Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-06
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

ever next summer for morning
suits.
Sunshades are becoming larger as
the season advances. Napoleon blue
is the proper color.
White chip bonnets trimmed with
real lace are among the handsOmest.
Large bows, fastened by a buckle,
form a new mode of trimming
dresses, and a very pretty mode it rs.
Chicago has a female sexton who
reserves all the best graves for young
men who fall dead in love with her.
Another triumph for the female
sex. A man has made his escape
from a Georgia Jail by the aid OF a
hair-pin.
A San Antonio (Texas) paper
mentions the fact that a Mexican
woman was i'm town the previous
day, and sold her child for $40.
Wells are now put on before the
bonnet and completely encircle the
head. Some people say the imita-
ton beaded veil-now so fashiOna-
ble-injures the eyesight.
White undressed silk scarfs are
worn by the ladies in the streets
with morning suits. They have
embroidered ends and tie in a large
old-fashioned nautical bow.
Buff-colored linen travelling suits
trimmed with a darker shade Of the
same material will be much worn
during the season, and are cut and
made in polonaise style.
A plattsburg speaks of a gentle
man of that vicinity who recently
sold his wife and children to one Of
his neighbors for a coat, a pair Of
second hand pants and S. in cash.
"Dear little tootsy-pootsy! Such
a sweet darling" observed a gen.
tleman who dropped i'm after break
fast to dandle Mr.. Marrowfat's latest
born on his knee. 'ISuch q boO'ful
pootsy-tootsy, SO it is" Then he
looked up with a surprised express
sion on his face, passed the precious
pootsy-tootsy to the nurse, and left
without saying a word.
Jet necklaces are quite fashion,
able, hanging in several rows on
the front of the dress. The real
article Is expensive, but as the FASH
ion is temporary, a great many
ladies think the imitation just as
well.
Mrs. Mary Card has been nomi-
mated by the President to be post
mistress at Mason City, Iowa. A
postal-card, sure enough.
A San Antonio (Texas) paper
mentions the fact that a Mexican
woman was in town the previous
day, and sold her child for $40,
Handkerchief are nearly all
made with fancy borders. But few
Of the plain white ones are seen,
while those not embroidered are
finished in all the fancy eolors used
for other spring and summer goods.
Mrs. Abner Coe, of Island Pond,
can take the head on bedquilts,
having recently finished one con-
tanning 1922 pieces. She wants
to hear of a more numerous quilt
than That.
The choicest Isle thread and Bal
briggan stockings now have colored
stripes or colored embroidery upon
them. The unbleached stockings
with inch bands of blue, and ecru
hosiery embroidered with violet
color, are among the prettiest.
Beaded lace outside pockets have
been exhibited by some Of eyer
Frenchy" bellies, in place Of silk or
velvet ones, so much the Juror i'm
the early spring. These will be
more appropriate for costumes COM
posed of thin fabrics,
Polk county, Iowa, boasts of a
woman who cut the logs for the
lumber from which her house was
built. She chops all her own stove
wood, is the mother of fourteen
children, not yet forty years old,
and never received a dollar i'm mon.
from her husband.
Costumes of palest tints and of
very dashing styles are imported
for display at the watering places.
There are silks of the faintest mig
nonette shades, with long Greek
aprons made of guipure insertion
the color of the silk, and dark velvet
enlivened by facings and
bows of salmon pink gros grain.
Anew collar for the ladies has
made its debut in society, eoBa~-
Of linen, Swiss muslin Used
lace and Valen-
the 80" ne linen portion OF
lar is round and stands erect;
above this is a side plating OF
muslin. edged with lace. 1t Ii
very stylish and effective, but as
vet no name has been found worthy
of it. so it is going around atpresent
mcOg.
Black silk trimmed with steel
galloon and steel fringe promises to
be the first choice among spring
costumes. This steel galloon, in
rich floriated designs, is placed per
pendicularly ON the front OF skirts
and on basques. Steel fringe,
made of a strand Of Deeds twisted,
edges the basque, the aumoniere,
polonaises, and also a three cor
nerei nsckerchief of silk.
Just as chignons are going out o.
fashion, a material has been discOv'
cred which might be used proitably
i'm their manufacture. A dwarf
palm which grows in Algiers, Afri
ca. and on the Isthmus of Panama
has leaves the fible of which, wheT
dyed blacd, twisted and curled, re
semble horse hair. There Is ne
reason why they should not be uset
for wigs. How much more salts
factory to wear a vegetable wiz
than the hair of some person WIT
may have long ago been cremated
Wide scarfs of soft twilled sill
are the novelty for trimming bon
nets. These are white, or any plair
color, or else have jet figures o.
checks in the pointed ends; viole
or other colors are merely button
hnIed in scnllops. while some havl