Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-11
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About Women.

cuItne gender Is banished. They
are called "dove dinners"
We Io longer question the pro.
priety OF considering vessels In the
female gender. They run each
other down almost every day in the
English Channel.
"And they were talking so un-
kindly of you, dearest Louisa, and
=" "And what were they saying?"
"Saying that you painted your
face; and told them that 1t was
untrue, and that your color was
only erysipelas."
IT young ladies attending church
would give more attention to the
number Of the hymn the pastor
gives out. and not go much atten-
ton to the number of hims that are
In church, they would not be so apt
to sing one hymn while the con-
gregation are singing another.
A new word OF French extraction
has been added TO the great family
of the English Vice
reine. The London Graphic has
published the portraits of the Mar
QuIs of Lorne and Princess Louise
as those of "the Viceroy and Vice.
refine of Canada" 1t has been cor
daily accepted.
In the ,Sphinr Sarah Bernhardt
wears q ball dress of pale yellow
satin, with an apron to match; the
basque terminates with q fringe of
lime blossoms, and the train is
looped up with guelder-roses and
bronze chenille leaves; the sleeves
are mere strips of lime blossoms.
A young couple in Hardin
county recently el0ped and were
married. The father of the girl fol-
lowed to interpose, but a device,
artfully planned, led him astray,
and he caught clOsely-veiled wO-
man, who proved to be his daugh-
ter's friend, but not his daughter.
Meanwhile the runaways had
found Justice.
A woman lecturer advertises
herself in Providence as "child of
p0ture, wearing the unmistaka-
Die crown of genius, and doing her
share in the ever-appOinted work
of genius-the work of making the
whole world KIM She brings
with her the electricity of the
North-the brilliancy of the auro-
ra borealis-and all who meet her
are magnetIzed."
Very frequently the "iIeas" of
new and popular fashions in
wOmen's attire emanate from the
brain of some celebrated actress,
and 1t Is well-known fact that a
great many are suggested by the
dresses worn on the stage. The
panier has its rise In the dresses
worn in the play of "Joseph
Balsamo," and which were further
illustrated in the opera of "La Petit
Duc," whereas the old fashioned
dress of the Directoire is much due
sE.ne l'Archiduc.
A well-dressed, middle-aged
woman occupied rooms several
days in the Brunswick Hotel, Bos-
ton, paid her bills in full, and was
liberal with gifts to the employees.
On her departure she ordered an
elaborate supper for five hundred
persons to be sent 10 her suburban
home, accompanied by cooks and
walters. The stuff was taken at
the appointed time to the place in
dicated, but the woman had no
home there. She was lunatic,
and had escaped from an asylum.
A woman starts to cross the
street, and when she gets one.
third or half way over she sees u
team approaching; the driver, in
nearly every instance, watches her
movements and seeks TO drive In
behind her. If she keeps on her
way, all is we'll. If she stands
still, she is perfectly safe. But
here comes in the strange and fatal
idiosyncrasy of her sex. just as
the driver thinks he can safely
drive behind her she stops, starts
back o few steps, and, unless the
driver is prompt, and draws his
horse back on its haunches, the
woman is under its feet, or knock
ed down.
Five French provincial journals
were tried by the Paris Correc.
tional Police for libel on Madame
Paul de Cassagnac, consisting in q
false representation that she had
Instituted suit for separation
from her husband, accompanied by
remarks of defamatory character.
The responsible editors were all
sentenced to fifteen days imprison-
ment, one thousand francs fine,
and the costs of inserting the judg-
ment in six journals. NJ. Paul de
Cassagnac says, in the Pays, this is
the first time in his life that he has
appealed to court of law for a
libel.
The Spanish beauty's figure is
rounded and graceful-s he has, un-
fortunately, a tendency in after
gears to grow stout-apd her bear.
ing such that no other race of
women we know of can pretend to. |
The little arched foot treads tue |
ground lightly but proudly, and her
step and carriage are the very poet
ry of motion. The robe, which has
generally sweeping train, is worn
somewhat clingingly, showing the
contour of the form, but not i'm
peding free action in every move.
ment. A gauzy mantilla, falling
artistically from the admirably ar.
ranged luxuriant tresses, is the
simple head.dress, with perhaps
the addition of O rose or camelia,
planted just'where one would have
it. And she carries dangerous,
and often killing weapon, which in
other hands but hers loses Its
power-the fan. How it opens
and shuts with n dexterous, vet
careless turn of the ivory wrist;
how 1t taps the pink tips of the
dimpled fingers, to give emphasis