Omaha daily bee., 1874-04-29
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

Straining sweetness = kissing
through a veil.
Black will continue i'm favor for
the day costumes, but it will be less
worn at night than heretofore.
Invisible purple gloves are worn
by ladies in mourning, in preference
to the dead black gloves that are
apt to crack.
Bibs of Valenciennes lace, form
ing a pompadour square, with .
ruff, are the newest fancy for COM
pleting ladies' dressy toilets.
The size of parasols is much in
creased and far o decided than
heretofore. Very handsome, change
able serge silk ones, with fancy pearl
handles, sell for So, 81 and So.
If ever there is q time when a
man is justified i'm changing the
subject suddenly, il is when his wife
asks if he posted that letter to mother
promptly.
Black alpacas Of the buffalo,
beaver, otter and sable brands are
more popular this season than for
several years past. One dollar and
a half is charged.
Anxious mother: "YOu say your
darling boy is three years old. Then
there is not a moment to be lost.
No man ever became truly great
who hadn't tumbled down stairs, or
been badly scalded when a child.
Ann Eliza Young is playfully
stated by a Washington reporter, to
wear a large locket suspended from
her neck containing scraps of hair
cut from Bigham's scalp.
Floral ornaments werenever more
varied. Whole nOsegays are worn on
the head; beetles, flies, butterflies,
and birds are less fashionable than
tufts of daffodils, primrOses, wall
flowers, and Parma violets.
Chatelaines for p~arasols, fans, etc.
are become articles of expensive
luxury. They consist, usually, of
short chain of ivory, mother of
pearl, or oxydized silver, furnished
on the lower rings with hooks
which serve for holding the articles
to be carried. Generally a medal
lion pin or rosette of the same ma
terial as the chain is caught in the
belt, while a clasp or hook secures
il there.
The skirts of all dresses, whether
short or trained, have the fulness
thrown entirely to the back; strings
being sewn to the side seams for
this purpose. The front and side
breadths are gored; the slope of each
toward the back, and followed out
at the top, so as to fit the waist and
set closely OH the hips. This is diff
ficult to fit, and a well cut pattern
is a great desideratum, as all skirts
are cut in the same manner, what
eve may be the trimmings arranged
afterward.
A Buffalo street a conductor re-
fused to permit q female in "bloom-
er costume" to ride on his car, be-
lieving her to be a woman dressed
i'm mans clothes. The ease was ear
ried to court, when tile conductors
counsel stated that there was an
ordinance against q female wearing
. mans dress, and thought that
worn by the woman came very near
to it. The justice, however, held
that the s'bloomer'' was a female
costume.
A huge Napoleon blue sunshade
with gilt or ivory tips and handle,
will be the correct thing this season
for the belle of the period. 1t is not
lined, and the reflection upon the
face is, we presume, a part of the
fashion.
The latest fancy for young ladies'
wraps is the pelerine, or small
round cape, of black Sicilienne or 1
drap d'ete, almost covered with jet
embroidery, edged with Jet fringe,
and finished around the neck with
a lacke fraise.
"Ma, has aunty got bees in her
mouth ?" "No; why do you ask
such a question 2" "'Cause that
leetle man with a heap o. hair on
his face cotched hold of her and
he was going to take the honey
from her lips, and she said, We'll,
make haste p"
The newest neck ties are blocks,
checks, and bars of white with a
black and white blocks of
twilled silk are especially stylish.
Solid colored ties lave a block work
Of V~alenciennes insertion in each
pointed end, and a lace frill on the