, 1879-02-09

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SOCIETY TOPICS.
"Handsome rs a Caucasian girl,n is til
highest tribute which Turk Gun pay to femat
> lovelincss. -:
White cashmere, of the exquisite cream shade
| combined with fa!lc, IS much used IN eyenin
dresses for young ladies'.
4 stylish couple East had 80 many friend
that they could not make their wedding -cals
20 round, so they had 1t photographed AMI
sent pictures OF it to a1l their friends; whic]
was considered anything but tasty.
Ladies dcsirous OF purchasing q first-class M
right piano should call at the manufactory o
Mr.. Gcrold, Wabash avenue. His instruments
are highly recommended by such artists a.
Mime. Gerster, Minnie Hauk, aud Arliti, Of He,
Afajesty's opera troupe: also by many first
class musicians OF this city, who have purchased
these int.u,nents.
Napoleoa's china, plate, and table-Iiuen
bearing the initials :. n E.,'' are to be sold al
auction in Paris. The possessions OF Plus TX
| are being disposed OF Ia three chambers at The
Vatican, under the direction of Mgr. Pcricol.
Nearly all tile purchasers are women, most ol
them Foreigners, aud large proportion Of them
are heretics.
Many ladies have, iu the past two weeks, pur.
chased from the accumulation Of fine custom.
made shoes, at low prices, at P. Keiler's, Mon
roc street, opposite Palmer House. 4 small
supply OF those excellent shoes still remain.
4 good point is very terscly nut in magazine
article where it is said that "TAe American is
not so solicitous to i've within his INCOME rs he
is to raise his income to the level Of his extraya-
| gunces."
| For once rumor is true. The Chicago CARPET
| Company, nov at 233 State street, will remove,
I nh 1 f,t tVnho
then, slaughter prices Ia carpets, furniture, and
] wallpaper, to save moyi.g them.
| Friends are discovered rather than made: they
| are people who are in their own nature friends
only they don't know each other; bat certain
things like poetry, music, and paintings arc like
| tie Freelnason's sgn-they reveal the Initiated
| to each other.
| A beautiful display Of tasteful and elegant
| valentines is made By c. r, Blacka|l, No. Il
! Randolph street. It will pay to examine his as
| sortment.
"Vinaigrettes are, though not new fancy,
present form. They are tiuy TASKS. an Inch or
! two inches long, with glass within and gold
! without. The exterior is incrusteu With small
stones or perfectly plain gold With q crest
! only.
| cart receptions" displaying all new spring
| patterns IN art, papcr-haugings and house-dec-
| oratioLs, held daily from i. m. to r. m., at
| Hiiger's, No. 20f Wabash avenue.
A Boston man, who has tried it, says: 1.-THE
mtnuct, as it is presented at Afusc-Hall. isn,tso
very hard. Any awfully lazy person, who knows
the figures Of the Lancers, can do it.''
Talk Of hard times-F. B. Salmon. 70 State
street, sold on Saturday 104 dozen bananas at
81 per duzen. and forGy-s.yc dozen Indian
River oranges at same price. Good goods will
tell.
The Marquis Of Lorne shakes hands heartily
and makes himself extremely agreeable to his
yvi=ifnrs JT,a hon 11it, I'm
own shopping, and, it is said, dresses SO plainly
that she has met with some impertiuencc from
the. trudespeople who did not recognize Royalty
III that simple guisc
Art-lovers are delighted with the popular
he'io;ype engravings shown by Mr.. Robins, now
located at Cobb's Library, lib Wabash avenue
The man who farms his brains to their full
extent year after year, and does not believe in
occasional fallowings, will dndatlast that brains,
like land, will run out.
No man who loves his wife will neglect invit-
ing her to visit the Wakefield Rattan Co. S store,
231 State street. It costs nothing to look. -.
Miss Harriet Hosmer Is comDlimentcd by the
rorfd Of London Us the greatest Of the few fe-
male scu1pLors the world has ever seen. aud one
OF the very few among these who have produced
strong WORK and not mere prettinesses.
We assure our readers that the great sale OF
mirrors, engravings, oil and watcr.:olor paint
ings. spoken Of elsewhere, is q bona ide affair.
ANevada woman scolded her Chinese servant
for not properly cleaning fish. and, going into
the kitchen soon after, found him encrgeticallY
washing it with brown soap.
Il No place like home u when you have one of |
Akam's SIS billiard tables. % East Adams.
Silence, and q szitf, unbeuding reserve, are
essentially selfish and vulgar. The generous |
aud polite man has pleasant RECOGNITION and !
cheerful words for all he meets" He scatters |
sunncams wherever be goes.
Hair-dressing in most artistic styles at HRS. |
Alling's. 125 State street, Room s.;
The Ouch locket,' new caprice of fashion, |
have been lost. The word couch" signifies, in |
art parlance, that socket or ''colletn in which
the ornamental stone Is set.
The choicest, most elegant, and largest as
sortment Of valentines, ranging in price from |
five cents to $40, at stott's, 15S State.
The butterfly dress, which came out last
spring, and was effectively appropriated in ssthc
butterfly dancen OF the Chilcren's Carnival, is
among the pets in fancy costumes OF this season
Eor little girls.
We told Brink fifteen years ago that cheap
Ind prompt expressing would win.
Mrs. Hayes is said to take an unfailtne inter-
.st in brides. 'WhY," she is quoted as exclaim-
ny, II never in all my life put together so many
'r1des as have during my short occupancy Of
he White House, and each new one is lust as |
,reat an object OF tender interest as the last
me-"
Mr. Ezkiei, the Hebrew sculptor, has made a
'ust Of Christ which is said to be beautiful and
impressive. The face is strictly Jewish in type
nd full Of spiritual expression.
Exquisite new styles in framing at Loveioy's.
Celebrities and views. SIS State street.
Bayard Taylor's letters from distinguished
nen fill fifteen packing boxes, and are stored |
way at Cedarcroft, his country place.
The Alsatian women always wear narrow |
and OF gold in the centre Of the large bows that
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