The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
FANCLES FOR THE FAIR.

FANCLES FOR THE FAIR.
OLD-FAsHIoNED French calico is again |
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 keep
q hotel? is question for woman's
congress.
THE woman who maketh a good
pudding in silence is better than she
who maketh tart reply.
EVE found that she could exercise her
jaws sufficiently without chewing gum
and Adam thought so himself.
LADIES travelling pocket cases contain
tongs for crimping the hair; also an
apparatus for heating the tongs.
Mrs. BYRAM, a cattle farmer in
Illinois, took premiums amounting to
81, $50 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 colors 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 lovely coiffure woman can wear.
Chow nicely this corn popsr' said a
young man who was sitting with his
sweetheart before the fire. Yes" she
responded, demurely, g it's got over be-
ing green"
OUR extra-strong-minded woman has
remarked that an old bachelor is a man
who, through selfish motives, has re-
Trained from making some woman
wretched.-Rochester Union.
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 a church containing two hun
dred new spring bonnets.
The grossamer waterproof cloak, with
cape or white hood, is a light and
pleasant garment, and is deftly folded
into small fiat bag which can bt
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 thu
other day, and on returning were goin,
past farmhouse and felt hungry. The,
yelled to the farmers daughters
"Girls, have you any buttermilk?" Th,
reply was gently waited back to thei
ears: Yes; but we keep it for ou
own calves"
A PROVIDENCE R. 1. mother CAV
her twin babies pint of kerosene oil il
mistake for milk. The infants recovere,
without resorting to the dangerou
expedient of inserting a wick dow
their throats and burning out the oil.
that mother is not watched, she ma
F give these twins paper of carpet tack
: in mistake for a homeopathic powder
A TIRED woMAN's LAST WORDS.
S Here lies old woman who always was tired,
For she lived in a house where help wasn't hired
Her last words on earth were: Dear friends, I a
i going
e Where washing amt done, nor churning, NJ
And everything there will be just to my wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no washing
Dishes
I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringin
? But having no voice l'l get rid of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, and mourn for me neve
For I'm going to do nothing forever and ever"
FANS are very odd this year; they al
n made to hang on to chatelains and a.
serviceable, strengthening affairs; IL
ends are tipped with silver, and ca
1t of silver and a strong ring are pro-
q against any of the accidents that BETA
e fans worn at the side. Some of the
" fans are Of bamboo, others of Russ
leather, and the tops are often divide
obliquely, one-half being of a rich du
/; red, the other of black, or of beige al
red brown. Ebony fans are tipped wi
silver, and have silver ring to slip ov
% them when closed.
rs AFTER the circus parade two sms
boys met on the street. One of thel
his face glowing with excitement, sal
3, ooh, Johnny! did yon see that felle
with the snakes around his neckW I
word from Johnny. eyer seen t
man in the lions cage, uncourse" I
word or sign from Johnny, save and e
cept cloud upon his brow. "We
yer seen the ponies with the red bla
kets on, didn't yer?'' "Naw, and
didn't" said Johnny at last, bursti
:" into tears. "I had to stay at home al
at tend our baby, but I kin lick the stuff
as out of you'll"
er ELIZA, daughter of Captain NJ.
fl- Murray, has addressed letter to t
~ women of Virginia, proposing schel
r by which they may rescue the fair nal
OF of the Old Dominion from impendi
NJ MT disgrace by discharging in part
's- pecuniary obligations. She sugge
that the women set about collecti
money on farm productions, which sh
be devoted to the purchase of tax
,oo ceivable coupons, which shall be plae
'se ~. in the Governments hands to be c.
"a. celled, thus necessitating the payne
:Is ;T of taxes in money and increasing the
H. H. ceipts of the treasury.