The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-17

Fond friends tired vainly 20 cheer her,
To stop mp the tears that fastfeil,
A. she elasped her daughter still nearer
And in agony uttered, "Farewell.'
The groom with his bride had departed.
To journey far of in strange Lands,
And the mother cried out, brOken-hearted:
well , I'm glad that gals OF my hands,
FRENCH AND AMERICAN WOMEN.
Paris correspondent writes: ''one seeks IN
vain for the sight ola pretty woman IA these dark
DAYS toilet being an essential accessory 90 Far
i-ienne on the promenade. Great ~ the cont rasf
between the fair sex II New York and Paris. In
the former they are all lovely despite the frequent
lack Of taste and fitness the matter Of dress
charming and seductive even il they will crowd
INTO horse-cars Respondent with solitaire dia-
,nonds, white bonness, velvet costumes, and
white gloves, and t,nkling with bangles like sleigh
bells In Paris no such outrage On good taste is
visible The combinations OF art and exquisite
skill have become such an important attraction
tina, one forgets the inferior gem in admring the
good setting The annual exhibition of the
arts at si.s Pslai. lie rIndustre affords the ladies'
an opportunity Of wearing their marveis Of Spring
costumes without fear Of freezing or Of having
tieir lftsiieSS hucu Wy esf'"N~- ~
is In consequence greater crowd thsn usual OF
fair amateurs. and attractive indeed Is stroll
through the galleries., where may he seen Spring
bonneis in which the flowers view with nature 80
closely that one easily fancies the perfume Is
there indeed it often. Is for the cunning French
modesto frequently scents the flowers with which
she adorns love ola bonnet The dresses are
made 10 display the form a. far as decency vii!
perinii-ani IN compensation for sallow faces she
French woman are endowed with soodiy shapes
one Is forced 10 admire the graceful thr"ng HOY
ering about the pictures"
MISTRESS AND MAID.
A lady of certain age in Paris very well pre-
served, too, is having her hair combed by her
maid, chit Of Il. who. after the manner IL
ladies' maids, is praising her mistress beauty ex-
traysganfiy-
well Minette," says her mistress. with saiis-
fed glance at the mirror. ''whaf would you gave 9"
be as handsome a. am
.'Oh,' replied the handmaid, with a smler,
..what you would give 20 he as young As am
The betting one thousand To one. and no
takers. that that lady : maid will not grow gray M
the service Of that particular mistress.
PRACTICING THE BACK-FALL.
Many people have wonder how Clara Morris
learned 10 Gall PROSTATE upon the stage with such
heavy, dull thud she does in the fourth ac, Of
Camille without hurting herself, but "f course
il does hurt her severely. Many parts Other body
are black from the effect Of last weeks falls IA
Boston. Her huslrad begged her not Ia iIjure
herself in this manner hut 10 allow herself 10 To-
caught in the act Of falling, and her reply was
cha ySse will ,yslttpsy he. M.rl
for you, except change line or alter the business
Of nv profession )" and on entering their room AT
the hotel, one day last week, Mr.. Hsrriott found
his wife busiiy practicing the hack-fall striking
with the hack cf her head upon the floor, THIS Is
feat which but one man, and no other woman,
has Yet accomplished.
FEMININE BREvITIES.
LOT Of Brooklyn schoOlmarms took tnp to
West Point recently, and they all came TO the con-
ciusion that the cadets wore corsets.
The Boston lady is very delicate. Her only call
for more is embraced IN the remark, ~ will have
another bean if you please"
man in New Hampshire has hurried two wives
in eigh; months, and some persons charge HIM
with being indecorous and lots Of things.
foreign correspondent thinks if the Gar had
brought his mother.in-law 10 the Danube she
would have made him cross long befoie now
A boy having been told that reptile wss an
animal that creeps,' on being asked 20 maine one
on examination day, promptly replied, "A
baby
Miss Frances f.. Willard claims to know that
the United States has a mistress Of its Executive
Mansion who absolutely will not talk gossip
At the recent reception 70 General Grant in Lon
don, il IL said the Duchess ii Westminster the
Countess Of Cork and Mis-. Csvendise- Ben;wick,
were the hest dressed women present.
Horace Greeley used 10 say Of Margaret Fuller
that. when attached 20 the editorial corps Of the
TRIBUNE, what she produced for its columns
was perfect Of its kind, but it always came a day
too late.
Jones refused to take his wife 70 the circus, and
after she had interested herself IN trying how
many of his locks she could get between each o!
her fingers, he said: II fool and his hair are soon
parted
They were at a dinner party. and he remarked
that he supposed she was fond Of ethnology. She
said she was bu; she not very well, and tine
doctor had told her not TO eat anything for dessert
except oranges.
At the Partisan assizes; The Court-why did
YOU kill your wife .-Prisoner-Because life with
her had become unendnriiAe. The C"urt-But you
might have left her. Pnscner-I had vowed a.
cleave to her so long as she lived.
'Ah, loye!" she murmured, as they wandered
through the moonlight, ''ah dearest, why do the
Summer roses fade ," He happened to l- young
chemist Of practical turn Of mind and he re-
piled that il was owing 10 the insuffcieDcy of
ygen in the atmosphere.
Grandma, do you know why can see up in the
sky so far ?" asked Charlie little four-year-old.
mo. my dear; why is ill., said grandma, bend-
ing her ear ager to catch aud remember the wise
saying Of the precious little pet. .B.csuse there
is nothing in the way"
Bali-hours are nov the small ones in London.
A bsll-room is a desert of floor and candies till
II 30 NJ the earliest from then till l2n is ssrseiy
peopied with shame-tsced guests putting ON their
gloves and emptiness visible aud midnight is
always reached before anything really tegns to 60
on.
There Is a Precoc,ous six-year-old boy IN Auburn
Maine. who's wonderful on spelling aud definition
The other day his teacher asked him to spell n.st
rmony.: "M-a-t-r-i-m-o-n-y," snow, define it,
SAID the the teacher. "weil," replied the 10y,
II don't exactly know what II means, hut know
mothers got enough fit.
Rlchardson's Thieving.
On the night Of Aug. l, 1876, the house
Of E. C. Bouldin, near Georgetown, was
and = quantity of jewelry
a., 81. N:.... no,ll:> - H..