The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-30
ITEMS FOR TRE LADIES.
Rosa Bonheur smokes.

| LauleS' nuIf lS worn lON III bHG ueCh III
| Paris.
The hooks and eyes of this world do
not amount to row OF pins.
The enrolling clerk OF the Colorado
House of BE iresentatiVes is II woman.
Out of seventy teachers employed in
the city OF Eric, Pa, sixty SIX are wo-
men.
An ingenious North Caroinian, strug-
Cling in the tolls, has married his
mother-in-law.
An Augusta man who was deserted by
his wife and four children Is "Waiting
for the returns.'
| New gossamer waterproors are so
light that one can be rolled UP and car
ried in the pocket.
In a fire at Wyandotte, Mich, the
other night, lady over one hundred
years old lost her lie.
Cardinal red letter paper is the latest.
| 1.-The Scarlet LeGtep Will thus become
a everyday companion.
Mrs. Secretary Fish is not the only
fashionable woman in America who is
wearing her last years bonnet.
Anna Dickinson says that she loves
yea, doIeS upon-adVerse criticism. Ii
is fortunate for Anna that she does.
John b. Cough thinks the ladies took
their idea of handling their skirts from
seeing him play with his coat-taiis on
the stage.
Whittier thinks $50 year is enough
lor any woman to spend ON dress, Uut
ne Will hardly get many women to agree
with him.
Ihe hard times are having the effect of
inducing many young women to take
service who are Of a better and more re-
liable class than formerly.
Ii may not come amiss to remind old
maids That The leap-year season is about
drawing TO close. There is lust time
lof one last desperate effort.
The New Century asks: "How can a
woman make home more attractive to
her husDdndW Around here the surest
way Is believed to be to hire pretty
chambermaid.-[G Globe Democrat.
Christmas is over. 1t was very pleas
ant While it lasted, but now it is Ike
unto lemon that hath been squeezed-
Ike unto nut that hath been cracked
only the empty shell remaining-yea'
even ike unto banquet hall deserted,
Rhode Island has Woman Suffrage
Association, and When the ladies get
their feet into position for u grand nal
aver (says the Taunton Gazettu) their
skirts play havoc with the nuckieberrv
bushes oil Massachusetts and Lonnecti-
cut.
Madame Christine Nilsson, the singer.
VINO owns SIX lots i'll the southern par
OF chicago, mas just given the REQUIRED
lahu lor the Widening OF an avenue on
Whlcn they are situated without wait.
ing lor the usual legal process of con-
demnation.
only lew years ago man used to
put Ihe seal OF affection on her lips. Now
ne mas To put 1T on her back, and if ii
ISM trimmed with otter sne makes
Irodble. The new style costs more. but
IL cah>C compete viii the other klnu for
real comfort.
k-hls-oWn-comlort remarks that a
Kind Providence has wisely ordained
that the wife should go to bed first at
thiS Time oil the year. Man was made
to SIT alone by the fire Tor half an hour
ana meditaLe upon matters too weighLy
Tor ner consideration.
A New York schooImaster told q
young IN IS that the word "uDlIgatory'
meant binding, Wlereupon she Laid beI
mead upon hef hanu, and, alter bried
cogltatiol, handed the teacher this sen,
Lence: Zine obligatory of my spelling
book is worn OUT" He tainted.
/. A woman recently entered store in
ConnecucuG and sat down in front OF an
IRON safe to warm her feet. After ST .
Ting some twenty or thirty minutes, She
remarked d that she "neVer did like them
kind OF sIoYes-they doh'C throw ouI
scarcely any hea., those gas-burners
don't"
A number OF young ladies of Potts.
vile have formed an association fol
mendIng second-uand clothing for the
poor. Ihe society is called the Thread
and Needle Band'-and each membel
should have no difficulty III getting d
good husband, leap year or no leap year
= Norristown Herald.
: scene in ST. Louis kitchen: Mis-
tress-Come, Bridget, how much Longer
are you gong to be about filling tina
pepper-boA? Bridget-( a fresh i'm porta
uion from where they don't use pepper
, casters )-Shure, ma'am, and it's meesel
} can'L Say how long itll lie takin' me tC
git all this stuff in the thing through the
little holes in the top.
| The new respirator veil in England
: winch is designed to protect ladies' from
S the i'll effects OF fog and dampness, i.
: made OF simple blonde, with border
| ABOUT tour inches i'll depth, OF double
=. silk gossdmer, sewn along the lowe
edge. This covers the nostris as wei
i as the mouth. AS the breath has ;
tendency TO lodge on the gossamer, tbs
veil is rendered stitf by means of tan
| wire gauze.
The paternal author of an heiress wa
! approached by "a youth who requested
e few moments conversation in private
and began, Il was eqIested to see you
A sir, by your lovely daughter. Our al
Y | taehment-" "Ioung man." interrupte
the parent, briskly, 81 don't know VIVA
that girl OF mine is about. You are tn
d fourth gentleman who has approache
me this morning On the subject. l hav
4 given my consent TO the others, and
T. give it to YOU"
6RKWRgR NEHWE