Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-11
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FAM Play, Colorado, asks for IN in
voice Of girls.
EVERYTHING is beaded now for out
door wear.
JEr crowns for full dress occasions
aro in f..sllion.
A SMALL gold hand holding pearl is
new i'll earrings.
ENGLAND mourns tho possession of
., 453, GSl unmarried women.
ROUND lace handkerchiefs arc now
worn around the neck instead of tho I'LL
necessary long lace scarfs.
BEADED lace-sncquos arc among tho
spring ilnportations, and take place Of
tho LLAMA ones of past Seasons.
MRs. HENRIErrA RAND WIS recently
elected q member of tho School Com
mittee Of Parkman, whereupon u NOM
bon resigned.
Mus. HARRIET ID. WALKER, Of Lowell,
Mass, has boon licensed to preach by
tho Methodist Conference of the Lynn
district.
IAN ovcrllowed widow with three
children" atlvcrtises i'll the Now Or
leans Picayune for her lost cow that
disappeared with the flood.
Ir is proposed in England to give the
ballot to widows or spinsters living on
annuitios, or carrying on small retail
trades in boroughs.
In Liberia whispers con be heard
half Il mile, and when follow goes
sparkling lo carries a slate and writes
down what ho desires to say.
SHEr:znRDEss-sllApED hats will be
fashionable ut tho seaside. They re-
quirc little trimming, the moro rustic
and ship-shaped" they look the bet
ter.
MoHA1R suits are quite fashionable,
gray being tho most popular color.
They make up very handsomely, and
will be found durable and substantial.
a:S LONG trains are coming in again for
summer dresses intended for evening
wear. They are gracefully looped At
the sides and back by means of a long
sash.
PARTISAN bonnets are oil made of the
crownlcss shape, and arc literally one
mass of flowers. No strings are used,
but fall Of lace on either side and at
the back.
The donble-breasted English walk
ing-jackct will continue in fashion until
warm weather fairly sets in It is ono
of the most stylish wraps introduced for
many years.
ALL puffs, rolls and hugo chignons
arc ruled out. Tho hair is now worn
parted in the centre, drawn smoothly
from the face, and braided neatly to
the back of the head.
TAfFErA silks are popular for summer
wear, rs they ore 80 much lighter than
gros grain. They are very glossy, and
make up handsomely, with little if any
elaborate trimmings.
A NEW ORLEANS woman wears bus
tie made of government bonds. Her
husband looks over the bond market
in the evening paper before going home
from tho club, to see if her back is up.
QUAKER CRY etiquette: Two young
men stopped in the street to converse
with couple of young ladies. When
they separated, the gents discovered
that one of the misses had scwcd their
coat tails together.
In Paris maroon skirts with noisette
TUNES are great favorites. These col.
ors, says fashion-writer, are pleasant
to the eye, and harmonize beautifully
together, which is more than sufficient
reason for their vogue.
DREssY canopy-shaped parasols OF
black silk are embroidered with jet and
edged with jet fringe. Lace covered
parasols, with ivory or coral sticks, arc
only suitable for drcssy carriage or re.
ception toilette.
A SAMPLE OF the tyranny of men was
shown ut woman's rights meeting in
Titusville, where gentleman entered
and told his wife, one of the officers Of
the meeting, to come homo quick, Gas
the baby has tho colic,"
A NORTH CAROLINA editor mentions 6
tease Of peculiar horror" in Charlotte
where a white woman, whose husband
was killed in the Confederate service
is now serving in q colored family OF
cook, md her girl, ten years old, al
scullion.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE lady died recently
after having read the Bible through
thirty-four times. After this terrible
example it is hardly necessary to war;
readers not to read the Bible through
but thirty-three times, if they would
live longer in the land.
Mrs. OGLEsBY, vito of m innkeepel
at York, England, became wearied with
the continued society of one man, sc
she procured two other more pleasing
males and eloped with them. In order
to attach her acquisitions to herself
very strongly, and as a sort of recon-
pense for years of wearisomeness, she
took with her large sum of money be-
longing to Mr.. Oglesby.
THE Norristown Herald says: "a
loving wife in Bridgeport wants di
vorce. She recently found pieces of III
ostrich plume in her husbands beard
of an entirely different shade from thai
on her own hat. He explained that bitt
of ostrich feather sprinkled on the
beard is the very latest style in New
York, and it is not his fault that the
shade is different from her own"
ONE of the most beautiful specimens
Of floral workmanship was ship OF
flowers presented to bride who sailed
from New York last week in one of the
Cunard steamers. twas four feet long
and eight feet high. The masts were
gaily decked out with silk flags, and the
sails were of white satin. The smoke.
stack was of rcd pasteboard Tin exact
imitation of the Cunard stcamers) and
on deck were chairs and benches OF