The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-04
LADIES' COLUMN.
Not a miss-A pretty widow.

: instead of pointed back in front.
,, Round hats of white muslin are
much worn by the ladies for country
wear.
Mrs. Myra Gaines proposes fond
ing female colleges.
The latest style of gold bracelets is
the "gauntlets," two and halfinche.
wide.
The brOad-brimmed LeghOrn hats
5 are growing in favor both for city and
: country wear
Chignons and chatelaine braid5 arC
now fastened with the bOnnets, and
sold with them.
The present style of arranging the
hair promises to retain its POpulari-
! ty during the season.
> Some extravagant mis-: cs wear real
! gold and silver buckles on their slip
. pcrs, instead of imitation.
: Lavender, light gray and yellow
4 are the popular colOrs for kid gloves
f with full evening dress.
:. Square wells of black dotted lace,
/, bOrdered, and gracefully thrown
=; over the bonnet in true Spanish fash
D ion.
Jet ornaments are in vogue again,
especially for breakfast wear. Lon.
pendants are the style for earrings.
Bonnets have been almost entirely
discarded for Jockey hats by our
fashionable Young ladies in town and
country.
Black grenadines make the pTci-
test, most stylish, and'most servicca-
able summer dresses. POngees are
next in favor.
Dresses of fblack crepe dc chine.
over rich black silk, take the place OF
grenadines, and are very much more
cl, CANT and dressy.
| Not on squeezing terms any more.
is the way Prairie du Chen young
laly describes the relations between
herself and her late lover.
Don't paint your faces, young Ia
dies. Rub little cologne on your
cheeks, and you can fool the young
men 10 your hearts content.
Round hats of white muslin gre
much worn by ladies for country
wear, being large and cool, and,
( with the addition of aSflOwcr ribbon,
can be made to look very drcssv.
Evening dresses for summer wear
will be of thin material and general
ly whit. Very beautiful ball toll
lcitcs are being made Of white gauze
texture trimmed with silver fringe.
The queen of Belgium is the most
accomplished cqu Siricnnc anon.
the crowned ladies of the old world
Two thousand women are now do
IN" farm work in WISCONSIN They
stay in the fields from sunrise tOSun-
set.
Pendant earrings retain deal Of
favor. and some new and rather un-
iquc styles in that line have recently
cen introduced. Those Ofiet are Onlv
suitable for breakfast wear.
\ man in Kansas on whose sIInul-
der lady laid a lash didn't sue for
damages, because it was an cyelaSh.
Why should young ladies set good
examples? Because Young men are
so apt to follow them.
Some people say that dark-hairrd
" oi'iS'! Hl:tti siie S1oies! ''i-
Love is all a woman can give, bur
it Is the only earthly thing which
God permits Us to carry beyond the
grave.
One of the Siamcse twins has
deaf and dumb daughter in an asy-
lum in Raleigh, y. c., and her teach
crS report that she is one Of the
brightest pupils in the institution
\ young lady in Pittsburg, who
was approaching the middle ages
was in the habit of saving, whenever
she Leard Of 4 widows marriage.
There now. that woman has got
one of my husbands" and vet she is
not happy.
a lady who had great horror Of
tobacco got into n railroad carriage
the other day and inquired ofa malo
neighbor, "DO YOU chew tobacco.
Sir?" NO, madam was the reply;
''But l can get you chew if you
want one"
The Ku-kluX trials are under way
at Oxford, Miss, and dispatch saws
that a number of ladies, married and
single, were introduced as witnesses
for the defence. The beauty and
of one of these women
took the court completely by storm.
and the lady left the stand aimed a
spontaneous burst ofapplause, which
Judge Hill was unable to suppress.
She testified in defence of her hus-
band, and made a strong case for
him.
In 1910, it is stated, there were ten
million dozen cOrsets, or one hundred
and twenty million pair, imported IN
TO the United States-a quantity. il l.
calculated, to supply three pair tO
every adult female in the country.
In addition, the annual domestic
product of sewed cOrsets amour tel
to one million, five hundred thou
sand pairs, manufactured by about
twelve establishments. Near Stras-
burg, 4 city in Germany. there arc
fifteen hundred hand looms employ
ed in weaving cOrScts for the con
sumption in the United States.
An old Spanish writer saws that
a woman is quite perfect and ab<O-
lutte in beauty if she has thirty good
points. Here they arc:
Three things whitc-the skin. the
teeth, and hands.
Three black-thc eyes, eyebrows.
eyelashes.
Three red-the lips. the checks and
the nails.
Three lOng-the body, the hair, and
the hands.
Three shOrt-thc teeth, the ears, and
the feet.
Three broad-thc chest, the brow,
and the space between the eye
brows. ....
Three narrow-the mouth, the
waist and the instcp.
Three largc-thc arm. the hip, aud
the calf.
Three frcc-thc fingers, the hair
and the lips.
Three smalI-the breast, the nose,
and the head. ..
The editor of the Hartford Times
having been attacked foI speakim.
rather too freely in regard to the ex-
travagance of female attire, in reply
says 1--WE have no desire to sec
our sisters adapted to the garb OF
men, nor reduce their drapery to the
primeval tig-leaf; but we do wish
that they would be persuaded to
dress with that degree OF simplicity
which would relieve them from much
dTudgery, promote their health and
comfort, and enhance their beauty.
Wnuna,, Of wealth ou1 r,OcifiOr in 60