Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-21
ABOUT WOMEN.


a Mississippi postmistress has
notified Der husband that his scrvi-
ces are no longer required.
The ladies-God bless 'cm-wear
so many bugles on their dresses
that we fear overtures from them.
Sleeveless jackets Of black lace
are very effective and dressy for re-
ccption toilet.
The stories of the engagement Of
Miss Nellie Grant are without
foundation.
Said u prudent mother TO her
daughter, marry the man you love,
though he were as rich rs Astor.
In Paris the ladies have a new
handkerchief of brown linen, edged
with lace.
The new jewclry is very hand
some. All earrings are small, and
of red gold.
Laura Fair has recently Struck
it rich in Ophir stock, to the gain
of $4,000.
The daughter Of ex-senator Ross
Of Kansas is one of the rising poll
tioiaDs of the state.
The remark has been male Of
the woman of the period that she
don't know enough to bile water
A young lady in Vermont is six
feet seven inches high, and she is
not stuck up, either.
Lady Barker, the well-known
writer, has been made lady super
intendent of the Permanent School
of Cooking at South Kensington.
\ correspondent seriously says
that the American young ladies a
broad are gaining for themselves an
unenviable notoriety FOR Irritation.
What Il Jolly girl TO spark would
be one of those nychatepians who
cannot see in the daylight, but do
wonderfully we'll in the dark.
Vermont bragSof young lady
so tall that her lover puts on an
overcoat when he climbs up to kiss
her.
Miss Hammond, the young lady
who recovered $4,000 from her
faithless lover, in Brooklyn last
week, now finds that his total as
sets foot UP to only $1,000.
An Iowa farmer, married only
seven weeks, offers to bet that his
wife can whip Il panther. He's had
to run in debt for wig, and he is
posted as to her qualifications.
A Dubuque young lady gave up
the man she loved, and took the one
her parents favored, in considera.
ton of the sum of 81 and a sky-blue
merino dress.
One of the last official acts of ex-
Gov. Davis Of Texas was the APP
pointment of woman as the COM
missioner of tho state to tho centen-
NAL celebration at Philadelphia.
How to make lady stick 1t
her little finger. The best way of
securing this effect is to put on the
finger in question a handsome dia-
mond ring.
The North German Gazette, by
common report the organ of Prince
Bismarck, recently contained an
editorial advising electors not to
permit their wives to influence
their votes. 1t thinks that 'all the
qualities of women are made to dis
turb and bewidor the factors of po-
litical life, and bring misfortune on
the affairs of man.
Chorus of young ladies (to come
ly Citrate, who is ascending the lad
der to hang decorations)-'Oh, Mr..
Swcetlow, do take care Don't go
up! SO dangerous! Do come down.
OH Rector (sarcastically)-'Real-
ly, Sweetlow, don't-you think you'd
better let a married man do THAR
Punch.
Sarah Jane is the name of a nine
year-old girl of Mexico, Missouri,
who keeps house beautifully and
makes her fathers pantaloons with
out any assistance. And yet John
Stuart Mill thought he was uncom-
mon smart merely because he wrote
apolitical history of Rome when
he was eleven years Old.-COurer-
Journal.