Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-07
Fenlinities.
Virtue never grows old.

Virtue never grows old.
Now is the time to muzzle the dogs and
muslin the girls.
A Worth court dress costs at least $500,
exclusive of lace.
In the midst of life we may be called
upon by female book-agent.
Why is it that man never gets tired
doing for some one else's sister,
| If you wish to make friend of her for
life, pretend to mistake her for her
daughter.
Queen Victoria has relgned for t e last
forty-two years, and shows no sign OF
clearing off.
Hanging is capital punishment--esp
| tally when you are hanging on some
good-looking girls arm.
1t is better to dwell upon housetop
than in tent with woman who wants
| a new bonnet.
1t was of dear girl who dotted on onion
| salad that it was written, "She carried his
ruling passion strong IN breath" ~ Puck
"Give me your hand" said the school
master sternly. "And my heart, too" she
replied meekly. Being pretty her soft
answer turned away his wrath.
The dear girl read thrilling es-
say, "Ho~ to Get Along in Life" when
she graduated last summer, is getting
along no5ly. She is now the mother of
triplets.
"Well, you'll own she's got pretty
foot, won't you2" Eyes, I'll grant you
that, but then it never made half as much
of an impression on me as the old mans. "
Oliver Wendell Holmes writes of a
kiss as a "lisping consonant." We were
under the impression, when we were in
the business, that kissing was more of a
lisping vow well.
Whenever woman does wicked or a
foolish thing the newspapers designate
her as beautiful and accomplished. Per-
haps that is the reason why some good,
homely women become bad.
A June bug invaded Mrs. De Jones'
pew, W ereupon Mrs. DE said to the
usher: "Ushaw, be good enough to We
move this cweatuah, at once, and on no
ccount again show him in heah."
"Well, my dear, are you coming on
| nicely with your music?' "Oh, yes,
mamma; last month, w en- i played four
handed peices with my music teacher, l
was always couple of bars behind. Now
I'm always at least three ahead"
A circular advocating a summer resort
lie ffNG 70 in
forked trees and elsewhere-some of them
just large enough for two persCns.' We
defy the production of an attraction that
Can 90 ahead of that. We shall pass the
major part of the summer there.
According to the London World, two
American ladies in Rome were looking
at Titan picture of''Sacred and Profane
the worldly or which the sacred figure.
Finally one of them said: II guess the
naked one is the sacred love; surely they
amt millinered IN heaven"
Point Raguse lace is used on bonnets
as we'll as dresses; this has the fine IRE
gular meshes of thread lace, with the pat
tern applied and held by button-hole
stitching; the designs are like those of
point applique lace. This lace and Bre-
ton are preferred for trimming very nice
| dresses of white muslin or of the white
gauze bunting.
Jardiniere dresses and suits are the
rage at present in Paris. T ey are worn
at all the indoor daytime receptions as
well as at,outdoor fet~s chdmpet, es. These
are in the Vatican style, and are made
| up In all the pretty materials which have
come in with paniers. Bonnets to be
worn with them are of null or crepe
lisse, trimmed with crepe leaves and fine
flowers. Sometimes the bOnnets are
made entirely of flowers.
A lady just returned from protracted
stay in Paris says; was thoroughly as
tonished, in visiting Worth's to find all
the ne est costumes made short. In fact
no fabric was too costly to cut up into
dresses of walking length. Only dinner
costumes and ball dresses were made long
house dresses, carriage dresses, promen-
ade dresses are all made of one length
A Partisan lady does not pretend to be
seen on the streets holding up her skirts
| Ao sat upOA Ou
evening he claimed e right to kiss
for every shooting star. She at first de-
INJURED as became modest maiden, but
finally yielded. She was even so accOmo
dating as to call his attention to the fly-
ing meteors that were about to escape his
observation, and then got to ealing
him on lightning bugs, and at last got
him down to steady work on the light OF
a lantern that man was swinging about
a depot in the distance where trans were
switching.
A Partisan dressmaker has Just finished
pink and blue costume Tor French belle
who might pretend to have inherited il
from grandmother behcaded in the
reign of terror if she liked, ithout any
fear that the dress would be found to be
long to another period of history. The
short skirt of this costume was of pink
and blue foulard, finished 10y narrow
| gathered founce headed by fold of blue
T pslonaise was of blue foulard printed
with small bouquets, and its lower edge
was bordered with narrow crosswise
rutfle of the striped material, headed blue
ruching. The vest was striped, and the
hat had blue lining and feathers, and
was trimmed with pink roses.