, 1880-11-20

Much patent leather Is Employed thi'
Fall for ladies' shoes
The washerwoman's overskirt" ID worn
with very showy dressea
Stripes have by no means disappeared
from childrens' costumea
There is tendency to increase length
in trains accompanying evening dresses.
you cen deceive your guileless little
vie. vos,,g MAN, hut her fathers wife
never
Bel. brown and genisrne-blue sstiu
Pctticnats have appeared for Fau md
Winter vesring.
Bead trimming appears in al softs ol
places. We shall not be surprised il it bc
seen shortly on table napkins
Stockings are now of grsaser conss-
quence, perhaps, in lady's toilette than
they have been since they were invented
/. The fancy Of red is displayed this sss.
.oa in cloaks made Of fine scSrlet cloth
and trimmed with new braid called YER
micelli.
Street costumes are now generally made
up with warm Innings, 50 thst supple
mentry wrap may be dispensed with -
long Is possible.
. A present whim is placing agenuinespm
ming wheel or the smaller model Of one
in the craving room among other objects
pertaining to . picturesque past.
Stripes that run round stockings make
feet and ankles appear thick and stumpy,
while the longitudinal stripe, or Kibosd
stocking, gives slender appearance 10
both instep and foot.
Strong minded women will take nohse
that at the recent meeting of the Amer.
can Association for the Advancement OF
Science it was denied that fish is richer
in phosphorus than other meats.
Answering double purpose, like the
piece Of furniture described by Goldsmith
"a bed by night, a chest of draws by day
is a new cloak pattern with a cape which
can be bur."ned up so rs to form hood.
The charming fashion of the breakfast
cap is one that young matrons may vol
adhere to, on the principle that the fresh
ness OF youth is never more apparent than
when it masquerales in the garb Of age.
Many ladies' have taken a fancy for
knitting silk stockings IN artistic de-
signs as christmas and birthday gifts for
gentlemen, the material alone costing
more than the stocking as sold IN the
shops.
A fashion paper tells us that silken hosi-
CIV is now all the rage in Paris, with IN
sertions of portraits and medslions of
point lace" Fancy glancing at your lady
loves stocking and finding their the p"r-
trait of-some other fellow.
There was young maiden named Matte,
Whom naughty boys called Little Fattio.
She took anti-fst,
And the trouble was that
Il it made clothes pin of our Ms'tle.
Women, bless EN-. They haven't got
any torchlight PROFESSIONS to arrange or
any campaigns 10 take care Of or anybody
to elect; hut then they have to work two
hours each day TO get on q skin-tight
Jersey" in order to appear stylish on the
street. \
Ordinary petsiooats for walking are
made little more ample, and arestrA'Sht
behind below the belt, little fullness BE-
ing supplied jast above the hem Gored
sides and fronts remain in use, and the
width of tho skirt ut the hem n from twe-
and half to three yards
An Ohio widow owed her hired man
4329. She married him to square the ac.
count and for go procured q divorce asd
turned him out Yet some people say
that women have no head for business.
But then, she was an Ohio widow, and
that makes great difference.
Oh, the perversity of women: Here u
one Of the sex at Eureka Springs, Ala,
who elopes, but is detected by her hus-
baud. Now what followsl Why, in the
Kindness of his heart, he offers to pay the
expenses of her intended journey. And
shel She won't 60 As We said IN the
beginning. Oh the pervsrsity of women