The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-12-15
LADIES COLUMN.

I cred ill-'hrSd.
Hats ofthe kind lust now worn hr
+ ladies are said to be reproductions ~
, the STYLES worn for the last hundred
. years by the women OF the Swiss can
~
An American lady II selling TeSta-
mentS in the streets OF Rome withou,
. interruption. She was sent out hy
the Bible Society.
1t i said that while the Chicago
. water works We're ont OF order the
/ milkmen distributed 10 their custom
/ ers the richest milk ever enjoyed IN
( that city.
! The matrous of LeveDwOTth, Kan
/ sas, have erected an Illuminated clock,
/ in order that their husbands may have
no excuse for mot thinking it was -
late
Sacramen.O o ma.ycls at the strange
{ actions of an unknown young lady,
pretty and fashionahly dressed, who
eats roasted pOtat0r- on the street,
and sprinklc- ashes upon tLcIninsteud
Of salt.
The only objection to woman sUf-
/ frasc = that while men go for inca
SuGt$, hpL Hltll- tit" idIltS SO l'I
men, not measures
The present style of Il young lady's
/ bow j. complained Of a. being 'mild-
ly melancholy and giviRg the i'm
/ preston that size had just lost her
dearest friend, or dropped Ice cream
on the front breadth OF her new silk.
The office for procuring marriage
licenses in Chicago having been burn
ed, in that city, weddings have eli
tirely ceased, aS there is no means Of
procuring the necessary legal author
ity for their celebration.
A Boston lady declares she is guilty
/ Of downright falSchOOd dozen times
2 day by saying to the people she
| meets, ''1 am glad to see you" and
| cannot free herself from the habit.
Many ladies' have ruined the shape
of their ears by wear ing heavy, mas
sive earrings, which not only spoil
the shape of the ear Jy elongating il,
but also produce hcadache and pains
in the face
Hannah Roberts, after Outiiviug
measles, cholera. smallpox and other
dis. a-eS for l3p years, was burned to
death recently at Philadelphia.
a lady editor in Wisconsin advCr-
tises in her own paper for a husband.
She says he must be a printer and
possess means sufficient to buy a new
press.
Boarding school miss-"Oh Char
lie, | expect to graduate at next COM
mcHcement." Graduate, What will
You graduate in9' Why, in white
tui!e, of course
Brantome thus enmneratc~ tire
qualities of female beauty: Three
white attractions, the skin. teeth, Sui
eyelids; three ret, the lips, cheeks,
and nails; three long. the body, hair,
and hands: three short, the teriA. ears,
aud feet; and three broad, the chess,
forehead, and space between the
eyes"
In the little town Of Webster. Mas,
there are eight women engaged in
business for themselves, having on
hand stocks of various kinds Of goods
for sale, managing their trade, hiring
their stores and clerks, etc, a. they sec
fit.
The long stTcet-cOstJme- have b-rB
made fashionable hy those who have
large-shaped feet and ugly ankles. \
woman with a pretty foot thinks IL
really wicked - well a. cNtTayaGant
20 drag a handsome silk dress over
dusty and muddy crossings. And she
i right.
The Hs1l9h oH7 TI55,s says: Tho
oraCles Of the hiauan s1ul speak in
favor OF the purity and pCTpslUiry of
marriage. Men may fsssaIa tIla ora
cles aud live like brute. Men may
fOrsai1e the oracles and build social
ism out OF their own fanc!y-. Its
all the worse io- them. Bat the in
tGitiOns, the loves, the moral impui-
ses Of the race are on the side OF mar
riaee."
We think that ladies' generally 10
not sufficiently study the effect Of
cOlUTs in dress; where really the great
e>t success lies, ii ono Is SUrCcSsiuI at
all in dressing - rooi taste. Many
ladies leave this To their niiliiners au3
mantUa-makeTs, and themselves PAY
30 little attention - the effect of
COlOTs, that they are always at tie
mercy OF the persons alluded. Think
of this, ladies; give q little attention
to this pleasing study and ynu will TIC
amply repaid.
The ladies are making progress i'm
Australia. In New South Wales the
has lajcly officially an
nOuncgd that il VIII hereafter make
no opposition 10 ladies operating i'm
The telegraph offices. y Melbourne
paper says females are to he employed
in the pOstOffice there, and in various
other emplOyments formerly mon
opoliZed by men, the gentler sex are
steadily pushing their way.
Miss Isabella Bateman, younger
sister of the eminent actress, who is
well known on both sides Of the Al
lantic, has just mads what the Lon
don Times calls triumphant Ols6rIt''
at the London Lyccum. The play
seems TO be a new adaptation OF
George Sands La Petite Fadctte,"
which is 50 familiar to American
under the name Of"Fan-
chon.n
Miss Lydia :. Hall, who was act
ing Assistant United States Treasurer
during the absence of Treasurer Spin
ner, WAS once a Lowell factory girl.
The Lowell Courier says Miss Hall
has been a Missionary to the ChOc-
taws, and i'm border Fuffiah days lived
in Kansas, where she owned n large
amount of real estate. Meeting with
some misfortune i'll regard TO titles OF
she went to Washington
and has filled clerkShipin the 1Tea-
sury Department since, at the same
time studying law 10 enable her 10 re-
cover her property in Kansas,
4 woman was walking, and maa
looked at her and followed her. Tie
woman said, "Why "a YOU follow
me?p He answered, Because have
fallen in love with yoU.n The woman
said, why are YOU in love with me-
Ny sister is much handSOmeT. She
is coming after me; 90 and make lovo
10 her" The man turned back and
saw a woman with an ugly face. Be
ing greatly displeased, he went agaiu
to the other woman, and said. "Why
did You tell ne a stOry?n "Ncither
dill you speak the truth: for il You are
in love with me, why did you go
after arother woman:1
y woman says what she chooses
without being abused for it. She can
take 2 nap after dinner while her
husband goes to work. She can 90
into tie street without being asked
to stand treat ut every saloon. She
can stay at home in time Of war. and
get married again if her husband gets
killed. She can wear cOTSets if too
thick, and other tiXings if too thin.
She can get q divorce from her hus-
band if slie sees one she likes better.
She can get her husband in debt all
over, until he warns the public not To
trust her on his account. But all
these accounts are balanced hy the
great facts that she cannot sing bass,
wear a heard 90 STarkinor or riiu,Ia "A