, 1880-08-01
SOCIETY TOPICS,

! There are few occasions on which man
feels at once so helpless and yet so RESPONSE
| Bile as when lie sits at his own table watch
ing bad dinner being given to his guests.
| It has been noticed in cities where ladies
are employed as ushers in churches that the
WorsEipers with new bonnets are all COM
PEELED to take back seats.
According to Dom Piatt, Adam and Eve
made the longest bridal-tour on record.
They never got home again..
A young lady wrote to us saying: " am
| 81, and never had all offer Of marriage; what
are the men afraid Of ?' We answered the
| lady's letter, and informed her that the young
| men wnre afraid that she might possibly have
the young men were partial to piano music,
| we suggested that if she would inform them
that she preferred piano music to amy ether,
| SHE might be able to win the affection OF one
I OF them. She took the advice, and is now
married. Her husband bought the piano OF
Pelton. Polneroy & Cross, No. 15C State
street. She Is now happy.-Cu11 Pretzeps
| National Weekly.
Many house corsagcs are worn open at the
throat in either Pompadour or heart shape.
Laces embroidered with metals Of all kinds
will be among the novelties of the autumn.
"Char1es, DEAR! she murmured, as they
strollel along the other evening, and gazed
upward at the bejeweled tirmament, (which
1s venus aflu which Is Au0ntS:"
The adoption BY the most prominent hotels
| densed coffee is the best proof obtainnble of
| the superior excellence of this popular and
| strictly pure condensed liquid coffee. By its
use one never falls having d perfect, cup of
| coffee, as each cup IS made fresh when or
dered. The close Investigation Of ali hotel
and restaurant proprietors Is solicited. Office
50 Randolph street.
Putting it Eeatly-Said the little pet Of the
household OIL her last birthday, It's love
oon aG + Efsp1 Wa an and ggsna'na but Eve been
Ladies' custom-made shoes at low prices
can bt purchased from all accumulation OF
nis6ts ut keller's, Monroe street, Palmer
House. He makes to order at Short notice,
and pleases the most fast1dlous.
Lady: -Four Of the chairs whIch,. I 50 late
~ purchased of you are br0ken.' Uphol-
sterer: Indeed, madame! The only way IN
which can account for that is that some one
must have been sitting OIL them"
Gold lace is much used for trimming hand
SOME costumes.
The styles in millinery that Dame Fashion
DEGREES for early fall wear can be found at
Hagcdon's. 42 and Il Madison street, who is
the first to show them here.
The Car escaped being blown up by being
late to dinner. Most married men meet with
different fate. .
A paper softly says Of defaulter: He
creditors"
The proprietor of the Gardner. House is
making extensive preparations for visitors
coming to the city to see the Knights lem
plar. Those who appreciate comfort by the
lake shouldsecure Accommodations III time.
The Secret of beauty is health. Those who
desire to be beautiful should do all they can
to restore their health If they have lost it, or
to keep it if they have it yet.
Honesty. is the best policy, but too
cannot afford the best Of anything.
The grand procession will pass the fnrn5-
ture store Of .Wirts & Scholle, ~ Wabash
avenue, about II u. m. Tuesday, Aug. II.
The Empress Of Austria carries her hunt
Ing tastes even into the decoration Of her
table. She has ordered in London lnagn1h.
cent china service for breakfast, thinner, and
dessert, which is to be oruamented with
hunting scenes, after designs BY the best En-
glisll animal painters:
Shurly. los Randolph St, near Dearborn,
leads in fine watch-repairing. Those having
fine watches should be governed accordingly.
"A general air OF raggedness and of things
forgotten-to-be-f finished" Is said by an En-
glish paper to characterize room furnished
III Bohemian taste. Here IN America there