The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-27
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

Gold-headed balls fasten on the new hats.
New flower bonnets are covered with pearl
powder.
There are buttons to match almost every
costume-shade.
The most stylish slippers are without
bows or buckles.
Grape batiste is the novel material for
ummer dresses.
There are seventy-two postmistresses in
the United States.
Old-time black silks with watered stripes
are again fashionable.
Jet vines are made very tastefully for col
larettes and necklaces.
Havana is the new popular but indie
scribable shade of brown.
Tortoise shell buttons for fastening the
dress are among the novelties.
Children's summer suits aro made of
mode cloth, with silk trimmings.
Straw fringe with jet passamenterie above
is Il rich and handsome trimming.
Face walls are of black net, dotted with
jet or amber beads, and fringed on the
edge.
Of ten prizes offered recently by the Cob
den Club for examinations in political econ
omy in London, eight have been taken by
women.
Stocking manufacturers have succeeded
in at last introducing bourette effects in the
designs to correspond with the fashionable
costumes.
Peculiar little scarfs with "revers' of vel
vet at the neck, and finished with very deep
half fringes of fine jet, tie in front and are
for watering-place wear
A Virginia girl placed her ear against a
beam and let her brother drive brad-awl
through it in order to encourage her suffer
ing mother to have tooth pulled.
With the princesse dresses, and with the
princesse polonaise, which still retains its
place as overdress, mantillas are worn, with
long tabs, or else they tie on the breast.
Batiste comes this year in the natural
tints and is to be much used, and there is a
very light, gossamer fabric known as 'linen
tissue" which is added to the list of organ
dies and lawns.
With the brilliant costumes of the season
there is demand for curios and copies of
the antique in gems and jewelry. Prom
inent among the newest styles is the Swiss
topaz, from the Alps, large stone, semi
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In thin materials there is preponder-
ance of many narrow tiounces which reach
up almost to the waist and if they are set
| in pyramidal form in front, the over
dress, which is simulated by draperies, is
| fastened back, or cut squarely away from
the front.
The Carrick cape, lace waistcoat made of
point duchesse, Honiton, antique open
| orly mt ri
sleeves, with full puffs in the arnhoes and
at the elbows, and pleated silk belts, are
among some of the new and striking ca
prices of the present fashions.
An Onondaga County man has been thrice
engaged to marry and each time the lady
has died shortly before the day set for the
wedding In the last instance, which oc-
Cured few days ago, the lady had seated
herself at a table to sign deed. She wrote
her name; her head fell forward; and when
those present raised her up she was dead.
After all, man is generous being. Not
long ago one died in Massachusetts who had
been married only a year, and received a
fortune of $50 900 from his wife. And what
did he do when he found death staring him
in the face? Not enrich his relatives as he
might have done; he willed it all back to
her again, on the simple condition that she
should not marry again. The noble man!
Here are the styles as to spring costumes
in nutshell. Short dresses, plain materi-
ais, simple styles, for the street. long
dresses combination of materials, intricate
trimmings and draperies for house, visiting
and carriage toilettes. Never has the DIFF
ference between the walking or other cos
tunes been so strongly marked. There are
several styles of short costumes shown, but
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1t is reported by the London CORE
spondent of the Hartford Courant that Lord
Salisbury, the new Foreign Secretary was
once constant writer for the London press,
which in some measure explains the direct
and analytical style that characterizes all
his state papers. He is the second son of
the late Marquis, and he married, it is un-
derstood, contrary to the wishes of his
father. His wife is the daughter of
Baron Anderson, and Lady Anderson
painter The marriage being distasteful to
| the late Marquis, he is understood to have
| treated his son with some harshness, and
like many other younger children of
wealthy peers, had for long time to earn.
his living by literary labor. He did this
for some years, and is we'll known as a
newspaper writer. By the death of his ell
der brother he came into possession of con-
siderable property, and at the death of his
father he succeeded to the hereditary IT,
tie and estate. Now he is in the high and
responsible position of Foreign Secretary, at
the most critical period of English history.
One of the funniest most aggravating
typographical errors on record has Just pro-
duced hurricane, accompanied by thunder
and lightning in the office of the LYNCH