Omaha daily bee., 1880-12-06
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

The special features OF this eeasoh 5
STYLES are warmth and comfort. If
people who can dress at all are not
warm it must be their own fault.
A Philadelphia man has perfected a
plan for bringing cohs out of the eel
lar without exerting any of his mus.
Gle. He makes his wife cart it up.
When declining an invitation, in
: place of sending notice OF regrets, it is
considered the proper thing to send
baskets Of flowers with card, instead.
At a party in Dubuque the other
night, a young lady pulled the nose of
her gallant, because he neglected TO
dance with her as often as she thought
proper.
Mrs. Wilson, of Wagner township,
Clayton county, the other day, dislo-
Gated her lower jaw while yawning.
1t was several hours before it was re-
stored to Its proper place.
Some of the Choctaw girls in ''the
Nation" as Indian territory is called,
are highly educated, very handsome
and nearly as fair in complexion as
their sisters in the states.
Miss Fredericks Perry and Miss
Ellen Martyr, who form The only la
dies' law firm in Chicago, are both
graduates of the law department of
the University of Michigan.
The young woman who had many
suitors, and from the time she was
sixteen until she was tweDty-one re-
iected them all, referred in her later
life to that period as her declining
years"
esMy darling" he intensely whis-
pers, vainly attempting to seize her
hand, edo you know that | love You
madlyl" "Oh, yes" che says, ''al.
most any fool could tell that. An
irew's Bazaar.
A young lady, residing in Connect
cut, was nearly poisoned last week by
wearing green stockings. We can't
imagine why young ladies will insist
ON wearing "green" stockings. Lord
knows they grow long enough to be
ripe.
There is no such thing in fashion
nowadays as dead white. All white
fabrics used for dresses are ivory tint
ed, and muca softer and more 5ocom-
ing than the plaster of wkltewash
which the costumes of opaque white,
whether silk or cotton, represented.
"My wife, remarked a prominent
manufacturer, ''neyer attends auc-
tiong. She went once, just before we
were married, and seeing a friend on
the opposite side, nodded politely,
~whereupon the auctioneer knocked
down a pateat cradle, and asked her
where she wished it delivered.
Beware Of infiammable combs! A
little daughter of a man in Portland,
Me, while combing her hair before a
m rror the other day, brushed a gas
let with her hand. In an instant the
celluloid comb was in flames and the
child's hand and cheek were severely
burned. The comb was consumed as
quickly as a piece of paper would have
been.
Beaded trimmings are not so much
in demand as last winter, probably
because they became so ommon that
unless a novel idea or extraordinary
beauty # effect could be obtained the
result did not pay for the cost. There
are still beaded sensations, but they
are not obtained by use of the usual
friuges and psssementarie. except
among persons TO whom even the shops
possess the charm of novelty.
The Oolga muff is a most conven-
lent, stylish and dressy little arrange.
ment, serving the double purpose of
muff and reticule. and Intended to be
made of silk, satin, plush or velvet.
Il is trimmed at the sides with lace,
and ornamented on the outside with a
large bow of satin ribbon. 1t may
be made of goods to match the cos
tune, wrSp or bonnet, or of au en-
tirely different material, as preferred.
Another pretty mutf is of brown
satin lined with satin sublime. The
centre is shirred in very close shir-
rings, the satin forming full double
rufies at the ends. Under these ruff.
fes are placed others Of Breton lace.
A knot of artificial flowers is placed
at u end of the muff, and a fat,
wide gold cord serves to suspend it
around the neck.
An old fogy exchange, talking
about the slstternly home life of our
society girls, advises the young man
of to-day "to see the girl he is court
ing, before breakfast" Why bless
your stupid old soul, they ell do. See
her before breakfast Hours before.
Some of the boys never think starting
home until they smell liver and bacon
climbing up the hall stairs like q south
wind blowing over q bank of %violets,
stealing and giving odor. But the
most of them say, With q fine sense of
Sarcasm, "good night" about three
o'clock In the morning. This gives
the girl four hours or more in which
70 get ready for breakfast, and if she
can't fix herself up in that time, she
Is a slow coach. "See her before
breakfast" indeed. Did you suppose
the boys went away before nine
o'clock.
Among the very newest street cos.
TUNES are combinations of silk plush
and wool on a solid, uniform color.
The skirt is of wool, trimmed with
plush, the deep jacket of plush lined
with silk or farmers satin, and the
cap and muff which accompany the
costume of plush, also lined withfsrm'
ers' satin, and trimmed with cords bu'
not tassels. The substitute for thos,
O q the cap is pompous; upon the muf
the cords are festooned and the end
concealed by bows of satin ribbons
The sides of these dainty little muffi
are rufhsd with the plush which i
lined with the satin so that the edg,
shows the inner side of a brighter anc
more shining fabric. These complete
a,,pmas IF plush ana yicuapoa clotl