River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-16
The Fair Sex.


voice of girls.
JET crowns for full dress occasions
are in fashion.
ENGLAND mourns the possession of
3, 453,68 unmarried women.
Round lace handkerchiefs are now
worn around the neck instead of the un-
necessary long lace scarfs.
BEADED lace-sacques are among the
spring importations, and take place of
the Llama ones of past seasons.
Mrs. HENRIETTA RAND was recently
elected member of the School Com
mittee of Parkman, whereupon mem
beI resigned.
Mrs. HARRIET ID. WALKER, of Lowell,
Mass, has been licensed to preach by
the Methodist Conference OF the Lynn
district.
CAN overhowed widow with three
children" advertises in the New Or
leans Picayune for her lost COW that
disappeared with the food.
MoHMR suits are quite fashionable,
gray being the most popular color.
They make up very handsomely, and
will be found durable and substantial.
IT is proposed in England to give the
ballot to widows or spinsters living on
annultles, or carrying on small retail
trades in boroughs.
In Liberia whispers can be heard
half a mile, and when fellow goes
sparkling he carries a slate and writes
! down what he desires to say.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hats will be
fashionable at the seaside. They re-
quire little trimming, the more rustic
and " ship-shaped' they look the bet
Pter.
LONG trains are coming in again for
summer dresses intended for evening
wear. They are gracefully looped az
the sides and back by means Of long
sash.
PARTISAN bonnets are all made of the
crownless shape, and are literally one
mass of flowers. No strings are used,
but a fall of lace on either side and at
the back.
The double breasted English walk
ing jacket will continue in fashion until
warm weather fairly sets in 1t is one
of the most stylish wraps introduced for
many years.
ALL puffs, rolls and huge chignons
are ruled out. The hair is now worn
parted in the centre, drawn smoothly
from the face, and braided neatly to
the back of the head
TAFFETA silks are popular forsummer
wear, as they are so 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 beforegoing home
from the 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 sewed their
coat-tails together.
In Paris maroon skirts with noisette
tunics are great favorites. These col
ors, says fashion-writer, are pleasant
TO the eye, and harmonic beautifully
/ together, which is more than sufficient
! reason for their vogue.
: DREssY canopy-shaped parasols of
p Didth SIIh Will ltJ anu
edged with jet fringe. Lace covered
parasols, with ivory or coral sticks, are
only suitable for dressy carriage or re-
; ception toilette.
A NORTH CAROLINA editor mentions
l ease of peculiar horror" in Charlotte,
) where n white woman, whose husband
| was killed in the Confederate service,
is now serving in colored family as
cook, and her girl, ten years old, as
scullion.
, A New HAMPSHIRE lady died recently
J after having read the Bible through
| thirty-four times. After this terrible
! example il is hardly necessary to warn
9 readers not to read the Bible through
but thirty-three times, if they would
: live longer in the land.
Mrs. OGLEsBY, wife of an innkeeper
!, at York, England, became wearied with
the continued society of one man, so
!. she procured two other more pleasing
u males and eloped with them. In order
= to attach her acquisitions to herself
y very strongly, and as a sort of recon-
!, pense for years OF wearisomeness, she
u took with her a large sum of money be-
T. longing TO Mr. Oglesby.
The Norristown Herald says: GA
M loving wife in Bridgeport wants di-
m vorce. She recently found pieces of an
n ostrich plume in her husbands beard,
|, of an entirely different shade from that
n on her own hat. He explained that bits
4 of ostrich feather sprinkled on the
n beard is the very latest style in New
n York, and il is not his fault that the
u shade IL difTarant from her own "
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