The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-16
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MONDAY weddings, English fash
ion, are now In order.
There are sixty-seven female editors
and reviewers in Paris.
The prettiest American lady now
in Paris is said to hail from Savan-
nah, Georgia.
Short Elizabethian ruffs have again
crept Into fashion.
Pale, delicate, neutral tints are
much liked for evening toilets.
Very elegant handkerchiefs are
generally trimmed with Valen-
ciennes.
In dress lady should aim at SIM
pie elegance rather than ostentation
of display.
Point lace sets, consisting of collar,
cuff and handkerchief, are valued at
$500 and $500.
AS many as seven or eight different
shades of one color are sometimes
used IN one costume. "A
A. new feature in arranging tunics
is tying them at the back, with bows
placed down the middle.
A toilette to be successful must
possess an individuality in harmony
with that of the wearer.
The favorite colors for ties are the
faintest shades of blue, the palest
green and rose, and the salmon color.
Lace colors are of every conceivable
style and shape, and pointed; or long
and narrow, or large and round.
Plain collars and cuffs of very fine
linen, the latter attached to an under
sleeve, remain in favor on the streets.
Among the trimming laces the most
popular are the round point and the
applique, Valenciennes and Chan
lilly.
Handsome silk, of some bright
color, finished with white lace, makes
a pretty tie to be worn with black
silk dress.
Human hair stands-or hangs
third i'm value on the list of articles
imported into this country.
In Manila 25, 600 women and girls
make cigars at average wages of seven
cents per day.
Thirteen women have applied for
admission to the new school of jour-
nalism at Yale.
Mrs. Smock, daughter of the Revo~
lutionary Gen. Stark, now in her
ninety-third year, lives near Clays-
willie, Guernsey County, Ohio.
A month at home, and then we'd
ding tour, is to be the rule hereafter.
This certainly is the most sensible
bridal arrangement yet agreed upon.
1t is said that a woman's breeding
can always be told by her hand, and
her temper by her mouth; but all
signs fail with some women.
In speaking of intellectual Va
grancy," the ChuvcImdn deprecates
"a deadly mental dyspepsia that has
had its foundations laid in many of
our American girls between the ages
of seven and fourteen by the gorging
of washy Sunday school books"
There is scarcely any emotion of
the mind or heart which may not be
interpreted by the suitable movement
of fan, and great strides in the art
of flirting might be accomplished if a
lady thoroughly understood the lam
guage of the fan, as it is understood
and practiced by the Spanish CO.
quotes.
Ladies who have just returned from
abroad report that large panniers
have gone entirely out of fashion, and
Overskirts are made short and plain.
They also report that the latest style
of dressing the hair is in a simple
coil at the back, and the front hail
smoothed above the forehead and put
back plainly behind the ears.
A society item from the New York
Journal and Geaeral advertiser, Jan.
1, 1772: 1--WE learn from New Jersey
that on New Years eve Captain Jack
Howard, q lusty, soelI-mdde yo,t,lg
feUOO, was married to Cynthia Stock
ton, young lady possessing all the
qualifications so essential to the happy
connubial state.n
Silver ornaments are becoming very
fashionable, and necklace, earrings
and bracelets are made of the light
colored filagree silver. A large but
terf1y of this metal worn on the back
Of the head as a fastening to a white
or pink bow or feather, in full even.
ing dress, is a very pretty addition to
light -colored toilette.
Thelast number of the Lddy's Jour
nal contains very severe yet sensi-
BILE article, on low-necked dresses
the writer of which earnestly eXhorts
the American bellies not to over-steI
the limits of modesty in the lowness
of the cut of their dress, and gives
some excellent advice to the posses.
sOrs of what he terms "beefy" and
Hscrap~v,i necks