Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-29
CHIT-CHAT.


dances.
A WASHINGTON paper reports that
s'the curtain of regret has been drawn
over the society circle" of the national
capital by the departure of a young lady
for Virginia.
EUROPEAN tours will soon become un-
fashionable. The horrible discovery has
been made that it is cheaper to summer
| Id Europe than at an American watering
place. lao1,j0 NeaOs.
CAPT. GRoIE says: &C Many woman
dusts billiard chalk off her husbands
coat, and big tear stands in her eye
as she thinks how late he works nights
by the whlte-washed wall"
A NEW YORK lady who, in consequence
OF great reverse of fortune; has been
working for fashionable milliner, SAYS
she is absolutely amazed to find to what
an extent In the days of her wealth she
was swindled In her bonnets and dresses.
E1GHT-TENTHs of the women of Con-
necticut use the word sasser for saucer.
but If one of them we're to hear a south
ern woman say there was right smart
difference between the words, she would
calculate: 81 swanny !"-C ourier-Jour-
nal
They have thrifty people in New York.
The New York Herald quotes suburb
an girl as saying, "Father gets up
summer picnics because it saves carpets,
ard then we get invited to summer par
ties where we do not have to take any
thing"
"a YOUNG lady who has an objection
to the revision of the New Testament
writes to say that the phrase purple and
fine linen conveys no idea of luxury to
her mind, and she suggests, as an i'm
provement, 'sealskin and black velvet"
London Truth.
The property of Mrs. Langtry, the
famous professional beauty, has been
sold out by auction. She had an income
of FL 200 year, but the demands of the
social current into which she and her
husband foated we're so great that they
became overwhelmingly involved in debt.
THE man who doesn't see to il at once
that the front gate is softly upholstered
in raw silk for his loving and beloved
daughter, isn't worthy of the sacred and
fond name of father. The girls need it,
and the young men yearn for it this sort
Of turtle-dove weather. -Neau Jersey
Enterprise.
II it be true that one man in twenty
five is color blind, the cause of a great
many heart burnings and alleged prac-
tical Jokes has been discovered. There
is a color-blind lover who said to his
lady love, who was brunette and wore
maroon, "You dear little strawberry
blonde, what a nice green dress you
wear; it just becomes your blue hair
and yellow eyes" He was merely color
bind.-NeaU York Herald.
The tambourine dance consists Of a
small musical instrument of that name,
to which eight knots of ribbon are fast
ened, four red ones for she ladies, four
white ones for the gentlemen. At given
signal the knots are pulled, the tam
BOURNE falls apart. and the ladies and
gentlemen find themselves curiously
fastened to the white ribbons which the
gentlemen had pulled. The unexpected
partners then dance together and the fun
begins.
WIDowERs very seldom board. They
know better. Married men do it to
please their wives. It saves the poor
things the cares of house. And be-
sides. they can have as much company
as they want, free of expense There
are good many charming widows in
boarding houses; they are generally
very attentive to the Benedicts they
meet; they know just what they like,
you see. It makes the time pass to firt
a little.
The sentiment of the honeymoon is a
frail thing, and after q while man fops
right through it like brick through
cobweb. A ree-nonths' old bride was
rafting away IN her usual loquacious
style, when her husband, forcing himself
to appear not too severely tortured, said:
"Don't you feel as if you were perilng
your beauty by talking SO mueh?'
F'Why SO, John p she asked with some
surprise. "Because, precious, this IS
summer time, and you might get your
tongue sunburnt. Brooklyn Eagle.
IT is said that man can always tell a
sensible woman bv the heel of her boot.
There is the high heel, hooked in under
the instep, which indicates giddiness,
bad taste, and a want of culture; then
there is the medium heel, which indi-
Gates desire for fashion, yet an obiec-
ton to excess; then there is the lady-like
small heel, slightly curved, not quite az
low as the heel of a mans boot, but yet
low enough, and placed in the proper
position for comfort; that indicates good
breeding, good sense and delicacy.
Young men should know this and Judge
accordingly.
DIFFERENCES in families united by
marriage are mostly on the side of the
women. Woman fails in tact to pre-
serve the amenities of the hearth. The
soft answer or the repression which
evades an issue is more on the part of
the man than the wife. Young women
their lovers, but lose their skill
to manage their husbands. Women
maketh the cliques in congregations, church
societies, family hotels, boarding houses,
and wherever lovely women predominates.
Lack of tact makes the traditional moth
er-in-law. Fathers-in-law have too much
tact to be fussy and irritating in matters