The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-27
Society Small Talk.

From the N. Y. Nail.
Merlden is intensely proud of lis new
club.
A dress oil gray tulle. trimmed with 81.
Der lace, was much admired al a late par
ty.
A fashionable young lady lately rcceiv-
cd eight elegant family bibles among her
wedding presents.
The fashionable coiGure is tho ST. Louis
Quinze cornet Of feathers, with an aigrette
springing from 1t.
Two Of the most fashionable sociables
Of Philadelphia rejoice in the names Of
"Couvre," and "Schuylkill," the former
Is famed Tor It's "rare and radiant maidens.'
A society paper says the Charity Ball
Committee arc "hard OF work" dlsposing
OF the tickets. / Is anything wrong! We
never supposed II was very hard work 10
get rid Of Charity Ball tickets before.
The old fashioned gimbal ring-two
rings yet one; severd and yet united-is
being revived as wedding.ring the idea
Is very pretty, and the omen propitious.
To be thin is the last fashionable iemi.
nine ambition. Scrawny necks are all the
rage, and young ladies whom Nature has
not thus blessed paint their shoulders
with sepia wrinkles.
The popular idea that the Charity" is
a select ball, will soon be abandoned, il
the present system in regard TO tickets is
continued. We find them for sale in no.
tells, restaurants, and barber shops, and
whoever pleases can buy them.
"ZenObia's manacles" are the iavOrite
thing in bracelets. They are supposed to
be something new, introduced by Madame
Cataca2y. Young ladies had better look
over their grandmother treasures To find
a sci before spending money on them, for
fashion was old before the wife of the Rus.
sian Minister was born even.
Some few are attempting to superscde
The traditional diamond in the engage
ment ring, by the sapphire or ruby, us
stones more appropriate. Heaven save
the mark The sapphire is emblematic
OF lore, the ruby Of Jaitgul,less. Could
anything be more inappropriate 10 the
modern style of engagement?
Alsacc. Lorraine jewelry is very popu.
lar in Paris just now. 1t consists of en-
amellel shields bearing the arms of the
two provinces worked into lockets rings,
and ChalelainG hooks, and worn with
pride by "les bellies Franchises" It's a
good thing the French have got some.
thing 10 be proud Of in regard TO Alsace
and Lorraine. Queer people!
We have seen some very pretty things
In jewelry entirely new. Among them
ure black onyx crosses twined with gar.
lans Of leaves in Etruscan gold; large
hoops of the same gold, for ear rings
PAE1canine, heavy set with turquoises,
and Byzantine crosses, very large, heavily
enamellcd and set with half dozen diff.
ferent sorts Of percious stones.
Bonnets are going To be worn large
again, ami we soon may expect 10 see the
old oalscuttle" rediViyius. "Thus doth
the whi!liglg qfTime bring round its re.
venges," The present style of hairdress.
ing will have 10 change, and then what
are you going TO do, young women, who
have forever ruined your front hair by
wearing it in lrisettcs.
b Young ladies, from time immemorial,
have fongh against the word "obey" in
the Episcopal marriage sevice. The last
way Of managing it is by compelling the
happy couple 10 promise 10 "obey each
other" Wonder how it works? 1t re-
minds us Of the rule Of the road made by
the Superintendent Of a western railroad
notorious for collisions thereafter when
two trains meet each other, going in oppO-
site directions, both shall come to o dead
stop, aud neither shall proceed until the |
other has passed it."
All our rich people have become wild |
lately on the subject Of descent; armorial |
bearings are the fashionable study, and
New York Is blessed with that sweet boon,
d hearld's college. De Brett and Burke
are faithfully conned by every ambitious
nobody, and IL among the roll Of Britain's |
nobility can be found name which in |
any way resembles his own, Joy fills his
breast, and straighway Gimbrede hath an |
order. For two weeks does the armorial |
lever rack our nobody's soul; the coat.ofI
arms he hath stolen rise ever before him,
9ut AT last the disease comes to the sur.
lace and breaks out over paper, carriage
panels, silver, and all his household goods |
IN grliiins, dragons, and "chimeras Dire |
inc outward and visible sign Of an inward |
and spiritual snobbishness.