Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-24
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so.''-Punch.
IT is said that short bridal dresses
with court trains are to be the style THU
winter.
STRYCHNINE, taken as q remedy for
obesity, killed young woman 81 Rapids
Bridge, N. Y. ..-.-
A FASHION authority announces that
small quilted mantles are to supercede
long coats and large wraps.
A HEALTHY and well-informed woman
has lived at Laconia, N. H., AZ years
without going mile from her home.
A SMALL gold lamp, which will burn
20 minutes, is the latest charm for q
lady's or gentleman's watch chain.
A PRESCOTT, Ark, girl recently COW
hided her lovers father for saying she
had been too intimate with his son.
LADIES mdustriously inclined are
making g rick-rack" and "feather edge''
braid, which is the proper trimming for
skirts.
The editor of the London World finds
that sleeplessness is q malady to which
women are peculiarly subject, and that
tobacco in moderation acts as soother
in irritable nerves. ........
A COMING novelty is the rose-petal
underskirts. It is composed of over
tapping scallops Of pink foulard or pink
flannel bound with silk. These scallops
are Dged in rows from the lower edge
to the waist.
AN authority on matters in the
fashionable world says: "Sealskin will
be made into dolmans this year. The
garments will be bordered with silver
otter and lined with scarlet Or old gold.
The felt and silk beaver bonnets and
hats receive the first attention for early
autumn wear, and there is a new ad-
dition in the felts in the brim, called
'brush brim." The nap of the felt is
simply turned the wrong way.
GRACE GREENWOOD says that,
"among its other admirable manufac-
turers, New England produces the best
educated girls, the truest wives the
noblest mothers and the most glorious
old maids in the world"
The new colors are dull red-brown
or brown-red, known as Zulu, but which
also called mahogany; bright, rich red
called geranium, and with these the
shades of old gold, or gendarme and
sapphire are the most popular colors of
the season.
a NEW YORK woman tried to snug
gle seal skin sack and muff from Mon
treal by using the former under her
dress as skirt and the latter as muf,
but the lynx-eyed officers confscated
the goods at st. Adams. The woman said
she g always wore fur skirts
The Methodist Church at CentreviIle,
Nd, was lighted and decorated for the
wedding of Mrs. Taylor and Mr.. Mer-
chant; the minister was ready and an
expectant throng filled the edifce, when
the information came that the couple had
decided not to get married. No expla-
nation was given.
AS an incident Of ocean travel, it is
stated that fashionable New York lady,
who cannot drink tea out Of any but
her own china, has brought suit against
one Of the steamship companies for
breakage. It appears that she had her
own Dresden cups and saucers in the
stewards pantry, and that during a
heavy blow one night all were broken.
MINNIE LEWIS beauty was unrivaled
in the neighborhood of Hot Springs,
Ark, and Harry Farley is said to have
married her for the express purpose of
putting her on the stage. He believed
that she would be attractive enough as
an actress to bring him wealth; but she
failed when he took her on theatrical
tour, and he soon left her. Then she
committed suicide.
AN Alabama woman has originated a
novel industry which may prove to be
an important and useful one. She strips
the down Of the feathers of turkeys and
other fowls from their quilts and weaves
it into a thick, soft cloth, which can be
dyed any desired color, and out of which
most beautiful and comfortable cloaks,
sacques, ETC., can be made. Her inabil-
ity to buy her seal-skin sacque led her
to make the experiment.
WIDE bonnet 1trings are to be the
style next winter. Horper's Bazar says
when made of ribbon, they are from
three to five inches wide, and when
made of the new shot silk they are six
inches broad after the silk is doubled.
These strings cross the top of the bonnet,
and are tackled fast on the sides, and
thus form a greater part of the trim
ming. The new fancy is to make them
Of shot silk, sewed double, and trimmed
down the middle with gay figured CASH
mere ribbon three inches wide, or else
this ribbon forms border across the
ends, which are now finished with two
pleated frills of the new white point
d'esprit lace.
Eighty-one Miles an Hour.