The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
FANCLES FOR THE FAIR.
SILK aprons are again in fashion.

SlLk aprons are again IN 1aSnl0n.
LONDON ladies wear heelless boots.
SILKS of light weight are worn for
promenade costumes.
NARROW bias ruffies in gathers adorn
the dresses this fall.
PRUDERY defeats itself by revealing
what it 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. >.s:ssss
New YORK Graphic: 1t has been
averred that a lady with diamond ring
will scratch her nose, in given period,
four times as often as any other woman.
IsoLATED.-The bride wears gloves
till the marriage service begins, when
| she takes them off and gives them, with
her bouquet, to bridesmaid to hold for
her.
1T is mark of good breeding to sit
| still. When woman trots her knee, or
swings her foot, or drums with her fin
gers, it is sign her early education has
been neglected.
| Mrs. REBECCA MOORE, of Rochester,
has completed quilt called the /" dia-
mond puzzle" which is composed of 20,-
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-
ward. They make calculations, and do
the mathematical part of the work, but
do not take observations with the tele-
scope.
| A GENTLEMAN alta leading hotel in
Hamilton, Ontario, spoke disparagingly
of one of the lady guests. She heard of
it, invited him into the parlor, presented
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
a naughty young miss, reading over the
government advertisements; well, ]
never! If fellow hasn't stamps enough
to send his proposal in a letter, he hasn't
stamps enough to marry me-"
INTERESTING widower Ito young lady
he is about to marry: "There is one
thing I was going to mention to you.
1 have several pairs of nice boots that
belonged to my poor dear first; I sup
pose you wouldn't mind wearing them
outW
AN Amherst grocer offered young
schoolteacher bushel of potatoes free
if she would wheel them home at an
hour when most of the students were
likely to be in the streets. She did it.
and says she is ready to receive more al
any time on like conditions.
A CORNING man is exasperated just
because his wife at family worship, or
the evening of the thirty-frst ami
+ versary of their wedding, read 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 woman
in Hermon, and circulated the contents
, among the neighbors; in consequence
of which she is now under bonds to ap
pear and answer in the United States
Court.
WHEN Buffalo young lady-so writes
espondent-parts from beau who
) is too bashful to understand the nicel
usages of his position, she will say
: William, if you were to kiss me you
might be afraid ma would hear it,; but
| if l creak the gate she won't know the
difference"
PETALUMA( (Cal.) Courier: Much flour
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 o.
the family to prevent waste, dyspepsis
: has made its appearance in severa
e e families.
COUNTRY GIRL.-Hold the velve
' over basin of boiling water, with tn,
E pile upward, so that the steam passe
through from the back and raises tn,
/ pile. To clean black silk, take rock
$ ammonia the size of a large walnut, ant
a pour over it nearly a pint of boilin.
t water. With piece of black silk wei
e moistened with the mixture, thorough,
$ rub and clean your black silk, and irol
: on the wrong side while quite damp.
e "WHAT gender is sugar?' asked
d teacher of the grammar class "Wha
d kind of sugar?' asked boy. "Wha
l. kind T' repeated the teacher. "What ha
n that to do with it?'' "Why, if it's mapl
sugar it's feminine gender" said tn
d boy. "Why feminine gender?" aske
J. the teacher with puzzled face. "Bt
', cause you can't tell it's age" promptl
n replied the boy.
u Miss MINNIE E. HODGE, who has jus
IL resigned the position of cashier an
|, i money-order clerk in the DesMoine
u Iowa, post-office, handled and paid OF
: during six years four millions of dollar
~ and never made mistake of cent.
Il II times she had charge of the whole offic
II II with twenty five and thirty clerks unde
~ her direction, ana there never was
Ill wrinkle or jar or an "unpleasantness
at any time.
le A NEW SUBsCRIBER.-The meaning
a, colors is embodied in the following
to White stones, such as the diamond an
Or pearl, are emblematic of religious purit,
as faith, Joy and life; red (the ruby si
at nifes fire, divine love; blue (the tu
n auoise and sapphire) expresses trutl
d constancy and felicity; yellow or gold
We the symbol of the sun, and the goodne
;" of God green (the emerald) hope al
he Immortality, victory; violet (the am
hit thyst) love and truth, passion and su
er fering, hence martyrs are clothed in
OF New YoRK correspondence of Il
IS; Cleveland Leader: Hats are all shape
N, so that round-faced women can we
ut high hats narrow at the sides, for moo
faced women are not altogether suit,
to American taste. Thin-faced WON,
a may wear broad brimmed hats, and
a. take off the sharp look; and youn
ne pretty girls, with Ia beaute du diable st
1ls lending its witchery to their faces, mi
ed wear any whimsical outre shape tn
r. pleases them. They will scarcely
OF able to undo natures handiwork.
he
THE spelling of "keramics is ne
las and fantastic, and agreeable, but it