Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
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men also.-Ne,0 Orleans Picayune.
"K1ss1Ne your sweetheart" says a
trifirg young man, sis like eating soup
with fork; it takes a long time to get
enough"
A GUN is loaded with powder; table
is loaded with the delicacies of the sea-
son. Both go off, and both kill.-Phit-
0delphia Item.
REFLECTED lovers need never despair.
There are four and twenty hours in a
day, and not a moment in the twenty
tour In which woman may not change
her mind. -De Fenod.
A CULTIVATED society lady" of
Washington is reported to have subdred
one OF the Chinese officials there, and
union of pigtail and switch is pre-
dicted.
II SWEAR" said gentleman to his
lady-love, 'syou are very handsome. !"
"Pooh!" said the lady, $50 you would
say if you did not think so.''' stAnd so
you would think" answered he, sthough
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 mistake. No matter how cheap a
girl may be, her young man always
thinks she is 'little dear"
ENGLISH high 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.
1T 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, as many bankrupt husband can
testify.-LouisvilIe Courier-Joawnal.
The feminine mania in France nova
days is for the most bizarre of orna-
ments. The latest is bouquet of arti-
fetal flowers placed in the chapeau,
above which floats the most brilliant of
butterflies. The butterhy.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 flutters preparatory to
alighting.
"CLARA 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 expenses Of shirt front at
ball, and says that when one wears a low
neck dress and leans against man, it
is so awful cold that it reminds her of
sliding down hill in Vermont winter"
NINE. ADAM, at one of her recent en-
tertainments at Paris, "had on toilet
worthy of chief priestess of the MUSES..
1t was of white satin, sleeveless, and
edged around the square-cut body with
Greek characterization in brilliants. The
arms were very fine, and they and the
neck encircled with more diamonds
worked into classic patterns. Her head
was crowned with laurel leaves, encrlst-
ed with some sparkling substance, and
held firm by means of small dagger
with jeweled handles, which transported
Phidian chignon.'
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 $18, 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
the largest lace house III Europe as an
illustration of the liberality, as he calls
it, of wealthy Americans.
New YORK ladies have taken up fenc-
ing as an accomplishment and many of
them are said to excel in the art. 1t
was favorite pastime among the Roman
ladies in the days of Rome's greatest
luxury, heartlessness and vice; but per-
haps it will do nothing for American
women except ''redden their cheeks,
brighten their eyes, stimulate their
brains, round their figures, augment
their gracefulness, increase their agility
and strengthen word, improve
materially both their health and beauty
The following is description of Mrs
Kate Chase Sprague in her glory: SAT
one of her receptions, when her popu-
larity was at it's height, her dress was,
like herself, a wonder-a marvellous satin
robe of two shades-a pale blue and a
pearly white, tint rather than shade.
1t 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
deep-wh1te duchesse lace fell over che
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