The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-26
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES,

/ The Queen of Denmark has set an
example which the imitators of fash
ion could emulate with profit. She
dresses in q shilling calico when she
takes q drive.
The latest thing in earrings is an
aquarium of rock crystal, filed with
water, in which swim small whales
lo5sters and shrimps. 1a 5-.,--.,
/ Ladies who wear point lace shawl
should know, to appreciate them, tia
lit takes two hundred women for twt
years, at steady work, to finish one.
Changeable silk dresses are no long
er considered fashionable or stylish, q
they never come in very heavy quail
ty. Ladies seem to prefer plain, ricl
silks, and thereby show their goo
sense. .-s .--.,,.,..-r... t............
The most fashionable costumes TO
this summer will be grenadines, or
candies and muslins over colored sill
skirts. A very nice fashion for wear
ing out old dresses.
A dressmaker was poisoned to death
few weeks ago, by making up greer
tarletan dress. So much Of the arsenic
entered tine pores of her skin that shs
died few days afterward.
Ladies no longer wear creped hair, a
it is not fashionable, and completely
ruins the hair, as do also all kinds Of
false hair, as they absorb the life of the
real hair, making it decay and fall out.
A bride nowadays starting on we'd
ding tour wears the Oldest black silk
dress she owns and an old bonnet and
veil. The practice of starting off with
q gray bonnet, dress, gloves and veil,
was equivalent to having placard
round the neck, announcing to all the
world, 81 am a BRIDE" .rr... =
3 A young married lady being applied
to for a situation by servant girl, she
asked: ''..'
@ "Why did youleave your last placer"
"Why, you see, ma'am,n replied
the girl, Il was too good-lo0king, and
when I opened the door the gentlemen
always took me for the missis."
"Dear children, never fool with
powder" was the remark of an en-
barrassed old lady suddenly called on
to address Boston Sunday-school.
Then she sat down. ui 0....r, ..
+ No young lazy of Boston can open
ly make profession of faith in her Saw
iOr unless she has polonaise white
linen suit and white chip hat trim
med with harebells. A stiff pigue suit
will not do; it is too "harsh."
The latest style at dinner party is
to have fan placed on each lady's
plate on which is printed the bill of
fare, and on the side of which is a
small looking glass, so that she is able
to survey herself and keep cool.
A writer classifies blondes as follows:
The Gothic-Irish, the SaXon-English,
the little ridiculous blonde, the cephal-
ic gold blonde, and the lymphatic
blonde. OF these the cephalic gold
individuals are most dangerous to the
peace of mind.
One result of the women's move
ment is the fact that the sex are crowd
ind into branches of industry and Ia
Dor such as would have shocked the
of the girl of ten years ago.
Two girls i'm a small town in Ohio run
a blacksmith shop all by themselves.
They dress in bloomer costume, and
shoe horse just as man does.
A brave girl, the daughter of John
Fields of st. Albans, VT, entered her
fathers burning barn a short time ago,
and, while the fire was dropping upon
her head, burning it to blister, releas-
ed several head of cattle and three
horses. She also welded an axe with
the strength of an athletic man, de-
hog pen and driving the
inmates from danger. $500. .
1t would be interesting to know how
many thousand wives of the land have
taken to talking in their sleep since
reading the following note from Laura
Fair to her victim. Mr.. Crittenden.
1t was published as part of the evil
dence on the murder trial. Mrs. Fair
writes: 81 once heard of a mani
knew his daughter-who loved as de-
votedly as you say you do, whose wife,
after exhausting all other means to re-
form him, hit upon that of sobbing
and talking in her sleep, and so affect
ed her husband that he abandoned her
whom he loved, made a confession to
his wife, and afterwards became min
lister of the Gospel! How do you like
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