The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-09-14
LADIES COLUMN.

White morning dresses arc Oh
rcSlc.
Ladies are rapidly discarding sailor
hats, as they have grown too COM
mon.
Violet appears to be the most pop
uar perfume among fashionable
young ladies.
1t is the latest cdict that the bride
be married in plain and simple travel
ing dress.
Wedding cards arc TO be rosc-tint-
ed and enclosed in huge square
monogramed envelopes.
Thirty-fvc or forty yards of silk
arc required by n first class dress
maker for short street costume.
A lady in Mobile is now confined
to her bed from the effects of poison,
maniicsting itself in sores about the
mouth, caused by biting green sew
ing silk, while working with it.
A New England contemporary
says: "rhc girls have got a new
hobby. This time il is the collection
of different patterns of printed cali
co. One in New Hampshire has
gathered together one thousand diff
icrcnt kinds.
Many families, says the New York
Nail, who reside in elegant stone
fronts, and appcarvcry wealthy, usu-
ally after marrying off their daugh-
tcrs move into q smaller dwelling i'll
less fashionable locality.
a young lady Of Logan county,
Kentucky, has advertised for scaled
proposals for her hand and heart"
/ is not stated whether she will take
the lowest "tcndcr.'
The wedding trouSscau of Miss
Throckmorton, who was married
few days since, in New York, cost
twcnty-ninc thousand dollars i'll
gold.
A fashionable mammals advice to
u married daughter: Never take
your husband to an evening party;
there isnothing that is alway so much
in the way"
TRYING to do business without adj
vcrtising is like winking at u pretty
girl through II pair of green goggles.
You may know what you arc doing,
but nobody else does.
Three married women are urors
in murder trial now in progress at
Cheyenne, Wyoming territory. Their
husbands wanted them to come home
at night, but As they were locked up,
did not set up for them.
Mrs, Stanton charges that women
| stimulate mems passions with their
dress, their dances, bare arms, bare
nccks, and then make II terrible up
roar when they come to suffer tho
consequence Of their own immodcs-
ty.
A lecturer on the 'moral scnti-
mcnts' in Philadelphia remarked
that the dearest ship in the world
was friendship whcrcupon young
man arose from among the congrcga-
ton and stated that he knew another
ii dcarcr ship stilI-and that was
courtShip.
Brigham tells his wives they can
vote, but must not talk politics. lie
secs how ii would be if his siXty-iivc
loved ones should divide upon oppo-
site sides and get up political dis
cussion at the dinner table. a fresh
supply Of crockcry would be needed
in that house.
"Mothcr," said little girl who
was engaged in making her doll an
apron, 81 believe l.will be a duchess
when grow up" GLOW do you
ever expect to become Il duchess, my
daughter" her motEcraskcd. "Why,
by marry Ing a Dutchman, to be sure"
replied the girI.
Some ono asserts and quotes au-
thority that the fashion of giving
ones lianccc a diamond ring to seal,
the matrimonial engagement, is going
out of fashion both i'll England and
in this county. We grievc if this
little bit Of sentiment is also to give
way to modern innovations.
a lady had Il iavoritc lap dog,
which she called perchance. "a
singular namo," said somebody, "for
a beautiful pet, madam. Where did
you find it?' "Oh," drawlcd she,
'it was named from Byron's dog.
You remember where he says, Per
chance my dog will how'll"
Ladies used to pride themselves on
making their dresses last number
of years, but now when any one says
TO them, GLOW well that dress has
lasted" they consider it more in the
light of an insult than compliment,
and II reflection on them for hav-
ing appeared in it in public so many
times.
Jcnny,' said II landlady to her
help. The other morning, Jenny, was
there any fire in the kitchen last
night, while you were sitting up"
''Only just spark, maam,' was the
rely. The lan,llady looked suSpi-
ciousiy at Jenny, but the innocent
girl went on scrubDing aud humming
"katy Darling
An Alabama editor having read
Dr. Halls lecture advising that hus-
brnd and " lie should sleep in scpar-
ate apartments, says that DR.. Hall
can sleep where he chooses; but for
himself lie intends to sleep where he
can defend his wife against rats and
other nocur;,I foes, is long rs he has
rot one to defend.
a lady living in Lyndon, W., who
Ost her husband in the late war, had
IN Offer Of marriage from man who
ost lis wife by divorce. She au-
wcrcl: The Lord parted me and
ny husband, but your own dcvlish
.cIions parted you and your wife;
md if you want another one you
must 20 to the devil for her, for |
yon't have YOU
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