Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-23
MANY faults have women
Men have only two
There's nothing right they say, and
There's nothing right thew do

A COUNTESS has Just been arrested in
Florence for forgery to the amount OF
$4,000 francs.
PARIS fashionable slang calls literary
men and women who live by their brains
"cerebrals. "
A BosToN school teacher informs her
pupils that only "low people" use the
word pants for pantaloons.
The Boston Herald notes that the
neatest things in Easter bonnets is a
pretty face.
AT an "evening of young people in
high Washington society the refresh
ments consist of biscuits, cake and tea.
WHEN French woman doesn't like
eyebrows she shears them off and buys a
pair for forty cents. Nature can't begin
to compete with woman for style.
AT recent reception a Miss Terry. of
Boston, wore white satin dress which
originally belonged to the mother of Ma
poleon Bonaparte.
The bride of DR.. Royle, the special
medical attendant of Prince Leopold.
was married in dark green velvet suit,
which appears to have been a great in
novation in the fashionable world.
SHADES of honeysuckle Will be used
on new bonnets. They will probably be
''too sweet for anything" but the wear
ers will be exposed to the risk of having
bee in their Donnets.
IT would save great deal of trouble
and endless mistakes" says the London
World, "if men had their names en-
blazed on their shirt fronts, and ladies
theirs embroidered on the bosoms of
their dresses
WILLIAM LEHMAN ASHMEAD BARTLETT
BURDETT COUTTs is now his full name,
and the queen has given her consent to
the addition in the shape of the royal
license. This shows what spite Vic
toria has against the young man.
PHILADELPHIA has been rejoicing in a
new kind of fancy dress party, at which
each male guest is given a character to
support and is requested to send valen-
tine to his corresponding female charac-
ter without being informed who she is.
HE theory is gaining ground that
large features, Lifeline mansions, require
open space around them. Hence the
owners OF features OF that kind are dis
penslng with the airy fringes and lang1id
curls which so long have covered fore
heads
HE girls who are said to &C bowl down
the men like nine-pins. are no longer
fairy-hke blondes, but are stately.
blooming girls with smooth, dark hair,
brown ox-eyes, large and brilliant
mouths, compilations Like peach, and
an expression that changes and lights up
with every word.
HE "rock-a-way," according to the
London World, is the latest variety of
the waltz. It is largely patronized by
the lndolently inclined. 1T derives it's
name from the swaying motion produced
by changing the foot on the first note of
each bar only, and is lazy development
of the old chop waltz.
CHIC says bashful lover never covets
death with more covetousness than when
his best girl asks him to hold her baby
sister. He hold the youngster as if it
were Quilt of very fragile glass, and with
his toes turned in and hot wave sneak
ing up and down his back, he looks
pleasant enough to eat the infant with
out gravy.
LADY AUGUSTA STANLEY. wife of the
dean of Westminster, bluest of the blue
by birth, by position and by virtue of
her intimacy with the queen. used to
send out her cat homes" printed on the
backs of postal cards; and the fact is
cited as a useful and agreeable precedent
in New York, where the distribution of
invitations is social puzzle.
ASAN FRANCISCO brides wedding-robe
was cream-colored duchess satin gown
OF the princess cut, the front of which
was covered with rich white Spanish lace.
as were the elbow-sleeves, and high
square-saaped collar, which was edged
with pearls The only adornments to the
couture were small natural flowers, and
she wore pair Of handsome solitaires, a
gift from the bridegroom.
THERE seems to be little sarcasm in
the remark of a Georgia paper when it
says: 6 A number of Tuscaloosa. Gala. }.
young ladies have formed cooking club
for the purpose of cultivating the
culinary art. They had meeting the
other day to decide what each one
should furnish at the first entertainment
of the club, then pending. Each young
lady chose some article In the prepare
ton of which her mother was pro-
ficient.
THERE is in London a Cinderella
dancing club. AS the name indicates.
all the dances break up at the hour of
midnight But to belong to this frater-
nifty, or sisterhood- ladies are eligi
ble-you must first establish your char
acter as proficient dancer by showing
your ability to waltz up the ballroom so
as never to deviate from one plank. Then
you have to perform the same feat
"doing the reverse"
"How do you like the rooms ?' asked
Mrs. Dotonart, who was showing the
Smithingtons over her new house. SOh.
they are perfectly lovelyp' exclaimed
Mrs. Smlthington, "and they are
furnished SO sweetly! What exquisite
plaques those are, aren't they, Smith
ington?" what, them dishes on the
wall? Yes, they are pretty enough, but
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