Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-15
NOTES FOR WOMEN.

NOTES FOR WOMEN.
\ telegram from Lancaster, O., October IA,
says: We bad the sensation of wedding 10
dry goods store to-day. Mr.. Thomas Fair
chlIds and Miss Louisa Eversole came 10 to the
fair, aud while buying goods 10 the store OF R
Rising concluded to get married. A minister
was called and the pair we're firmly tied.
About these times the sentimental maiden
wanders forth to gather her golden leaves AS
she picks them up one by one she soloquizes :
20 falling Leaves he that passeth by may read
lesson 10 your falling. You are typical of hu
mao life, Your mission accomplished, the
cold hand ot-wo-o-o tha, big dead caterpil
lar, wowch !''--L Detroit Free Press.
Alonzo Potts, head clerk 10 Fairbanks store
at st. Johusbury, VI, ordered skeleton wo-
man used TO display dress goods removed from
lis place 10 the store the other day, but, com.
ing lu and seeing it still in its place, as be sup
posed, threw his arms around it to carry it
away, when he ioaud it Was a & ,sh-and blood
woman. She would listen to no apologies, but
told her husband, who came to the store for
vengeance. but was soothed With gift of six
pounds OF sweet potatoes.--lS Is pringfeld Re.
publican.
Theodore Hook didn't always make the
jokes. Here is one that he heard He was in
sage-coach with two inside passengers, a
pretty delicate, young lady aud a plain faced
!uald. While the mistress Was at dinner Hook
remarked to the maid 10 tone of great sym
lathy, Your young lady seems very uuwel."
should fear" mo, sir; am sorry to say it
is 10 the heart" Dear me ! Aneurism ?''
"Oh, 90, sir 1t is only a lieutenant 10 the
pavy."
Observation Of woman: The foot is the
ro,ut OF departure for the whole toilet. She
"ho can prettiy dress her feet is very easy to
costume elegantly, but woman who breads to
expose her feet can never be we'll attired. The
GclmaD, who has generally big feet, is always
badly dressed. The American has little foot.
SO she is eiegaut. The Russian, who is not
pI.l!y, is ravisbiDgly attired, for she has little
tcrc. The Spaniard 10 elegant, her foot is
>malj but she dresses it badly. The French wo-
mar has little foot, aud her boot is th: height
Vi perfection.
\ ball dress intended for the young bride Of
ir"ce Milan OF Servla merits special mention.
Il was rich pearl coiored satin, the front
crossed with three wide scarfs of the satin, fast
eGed plainly at one side and drawn no into
graceful fullness at the other, where they We're
net by long trail of exquisite roses With buds
and foliage. The petals Of these roses we're of
most beautiful and indescribable shad, some
thing between pink and pale crimson, and the
cououatlon OF color With the silvery pearl of
the satln was simply marvellous. i Paris Cor
rcspondence.
That eovious Vassar girl in Buffalo who has
been telling tales ous of school concerning
Smashing and mice times has Just pub
ll.hed another chapter of her memorabilia.
She say the girls pine in their dungeons for
moustaches and caramels. Their mouths water,
ahd Their luminous eyes also, whenever they
lhyk OF these tor bidden sweets. The Buffalo
Express seriously says that God and Nature
Meant moustaches and carames and pretty
girls TO come together; and that the experiment
o separating them during school hours at Vas
Sar Is barbarous.
1t is said that Nine. Patton, although ninety
i1ur years of age, still dances 10 French cir
Gus. And DO doubt many bald-headed youth
"i hfty.hve or sixty from the rural districts
crowds up next 10 the orchestra uight after
night 10 be thrilled through and through by
Inc dainty twiDkllng of those remarkable yet
delicate legs of hers. surviving the ravases of
'ne, tondly believing that they are the divine
underpnulng of gay and festive maiden of
eighteen or twenty. 1t is the French woman
ouy who at ninety-four wouldn't much rather
de than dance'--Louisville Courier Journal.
One dark night DOT long ago burglar enter
cd private residence on Broadway. On as
cendl0g one flight of stairs he observed light
10 chamber, and while deiberating what to
90 large woman suddenly desce nded upon
I'm, seized him by the throat, pushed him
down through the hall, and forced him iuto
! 'he street before he had time to think He
i%c Repulse of Burglar by Woman was
'he way the story Was told the next day. But
S0en friends called aod congratulated her up-
I Vi her courage she exclaimed: Good graci.
] GI>! didn't know it was ourglarl If
/ Iad should have been frightened to death.
1 thGughtit was my husband come home drunk,
anl was determined he shouldn't stay in the
! louise 10 that condition. '-Lermgton Gazette
Il lhey were two actresses, and being Paris &C
i Iss'es OF course handsome. 1t is beauty which
4 S'en sends women to the stage. They lived next
q aoor 10 each other, and had the same circle of
a iy!iantance. There Was played pretty comedy.
y .'"et placed flowers in her window to make
/ lI''e beautiful her home. Caroline next day
a ,4oFncd her window. They gave Sunday evening
81 r1lIles and invited the same people. but nobody
Ssoi to either, fearing to offvud the other. They
'sa their poodles alike, but Follet at last drove
SNoine from the field and reigned supreme by
s~sil"g her carriage with exactly the silk and
7 @aUy the shade OF Caroline dress of that very
Is. Carolloe's modiste had been bribed and
4 ''i'ayed her.
'''ENBER IA, B. e., 332 Era of the ac-
M ,,I ,I''On OF Alexander the Great to the Persian
s ..si s; Same day, A. D., 1918, the greatest
ga Jnbn 4aaSe ever known in England. 1910,
S ys' sna A. 6: Davis, professor OF law in the Uni
# ,S'sNg Of Virginia, died of pistol shot dis.
;s ,,'sed r' by disguisbed student. He published
sN Vi'uaoe treatise on criminal law.
sa aYS's Sssuocr Is, A. D., 26.-Aggrippina, the
E rn"st, st OF Nero, perished by order of her un-
M yas su u! son. She married the Emperor Claud-