Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-01-12
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FASHION says: "Gathered waists are
still very much in favor with youne
ladies'" They are with young gentle
men also.-Ne,u Orleans Picayune.
! "K1ss1Na your sweetheart" says .
trifiing young man, els like eating soul
with fork; it takes long time to ge
enough"
i A GUN is loaded with powder; table
is loaded with the delicacies of the sea
son. Both 60 of, and both kin.-Phil
ooelaohiG Item. "
REJECTED lovers need never despair
There are four and twenty hours in {
day, and not moment in the twenty
four in which woman may not change
her mind.-De Fe,eod.
A CULTIVATED society lady" Of
Washington is reported to have subdued
one of the Chinese officials there, and
a union Of pigtail and switch is pre-.
dicted.,
stI SWEAR" said gentleman to his
lady-love, "you are very handsome. .
"Pooh!" said the lady, $50 you would
say if you did not think So "And SC
you would Think" answered he, "though
I should not say So"
ONE of the Austrian Prince Rudolph's
wedding gifts is to be the marriage ring
of Maria Theresa. It is to be presented
to him by the cloister of st. Elizabeth,
at Klagenfurt, to which it was bequeathed
by the great empress daughter, the
Archduchess Maria Anna.
AN English magazine discourses on
"Cheap Girls" It says: "No young
man, not even the worst, wants anything
to do with cheap young lady," This
is a mistake. No matter how cheap a
girl may be, her young man always
thinks she is ''little dear"
ENG11sHhigh society is turning against
the professional beauties, and several
houses where they have been accustomed
to display their charms have been closed
against them. A well-known countess
has taken the lead in the movement.
AS the Prince of Wales like the company
OF these ladies, however, it is thought
the band will not extend far.
IT is the experience of many ladies,
that when they go shopping in gorgeous
raiment, the astute statesmen charge
them the highest prices. On the other
hand, if they dress plainly, they are
mistaken for persons without means, and
are not treated with civility. These
things, however, do not keep them at
home, IS many q bankrupt husband can
testify. Co1rSey-J0urnal.
The feminine mania in France nova
days is for the most bizarre of orna-
ments. The latest is a bouquet of arti-
fetal flowers placed in the chapeau,
above which floats the most brilliant Of
butterflies. The butterfly is attached to
the most minute of wire threads, and
three steps off the illusion is complete
OF gorgeous insect deceived by the
gorgeously natural flowers, over which
it trembles and futters preparatory to
"C1ARA BELLE says the Sunnyside
Press, "has made new departure. She
writes on mems clothes very much in
the same vein that men have so long en-
ployed when writing of women's gar
ments. She says pants are cut tighter
and vests are worn lower. She objects
to great cold expanses of shirt front at a
ball, and says that when one wears low
neck dress and leans against man, it
is so awful cold that it reminds her of
sliding down hill in Vermont winter"
A WRITER in the Chicago Tribune re.
lates that when Mrs. Kate Sprague was
in Europe, in her palmy days, she made
costly purchases of lace, which were
even deemed too expensive for the en-
press of the French or the queen of
Great Britain. She paid SIS, 900 in gold
for six yards of point lace, which was so
costly that the manufacturer of it had |
The lace photographed and the photo
graph is now hung up on the walls of |
5he largest lace house in Europe as an
of the iberality, as he calls
t, of wealthy Americans.
New YORK ladies have taken up fenc-
ng as an accomplishment and many Of
hem are said to excel in the art. It
vas favorite pastime among the Roman
aides in the days of Rome's greatest
luxury, heartlessness and vice; but per-
laps it will do nothing for American
women except "redden their cheeks,
brighten their eyes, stimulate their
brains, round their figures, augment
heir gracefulness, increase their agility
md strengthen word, improve
both their health and beauty"
The following is description of Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague in her glory: cat
me of her receptions, when her popu-
arity was at it's height, her dress was,
ike herself, a wonder-a marvellous satin
:obe Of two shades-a pale blue and a
oearly white, a tint rather than a shade
It was embroidered in wreaths on the
blue satin petticoat and bouquets on the
court train and square cut waist. The
sleeves were tight to the elbows, and
leep-white duchesse lace fell over the
founded white arms, on which sparkled
gold bracelets set with diamonds. On
ler head she y wore tiara of turquoise
md diamonds; her earrings matched the
lara"
A MAN asks the Boston transcript why
every Boston Woman, just before leaving
! shop, puts her hand in her pocket.
then puts it to her head, gives a gentle
push to every |hairpin, feels of her ear
cings and then Fuckers up her mouth
into sweet smile. He asks, he says,
not because he thinke the performance
improper or rnbecoming, but because he
is sometimes detained several minutes
while it is being performed by ladies
who stand between him and the door
through which he is going to pass, and
he suggests that unless the movements
in question be part of religious rite, it |
might be as we'll for the ladies to initiate !
him and simply slap their hats on the
crown before making their way into the
street.