Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-07-08
Feminine FancieS,

tardy guest.
Queen Marghurita, of Italy, recently
assembled Vesuyius.
Upon leaving a room. one bow should
include all.
Mauve and red are fashionable COM
bination
Handkerchief costumes will be worn
in the country.
Real flowers are a fashionable dress
ornament in London.
Regrets in reply to invitations should
contain reason therefor.
White is more popular than ever for
little people.
\ novel combination is of wall flower
yellow, brown, and flame color.
Twenty-four to thirty is now the fash
ionable age in London.
One strap over the instep ON slippers
Is more fashionable than two or more
At the table you are not required to
thank the one who waits on you.
Betrothalball toilets take precedence
of all others in Paris at the moment.
A terrific torrent of new fashions
threatens to Overwhelm taste and tact in
dress.
You should exchange calls to indi-
vlduals before inviting them to your
house.
The custom of leaving blank mar
gin on the left hand side of each page
of n letter is obsolete.
DreSsy parasols are most deliberately
adorned with beads, lace embroidery
and artificial flowers.
Archery and angling are the fashion
able outdoor amusements for ladies
this summer.
The pretty women of New Zealand
are described as great takers, and as
rubbing noses instead Of kissing
To return personal call with cards
enclosed in an envelope signifies that
visiting between the persons is ended.
Unless there is a great difference in
age, :. lady visiting should not rise, eth
er on arrival or departure of other la
dies
White underskirts are made very
short, gored, and trimmed round the
with embroidery or lace.
A folding cooking stove Of Russian
sheet-irOn has been invented, by which
a dinner for fifteen can be cooked over
a small CRATE fire of wood, coke, coal, or
charcoal, while no odor from the pro-
cess is thrown into the room.
A Women at Troy, New York, Mrs.
Elvira Crabb, has taught little private
school for fifty years. Though now
keeps up her school. She has taught
four generations of one family.
II didn't at all expect company to-
day" said lady to her visitors, with a
nOt-very-pleasant look, "but hope you
will make yourselves at home" Eyes,
indeed" replied one of them," start
ing off, II will make myself at home as
soon as possible
The ladies of the court of st. James,
for the late Empress of Russia, were
ordered to wear for several days black
dresses, white gloves, black or white
shoes, feathers and fans, pearls dia-
monds, or plain gold or silver orna-
ments, and afterward black dresses,
with colored ribbons, flowers, feathers
and ornaments, or gray or white dress
es, with black ribbons, flowers, feathers
and ornaments.
France has agricultural schools for
girls. One of the chief is near Rouen
which is said to have been begun with q
capital of one franc by a Sister of
Charity and two little discharged pris-
oner girls, and to be now worth 500,
600. This establishment has 800 girls
from to IS. This farm, entirely cul-
tivated by them. is over 400 acres in
extent The staff of teachers consists of
twenty-five sisters More than one
medal of the French Agricultural So
ciety has been awarded to this establish
ment at Darnetel, and the pupils are
in great demand all over Normandy on
Occount of their skill. They go out as
stewards, gardeners, farm managers,
dairy women and laundresses. Each
girl has, on leaving, an outfit and a
small sum of money. earned in spare
hours. If they want a home they can
always return to Characterization
Rural Home.
Some Wiseacre proposes to read WOm-
ans character by her mouth. Here
are the rules to be observed: If her
mouth is very small there is not much
mind, but overmuch shallow sentiment.
If she has very large mouth she will
possess a good brain, but the trouble is
in kissing it. Large mouths put a man
to an artistic test; he will be driven to
his wits end whether to begin at one
corner and conclude on the other, or to
make heroic dash at the middle and
endeavor to reach both corners. But if
you are a kissing artist it can be cover
ed nicely enough. If your sweetheart
has a coarsely formed mouth she will
be sensual and full of strong, coarse
points of character, and will raise a row
in the family. If she has a delicately
formed mouth, with rounded lips and
of a velvety color, she will have much
sensibility and perfection of character
but will not astonish by her brilliancy of
conception or execution. 1t is 81 good
mouth because it is kissable and sub
missive Shun blue-lipped or thin
Tipped women; they will bore you to
death with literature or wOman's rights,
theorize while you want your dinner, or
spoil your temper by their red-hot
scolding tongues.
Walking-sticks for ladies, SO we are
told by an oracle of fashion, are coming
into favor again. Thus does the whir-
ligig of time bring round his revenge
for a discarded custom. The Empress
/ Eugene made the carving of canes