Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-31
GOSSIP FOR WOMEN
Woman Of metal-A belle.

| Young ladies are generally hOnest-but
they will hook dresses.
Erie, Pennsylvania, has fashionable
young ladies' boat club.
| When is tombstone like talloY DID (?
When IL is set up for late husband.
Crimped waterfalls are coming 10 fash
ion again, and will be more popular than
the braids.
Toe latest marriage announcements read
thus; 'tNo cards, no cake, no presents,
no wedding trip, no honeymoon, no di-
yorce "
The latest style of court train is looped
on one side only, and Is much more CON
venient for dancing than the old style.
A good excuse for married ladies to in
dulge in tight lacing is that ia a good
housekeeper there should be s'no waste -
A lady at Saratoga went to breakfast
few mornings ago dressed in a plain
calico dress, with diamond earrings and
necklace.
Mademoiselle Latour is the prettiest
woman in Paris. Her photographs sell
for two francs, while those of Eugene
can be had for one.
A shoddy dame in northern New York,
late a domestic, in ordering silver ware,
desired the astonished clerk to have her
''entrails, B. NJ, engraved on each
piece"
A young lady of Baton Rouge sent
poetical piece to paper entitled 'tMay
Thirtieth." She felt unpleasant next day
to see it headed 'My Thirtieth." 1t was
about her birthday.
Misc Morvy u Hox,ovv TDrofo,co, &c Co.
man Languages and Literature in the
Agricultural College, Kansas, is mastering
the Swedish, with the intention of bring
ing into the institution the Swedish ele-
ment in the State.
Long Branch wants young men sadly.
There are plenty of young girls, compare
lively speaking, but beaus are woefully
scarce; and if reinforcement does not
come soon there viii be no use for the
Irritation corners, which are so easy and
tempting.
This is Eugenie's latest dinner toilet:
A plain tarlatan, white, over white taf-
feta; nothing but ruche and flOunce for
ornament. In her hair bunch of white
lilies of the valley, with few black and
red Cherries most striking combination
for blonde.
81 wish, saidthe slight and elegant Mrs.
FitZbob, to her friend Mrs. Twigg, whose
ena6onpotrat was strikingly handsome, 81
wish had some of your fat and you had
some of my lean" 'I'll tell youwhat is the
origin of that WISH" replied the fair
wit; 'Eyou think too much of me and too
little of yourself"
Clinton, Iowa, has female strategist,
who, on going to church, found her seat
occupied. Not at all daunted, however,
she took the next seat back, and when the
congregation rose to sing deliberately
took the cushion from her own seat and
placed 1t under herself. That woman
will not be long without her rights.
Under the new sanitary system adoptedin
Glasgow, Scotland, staff of 'tfemale Wis.
itors" is employed whose duty it is to visit
and instruct the poorer classes as to clean
illness of person, of children, of beds,
and houses; andto give lessons, if need
be, in sewing, bed-making, clOthes-mend-
ing, and other domestic labors.
A Boston lady, now studying medicine
at the high school at Zurich, is said to be
q constant surprise to her professors on
account of the extraordinary nerve ex-
hibited by her at the clinical and post
mortem examinations of the institution.
There are eleven other girls in the same
class, but most of them get rather
nervous when the blood spurts freely and
the saw is kissing through the bones.
Fans assume an importance not known
to old-fashioned bellies, though the fan
has always been a most important adj
junct to successful filtration. At pres
ent these pretty trifles must correspond
with the dress. Fans for full dress are
made of pearl and satin and point lace,
and cost thirty dollars or more. For more
common purposes, linen fans, in tints of
gray or bun, and japanese fans, with
bamboo handles, may be had.
A lady sends from Edinburg the follow
ing description of a novelty in the way of
parasols: 1t was made entirely of bright
green silk, over which were laid peacock's
feathers-the eye feathers of the tail, one
over the other-till the whole thing was
a glowing mass of coloring. The fringe
was the upper part of the feather in
double row (sewed on, fancy, and the
whole effect was gorgeous. The handle
was carved work, tipped by tiny pea
cock in gold and enamel, with gems (sap-
phires) for eyes. The price was only
fifteen guineas; and it was as perishable
as it was beautiful.
Those who are going to Newport and
want to understand the fashionable style
of hair-dressing have them here: For full
dress the chignon is retained, but for
driving, shopping and ordinary wear it is
discarded, and the natural hair simply
crossed on the back of the head, or left
in two long braids down the shoulders.
This style is worn by married ladies rs
well as young misses. With the latter
the Chinese style, one flat braid, is
very popular, though not becoming to
many. These long braids are not neces-
sarily of ones own hair; false switches
can be ingeniously plated with them, de-
flying detection.
THE COMING LECTURE SKA5oN-NoTED Wo-
MEN AND THEIR THEMES.
Susan B. Anthony will lecture on ''The
Woman Question"
Anna E. Dickinson will have four lee
lures. ''Down Brakes" rewritten, ap-
pears as ''To the Rescued" "Joan of
Arc' is new lecture; and she has Sun
day night lay sermon, plea for the out
casts, entitled ''Out of the Depths" She
will havestill another, on Woman's Rights,
later in the season.
Mrs. Alice E. button is new candi-
date from Western Massachusetts, strong
ly Endorsed by the Springfield RepubH-
can. She talks on ''Odds and Ends"
Miss FannyR. Edmunds is q new reader
and lecturer who comes with the patron
age of Wendell Phillips, Anna Dickinson,
Robert Collyer, and Nasty. She talks
on Dickens, with iIlustrativ readings,
and on ''Some Humor and Little He
roism."
Grace Greenwood has lectures on ''The
Heroic in Common Life, Jeanne Arc"
'Gndoors," ''Life in Washington" and
''Yankee Life and Character"
Mrs. Livermore will explain ''The Rea-
sons Why" women should have the bal
lot; tell what was done by ''Women in
the War;" and lecture on ''Queen Eliza
beth"
Olive Logan will describe "Paris, City
of Luxury" talk on ''Girls," picture
''The Passions, and sketch ''The Sunny