The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-09
FAsIIIONABLE INTELLIaENCE.

We Gull the following paragraphs
from the fashionable news and gossip
i'm the New York Home Jou,ndL-the
paper (par excellence) in which to find
such things:
The "Blue Grass" girls of Kentucky
are called the hnndsomeSt and "spunk-
| lest" in the country.
The Presidents receptions will be
resumed later than usual this season.
Hon. James H. Hubbard, of Con-
necticut, has purchased the house that
was to have been occupied by Mr.. and
| Mrs Charles Sumner this winter.
On dit, that the three principal lady
members of the "EIite German" are
engaged and will shortly be married.
1t is said that the "Murray Hill So
ciable will meet at Delmonico's, No. l
| West Fourteenth street, this winter.
We learn that Mrs. Douglas Burn
| ham, nee Lizzie Bi"dgett, received no
less than four silver tea services, aud
the same number of fish knives among
her bridal presents.
Charles Dickens leaves Liverpool
for Boston on the 9th inst. Boz" will
be a first. class sensations; but girls who
danced and tlirted with him nearly
quarter of century ago, must retire
and give the present generation II
chance.
jay Cooke, wife and family, arrived
at Detroit, IL few days ago, on the steam
er Island Queen, from their summer
residence at Gibraltar, and immediately
left for their home Mt Philadelphia. go
ing by way of Niagara Falls.
Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie has per-
emptorily declined to appear again on
the stage She has refused an offer OF
$50 900, and is now in England engaged
in literary labOrs, which are more con-
genial TO her taste.
We are told that IL number OF fash
ionable young ladies uptown propose
10 organize for mutual Improvement.
Gossip, character-slashing, the latest
fashions, the opinions of Madame Grun-
dy, the reason why the neighbors oppo-
site sit up so late, and similar matters
are strictly forbidden, even after tea.
We shall chronicle, with deep interest,
the meetings of this organization.
Three large weddings are ON the
tdpiS, one of which promises to be the
most brilliant affair that has occurred
in Washington for a long time. We
learn that nearly two thousand cards
will be issued, and special train will
convey the invited guests from New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
AT the recent wedding of General
ForSythe and Miss DennisOn, the oth-
ciating clergyman made II very ludic-
rous mistake; placing himself in front
of one of the groomsmen, he came near
uniting him and one of the bridesmaids
in marriage in place of the bride and
groom; IN TACT, he had progressed half
way through the ceremony before the
mistake was discovered and the minis
ter set right.
We have endeavored to find out
what colored hair and eyebrows will be
worn this winter. The artists in hair
have met and agreed that dark eye
brnws are TO accompany golden tresses
and golden eyebrows black hair
Brown and chestnut locks and curls
are not, under any consideration, to be
tolerated. 1t is an unsettled matter
whether 0r not the chi9nOn is to be
maintained il is believed not, il
more expensive and complicated deco
ration can be invented. The complex
ion is to deadpearl, the lips very light
pink, and the mouth 10 be worn slight
| Iy open, particularly if you have good
teeth and they are your own.
"A well known Washington lady
and her TWO daughters-one an invalid
who formerly moved in the best So
| ciety, and resided in one of the most
fashionable suburbs of the city, has
been so far reduced by the failure of
her husband, who was in business in
New York, as TO be compelled to take
! in washing as the means of gaining
| livelihood.