The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-30
FEMININE FANCIES.

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Chip hats and bonn"ts will be worn
almost to the exclusion Of Other
straws.
Linen collarettes and cuffs alc
trimmed with croc|ctcl lace ot wide
patterns.
Black lace ha,hrS ar" becoming"
popular. and are worn tied Around
the throat.
It is asserted that lon. wraps viii
still be WON as the warm Weather
approaches.
Velvet striped aud pushed striped
grenadine gauzes are used IN t''m-
ming spring bonnets.
Gold handled ptnknivts. very
deliberately chased. are the newest
1rnkets in .iewelry shops.
There is "A paper in Kentucky. the
Mount Sterling Sentinel, which ia
vors sending women to Congress.
Patti had a crown Of gold present.
ell to be, on a cushion Of flowers the
other day. She was Surprised, bat
didn't faint.
ColOrtd grenadines aIe announced
to be very fashionable for the com
ing summer. They come in all III.
choice cOlors.
The traffic in artificial flowers is
very large, millions Of dollars being
expended annually in their jmp"I'a.
ton to this country.
Miss Sherman, Mrs. Don Cameron
that is to be, has made the best time
on record at Washinston--to,ty-nin nine
calls in one afternoon.
Spring styles of material for gar.
ments, and of clothing for both sexes
are dubbed with jaw breaking name:
Of Russian and Turkish places.
A German woman, abont 80 year.
of age, has worked 1T the trade q
blacksmith as a helper to her has
band for the past niue years. She
ia q resident in the suburbs Of Pitts,
burg.
That particular form Of N"l@aria'
outrage commonly called a surprise
party occurs more frequently in thu
Western part Of the United States
than elsewhere. In Europe it il
scarcely known even by namr.-N
Y. Times.
kissing bees" are paying "t1 /
church debt in Weedsport, New York
the price of a kiss being ten cents
The probabilities are that the average
Weedsporter will not take much >torl
in an osculato,y article that is st
cheap.
A young woman of Ncwhnrg
Washington county, Wisconsin. sec
onded by her mother, whipped heI
father because he would not rais'
$500 to give her :lowery, in ordc
to marry a man who wanted his wifi
to have that amount.
We read in an English paper tina
the "pistol pocket book is the 1ates
safeguard for American ladies agaius
thieves. These pocket books, wheI
carried in the hand, look exactly lik'
an ordinary purse, but should al
unweary person make snatch ii
them, the owner has only to press
spring, and the thief is shot through
the heart, provided the aim is good
1t is said that a young Norwegian
girl, who was taken to the Iowa III
sane Asylum some time ago, wa
discharged cured, but had forgotten
her mother tongue. Restored to be
friends she began to regain it, but a
she reacqulred facility IN its us
signs of arrangement reappeared
and when she could again speak Nor
wegian fuently she had to be take
back to the asylum.
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal q
Saturday has this Interesting para
graph: "A charming widow of I
and a Clergyman of 66 years ar
about to he joined in holy wedloc
in neishh",ng town. The wide,
has a mother still living at the az
Of vs. years, and in full possession {
all her mental faculties. The betrotl
ed has something of romance, toe
for it is said that the Widows frs
|. love was the good parson to whol
she is about to be joiued.'
On Saturday Boston lady, Mr.
Mary Trowbridge, celebrated he
Tooth birthday. She declared in tt
morning that she did not feel as
she was 100 years old, and I'll
pleasantly entertained many visitor
during the day. Her eyes are pei
feet, and she hears ordinary GOMEZ
sation perfectly we'll. Her healt
has been remarkable; in all t|Ies
100 years she has had only a sligl
touch of pleurisy and neuralgia. ST.
is q member OF DR.. Bartols churcI
and on Sunday he preached a sermo
having special reference to her lif
He described her az bride at twent,
three, with her hair cut short, III
kid gloves laced up to the elbow
and in q short muslin dress, not wit
long trail like the style Of to.da,
bat reaching only to the ankles.
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Although the Spaniards were
one time accustomed to locate Il
Fountain OF Youth in the vicinity
the St. Johns River in Florida. Il
present whereabouts of that interes
ing spring is uncertain. 1t max,