, 1880-09-12
SOCIETY TOPICS.

SOCIETY TOPICS.
A Nevada ball reports says: "AIiss Honora
<. was full of eclat-in fact, the eclatestlady
present"
"How does tho Empress Eugenie dress %
inquired an fnquisitiye female OF bachelor
friend just returned from Paris. Like q
woman" was the brusque reply. "Of
cou1se,'' continued heinquirer; ''but 1wish
to know whether she wears costly dresses"
81 understand you, madame was the un
gallant response: *'she dresses like woman
wearing the most costly garments she ean
procure" r..
A popular theme Of table talk among. the
ladies' Is the extent and beauty of the col!ec-
ton Of pottery wares now offered by Messfs.
Bur}ey & Tyrrell. Nos. S3 and IS State street,
The general opinion is that never before nave
such desirable goods been shown in our city.
Autumn colors are rich and beautiful: In.
stead Of old gold the yellows are bright and
canary, and the blues still retain the peacock
shades. Dull cinnamon red, olive. bronze.
and moss-green are prominent, ana aaSlies OF
bright poppy-red illuminate all neutral tlnts;
The new browns are OF the old-fasaloned
ashes-of-rose shades, and the new puppies
have considerable of 1el in them.
Early fail styles in Partisan millinery, per-
sonally selected and brought to this country
by Alr. Jules Bal1enberg, who has just re-
turned from Paris, will be exhibited at AT
State street.-the advance early styles Ill En-
glish round hats and Partisan honnets, ON and
after next Thursday, and the evening dress
and reception hats and b0nnets at his "open-
ing" the date Of which will soon be an
nounced in these columns. AIR. B., while
abroad, engaged the services Of celebrated
modiste to assist him here. Our society
Indies are on tip-toe Of expectation.
A Celt who was induced, after much per-
suasion, to try some canned meat, brought it
back. showing the marks Of his teeth on the
tin, and Indignantly denying that it was good
to eat
Ladies' who appreciate artistieally made
and perfect fttlnS boots should leaSe fner
House. He has an accumulated stock Of his
own superb make constantly on hand.
"What do you do for sleep1esness?" a
nervous man asked his physician. "Set the
alarm for 5 o'clock" replied the medicine
man.. And the stupid patient, couldn't
. For reliable homeopathic remedies go to
Boericke ts Tafet's pharmacy, No. IS Clark
street, between Lake and Randolph. Busi-
ness established In 1885.
Large hats partaking in style with the hat
that Gainsborougfl placed on the portrait. of
the Duchess Of Deyonshire,. with hats after
the style Of those painted BY Sir Joshua
Reynolds. have place in popular fancy. be:
side the Wagner and the Leonardo da Vilci
Shapes and tho ,nagnifed Oxford hat
The .tLola Montez' and "Esmere1da "
walking boots, new fall styles, with the cele-
brated Spanish arch instep are perfect
beauties, ut n. Wheeler & Co.'s, II Madison
street.
Somebody says s@the national air OF Ice
land is the same as the national air OF En-
gland.n Twenty degrees below zero is the
popular national air of Iceland.
George W. Mathews, corner Of Wabash
avenue and Monroe street, has Just returned
from London, England, with a choice assort-
1nent of goods specially selected by himself
in person.
The most celebrated specimen Of antique
glass is the Portland vase found in the tomb
OF Alexander Severus. The vase is Of deep
blue glass; the figures, il bas-relief, are of
opaque white, and exquisitly cut.
New arrivals of elegant fall styles in mil
]jnery are attracting throng3 of ladies to
Hagedon's, 42 and Il Madison street.
Heliotrope and gold beads. are new for
garniture Of dresses.
Roman colors are revived in new ribbons,
sashes, and hosiery.
Derby felt hats are again fashionable for
misses and young ladies'.
The fall styles of ladies' dresses are ele-
CANT. The most unique are those just r.
ceived at Nine. Morse's pattern parlors, I.5
State street. ..
The number Of brides who have visited
niagara Falls this year Is 42S, and all but one
tried to look as it they had been wives for
fourteen years.
The Exhibition can display no finer sets Of
parlor and chamber furniture than Is found
at Wits s. Schoile's, 2,o Wabash.
Making love is a lost 'art-Ncao Orleans
PicnU117le.
Unfortunate for authors: Only men who
can't write make their mark
The large attendance at the opening OF
Bryant's Business College shows the popu-
larity and appreciation Ut this school.
The betrothal bracelet now takes the place
of tho engagement ring, and is worn on the
left arm.
Great nails Of gilt or. silver are thrust
through the crowns of poke bonnets as If tc
hold them on.
Natural curly waves are very natural wher
they come from E. Burnham's Central Music
Hall hair-store, II State street.
1t saves time to fill kerosene lamp whilt
burning, even il it is pretty certain to brint
about a fire and a funeral
Summer is gone, and the matrimonialll
inclined are rocking for desirable furniture
J. 4. Colby & Co., 2l7 State st., have it.
prairie-chickens are game to the last.
IT'S easier to set an: example than
speckled hen.
hose.
The prudent housekeeper will now call OF
Hatch & Breeze, SO State street, and decid'
on Western Empire furnace.
Effective Wagner and Leonardo da Vino
hats are made of tigre and gold threaded
plushes, trimmed with short curling ostrich
tips.
We again call special attention to well
| selected large stock Of ladies' walking-hat
and long pIumes at Meyers, 1856 State
In England a young woman who wears
| gown with three skirts-one brown, on.
orange, and one yelfow-ls admired. t1aIi T. IL IL
| such craft. -.
Materials for laee-maklng and lace+makint