Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-04
ABOUT WOMEN.

Glass, it Is announced, will come into
general use al a dress fabric. When the
ladies adopt this material, and come to
live, as il were in glass houses, we sup
pose there will be not less backbitinE
then. We shall see-not through the
glass darkly-but a one who goes both
eyes on it,
Two young ladies were cOnversing at
Saratoga the other day, and one said that
her heart WAS really broken. Charles
had proved tickle. ''Was he rieh!'' ask
ed the other. "No," was the reply, but
he was so nice. " "We4l, my dear" was
the consOlatory response, "marry old
C. who is after you and mend your
heart with diamond cement.
Mrs. Cora Livingston Wilson. well
known in New York fashionable circles,
was recently married At All Saints chap
el, Albany, to Dr. Thomas 4. Mercer of
Washington, ID. G.. Right Rev. Bishop
DOane, bishop Of Albany, performed the
ceremony. The bride wore a dress OF
lavender silk trimmed with thread lace,
with bonnet, gloves and sunshade to cor
respond There Was 4 large attendance
at The wedding, which created delight
full iutter in society.
Who knows? or home questiOns.-WhO
knows where pins and needles GO
where all the buttons stray? Who knows
where all the pennies go that some how
get away? Who knows how all the chi
ma breaks that wasn't touched at all
How baby gets so black a bruise, yet
never gets fall? Who knows whence
all the fashions come, and, when they
disappear, why one brief month should
make a fright of what was such dear ?
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is given up as
Il Ii IL I'll.
and alone in hes solitary room to keep
imaginary company with senators and
ambassadors in the light Of that gracious,
kindly, smile long since hidden beneath
the coffin lid. 1t Is one of the mercies
vouchsafed her to live her life over again
with her loved Ones-dear Willie and
rollicking, boyish Tad-tO sit at the head
Of the table and hold conversation with
them all.
Mr.. John Alexander Tyler, son of the
late President John Tyler of Virginia,
was married to Miss Sarah GTiswold,
daughter of S. B. Gardiner of Gardiner's
island, l.. l. The wedding took place at
the residence Of the brides parents at
East Hampton, and was attended by
large number of ladies and gentlemen of
social distinction to this ann other cities,
The bride, who, by the way, is heiress to
nearly half million dollars, was attired
in a handsome travelling dress of silk,
and her appearance was at once graceful
and charming. The wedding was fol-
lowed by dejeuner, after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyler departed on their bridal
tour. The bride was the recipient of
a large number of rare and valuable pres
ents.
Conversation at fashionable water
ing-place: Middle-aged party, envious
of the belle of the room, and determined
to put her dOwn-'HOW admirably your
dressmaker has altered your dress! L
vow hardly recognized it as the one you
wore last year!" Young party, with
outraged feelings, owing TO the cOnciOus-
ness that the insulted garb had come
direct from Worth's and was now worn
for the first time-''Yes, it is nicely
done, think. By the way, tell me Mrs.
X, where did you procure your new
teeth? They are perfectly lovely; but
must say that liked your last years
false hair much better than that you
now wear Stately courtesies on both
sides, and a mutual resolve never to rec
ogniZe the creature again.