Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
CHIT-CHAT.

part III wedding floral decorations.
1T is the custom at the moment to
decorate wedding cakes with profusion
OF white flowers, natural or artificial.
DYED hair is quite out OF vogue. and
yellow, unless it is Enthusiastically natural.
is as much despised as it used to be adj
mired.
BRIo-A-BRAo is defined as $. anything
IN he crockery line that is absolutely
useless, set upon the mantel where it will
be in the way"
LONDON society has adopted the word
1mpy as a substitute for impe-
cunlous, and now when a man is i'm
Strengthened circumstances he is said TO
be "impy."
A JERSEY CRY husband who re-
manned out until midnight, and forgot
the story he had cooked up to tell his
wife, tainted away In the hall as she met
him.
The fashion of discarding gloves at an
evening entertainment, which has pre-
vailed among gentlemen for the last two
seasons, has had it's run, and henceforth
kids, 1t is declared, shall be worn.
"FRIvoLITY, says contemporary
probably leads more men and women
to the insane asylum than the hardest
and lntensest pursuit of mental or ma
terial wealth.
THE latest craze among the ultra
fashionable New York ladies is hare
and hound clubs" which have been Or
ganized IN several places, and which are
patronized by both married and unmar-
ried ladies.
WHENEVER you see a woman talking
straight at man and beginning to nod
her head and keep time with her up
raised index finger, it is. about time for
somebody to climb a tree Bostoas
Globe.
SAYS the new York Mail: ''Several of
the fashionable hotels uptown are jam
med with bridal parties, and at dInner
the brides display the most magnificent
costumes and the customary abundance
of diamonds. Nowadays bride without
diamonds is no bride at ALL
JENNIE JUNE says she has worn dresses
for over thirty-fve years, and in that
time she has dealt with over 200 dress
makers who can never, never enter the
gates Of pearl and gold. They stole her
cloth.
AT a recent fashionable wedding, the
chime bell-rlnger was requested to play
something lively as the contracting par
ties were entering the church. Imagine
their surprise when the bells sent forth,
''The Torpedo and the Whale"
THE dress Of female attendants at the
Court Theatre of London is worthy Of
attention. It consists Of a navy blue
10, lroe.c oA,,I
buttons, yellow and black undress hv-
shirt front-dickie to wit tand-up"
collar and black evening tie.
New YORK women who have juvenile
faces and diminutive figures dress them
selves like girls of 10, and go to the
theatres with white-capped nurse-maid.
The siam is transparent, but it enables
the would-be miss to attract attention,
and does away with the necessity Of an
| escort.
A PHILOSOPHER says that Wives
have generally much more sense than
their husbands, even though they may
be clever men. The wife's advise is like
the ballast that keeps the ship steady.
A judicious wife is always nipping off
from her husbands moral nature little
twigs That are growing In the wrong di-
rections. She keeps him in shape by
continually pruning.
AMONG the latest novelties are dinner
cards made of transparent Chinese rice
paper. On these are painted tiny figures
in quaint costumes, bowling to each
other under Trianon arbors A satin
ribbon bow and streamer is attached on
which the name is painted IN medieval
letters.
THEY sat together in the Iamplight
and read the advertising columns Of their
local paper, when he suddenly exclaimed:
''Look, only $15 for suit Of clothes %
els it a wedding suit % she asked.
ooh, no, he replied; " it is o business
suit. 'Well, I meant business" she
replied. That settled it.-HoteE World.
AT a juvenile party young gentleman
about 7 years old kept himself from the
rest Of the company. The lady of the
house called to him, "Come and play
and dance, my dear. Choose one of
those pretty girls for your wife. - s'Not
much = cried the yonng cynic, ''no wife
for me! Do you think I want to be
worried out of my life, like papa?"
A SINGULAR elopement took place at
Forestville, N. Y, Friday last. Miss
Nellie Resord, the daughter of prom
inent citizen, was to have been marr1ed
that evening to her fathers law partner,
Mr.. Warren Hooker, and invitations had
been sent out, the trousseau delivered,
and all the arrangements made During
the day, however, the fair and tickle
Nellie eloped with and married young
man of the town named Dell Dye, and
the result was great social sensation.
Her father has dlsowned her, but Mr.
Dell says she is his own sweet daisy.
''MANY a girl says the Woman's
Journal, sis careless as to how much
money young man spends for her.
/ Three and five dollars for horse and
carriage he can poorly afford, perhaps;
yet she will go with him week after week
with no particular interest in him, I'M
mindful, apparently, whether ne earns
the money or takes it from his employ