The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-04
FACTS AND FANCEs FOR THE FAIR

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New gray gloves are blue tinted.
NEW retieules are square and fat.
HAND-PAINTED lace. is a late novelty.
PLAIN velvet clOaks win again be
worn.
UNDREssED kid gloves retain theii
| popularity.
LABeE and small bonnets are equally
| fashionable.
MANY walking costumes are made
with a jacket bodice.
Fifty girls are studying at Cornell
University. Hl @
| PARTISAN modistss predict the early
death Of the fashion Of short dresses.
BLONDES are out of fashion in Paris,
and dark brunettes are the rage.
VICToR HUGO says: Men are women's
playthings; women are the devils"
DoCToBs say sealskin cloaks are IN
healthy. They are in price at all
events.
"I AM aweary, aweary, he cometh
net" che ssid4 would / had some
fried oysters"
BLACK velvet trimmed with chin
chila fur makes the most elegant street
5ostttfi.s for little girls.
DRESS materials are going up in price,
and shop Keepers affirm that now is the
accepted time to buy.
Brown is one Of the most fashionable
c0lors of the season. Many of the
handsomest suits are done brown
VELVET and satin jewelry is all the
rage. The velvet necklaces and lockets
are anIotg the protest novelties Of the
season. sE.
LARGE lace half handkerchiefs OF
Breton lace and point desprit, bOrdered
with plaitings Of the ssme, become tall
and stately women. #- @ HJ"
PALE dauphin gray and mastic shades
of ehinchilla and beaver cloth, plaid and
ribbed, are again used for jackets, dol
mans, visites and sacques.
THE most elegant of the fur-lined
circulars are those with hood lined also
with fur, and having long ends of black
gros grain ribbon hanging down the
bac8.
THE human body contains more than
two hundred bones. Women who
threaten to break every bone in their
husband'5 body should bear this in
mind.
THE Boston Courier, which is good
fashion authority. says silk plush mats
and tides are made in squares Of differ
ent colored feathers, stitched together
with embroidered silk. The fringes re-
peat all the colors in the embroidery.
ON pane Of glass in Little MOreton
Hall, in England, there yet fe1naina,
says writer in Notes and Queries, the
following distich, cut with diamond,
and dated 1921:
Man can noe more knowe woman's nj nds By tears
Than by her shadow judge what clothes shee weares
SOME scandalous character of the
male classification, has promulgated
The story that woman is composed of
243 bones, 169 muscles, Ii old neWspa-
pers and 210 hair-pins.
2 4 COMMITTEE Of ladies entered Par
lament recently, on the floor of the
House, having a petition signed by TO-
500 ladies asking for the Sunday closing
of liquor houses in England. This is
the first time women have ever appeared
on the floor, latticed gallery being
assigned them.
A LADY in Lowndes County, Ala
bama, who had been wealthy, but is now
poor, clipped her magnificent head of
hair and gave it tn the yellow fever suf-
ferers It realized a large sum, and the
winner, Northern lady, sent the hair
back to the donor. Since then the lady
has given the hair to the Hood fund,
and it was rallied in Montgomery for $50.
CARE you engaged?" said gentle
man to young lady from Marysville,
at ball the other evening. " l was,
but if that Pete johnson thinks Pm
going to sit here and see him squeeze
that freckled-faced Wilkins girls hand
all the evening, he'll be mistaken, sol.
itaire or no sOlitairep The gentleman
explained, and went out to get air.
JANE (under nine), to her governess
-"Miss Blunt, when ma asks you to
have some wine to-day, at dinner, do,
please, say yes" Governess-'' Why?
What do you wish me to take more
wine lori? Jane" Oh, 1 only want
to see mas face"