West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-30
FANCIES FOR THE FAIR.


kind the new fall bonnots are trimmed
with
THE women smoke in Spain. and. of
course, widows weeds" are quit,
common.
THERE is nothing that helps beauty so
10 It's full success as Just the spice of
consciousness that gives confidence.
MARRYING a mnu TO save him has
played out among the Urls. unless ne
has lots OF money. Eimu1 tdr,rtistl.
VINO could ask to Livermore happy
Lille than Mary A., who gets $l5O every
time she tells other women how To bring
up their dRughtcrs?-Ro Boston, Post.
KATE CLANToN needn't ChucGlc be-
cause the papers have dropped her for "A
time 20 pull hair with Mary Anderson.
Select your conhagration, Kate; times
most up.
ONEof the saddcst and most vexatious
trials that come to girl when she mar.
ries is that she has To DISCHARGE her
mother and depend upon hired girl
BTlmgt6H Hdrieyc
"A WoMAN's MISTAKE" is n new
French novel. We haven't read it, but
are willing TO stake weeks salary that
her mistake wasn't in getting her boots
size too large for her.-Bostou Trar.
ciIcr.
ONO girls discovered that whey would
remove freckles, and il was an very
nice until they further discovered that
II would also bring out pimples and
ring-worms Even sour milk won {
make angels of women.
HOLLAND is opening her professional
avenues for women 10 labor in, and for
the first time the degree of doctor of
medicine has been conferred on Miss
Aletta Jacobs, who has announced her
intention to practice in Amsterdam.
The girls of our DAYS are very badly
educated" said one Of the members of a
committee on education 10 the bishop of
Gloucester. "Thats very true" re-.
torted his lordship; "however, there's
one consolation-the boys never find it
out"
AT an open air meeting, held in con
nectlon with torch-light procession at
IT. John, \. B, there were ladies on
the outskirts of the crowd. An enthu-
siastic editor declared that they were
like a border of flowers around a garden
of cabbages
They have double-headed girl in
Boston who can talk different language
with each head, and drink two kinds of
beverages at once. She would be valu-
able addition 10 paper whose editors
are OF an experimental turn, AZ she could
drink rice beer with one mouth, aud old
fashioned beer with the other, and aver
age IT up and see which head achcd the
worst.
AT Brussels the other day a woman
appeared at the police office To complain
Ol her husband, who had boxed her ears
" Boxed your ears, eh ?' said the official :
" how " So" said the woman, and
leaning over tie desk she gave the Off
clal whack of the heartiest sort. He
reported the assault to his superior, but,
." IN consequenceof of the woman + naivetc, 3"
rs the report reads, she was excused.
\ WOMAN at hotel table. in Spring
field, Massachusetts,, refused n potato
that waitress brought TO her because
1t was not mealy. The waitress took il
away, and returned with one Of mon
strOus size. The guest regarded that as
an enormlty, and boxed the waitress 4
ears. The waitress retaliated by scratch
ing. Then the two women fought like
cats until parted by force
THE GOWN TEsT.
He sang song, he sang 30 well.
his voice sas low and tender
Hc sang boo praise ~ her he loved
knight, her brave defender.
Hr vowed by an the gods above
No hrdycr knight or trucr
Fer sought the maiden of his choice
And prayed t0 Dc her soocr.
To togt his love she thought it well
Fer her future li'c she trusted
She wore next night hOrrid gown,
Ana no got and busted --krruyUSy
IT is written in fine female hand.
it Is poem, and asks: What was the
dream Of your lifeT IT is signed
Elfrida.' We haven't room for the
poem, but just TO quiet Elfrida we will
answer her cOnuudrum. The dream Of
our life has been % be rich enough to
put on clean shirt every day and TO
have two suits Of clothes with pair Of
suspenders TO each pair Of pants. But
u has never been realized, Elfrida. Cas-
ties in the air.-Kcokuk COnstifu,ion.
The Calcutta papers say that Young
lady OF Goa has adopted a novel way 20
procure a husband. "Sbe has posted at
the Municipal Chambers at MargaUm an
announcement that a young lady Of
eighteen years, Of pretty good appear
Hnce, and having an annual income of
''i'. NAi'N'aiA hiiA i've uuNlItA AGTNIuH.
wishes to marry n man under thirty
years OF age who can command one thou
sand Xerailns yearly income In addition,
he should understand the English and
Portuguese languages and the metrical
system OF accounts On the 18th instant
she would pass 40 noon through the pub
ilc streetsOi Margaum, with green um-
brella and handkerchief Of the same
color in her left hand, after which she
would receive suitors with their propo-
sals, and choose one from them possess
ing the necessary qualifications"
IS TO the cause Of the sounds fre-
quently heard tO proceed from The tele-
graph wires in the open air, it has been
customary 20 accept the wind-it pro.
ducing the soundings by direct vibra.
ton similar To- those Of the F0lian
harp. A writer in an Austrian Jour
nal, however calls attention to- the fact
that one who gives close observation to
both wire and sounds will find that the
latter make themselves obvious alike
"hen there Is q total absence Of wind
and in "a quiet morning in winter, when
the wires appear covered with frost t0
the thickness of "a finger, they never.
theiess carry ON lively vibrations and
swinging, while The air is totally quiet
According To- this writer therefore. the
vibrations are due, not to the wind. but
IN fHn chance Of 4fr4r4rt,rrs. ga t......-.