Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-09-02
LADIES' COLUMN.


! A couple were recently married at
Lake Erie island lighthouse, the
music being furnished by tugboat
I whistles. lie thoughtit a good place
/ for marry 'n'er.
a dress composed entirely Of the
most delicate white lace, iooped up
/ with pearls, cnyelOped Philadci-
Iphia belle at Cape May recently, sud
! distracted olI the beholders.
The ladies viii be interested to
/ know that a new trimming, called
"kilting,' has made its appearance.
/ IL is made Of fine book muslin, edged
with imitation lace, and laid by ma
chiucry, in regular Hat plaits.
Its said that fashionable ladies',
mex winter, are TO wear cverdrcsses,
| in the shape Of q pOlonaise, made OF
seal-kin and plush, to be worn over
black or brown silk dresses, with
bonnets muils, tippets to match.
Tho aAbys,inian stretch has su-
perscdcd the Grecian bend and the
kangaroo drOop among the bellies Of
fashion. 1t i. supposed that this
I will have IA short run IS the AadN-
gagcar huttcr" and the "Feciccan
sprawl are waiting to be adopted
"ltsasesp'rt thing, s-ii old Jo'
Smykrcs "a desp'rt thing. That ere
young couple whO'vc been billin' snd
and maxim eyes at UHs another fuf
/ a month, have now gone to the min
lister and got permit to see il they
can't keep it up for lifetime, ',
4 gentleman from Boston, oa
, visit 10 hi, friend in the country,
speaking Of the times, observed that
/ bis wife had lately expended $50 for
habit. His friend replied; "lIcrc
/ in the country We don't allow our
wives TO get into such babits,'
In order 70 conform to the pre,cHt
/ fashion Of dimiuuliycs - Minnie,
NiuLie, Iouic. and the rcst--it il
proposed 70 mOdernize tic too Sc
we're ~oipluIal names. Ruth should
be chuag,' 10 RUihie, Bo'2 to Boolie,
IIagar to liaggia, job to Jobbie, and
the apostles 10 Matte, Markie, LUKE
and jounic,
4 New Orleau. paper say, thai
Mrs. Ggiug. reply 10 thc suit Of
| Caleb Cushing, to obtain fJ0Hl
from her for services rendered as her
attOrucy.nt-laN, j., to the effect that
he has collected rents upon her prop
erty, more in amount than he is en-
titel to. She claims The balance.
An Atlanta paper has the follow
/ ing statistics; "Of the sixty-ninr
. Young ladies who have tainted away
in Atlanta during the summer, fifty
seven fell into the arms OF gentle
men, eleven fell Oh the floor, and ono
into water bucket, Nothing serious
in any OF the cases
Many young ladies' at th- seaside
| daily make their appearance at the
breakfast table in shapcless white
wrappers and with their hair fowin.
down their backs. Circumspcrt
matrou, and very antiQuated maiden>
have pronounced the fashion vulgar
and excessively siOveuiy.
/ Women are to vote the SAINT Il,
men in Utah mex. fall, This is ac-
/ coudiug 90 AN act Of the TerritOria,
Legislature, giving them the right Of
suffrage In Nebraska the amend
meut Of the state Constitution per
mjttjng women TO vote is TO De sub
mi'jad to the people, and women ~
we'll as m.u are TO have voice in
! its al0ptiJa Tie ballots OF the men
arc No he deposited in one ballot-hox.
/ uj those Of the women in another
The belle. of Saratoga are now
eouteut to plaiI tAeir rTgk -1ur..tNG
long strands for morning wC6f. in
.tumiation Of those Berlin damscls
4 who chose this simple attire of Mar.
/ gIgriie ID which to welcome the new
. EmpcIot and his returning heroes.
. In evening their long braids arc CO.,
. QuCtlishiy looped up, and a few ful.
4 lcrin1 riugic,- are added by way Of
, maa-apS, for every body knows
. tlua j'a sort oi fascination lurking
about rUr.,, from the Young beauty
I OF sixteen whose dear little head i.
1 covered over with them, to the spin
-tcr ot u uncertain age, who wears
her twa riugicts falling behind her
ears.
The London CVUttcr Jouluai ssy,
that lark hair. 30 long neglected and
( dospisgd, is again in the ascendant,
/ The blonde is gradually resumin=
. .cr place side by side, not above, the
! brunette. The blonde is now de-
/ clared Ia have maintained her rule
50 ,oug by variety OF artitiCe, that
. she can, now that her cunning devil
/ co- are kuoWu, be classified as fol-
lows; The Gothic Irish (reddish,) )
. the Saxon English dark Yellow the
. little ridiculous blonde short, curly
GOLDEN, The cephalic blonde Orange
Tint, and the lymphatic blonde pale
straw color. Among all these. tho
cepha.jc orau !e-goldem has alway E
been cosideyed the most to be dreaded
by men who seek for peace of mind
a cam lite, and happy end.
\ correspondent, thus speaks OF
Queen Nictoria', court breakfasts in
Buckingham Palace Park: "On these
+ occasions thc Queen walks about
very smiling, With a white cap that
looks like a French boune's over heI
, haed aud the widows weeds a though
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