The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-10-27
FANCIES FOR THE FAIR.

MARROW bias rufiles in gathers adorn
the dresses this fall.
PRupERY defeats itself by revealing
what il proposes to conceal.
SLEEVES are made to fit the arms
closely and especially at the wrists.
THE prettiest stockings are in plain
colors, embroidered over the instep.
IsoLATED.-T bride wears gloves
till the marriage service begins, when
she takes them of and gives them, with
her bouquet, to bridesmaid to hold for
her.
IT is mark of good breeding TO sit
still. When a woman trots her knee or
swings her foot, or drums with her fin
gers, it is a sign her early education has
been neglected.
MRS REBEccA MOORE, of Rochester,
has completed quilt called the "dia-
mond puzzle" which is composed of 90
173 pieces. 1t contains twenty-four
yards of goods and over 1000 yards of
thread.
YOUNG ladies are employed in the
Observatories of Washington and Har-
yard. They make calculations, and do
the mathematical part of the work, but
do not take observations with the tele-
scope.
A GENTLEMAN " ata leading hotel in
Hamilton, Ontario, spoke disparagingly
of one of the lady guests. She heard of
it, invited him into the parlor, presented
a pistol at his breast, and asksd him to
apologize. He acquiesced.
Scribner & Co., of New York, have
Just published book called The Age of
Anne" 1t is so rare that woman dis
closes her age, that when she does it is
considered of sufficient Importance to
make book of it,
"PosTAL-CARD proposals. exclaimed
naughty young miss, reading over the
government advertisements; "well, /
never! If fellow hasn't stamps enough
to send his proposal in letter, he hasn't
stamps enough to marry me-"
INTERESTING widower Ito young lady
he is about to marry): "There is one
thing | was going to mention to you.
| have several pairs of nice boots that
belonged to my poor dear first; | sup
pose you wouldn't mind wearing them
outP'
AN Amherst grocer offered young
! schoolteacher bushel of potatoes free
if she would wheel them home at ain
hour when most of the students were
likely to be in the streets. She did it,
and says she is ready to receive more at
any time on like conditions.
A CORNING man is exasperated just
because his wife at family worship, on
the evening of the thirty-first ami
versary of their wedding, read a chapter
from the Lamentations of jeremiah.
Next year he will make the selection
himself, if he does not read it.
A FRYING, gossiping woman in Her
mon, the wife of the postmaster, has got
herself into trouble. She read letter
written by man in Bangor to a woman
| in Hermon, and circulated the contents
among the neighbors; in consequence
of which she is now under bonds to APP
pear and answer in the United States
Court
WHEN Buffalo young lady--so writes
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from beau who
is too bashful to understand the nicer
usages of his position, she will say,
William, if you were to kiss me you
might be afraid ma would hear it; but
if | creak the gate she won't know the
difference"
PETALUMA (Cal. Courier: Much -four,
eggs, ETC., have been used by the young
ladies who are practicing for the pre-
miums offered by Judge Shafter for the
best bread and cakes, and as all the
spoiled bread has to be eaten by some of
the family to prevent waste, dyspepsia
has made its appearance in several
families.
| COUNTRY GIRL Hold the velvet
over basin of boiling water, with the
pile upward, so that the steam passes
| through from the back and raises the
pile. To clean black silk, take rock
ammonia the size of large walnut, and
water. With piece Of black silk well
moistened with the mixture, thoroughly
rub and clean your black silk, and iron
ON the wrong side while quite damp.
"WHAT gender is sugar?' asked
teacher of the grammar class. s"What
kind of sugarT' asked boy. "What
kind ?' repeated the teacher. "What has
that to do with it? "Why, if it's maple
sugar it's feminine gender" said the
boy "Why feminine gender?' asked
the teacher with puzzled face. Be-
cause you can't tell it's age" promptly
replied the boy.
Miss MINNIE E. HODGE, who has just
resigned the position of cashier and
money-order clerk in the DesMoines,
Iowa, post-office, handled and paid out
during six years four millions of dollars
and never made mistake of cent. At
times she had charge of the whole Office,
with twenty five and thirty clerks under
her direction, ana there never was a
wrinkle or a jar or an "unpleasantness"
at any time.
A NEW SUBscRIBER.-The meaning of
colors is embodied in the following
White stones, such as the diamond and
pearl, are emblematic of religious purity,
faith, joy and life; red (the ruby sig
nifies fire, divine love; blue (the tur-
quoise and sapphire) expresses truth,
constancy and felicity yellow or gold is
the symbol of the sun, and the goodness
of God; green (the emerald) hope and
Immortality, victory; violet (the ame-
thyst) love and truth, passion and suf-
fering, hence martyrs are clothed in it.
1 NEW York correspondence of the
Cleveland Leader: Hats are all shapes,
so that round-faced women can wear
high hats narrow at the sides, for moon
faced women are not altogether suited
| to American taste. Thin-faced women
may wear broad brimmed hats, and so
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