Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-06-15
Tit-Bits for the Ladies.


hey can't bear handsome ones.
Esther B. Huddleston is one of the new
lights of the pulpit in Cincinnati.
A young lady recently tried to do up
Ter back hair with a honeycOmb, 20
make it look sweeily.
Eleven blonde Boston beauties besiow
d their hands and hearts on colored bride
yrooms last year
The marrying man of the period, IN
his brides dowry, adopts tAe
-ule of dot" and carry two.
Statistics place it beyond doubl that
handsome widow has three chances for
marriage to a maiden's one
"Linger not, darling, but get upand get
ny breakfast, d-n YOU" is what fond
Portage Lake hubby says to his soul de-
light.
In Boston, when a lady rides ou' she
is said to take an airing" in PittsbuTg
On the contrary her object is to take
smoking
A very particular swain in IIuniiagton
sent in his marriage to the paper with the
addition, NO cardamons" He saiG az
despised abreviations.
Ladies who wear point lace shswls
should know, to appreciate them, that i
takes two hundred women two years Of
steady work to finish them.
Modesty," asks us "what is the bes.
method of popping the question:" L is a
good deal like champagne-if it don'tpop
itself, there is something wrong about I
The young lady 7Sno thooght That the
gentleman who raised his hat most fre-
quently TO her in the avenue was aer best
bower" has been left witha lone hand
Racine. Wis, is much troubled aboa;
the ghost of lady who persists in haunt
ing her late husband because he promised
never TO marry again, but very speedily
broke his word.
Servant looks into the breakfast room
and says: please, madam, there beg
gar in the kitchen wants something %
eat ?" Mistress: " Give her the water IL
which the eggs were boiled, Bridget itis
quite nutritious"
i sailor, whose sweetheart had very
handsome set Ofteeth, attempted to kiss
her, bat she eIuded him and gave him &.
box on the ear Just my luck" saii
the good natured sailor; Il ana aiws,
getting wrecked or the coral Teefs
Women are rapidly marching forwarj
to complete emancipation. \ beautiful
and well-educated young lady has just
opened a large boot and shoe store in
Philadelphia. She has three girl clerks,
and they all wear little fancy aprons made
of leather, so as TO look business like, ana
al the same time pretty
4 young lady of Cleveland, O., received
a letter Oh the eve of her wedding saying
that her lover had wife and two children
in neighboring town. The poor giTl
read the letter through, turned her fac
toward her mother, who was in the room.
and exclaiming oh ma" dropped dead
upon the iloot.
A married man was recently urged by
an insurance agent to take outa policy for
the benefit of his wife to the amount of
$4,000 or $4,000, and long discussion
ensued, which was ended by the husband,
who said: No, widow with more han
$4,000 would be dangerous legacy to
posterity." .
And still these married amenities keep
coming in. James Brown, of Kansas.
wanted his wife to be an angel, and tried
to help her through the valley of the
shadow with razor Mrs. b. being
prevailed over him. when he
begged for mercy, on the ground that pow
erty led to it. With the aid of a rolling
pin, Mrs. Brown was assisting him to
make his ends meet, when the police in
terfered.
The Danburv Neos supplements tina,
story about the girl in South Norwalk
who caught a husband by writing her
name and address on the lining of hat
she was trimming, with the following:
" This is an old trick played by several
of our girls, one of whom in particular
had an eventful experience She stitched
her name in.ide the lining of a hat be-
meath the statement: am thine; wilt
thou be mine.' and sent it adrift. After
various vicissitudcs il was purchased bya
gentleman, and took q position on his
head. One day the lining became looss,
and, IN endeavoring to fasten it. his eye
rested upon the name and sentiment, afr6
he involuntarily exclaimed, 'D-d fool
When Martha returned to her home thst
day she was taken to a retired part of tlic
cottage and warmed up with strap. The
gentleman who got the hat was her
father"
Dean Ramsey tells story of "a Scotch
beadle who had taken fancy to the manse
housemaid. AT a loss for an opportunity
to declare himself, one day-a Sunday
when his duties were ended he looked
sheepish and said: "Mary, 'vad ye take'a
turn, Mary." He led her TO the church
yard, ard pointing with his finger, got
out, my fowk lie there, Mary, wad We
like to Ne theres" The grave hint was
taken, and she became his wife, but she
does not yet lie there. f
At recent feminine exposition at
Florence, Italy, the visitors were greatly
interested in the magnificent lace called
"Puieto di Venezia" tVenetian point, OF
which the stitch had been host since the
thirteenth century, and which a humble
woman, Mad. Audri Becsanf, by dint Of
courage and patience, has succeeded in re
covering. The minister Of commerce has
accorded to her fhe ssb~ex,,t d'irventiou /"