The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-08-13

slinpie sVlieIs are chosen for travel
ing.
Stuffed birds win ornamentfalland
winter bonnets.
There is a most decided titrsar for
white dresses this season.
Large clusters Of Marguetrites are
worn for the waist bouquet.
The latest fancy is for stockingsFof
gold and bright gold colors.
All sorts ofshade hats are worm
The brim is bent indescribably.
coyera Japanese fan with a bit Of
pretty silk, and it is quite "chic."
Dresses buttoned behind are not
nearly as fashionable as they have
been, not even for girls.
Young ladies in England have Ia
ken to canoes for amusement, and
the sport is very popular.
The corsage en- ceur, in the v
shape, is taking precedence of the
of the square or Pompadour corsage.
Sprigged linen lawn breakfast
wrappers have been reduced in our
furnishing houses from SIS to s275. !.
Dresses Of gauze and grenadine are
l
trimmed with bands Of embroidered
gauzc in mild feur colors.
There is great deal ofshirring on
white satin, as no other fabric looks
SO pretty when massed on drawing
strings.
French ingenuity has made a birds
nest with a humming bird or wren
nestled within as an ornament for a
shade hat.
Sarah Bernhard has decreed that
the tiny bouquet de corsage must be
worn on the left side of the neck Of
the dress.
The new Patterns in Honiton lace
braid are wider, and give the effects
formerly obtained by sewing two OF
three braids together
japanese fans will be decorated
this year with highly improbable
focks Of hens refusing to be "shooed'
by a ridiculous blue woman.
The thinnest veil or silk handker.
chief thrown over the face while rid
ing or walking against cold wind is
remarkably comfortable protection.
Petticoats of white and of tinted
foulard silk are the demand of the
moment in dainty wardrobes. They
are trimmed with lace-edged plat.
ing.
A pretty shade hat has the scoop
covered with dotted muslin on the
front, and trimming of two loops Of
muslin on the crown, divided by a
cluster Of convolvuli.
Flowers are not so lavishly used in
the decoration of wedding dresses as
formerly. Small bouquets are set at
Intervals down the front, or clusters
are fastened III the panlers.
Many of the ladies have never left
! off wearing a small crinoline tourn,
ure, even during the reign of Prin.
cesse dresses, and it is this hustle
that is now generally adopted 70,
short dresses.
We werein DR.. Cars Dental office,
a few days ago, to see his apparatus
for generating nitrous oxide gas, com,
monty known as 'laughing gas
The Doctor says it is called laughing
gas because those that take it always
laugh to think how easy they had
their teeth extracted. We will not
undertake to describe the machine,
but let those who want teeth extract.
ed go and try it, There isno use Of
any one going further than this place,
as our town possesses medical talent
and skill equal to any of the cities.
From those who have recently Wis
tied the Poor Farm of this county,
we learn that the premises are in a
condition which certainly reflects
great credit upon the superintend-
ent. The house and grounds have
the appearance Of d finely conducted
farm, and is as well tended as flown.
ed by a private individual. The
house is tidy and clean, and the in
mates are comfortably and clearly
clad. The Board of Overseers of the
Poor can point with pride to the con-
duct Of our Poor House for the past
year.
An exchange very sensibly saws