Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-13
For the Ladies.

popular Tor mourning wear III Is SIM
liar to Grape and is an all wool double
fold material.
A clearinghouse mistress, like the
rest Of us, has her weak and strong
points-the weak being her coffee, and
her strong point the butter.
Mrs. J. II. Bryant, Benton, Ala, dur
ing the prevalence of the yellow fever
cut her hair, forty-two inches long, from
her head, and sent it to New York city
to be sold for the benefit of the suffer
ers.
"Eugenia, Eugenia, will you still in
sist on wearing the hair Of another wo-
man upon your head ?" "Alphonse, AL
phonse, do you still insist upon wearing
the skin Of another calf upon your
feet"
A lady in Milan seeing her child run
over by carriage, fell insensibe to the
ground. When restored to coscious-
ness she found that her hair had turned
perfectly white. Her child was picked
up unhurt.
a London paper says that the Count
ess de Castires, mother Of Marshal
MacMahon, alarmed ut the spread OF
iniidelity IN France, has applied to the
exhibition agent Of the English Bibleso-
ciety for consignment Of tracts and an
Evangelical Bible reader to expound
them 10 her tenants.
Manufacturers have achieved won
derful results in all wool fabrics; here
are combined art and science. The
designs are beautiful and present
pleasing picture Of artistic effects, while
the colorings show what science has
done in the way Of chasing and com
minglng Of shades.
Chcnc mixtures are seen in the dress
goods for promenade wear. Broken
checks, marked off with silver cross
bars, is called Bclvare cloth, and there
is Palmyra broche fabric showing
dark grounds ofgreen, clartt and dam
son blue; the everything patterns are
Egyptian red, blended with blue and
gold. Some have silver gray ana pale
blue.
a French paper reports murder
trial in which IL witness testified that he
heard two pistol shots on the staircase,
and sent his wife to see what was the
matter. You did not 60 upstairs
yoursclf?' No sir; | was afraid Of
the revolver"
One great beauty about the female
suilragists is that they nevertry to con
ceal their ages. Lucy Stone announced
herself to be sixty the other day, and SO
great was the surprise lat the confess
sion) that q tea-party was Immediately
planned for the heroine.
Paniers grow larger in size, and for
ball dresses are quite large. A great
effort is being made to revive hoops,
and the tournures are increasing con
stantly in size. On thin goo the poW
is secured by pufls and bouillonnes.
Satin loops nre introduced between.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the philan-
thropic New York lady who gave the
money to send the yellow fever com
mission down south, has given $500 for
another commission of doctors to in
vestigate the alleged success of homtro-
athlc physicians ~ treating the fever.
Bonnets with shirred brims are new
and promise to be popular, in black
and other dark velvets. Two distinct
styles upon which popular choice has
tallen during the present season are
the small bonnet with narrow brim and
the English walking hat. The crown
of the former is more square than
oval, and the brim is very low set,
forming a small coronet.
Fur lined and fur trimmed wraps
will be fashionable. Scalskin sacques will
take the lead iii fur garments. These
garments are cut longer than formerly
worn and are trimmed with band of
black martin, chinchilla or silver-point-
ed otter fur. Mulls are smaller and
boas are worn flat. OF course all rich
inrs will he worn, but sealskin is the
ton fur for the winter Of 1889.
Keys and snakes are just now the
favorite designs for jewery; it would
be rather hard To tell why. A fan
chatclaine is snake which coils around
the waist, and, being pliable, hangs
down ut the side in very unpleasantIy
suggestive twists; while earrings Of
plain duh gold represent II lock with
the tiny key of gold. When once
locked they are evidently more secure
than some bank safes.
Breton lace has entirely superseded
Torchon, and it is used ON everything
from capes TO halayeuses and flannel
skirts, to say nothing Of millinery, lin
geric and dresses. The mixed laces
are much worn, some with black
grounds show silken figures in shades
Of gold, while the designs III white laces
are pink, olive and blue. The effect Of
these colored laces is remarkably rich.
The Chinese minister to London has
an agreeable wife, whose appearance