Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-28
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.
Bearded Women i'm the War-WO-
men who Work must Talk-WO-
meas Hotel Rights, Etc.

her Enthusiastically becoming, if not
put on. -.tas tGGis
Diamonds in the rosettes of her slip
pers are the attractions of a Saratoga
bellies s'twinkling feet"
''You resemble the Prussian army, y
said gentleman to a beautiful German
girl-''you are winning"
Fanny Fern has new book in press
called ''Gingersnaps. Fanny is getting
4 too old for such nonsense.
| Anna Dickinson's reported quarrel with
her intended is styled private rehearsal
of Breakers Ahead. F..-
The most popular physician at st. Pc
tersburg is a woman-Madame Suslof.
| She has an immense practice, ~
| ga tall, striking, intense brunette"
stands four chances of getting married at
Long Branch where blonde does one.
Mrs. Darlington says that since the in
vention of the needle-gun, there is no
reason who women shouldn't fight as well
| as men.
A Chicago lady would go to fire, the
other night and got a stray bullet in her
hip. She don't get up now when she
hears the fire bells.
A young man in Randall county, Ind,
was waylaid by two girls, and thrashed
until he got down on his knees and swore
he never would do it again. He had
promised to marry both of them, the vii
| lain.
A jersey widow, finding her charms
fading, applied "magical balm" few
nights ago, and woke next morning to find
her hair all fallen off, and blotches as
large as ginger cookies all over her face.
She wants to interview the balm man.
A cynical old bacelor, who firmly be-
heVes that all women have something to
say on all subjects, recently asked q
female friend, 'Well, madam, what do
you hold on this question of female
suffrage?n To him the lady responded
calmly, "Sir, | hold my tongue"
Singular is it that donors will select
such ornamental but useless gifts to be-
stow On those whom they would honor.
Ida Lewis has just been presented with a
pair of white stockings made of rare lace,
by the "White Stockings" of Chicago.
They were imported at cost of $500 in.
gold. .r.s-r r
The latest style of summer costume for
ladies in Paris is. the feather Dress
Ladies appear on the boulevard with short
dress, trimmed with countless rows of
beautiful feathers. The head-dress is a
tastefully arraIgned crown of ostrich
plumes and raven feathers, and the para
sol is studded with little humming birds.
THE BEARDED WOMAN IN THE WAR.
A foreign correspondent writing from
q l.,
the particulars of somewhat amusing
incident, to which l may have referred
before at time when it had been but
partly reported, and it was also then set
down by some as an invention. It is no
invention, however. One day woman
was found on the French shore of the
Rhine, where she had been set down by a
German boat which swiftly ghded back.
The operation was observed, and the of
ficers FASTENED to the point. The woman
was closely veiled. A French officer
withdrew the veil, when 10! heavily
bearded face. Not having the slightest
doubt that they had caught spy dressed
up in a woman's clothes, they did not
listen to what the individual was protest
ing, but hurried him or her to the guard
house, where only men were lodged. But
such was the individuals clamorOus
alarm at being left all night in such COM
pany, and so loud were her demands for
further investigation, that physicians
were sent for, and the supposed spy
turned out to be a ''bearded woman. "
She is native of France, and has been
for some time on exhibition in German
towns. Being at Mayence when the war
broke out the Germans had taken her, as
already described, outside of their lines.
The bearded woman showed that she had
proper feminine feelings by being exces-
siYely frightened.
WOMEN WHO WORK MUST TALK.
An acquaintance of mine in New York
employs a large number of women at
sewing machines, in the fabricating of
those yellow dresses for summer wear that
make our streets look as if they were
peopled with new species of sunfOwer.
He tells me that, when he first conceived
the idea of going into this particular line
of business, he determined to go up to
Sing Sing and examine the system as it
was practiced there, and to ascertain the
Just data of profit in regard TO outlay for
labor. His visit opened his eyes to seve-
raj things, and returning to the city, he
made up his mind to let his girls sing and
talk as much as they pleased while they
worked, but must work by the piece; so
that loss of time would fall upon them as
| well as him. When he was shown into
the great workshops occupied by the fe-
male convlcts at the great State prison, he
was naturally enough surprised to find
that the women, though hard at work with
their sewing machines, were just as busy
| with their tongues, exercising their two
natural gifts, the needle and the organ of
speech; and, when he expressed bis won
| der to the warden at such license, he was
| told that twice as much could be got from
| them if they were allowed to use their
tongues than if they worked in the I'M
natural condition of the sex, of forced
silence; so with the peals of laughter and
sometimes a strain of not unpleasant har-
| mOny, drowning the rattle of the ma
chimes, and" helping along pleasantly the
wearing hours of toll.
HOW TO GROW OLD AND BEAUTIFUL.
A writer in the Tribune asks: "What
| is the reason why our American girls,
| CUulESSGuiI III b1C bLOOh4 VI JOuLD
prettiest in the world, so soon lose the
charms of iuvenility without acquiring
the charms of maturity2 Some say late
hours, some bad diet, come over early
marriage, some this thing and some that,
our climate being usually set down as a
principal cause. We are reminded of the
subject by paragraph in a Western
newspaper, which AYERS that Mad. Olive
Logan, the dramatic reader, wears about
her an artless simplicity which lessons her
apparent years as it heightens her at
tractiveness.' This means no more, we
Suppose, than that Mad. Logan has, by
cheerfulness, hopefulness and fair de-
| gree of freedom from fretfulness, taken
good care of her face. The same quail
ties have, perhaps, enabled her to assume,
without difficulty, a generally youth
full manner in public. There is
a great deal in knowing how to do it. The
celebrated Mrs. Arlington played Rosa
lind to the acceptance of crowded houses
after she was sixty. The well-known
Mrs. George Barrett played Juliet, and
played it very well, while there were aw-
| full whispers in the pit about her longevi-