The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-31
LADIES' COLUMN.

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A couple were recently married at
Lake Erie island lighthouse, the
music being furnished by tugboas
whistles. He thought it good place
for marry'n'er.
a dress composed entirely of the
most delicate white lace, loOped up
with pearls, envelOped a Philadel-
phia belle at Cape May recently, and
distracted all the beholders.
The ladies will be interested to
/ know that a new trimming, called
''kilting," has made its appearance.
| 1t is made of fine book muslin, edged
with imitation lace, and laid by ma
chinery, in regular fiat plaits.
It is said that fashionable ladies,
next winter, are to wear overdresses,
in the shape of a polonaise, made of
sealskin and plush, to be worn over
black or brown silk dresses, with
bonnets, muffs, tippets to match.
The " "Abyssinian stretch" has SUI
perseded the Grecian bend and the
| kangaroo droOp among the bellies of
fashion. 1t is supposed that this
viii have a short run, as the Mads-
gascar flutter" and the "Feejreau
sprawl are waiting to be adopted.
ats 6esp'rt thing" said old Joe
Smykres "a desp'rt thing That ere
young couple who've been billin' and
and maxim eyes at one another for
! a month, have now gone 10 the min
lister and got permit to see If they
can't keep it up for lltetimep
A gentleman from Boston, on q
l., -, ha
speaking of the times, observed that
his wife had lately expended $50 for
a habit. His friend replied; Hero
in the country we don't allow our
wives to get into such babits."
In order 20 conform to tho present
fashion of diminutives - Minnie,
VinLie, Lottie, and the Fest-it is
proposed to moderRize the too Sc
YerU Scriptural names. Ruth should
be chnagcd to Ruthie, Boazto BoOZie,
Hagar to Haggie, Job to Jobbie, and
the apostles TO Matte, Markie, Luke
and Jonnie,
4 New Orleans paper says that
Mrs. Gaines reply TO the suit OF
Caleb Gushing, to obtain $4,000
from her fer services rendered as her
attorney-at- law, is to the effect that
he has collected rents upon her prop
eTty, mOrejn amount than he is en-
tilted to. She claims the balance.
An Atlanta paper has the follow
ing statistics "Of the sixty-nine
young ladies' who have tainted away
in Atlanta during the summer, fifty
seven fell into the arms OF gentle
men, eleven fell on the floor, and one
into a water bucket. Nothing serious
in any Of the cases."
Many young ladies at the seaside
daily make their appearance at the
breakfast table in shapeless white
wrappers, and with their hair flowing
down their backs. Circumspect
matrOns and very antiquated maidens
have pronounced the fashion vulgar
and excessively slOvenly.
Women are TO vote the same as
men In Utah next fall. This is aC-
cOrding TO an act of the Territorial
Legislature, giving them the right of
suffrage. In Nebraska the amend
ment of the State Constitution per-
hitting women to vote is to be sub
mitted to the people, and women as
we'll as men are to have a voice in
its adoption. The ballots of the men
arc TO be deposited in one ballOt-box,
and those of the women in another
The bellies of Saratoga are now
content to plait their locks in two
long strands for morning wear. in
limitation of those Berlin damsels,
who chose this simple attire of Mar
guerite in which to welcome the new
Emperor and his returning heroes.
In evening their long braids are CO.
quettishly looped up, and q few fiui-
tering ringlets are added by way of
man traps, for every body knows
there is a sort of fascination lurking
about curls, from the young beauty
OF sixteen whose dear little head il
covered over with them, to the spin
ster of an uncertain age, who wears
her two ringlets falling behind her
ears.
The London Courier Journal saws
that dark hair, so long neglected and
despised, is again in the ascendant.
The blonde is gradually resuming
Ter place side by side, not above, the
clared to have maintained her rule
so long by variety of artiflce, that
she can, row that her cunning devil
CEb III Z AhCN iig w ClAbSl luEu as AOl-
lows: The Gothic Irish (reddisb.)
the Saxon English Ozark Yellow the
little ridiculous blonde (short, curly
goldeu), the cephalic blonde (orange
tint), and the Emphatic blonde (pale
straw cOlor). Among all these, the
cephalic Oran Se-golden has always
been cosidered the most to be dreaded
by men who seek for peace of mind,
cain life, and happy end.
4 correspondent thus speaks of
Queen VictoTia's court breakfasts in
Buckingham Palace Park: "Op these
occasions the Queen walks about
very smiling, with a white cap that
looks like a French bonne's over her
haed and the widows weeds thought
hghtcned by a suspicion here and
there Of white lace or Grape. The
breakfasts take place in the afternoon
al half past four o'clock, and the ladies
attend in a costume gotten up ex-
pressiy for the occasion. They gossip
and chatter in groups on the sward,
while the gentlemen, in uniform and
stars and @artcrs, quiz them in high
ly aristOcraJic way. or discuss poll
tics in the arbors. The little Princes
of Wales, in particular, is very lively
and popular on these occasions, and
has spFightly air which neither the
well-knOwn propriety and haughti-
ness of her royaFnamma, or the in
difference of her big lazy husband
seems to have dampened.
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GoD BLESS YOU.-Who has not felt
the power Of these words? Who does
not treasure up those hailoWed mo