Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-08
FiRESlDE CHIT-CHAT,

FiREsIDE CHIT-CHAT.
The girl who powders should beware
of sparks.
The most fashionable dinner party
nowadays is the one that costs most.
Mr.. BBrecently married Miss Webb
he knew they were intended for each
other as soou as he spider.
The girl that has the most freedom
and runs at large most persistently al
this age is the one that's maid fast.
"Do You speak German % was asked
of one Of Gothem's glddy butterflies OF
fashion The other evening. "No, but /
dawnce it, was the reply of the maiden.
SCANDAL, when it has truth in it, is
like grease spot On new cloth, but when
there is no truth in it, it is like splash
Of mud which will come off easily when
dry.
WHEN rooms are overcrowded at par
ties, etiquette allows the first Corners to
go home early. In the best circles
crowds are considered as something
vergmg on the vulgar mass meeting.
Miss EDMUNDs, daughter Of Senator
Edmunds, takes daily walk accompan-
led by fine Irish setter. Miss Hill,
daughter OF the senator from Colorado,
OWNS a fine setter and drives stylish
dog-cart.
''THERE," said Miss Dashle, as she
sealed a letter to her lover; 'that isn't
very bright, but it will 10 for him. Low
ers are all alike. If you but write to
them, they don't care snap Of the fng-
er what You say"
A CELEBRATED lawyer said that the
three most troublesome OF his clients he
ever had we're young lady who wanted
to be married. a married woman who
wanted a divorce, and an old maid who
didn't know what she wanted.
I DON'T mind the pi. amer MUCH"
said a fond but perplexed motherrecent-
~, but when Marier gets to sallyin
around in front OF the lookin' glass an0
disputin' in French with Ter own shad-
der, it makes me right nervous
AN atfectionate mother, noticing her
little daughter wipe her mouth with her
dress sleeve, asked what her handker-
chief was for, andreceived for an answer,
I" It's to shake at the ladies in the street.
That's what papa does With his
A MAN eighty-fve years old and wo-
man sixty five, who live in the lower
part OF Dawson County, Ca, ran away
last week and got married. This is the
first instance on record Of the old folks
running away from their children to
marry.
The fashionable ladies' of England are
indulging in rivalry to obtain molesk1n
coats. Catchers are now regularly en-
ployed ON the large estates. Lady
Brassey has garment composed of one
thousand skins, for which two hundred
guineas have been offered.
AT fashionable New York wedding
the altar was covered with a drapery OF
brocaded Persian satin with panels of
maroon velvet embroidered with pome-
granates and olive leaves, and finished
with a fringe OF gold, headed with a
frieze of Moorish spangles.
PRECEDENCE and age: There is
story Of Solomon not contained in the
Shook of Kings Two of his court
damsels had a row as to precedence,
Solomon looked kindly, and said: "Let
the Oldest 60 first" and the damsels en-
braced, and went in together with en-
twined arms.
Or late New York wedding an ex-
change pertinently observes: "What-
ever the reason, the fashionable wedding
Of to-day seems to be show far more
attractive to the average taste than a new
comedy or burlesque, or even a sensa-
tional murder trial, with comic assas-
sin for Its STAR
AN English writer describes the pres
ent style Of waltzlng as that of "athletes
putting their bodies to the work of dane
ing much in the same manner as they do
in the game of football, holding their
helpless partner firmly at arms length,
aud using her, on occasion, as sort of
battering RAM"
PROFESSIONAL beauties are only
found in the Old world. The attempt
was made to establish the "court " in
New York, but the society leaders of
Gotham banded together and nipped the
scheme in the bud by not inviting the
would-be professionals to their par
ties, and of course they couldn't estab-
lish court without followers.
A JA1oR says there is class of wo-
men who are fascinated by any fendish
cruelty to one OF their sex, and who be-
come infatuated with the criminal. The
number Of persons who have sneaking
admiration for notorious criminals be
finds to be very large, and he would
make it difficult for them to get into q
Jail to crafty their pr'1rient tastes.
Abo4 III
epaulets are the newest features of even
ing dress" and adds, "this decoration
assists the effect of square shoulders, to
attain which has for some ime been a
principal aim of fashionable women.
Epaulets without sleeves may appear an
inconsistency to many, but fashion goes
on her capacious way without troubling
herself as to what is consistent"
Nor all have learned the art of leaving
in an appropriate manner. When you
are about to depart, do so at once,
gracefully and politely, and with no dal-
lying. Don't say, "It's about time ]
was going" and settle back and talk
aimless]y for another ten minutes. Some
people have just such tiresome habit.
They will even rise and stand about the
room in various attitudes, keeping thei1
hosts also standing, and then, by an ef
fort, succeed in getting as far as the
hall, when new thought strikes them
They brighten up visibly, and stand fol
some minutes longer, saying nothing O.
Importance, but keeping everybody in {
restless, nervous state. After the doo1
is opened the prolonged leave-t taking be
gins, and everybody in general and par
ticular is invited to call. Very likely {
bright thought strikes the departing
visitor, which his friend must risk
cold. to lear to the end. What relic
whensthe door is finally closed! There
is no need Of being Extensively abrupt
but when.. you are ready to go-go.
Late Teething.
From the New York SUM- ~.
Elias De Puy is IS years Of age and il
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