Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-12
CHlT-CHAT.


London brides to the altar.
AUBURN-HAIRED girls are coming into
fashion again, much to the chagrin of the
golden haired.
FASHIONABLE New York women re-
| serve seats at the theater for their pet
dogs, to the disgust of all around them
A YOUNG lady living at Newport, n.
| H., is called the Florence nightingale
OF the New Hampshire war regiments.
| THREE In the afternoon is the hour
for tying the wedding knot i'll the best
society circles.
The slln-hower, the idolized blossom
of the embroiderer, has a fine effect in
mellowed ones of yellow and green, on
pillow OF deep green plush.
SHOES and stockings no longer merely
clothe the feet. but in this era indicate.
as clearly as a guide book, the quality of
the wearer's taste.
No PARLoR is now considered fur
nlshed unless pretty Japanese lantern,
or two or more hang in hooks and cor
ners.
AN aesthetic young lady now conducts
all her social correspondence on tint
flower or some weird device.
SILLY mothers dress their daughters
too deliberately for the school-room.
giving more attention to their dress than
their education.
AN active exchange Of winter visits
may be looked for as O social conse-
quence of summer intimacies begun. but
not ended, at the seashore.
ONE of the Indian maidens Of the far
west is known by the poetlcal and de-
scriptive title Of "Pink Shins.'' She
is in natural order for the burlesoue
stage.
1T is sensible whim of fashion that
makes rugs as much cO21nae-iL fuut as
carpets, for rugs will fit any room, and
need not be altered in case of moving
from one house to another.
A LONDON journal thinks that when
women begin to work they will smoke
also, and that doubtless there will come
a day when Worth will always add to his
dresses a dainty little tobacco pouch or
igarette-pocket.
To be blunt and outspoken NAV be
honest and natural, but the wheels of So
ciety need the oil of politeness. A little
quiet irony is always preferable to a
knock down and, in most cases, is far
more effective. -Phitadeiphio NeaOs.
The Chronicle-Herald tells of a
maiden who said she hated anything
false about a person; and vet at the same
time she hadno q complexion that comes
I'D boxes, store hair and teeth, padded
dress, a sham skirt, penciled eyebrows
and dollar-store diamond earrings.
To hold her place as ga woman of
culture, the modern woman must stamp
the impress of her own proclivities on
her home. In her whole home she must
be an inventor and not depend upon the
| upholsterer or decorator, except TO sup
ply the material. The design and dis
! posal must be absolutely her own.
JENNIE JUNE, IN her Baltimore Amer
lean letter, says there is a strong proba-
bility that the White House will witness
a wedding during the present admins
tration. the President himself being one
of the high contracting parties, and the
widow OF well-knOwn and very wealthy
New Yorker the other.
BosToN ladies absolutely despise wo-
men who paint and powder. It is as bad
as tattooing in their estimation. At a
watering place the whole sisterhood
turned on one poor, silly woman when
the word was passed, "Why she's pow
deredr p Although her family was of
high standing and some gentleman tried
to protect her, the quiet feminine ver-
dict "I'm sure she cannot be nice 70 ut
terly stamped out the "culprit fay"
A NEW Chicago theatre has two Sc fash
ion boxes" containing twenty chairs,
each directly in front of the customary
proscenium boxes, and soarranged, with
Tails only slightly above the floor and
the seats rising sharply, that clear
view OF the occupants can be had from
to let handsomely dressed women ex-
hibit themselves, and the astonishing
fact III the matter is that they embrace
the opportunity.
The Boston Journal fears that at our
present rate Of progress it will not be
! long before we have accomplished the
elimination of childhood. "Already, in
fashionable life, very little indeed re-
mains of the innocence, the hghtheart-
edness, and the romping spirit which
are among the distinctive traits of child
hood. Those who are still children 10
years are little men and women, or,
more properly, little dandies and bellies,
III dress, manner, and conversation, and
it would seem that they are scarcely
graduated from the garments of infancy
and the care of nurse before they are
made familiar with the gaieties of the
ballroom and the delights of social dissi-
patton
SOME interesting statistics of theages at
which girls are marriedin Germany have
been collected. It is shown by them
that the most favorable prospects last
year existed at the ages of 26 and 27.
Out OF LOCO girls, 103 married at 26 and
the same number at 27. This was the
highest for any age. At % there was
1O2 married out of the 1 900, and at 80,
80, while at 30 the number was 80.
There were So married at IS, or more by
2 than at 10. At 40. no fewer than 46