Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-09-17
WoMTN's TALK.

FRANCE has 100000 manageable
daughters.
MRS. GEN. BANKs Is one of the most
active women in Massachusetts, in the
female suffrage business.
MAGGIE MITCHELL Is reported to
have lost $4,000, recently, in . Long
Branch real estate speculation.
The Goddess of Fashion in this
country is generally . beautiful and
wealthy young lady.
THE bigger and grander the wedding,
the more glazing the head lines in the
papers when the divorce Is announced.
A WOMAN staying at Saratoga dresses
altogether in lace. The other women
console themselves by saying that her
father was a lace manufacturer.
Miss NELSON is playing Juliet in
London, and Olive Logan calls her ca
versatile piece of human loveliness in
claret velvet"
A FEW days ago, in . certain town Of
Maryland, a Mr.. Buzxard married q Miss
Grow and the Rev. Mr.. Robin performed
the ceremony.
A YOUNG lady was undecided whether
to accept the addresses of James or
John. James gave her a sealskin sacque,
and she Immediately gave the sack to
John.
THE hardest thing in the world for q
young woman to do lie to look uncon-
cerned the first times she comes out in q
handsome engagement ring.-&. Louis
Democrat.
The chronological Journal says: "In
choosing q wife be governed by her
chin" That one may not be governed
by it after the choice is made, We sup
pose.
A FAIR cynic says: Gentlemen
always hear what is said when they are
reading the paper; but if you try to
make them talk they are deeply absorbed
in q moment"
"ROUND-sHOULDERED women are
more numerous than they were years
ago." says an exchange. Yes, working
at the washtub to support lazy husbands
is fast making women round-sholdered.
philadelphia Chronicle.
A LADY at one of the Cape May
hotels has given her chambermaid, whom
she falsely accused of stealing, $3.50 and
a letter Of apology. Other maidens are
dying to be falsely accused.
A GREEK maid, being asked what
fortune she would bring her husband,
replied: ~ will bring him what gold
cannot purchase heart u~nspotted, q
virtue without stain, which is all that
descended to me from my p~arents"
MRS. E. M. PIKE is said to be the frs,
woman who rel started a daily paper in
England. She is the publisher and pro-
prietor of the Derby Daily Telegraph
1t is said to be an excellent paper, and
the first daily ever published in Derby,
DID You ever notice the downward
plunge of a young lady's jaw when she
| gives utterance to one of those " ands''
that serve as convenient resting places
in her speech while awaiting the brains
catching up with the tongue.-Boston
Transcript.
The plain walking skirts are pro
nounced very distinguished, but they are
found very uncomfortable by women
who are used to wearing trimmed
costumes. These ladies declare that
they feel as if half dressed when de-
prived of their Aounces.
HERE IL the last new story about
Sarah Bernhardt, according to our Lon
don namesake: "Can you tell me why
8. B. keeps q Akeleton in her WARDROBE"
asked the other day a ferocious societaire
of the Coincide Franchise of An art
critic. "Well, I don't know. Perhaps
that it may not be said that she keeps 1t
in her cupboard" "No, sir; it is only
to try her dresses ON it." was the
charitable rejoinder.
In New Orleans the fashionable foot
covering Tor ladies il the sandal. It il q
real sandal, for it il described - . " shoe
with q set of lattice bars across it." OF
course it Is ridiculed and objected to.
They say that with it "The most i'm
maculate stocking. after q ten minutes
walk, il bound to look questionable"
and that its effect is to cripple the pretty
wearer. They have given name TO the
stylish walk induced by the sandal, and
call it the "Chinese hobble."
The Saratoga wave, the most guileless
combination Of invisible net and shining
waves of hair that it has entered into
the heart of man to construct, has
completely won the female fancy. The
hair il woven upon an invisible net,
and costs one dollar the running inch,
measured upon the net. Ladies' like
particularly to have their c0mbings
made up into these waves, &C that they
can declare without imperiliug their
conscience that it is their own hair
Neso York Mail.
A FRIEND of mine has Just been shown
ID piece Of trimming destined to adorn
one of the stage dresses of Mile. Sarah
Bernhardt. 1t is half q yard in depth
and Is a sort of lace, OF rather . fine
passementerie, composed entirely of
small imitation pearls. This rich and
elaborate trimming was made to order
from . design by the artist-actress her
self, and its cost Is $50 per yard. Anar-
row passementerie to match has been
made for the waist of the dress; this ia
comparatively reasonable, its price being
only 80 . yard.-Paris Letter.
The Princess Pillar.
The poor Queen of Spain is said to be
utterly heart-broken over the death Of
<hn priuce@ Pillar. TT remAmheP RIGHTLY