The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-05-31
Ladies' Column.

| LoOtOo SOIuIUlIs
How to get at the real complexion Of
ladies-take little soap and water.
A diamond worth 25, 900 to sc, 900 has
been found at the Cape Of Good Hope.
The only good luck a cynical husband
says he ever had was when his wife ran
away from him.
Some enemy of the fair sex remarks
that the oldest woman's club is the
broomstick.
Two romantic girls in London sought
death in company BY stabbing themselves
with their scissors. III,
twas an apt answer of a young lady
who, being asked where was her native
place. replied: 81 have none; anu the
daughter Of Methodist minister.
Two ladies have tarveled from San
Fransisco to New York, overland, accom-
panied all the woy by bull dog as pro-
tector. ,t.s,,.
The age Of a young lady is now ex-
pressed according to the present style Of
skirts, by saying eighteen springs have
passed over her head. q
It takes tic Massachusetts Courts but
three minutes to unite the matrimonial
knot. Five couple were put through OF
that rate, few days ago. 65
Gibson county, Tennessee, has young
lady thirteen years Of age, who weighs
four hundred pounds, and another Of the
same age who weighs 40 lbs. and is 26
inches high.
Ristori. practices daily at shooting
gallery in Rome. Sbe has been advised
by her physicians that hunting on her es-
tate at the foot Of the Apprentices will be
beneficial to her health. sE
Two "ladies" were having some words
together on the roadside, when the daugh-
ter Of one Of them popped her head out Of
the door and cried, "Be quick, mother,
and call her thief before she calls you
onc."
Corby O'Lanus fauors the entrance Of
women into the political arena, on the
ground that "every woman is bound TO do
certain amount hf seolding, and il she
dses good deul in public she won't do
50 much at bome."
Tho ..Fat Contributor" adyertises for
proposals for marriage which must be d.
rected Proposals to board and cloths The
Fat Contributor for IN indefinite period"
accompanied by three sureties that the
bidder won't clope with another man.
MAY I be married, maj" said .
pretty brunette Of sixteen to her mother.
q What do you want to bc married for7'
why, ma, you know that the children
have never seen anybody married, aud /
thought 1t might please 'em."
A Tennessee girl wants $50, DANA
Cos from resident Of Lansingburg, New
York, for breach Of promise Of marri-
riagc. The defence was that tho man was
married ut tho time he had made the en-
gagcment, and that the fulilmcnt Of bis
promise would involve breach Of the
law. .tj
A farlion paper in Paris, edited by
ladies, suys that American ladies are no
longer tho favorites Of good society that +,
they used to be. Too many ill-brod
American women have recently made
their appearance there, and by their i'm
pertinent and indiscrect conduct, have
done a great deal Of harm to the whole
class Of their country women.
There is tribulation among tile Ameri-
can residents in London. A young lady
with wealth and ambition was wooed ard
won BY, q Sicilian Count The trousseau
was ordered, carriages built bearing coat
of.arms, and the wedding approached -
But alas, the Count-proving to be
"Count No Account, and fraud gener-
ally-d decampcd, leaving the young Amer
ican lady dissolved in tears, and tho car
riages and other superaui.ies for sale.
When Mrs. Dr.. Mary Walker applied
at the PostofTiee Department for clerk
ship, The Postmaster General informed her
that he had places for both male and
female clerks, the former better pay. She
demanded male position and male pay
for herself. which the Postmaster General
dcclined't to give.
Mis-. Jones, postmaster st Wintersct.
Iowa recently married Mr Alfred Smith.
Mrs. Smith Is not known to the depart
ment as postmaster, Miss Jones has..no
longer legal existence, aud things gen
erally are very much mixed. Smith is
anxious to know If he has married into
the post office, or las married the post
Office out Of the family.