Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-12-27

| from this was q stem which was twin
ed with vines and held stand a lit
/ tie less in size than the tank, which
was perforated with holes. On this
stood a block of the clearest ice, which
spaTkeled and looked rainbow-hued
in the numerous gas-lights, and as ii
melted sent little streams of water
trickling down among the plants,
making a beautiful fountain. The
fruits were in elegant stands garnished
with the most beautiful flowers. The
whole table presented very elegant
appearance. There were five courses,
at the end Of each of which the mar
row table cloths on the edge Of the
tables were dexterously rolled up and
taken Off by the walters, showing
fresh ones beneath, and clean nap
kins we've supplied to the guests.
HOME HABITS.
A retired governess says: 81 am one
of those whose lot in life has been to
get out into an unfriendly world at
an early age; and Of nearly twenty
families in which I made my home
in the course of thirty years, there
was only three that could be designa-
ted happy families. The source of
trouble was not so much the lack of
love as the lack of care to manifest
it," The closing words of this SEN
tence gives JUS the fruitful source Of
family alienation, OF heaftAches in
Vulnerable, Of sad faces and gloomy
home circles.
MISCELLANEOUS CHIr-CHAT.
The Spanish scarf is new accesso-
~ to the toilet. 1t is very graceful,
and can be used as veil.
Gentlemen who desire to do the
thing in style will make the New
Year calls in swaliow-tailed coats.
"How would you like to sit on Q
jury ?" asked a gentleman Of . strong
minded old maid. ''l'd as soon sit on
a hatehet," said the spinster, with q
shake of her bombaZine skirt"
Julia Ward Howe says: "Those
grim and rugged outlines Of theology,
so familiar to most of Us, are the work
Of the masculine mind. Woman in
the pulpit will I hope, carefully guard
all that is just and valuable, but she
will clothe and soften it with sympa-
thetic coloring.
There is very stout old lady who
rides u good deal in the Cincinnati
street cars, and for whom, no matter
how crowded they may be, the pas
sengers always find a seat. Her per-
suas4veness never fails. Her method
is to hustle in and and prepare to sit
down on the passengers laps. The
hint is enough.
Marion V. Churchill very sensibIy
says 81 would rather zee q police
woman, club in hand, marching an
offender to punishment, than TO see
that same woman marched to puuish-
ment by a policeman for lack of the
money which would have been her
honorable salary in the police service.
There are women in the world better
fitted for police than for parlor duty.
Let them do it."
Horace Greeley wIote Women
now manage most Of the public libra
ries in Massachusetts," |" aud the COM
positor read it Women now worry
most Of their public babies by masti-
cation"
At a recent New York wedding the
bridal party, in biissful forgetfulness
of everything but themselves, walked
out of the church before the minister
had pronounced the blessings over
them, leaving him with outstreched
hands, and an astOnished look on his
face as they hurried down the aisle.
Paris fashion correspondents speak
Of some new things in'cOlors for ex-
ample, Paris blue, ash-gray, burned |
love-letter tint, Paris bombarde, car |
rier pigion slate, taway stone-color,
etc. How lovely.