The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-29
FANCIES FOR THE FAIR.

OLD-FAsHIoNED French calico is agair
fashionable.
YOU'VE ladies again carry reticules
Reticulousl
TRAIN dresses are now en- regle only
for house wear, as they ought to be.
DOES Judge Hilton know how to keey
hotel? is a question for woman,
congress.
The woman who maketh gooc
pudding in silence is better than SHE
who maketh tart reply.
LADIES travelling pocket cases contain
tongs for crimping the hair; also al
apparatus for heating the tongs.
Mrs. BYRAM, cattle farmer in
Illinois, took premiums amounting tc
81, 100 at agricultural fairs last fall.
PLAIN white cambria ties are most
used for full-dress, although occasionally
the black satin or grenadine is pre-.
ferred.
The most fashionable scarfs worn are
the Stanley shape, folded fiat, and wide
enough to conceal the shirt-front above
the vest.
FIGURED silks and satins, of quaint
patterns, and IN the coors fashionable
for ladies' dresses, are used very much
for ties and scarfs.
BLACK silk stockings have come into
vogue again, and are ornamented across
the instep with bars of pink embroidery
or with dots of cream color.
JUDGE HILTON thinks that if he had
attempted to continue the Women's
Hotel much longer the boarders would
all have eloped with bell-boys.
A WREATH of black OF brown tinted
foliage powdered with gold, placed
round a center of tea roses, forms the
most lsvely couture woman can wear.
" How nicely this corn popsl' said a
young man who was sitting with his
sweetheart before the fire. Yes" she
responded, demurely, " it's got over be-
ing green"
THE sermon of the best preacher in
the world will not make as much i'm
preston upon congregation as the
sudden pattering of rain on the window
panes of church containing two hun
uTeu HeW spring DOnneJS.
THE grossamer waterproof cloak, with
cape or white hood, is q light and
pleasant garment, and is deftly folded
into small fiat bag which can be
strapped to the belt; it is an indispen-
sable travelling companion, and its low
price puts it within the reach of every
one.
Two young men were out fishing the
other day, and on returning were going
past farmhouse and felt hungry. They
yelled to the farmers daughters
" Girls, have you any buttermilk ?''s The
reply was gently waited back to their
ears: Yes; but we keep it for our
own calves"
A PROVIDENCE Or. /. mother gave
her twin babies pint of kerosene oil in
mistake for m TX. The infants recovered
without resorting to the dangerous
expedient of inserting a wick down
their Threats and burning out the oil. If
that mother is not watched, she may
give these twins a paper of carpet tacks
in mistake for homeopathic powder.
TIRED woMAN's LAST WORDS.
Here lies an old woman who always was tired,
For she lived in house where help wasn't hired.
Her last words on earth were: Dear friends, am
going
Where washing amt DONE nor churning, nor
sewing;
And everything there will be just to my wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no washing Of
dishes.
I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice Ill get rid of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, and mourn for me never,
For I'm going to do nothing forever AID ever "
FANS are very odd this year they are
made to hang on to chatelains and are
serviceable, strengthening affairs; the
ends are tipped with silver, and cap
of silver and strong ring are proof
against any of the accidents that befall
fans worn at the side. Some of these
fans are Of bamboo, others of Russia
leather, and the tops are often divided
obliquely, one-half being of rich dull
red, the other of black, or of beige and
red brown. Ebony fans are tipped with
silver, and have silver ring to slip over
them when osed.
AFTER the circus parade two small
boys met on the street. One of them,
his face glowing with excitement, said
ooh, Johnny! did yon see that fellow
with the snakes around his neckT Nc
word from Johnny. Yer seen the
man in the lions cage, uncourse ?" Nc
word or sign from Johnny, save and ex-
cept a cloud upon his brow. Well
yer seen the ponies with the red blan
kets ON, didn't yer?'' Nav, and
didn't" said Johnny at last, bursting
into tears. 81 had to stay at home and
tend our baby, but l kin lick the stufin
out of you'll"
ELIZA, daughter of Captain NJ. F
Murray, has addressed letter to the
women of Virginia, proposing scheme
by which they may rescue the fair name
of the Old Dominion from impending
disgrace by discharging in part it
pecuniary obligations. She suggests
that the women set about collecting
money on farm productions, which shall
be devoted to the purchase of tax re
ceivable coupons, which shall be place.
in the Governments hands to be can
celled, thus necessitating the paymen
of taxes in money and increasing the re
ceipts of the treasury.
THE Arabs, as we'll asso me others, like