Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-05-26
CHIT-CHAT,


MADAME, L cannot risk my reputation
on you"
WOMAN is called MANS better half: but
she is not half at ALL. When she holds
q domestic convention. she enforces the
two-thirds rule.
SOCIETY is just now bus5ty contriving
new styles of dancing; but what the
Ladies of this country really need is a
recipe for a graceful swoon.
AT the close of Rubensteiu's last con-
cert in Moscow, the patrician beauties
of the city crowded upon the stage to
kiss the hand of the great musician. to
his no little embarrassment.
GA FINE lady," announces the editor of
the London NeaOs, Sand her d&ughter or
her nieces lead life that is at once
artificial, extravaganza and ridiculous.
They would rise into quite higher
order of creation if they would hence
forth learn to become useful"
SOME of the striped stockings this
spring are made with one continuous
spiral stripe, 80 that when the wearer
stalks across muddy street the spec
tacle creates, in the minds Of the spec
tators, the impression of pair of twin
augers, mortising the crosswalk
They got from st. Louis bald-headed
old belle, who sported a wall eye and O.
game leg, to 60 to Deadwood and see If
she couldn't run school two weeks be-
fore one wanted to marry her. But the
third day a tramp from Yankton came
along and broke 'em up on it.
The lady who remarked that she could
not stay, corset give her pain to witness
such a scene, on a similar occasion,
should brace up and suspender sympa-
thetic feelings.-A5bany Argus. Yes,
she garter do it or no one will be biased
in her favor. Penn Yam Dem.
A PHILADELPHIA man just married
says he was first induced to seek the So
ciety of his wife by the beauty of her
arm. He adds that she presented a
three-quarters view at the moment when
the fascination seized him. She was
washing the front windows. -AmdTeaUs
Bazaar.
A BROOKLYN belle, tired of living an
aimless, plaque-painting life, has actu-
ally taken to cooking. She dumped the
pan of dough instead of saleraGus, to be
sure, but the beautiful rose tint that it
impaired to the bread after it was baked
amply atoned for the error.
The young ladies' "evening ROOM"
a room in which young ladies can receive
gentlemen without interruption or
restraint on the part of the elders of the
family, is an American institution that
is receiving great deal of sharp and not
unmerited criticism in many high quar-
tiers just now. The presence of father
and mother in room is often considered
disagreeable and unduly repressive by
young people, but if so, the fault lies
partly at the parents door.
How ladies of the eastern shore talk is
thus described by the Wilmington DEL
NeaUs:: "The speech of refined, we'll
educated eastern shore woman, especial
ly of the lower counties, is a deligh. to
the ear. It is hard to say what are the
peculiarities of this speech. One is
singular clearness of tone, with DELHI
Grafton born of leisure; the speaker
clearly enunciates one word and let's it
drop from the lips before attempting to
utter second. The result is peculi-
arly soft, sweet, and distinct speech, in
which every word that falls upon the ear
asserts it's own Individuality
THIS little story reveals some of the
advantages of belonging to an archery
club: "Oh, can't shoot, can't I 2" he
said when twitted about his archery.
"Give me that bow he added, snatch
ing it out of Julia's hand. CHOW" he
said, striking an attitude, "show me
something you want popped; what is
it ?" eyes, said Julia's friend, that's
the question" "You hateful thing"
said Julia, with an italian sunset face.
ssit amt neither. I'll never speak to
you again. But doubtless the inno-
cent blunder of Julia's friend will have
It's effect.
Mr.. EDDY gave Miss Hintzleman fine
set of jewelry, at Newbern, N. c., and
she wore it for several weeks. Then he
brought a suit to recover it, on the
ground that he had simply lent it to her.
She testified that, by the terms of a mu-
tual agreement, she was to pay for the
jewelry by kissing Mr. Eddy every morn
ing for Il hundred days. He called and
got his kiss, on his way to work, every
day for about a month. Then he grew
bold, and wanted to take a hug as well
as a kiss. There was no provision In
the bargain for hugging, and she re-
pulsed him, even restricting his kisses
to mere touch of his lips to her cheek.
He thought he was being cheated, and
hence his effort to recover.
The ladies who order gorgeous cos
TUNES from the great Paris establish
ments don't always pay for the same, and
scandalous developments are likely to
happen at any time. Worth, for instance,
has refused to make another article for a
certain noble English lady, whose hus-
band is one of the wealthiest men in
England, because he cannot collect the
amount owing to him, now over 800, 900.
One fair luminary of the second empire
died owing Worth some $50,000i One
day there came to the Compagnie des
Indies (the great lace and India shawl
warehouse of the Rue Richelieul GER
tain noble duchess. with set of point
lace founces that she wished to have al
tered. The courteous salesman took her
directions very quietly, but when they
were ended he remarked: ttBefore we