Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-30
Clippings for the Ladies'.


Pennsylvania railroad train. Their
mother said it always made her sick to
ride in the cars.
"A woman ia the northern par: oil
Maine, who is the mother Of twenty chill
dren. has just been granted a divorce on
the ground that ste has 10 affinity for
b er husband.
Walking suits are now made fuller
in the skirts than those worn last winter,
and have elaborate over skirts looped up
at the sides and cut in the back to res
emble an inverted v.
"A credible New York paper is nu
thOrity for the statement that "many
fashionable young ladies are suffering with
assesses and ulcers on the foot, caused
and produced by wearing French heels
on their boots"
Skating, so say the New York fash
ion papers, is now voted vulgar by the
ladies, and the edict has gone forth from
Madison avenue and Murray Hill, that
"our best society"-that is, the feminine
portion Of twill glide upon glistening
steel no moro. The causes assigned are
two in number-wesk lungs and atten-
ualed lower limbs.
Round hats are more worn than
bonnets this season, even by the middle
aged; AID never have they been more
snowy than now, or more costly. The
latest styles have the crowns very high
and small at the the top, somewhat of
a sugar loaf shape. This shape becomes
the youthful and pretty face, but detracts
from plain face, and should not be
worn by those whose features are irregu-
lar. The low-crown hats are much worn,
aud are more becoming to the majority
of ladies than the high, and are prettier
when neatly and richly trimmed. An
elegant round hat is of high black vel
vet and is trimmed with black lace, vel
vet and black ostrich plumes. The Gen.
ter feather is long and curling, falling
below the neck; and, gracefully worn, is
one Of the most attractive hats of the sea-
son.
The Empress Eugene, as she ap-
peared on the Imperial yacht, at the
browning point of the Suez celebration,
is thus sketcheJ by an American corree.
pondent: "Eugenie of whom all men
speak extravagantly, seems but a fiue
woman, with nothing very remarkable
about her except her glorious form and
unsurpassed grace of movement. He,
eyes are CLASSY. and gave at first an i'm
preston that she squints, which is by nc
means SO. Her eyebrows are peculiar
iiy seldom seen, but yet do not detraci
from her good looks. Her mouth j!
neither classical nor Roman, nor of any
particular kind. The upper lip is GU
straight across the face and contains sew
eral seams in It as she speaks, which mr.,
never pretty. The under lip is i'll formed
in every way. The mouth is positivel,
too large, and the way it exhibits the teetl
when open does not seem nice. He
nose, though not faultless, does not nee
essarily command criticism. 1t is t.,
narrow forehead the CLASSY, expression
less eyes and the coarse mouth, which
evoke critics dislike, but these objec
tons are lost sight of when one gazes a
the magnificent bust of the Empress ano
the glorious undulations of her form.-
The dress she wore exposed her bosom
rather more than decent man Nigh
like his wife to DO, and / must say Their,
we're hungry eyes in that vast Grove
which were gloating on that fair waxer
breast that should have been yelled will
all its treasures"