Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-05
CONCERNING WOMEN.

memoirs" that she told lies sometimes.
Wit from the West: Folks are naming
babies after Edison, they are such light
little things"
The Paris police made descent upon
brewery on the 10Th of February, and ar
rested dozen women who were gambling
with cards.
A Canadian woman asks: "Oh, why
will not woman be wise and keep out of
second marriages? She has examples and
warnings enough.
Protais' portrait of young Louis Napoleon
in the field in Zululand now hangs in the
bedroom which Eugene got ready against
the lads return to Chiselhurst.
A western news paragraph "The mat
rimonial boom is immense in the suburbs
day for the past two weeks, in each in
stance to a newly married couple from the
country.
Sarah Bernhardt gave small fancy
dress ball few days ago at her hotel in
the Avenue de Villiers, Paris. The invi-
tations were from the pencil of Georges
Clairin, and are said to be souvenirs
worth keeping.
"Monica of Manistee. Michigan, as
serts that "orange buds are intended for
the young bride, but for one of mature
age full blown flowers are better fitted"
She suggests "pansies and the more ma
tured flowers or leaves.
Madame Bazaine, the ex-Marshaps wife,
lives with her husband in modest house
in the old part of Madrid. She dresses
always in black, which is relieved, says
French reporter, by "the light Of her
beauty and goodness. "
A theatrical criticism in the London
Times contains this interesting piece OF
grammatical construction :" Her success
would, in his opinion, cast stain upon
the good name of the girl whom he desires
to make his wife that could never be
wiped out"
An appeal is making to English church
men for money to build a cathedral at La
hore, India. At present the services of
the Church of England are performed in
Mohammedan shrine dedicated to a MUIR
dered slave girl The Maharajah of Cash
mere has offered to furnish the timber.
A housemaid wrote to her English mis-
tress the following letter: Miss - Ex-
CuSe ME ior taxing tHe LiueItJ vi dShiuS
you Which | thought wood Be no Harm |
thought would ask you Miss if you where
going to wear the Black Dress that Ley on
The Chair in your Room if not Would you
mind Selling it two me Should Be very
Glad of it as know it fits me.
Victor Hugo's wife and two little chill
dren, Georges and Jeanne, were recently
in box of theater in Paris when his
play "Hernani was reproduced on the
anniversary of his birthday. The master
himself was too modest to be present In
the last act, at the moment of the death of
Hermann, the emotion of the children be-
came uncomfortable. Little Jeanne Sob
bed, and was SO disturbed, SO pale, so
trembling, that her mother thought it pru-
dent to draw her to a retired corner of
the box.
The plot of recent novel, " Little Miss
Primrose, is as follows: "a clergyman's
daughter loves and is loved by young
gentleman who has come back from New
Zealand, and obtained good position as
land a3ent. a designing young woman
comes between them, and palms off on the
lady lying tale of how her lover has been
long engaged to be married. Miss Prim-
rose finally intervenes as Providence the
deserving people are married happily, and
the intrieuer is left in the possession of
doubtful blessing, in the foolish and ex-
travagant baronet whom she entraps into
marriage"
A woman Of Wheeling, Va, who signs
herself Peggotty," communicates this in
telligence to western newspaper: A
worldly cynical man, who laughs and SCOTS
at love, grows pale as tiny faded flower
falls from the leaves of the dusty book
The strong hand trembles as he picks it
up, faded blue forgetme-not Half in
dream he feels the breath of the far off
summer day. A face so very fair, a
dreamy look in the tender eyes, bunch of
blue forget-me nots, hasty word, a broken
vow, and two lives were separated-never
to know or feel the truth. The world
shall not know that the strong man who
SCOTS at women and love, kisses the faded
flower and drops tear from the eye that
gives nothing but stern looks to the world. "
"The finest figure that I saw at Presi-
dent Grevy's recent ball in the Elysee
Palace, Paris" says MIR. Labouchere,
twas dressed IN cream-colored faille and
satin. 1t was robust in chest and should
ers, delicate in the neck, fexile at the
waist, finely rounded at the hips, some
what above the middle height, and neatly
finished at the hands and arms. A load of
Jet black, lustrous hair was fastened up
with a tortoise shell comb on the top of
the head. In loosely held braids, crimson
and purple flowers were stuck carelessly.
When the wearer Of this matchless toilet
burst upon my vision, was sitting with a
groun of generals and generates. The war
riors were at once on the alert. Their
wives were all curiosity to see the face of
the beautifully formed creature. She
turned it round. Astonishment at it
chased politeness. There was movement
of CONSERVATION. We had expected to see
the head of Caucasian Venus. We dis
covered "a feminine gorilla, with a sickly
yellow complexion. The mouth and chin
formed muzzle, the lips thick and lus-
cious stretched from ear to ear the nose
was merely nostri!s the eyes were close
together and restless in their orbits, and
the line of the forehead sloped rapidly
back to the crown of the head A diamond
locket, brooch and bracelets of extraordi.
nary fire and brilliancy, told of wealth.
This lady seemed a stranger, and aware of
the peculiar outline of her profile. She
often hid her face behind fan, on which
there was portrait of man set in dia-
monds. An officer in General Pittie's
staff had heard she was Russian. |
should have thought she was Brazilian
or a Portuguese She kept aloof from the
ballroom, and, without any one to speak
to her, haunted the quiet boudoirs up
stairs, as if watching for somebody who
did not come AT bal n.asqae she would
have commanded admiration. never saw
more perfectly lovely figure and incom-
parable head of hair, with more thor
oughly unlovely face"
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry has
made the discovery that " the network of