington says when she was
young, gals were innocent, uncontis-
Gated Creatures now they are what the
French call 'blazes.'"
-Mollie TrusselI, the pardoned muir
deress, who went to New York ostensi-
ply to enter a convent, concluded she
er for California.
When Judge Russell addressed the
Boston Scholarship boys, on Sunday,
he asked where ST. Patrick was Iborn,
one OF the boys shouted at once, Elm a
stable in Bethlehem"
"A religious fancy party was the last
novelty In New York. All present as
sumed Scriptural characters, or those
OF pious celebrities, and the exercises
opened with prayer. Queer times,
these.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin has
the following among its witty COM
mentS on books: Waiting for the YER
| dict-Jen. Davis. William Tell-Don't
do it, William. Dear Native Land
That's SO; gold, 1876. will Trust Thee
Il wish you were my tailor.
The last compent on the season is
by soldier, who says this is not for
ward March.
The Fredericksburg. Va, Netcs is
Jubllant over the prospects of the fish,
| tobacco and wheat crops.
DR.. Cumming, who says the end of
the world is coming very soon, was
lately blackballed at the AthenRuu1
Club in London, where he was up for
election, by very large majority of its
members.
Concerning Mad. Parepa- Rosa, a
New York critic writer says:
In "Casta Diva" she was simply ire
sistible, and her phenomenal sustaining
of the high note, called forth an over
whelming response of enthusiasm
which was resumed in the tumultuous
recall she received after the act.
Robert 81. Newell, author of the Or
Pheus G; Kerr papers, has at last been
divorced from Ada Isaac Menken, who,
as was shown on the trial, has been
within the last eight years, the wife of
| half dozen men. She is now in Paris.
Some of our lady readers, perhaps,
will be interested in the following de-
scriptiOn of some of the attractive tot
tettes, which were displayed at the char
ity ball in New York last Monday even
ing. We copy from the Home Journal:
zone of the dresses that attracted the
attention and elected the envy of the
ladies, was worn by a beautiful young
married lady from Boston. II was a
rich blue velvet, cut low and trimmed
with superb point lace. a heavy cable
cord trimmed the bottom of the skirt,
over her shoulders she wore an
elegant white lace shawl The
necklace, earrings, and comb were
of diamonds. Another was a wine
coiored MORE antique, trimmed
with deep tiounce of black lace.
BLACK lace bertha, cut low, and finished
W tn a putting of lace around the neck.
Another dress of lilac-corded silk.
trimmed round the skirt and waist
with feather Trimming of lilac and
white, headed with narrow white hugIe
fringe. Another was of black lace
covered with small steel beads, The
underskirt was pulled, and the over
skirt caught down on it with small
steel stars. The hair was dressed with
diamond powder, and the whole effect
otthe dress was very pretty and stylish.
Another very beautiful dress was of
white tulle, hounced, the bottom of
each tiounce being trimmed with a row
of narrow black velvet. This dress
was worn over a light pink silk, the
waist cut low and finished with a puff
6ng of lace. Hair ornamented with a
wreath of wild roses. We noticed that
several ladies had their hair arranged
in two long plaits down the back, a LL
antique, which is becoming quite fash
ionable. The new fashioned ladies'
evening gloves were very much worn.
They reach almost to the elbow, some
having six and some even eight but
tons. They are very becoming and
stylish: and make the arm look very
pretty"