Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-17
CHlT-CHAT.

WHEN the handSOmest girl at picnic
is bitten On the ankle by terrible frog
she gets no sympathy except from the
men.
SOME of the swell young men at the
watering places are affecting CATERS gor-
geous with pink tops, while others add
to the effect by wearing white duck army
helmets.
THE fact that seventy-fve per cent. Of
the books taken from the Boston Public
Library are novels, does not speak much
for the renowned "cciture" and learn
ing Of the Bostonians.
A PRETTY girl at the summer resort,
notwithstanding the scarcity of eligible
young men, is never left without an es-
cort ii she has the good fortune to have
a dog cart or phaeton.
AT recent ball in London the resi-
dence of the lady by whom it was given
was cooled by means of tons of ice used
in an ornamental manner i'll conjunction
with ferns and water-lilies.
EMMA ABBOTT, at Saratoga Springs,
has a silk and wool costume of
pale blue, trimmed with gold, with shirrs
and puffs, shirred belt, shirred apron
and shirred sash.
AN Ohio joke: A young man in this
city, short time ago, proposed to a
lady several years his senior, and for an
answer she said: CT guess / don't want
to take a boy to raise p The young
man is now raising a mustache.-
Youngstown CO., Ne,Os.
IT is said that the brides at Saratoga
have far better appetites than the IN
married girls, and this is explained by
their having so much less anxiety. The
most exalted aspirations may affect
good appetite, and desperation is sworn
foe to good digestion.
"YEs, it's very lovely Dress" said
Mrs. Harridan, speaking Of Miss Dash,
who at that moment swept by in great
gorgeousness, "but she's cross-eyed, her
father went through bankruptcy four
years ago, and [ know to my certain
knowledge that all her dresses are made
at home"
ONE OF the newest agonies of this in
tense age is for young gentleman to
send to his adored and adorable large
sized Japanese parasol covered with
those decorations so common to Japan
csc art. This signifies: sc May [ walk
with you this afternoon % And he gen
orally does.
A MUDDY or indefinite blonde may be
transferred into rudy golden haired
one by keeping her hair free from oil,
by means of soap and water used fire.
quently to keep it light and fluffy.
Plenty of exercise, sleep and a good
diet will clear the skin and give the
ruddy complexion.
SEVEN large trunks are necessary for
the wardrobe of Cuban lady at one of.
the Saratoga hotels, and the value of the
seven, estimated by the quantity of
finery they contain, is put in both round
and square figures at $4,000. The i'm
preston still prevails that none but the
wealthy enjoy this life.
GONE of-the-can t. get-away" club of
women scolds about the young and pretty
married ladies who spend the summer at
the principal hotels and firt with their
gentleman friends while their husbands
remain in town and delve assiduously in
to the turbulent sea of money-making in
order to pay their wives pleasure ex-
penses. Detroit Free Press.
Much gliding on paper is to be avoid
ed for many reasons. 1t gives vulgar
appearance if too lavishly employed; it
does not wear well unless of the best
quality, and even that is soon affected by
damp air or by damp walls It con-
siderably hightens the price of the paper
when the metal is good; and for room
in small cottage that is to act as a
general sitting room, it would be de-
cidedly out of place.
This is the way Vassar girl tells a
joke, go, girls heard just the best
thing to-day. It was too funny. I
can't remember how it came about, but
one of the girls said to Prof. Mitchell, :
oh, dear, can't remember just what
she said; but Prof. Mitchells answer was
just too funny for any use; I forget just
exactly whath he said, but it was too good
for anything p
The London Spectator has some apall-
ing forebodings about the colors of
ladies' dresses in the near future. "Our
strong conviction, it says, sis that next
year the crimson peony will be the rage,
and our secret dread is that then the
highest aim of women in dress, so far as
regards color, will be to achieve COM
plete resemblance to freshly painted.
scarlet-colored pillar letter box.
A LONG BRANCH letter says of the
pretty bathers: sThere are many gull
ty of the foolishness of burying their
jewelry in the sand, feeling sure that
they viii recognize the spot. Miss Fer
guson, one of the prettiest girls at tie
United States Hotel, slowed away a
bracelet set with pearls and couple of
rings in this manner last Saturday. They
have not been found yet. This morning
a young lady from the Ocean House went
in hafhinCr with q 1ooIot on1 oboi IN
The locket contained portrait of her
betrothed, and when, on coming out,
she found it had gone, she went into
Mysteries on the beach, and all the water
on hand and a flask from kind-hearted
old gentleman would not soothe her"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Indianapolis
Times, writing frem Long Branch, says:
"Fashion holds sway here with an I'M
perious hand. I saw a beautiful and
very intelligent looking lady the other