Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-04
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

raness Burdelt-C outts shows a miG, benevo-
lent and expressive face. She wears a neck
lace of pearls. The dress is black, with
white lace at the neck and wrists.
Fifty young ladies from six counties IN
North Carolina took part in breaking ground
ior the Clinton and Point Caswell railroad,
near Raleigh, on Tuesday last. They Pile d
their snovels with great vigor, and were sp-
plauded by 5000 spectators.
On the Tooth anniversary of the birthday
OF Mrs Lucy Kline, of North Egremont,
Mass she was taken to the Methodist church,
where more than 800 persons were gathered,
among them twenty-five old persons whose
united ages amounted to 2000
Mrs. Mary Sheldon, who was buried on
Thursday at Passaic, n. j., was in her
ninety-third year. Her grandmother at the
Denfield In assacre was carried off by the
Indians when only ten years old, and was
not restored 10 the whites for more than a
year.
The Duchess of Talleyrand is famous
sportswoman. She dresses in plain wooden
stuffs, and, with a small felt hat and a water
proof, takes her gun under her arm and all
by herself marches over hill and dale, climb
ing fences and jumping bitches in quest OF
game.
A marble cenotaph, with an inscription
and portrait,bust, has just been placed in
Dupfermline Abbey as a memorial of Lad
Charlotte Locker, sister of the. late Earl of
EIgin and wife of Mr.. Frederick Locker, the
poet. II was executed by Miss Mary Grant,
of London.
He-"I assure you that she has face as
pretty and as fresh any girl you ever saw.
Her cheek is q compromise between pink
and damask" She (spitefully)-"Yes,
understand. When she's pale she's pink,
and when she's pink she's purple. That is
nature blushing through art"
A lady describing to me another lady who
wore fuzzy toilets and over-dressed, said
stepsister" The same lady said: "When
you tell the truth, you are done with it and
it is all over, but if you tell lie you will
have to worry with it for years."
Mr. NJ. E. Ludington, of Chicago, writes
"My mother, Mrs. III. r. Ludington, seventy.
eight years of age, has daughter, Mrs
Cadney, aged sixty, who has q daug Inter, Mrs
Tice, aged forty, who has daughter, Mrs
David, aged twenty-five, who has daughter
two years of age, and all are living in Sui
Ivan county, N. Y, except my mother, who
resides in New York City"
II you have delicate girl of fourteen
whose health you wish to establish, buy her
dozen plants and two or three books; give
her a bay window in the sunshine and gar
den border 10 begin with, and let her learn
step by step how 10 raise plants. You had
better pay for florists lessons than doctor
bills or German classes, if you want to dc
her good.
Mrs. Lsngtry has upquestionably made q
great success in her "Rosalind," as in every
thing else. Her dress provokes criticism
not TO cay disappointment, as an innovation
in the character, being a sort Of tunic reach
ing 10 the knees, with the customary contiu-
uation. Nevertheless her voice and her APP
pearance are SO much in her favor that peo-
Pile are quite willing to forget that she does
not know how to act.
Sometime ago it was announced that Mrs.
Scoville had fled bill for divorce from her
husband on the ground of cruelty, and now
comes a statement that Scoville has filed a
cross bill for divorce on the ground of adultery
and evil associations, the bill asserting that
Mrs. Scoville keeps company with George
Francis Train and DIR. Mary Walker. If the
facts alleged by Mr.. Scoville can be sub
stsntiated, there is scarcely doubt that be
will succeed in securing the divorce prayed
for, if there is any justice in Chicago.
Mrs. D. W. Lincoln, of Portland, NJ sine
lately fell heir to $i75, $50, the value of the
estate of her cousin, Erven w. S. Noughton,
OF Cslifornia, formerly of Maine. There is
a romantic history connected with the be-
quest. Mr.. Noughton and Mrs. Lincoln
Ia their younger days were intimate friends
and would probably have been married had
il not been for the opposition of reletives.
Mr. Noughton started for the West, deelar-
ing he would never come back. He kept.
his word. Business prospered with him and
he became wealthy Mrp Lincoln was mar
ried to Captain james 4. Lincoln, who
died four years 60, leaving his widow $685.
600.
Alice Oates has been playing Mascoae in
Philadelphia, and according TO the Press,
had the ill-luck to make a very poor "Bet-
tina" According to that paper, she entirely
failed 70 make anything graceful or piquant
out of her part. She kept flying about the
stage like jumping jack, with never vary
could not have been coarser or freer in her
actions. They suited hostler or jockey
rather than Mascette. Her singing, if it
deserved the name, was quite on a line with
her acting, though perhaps it would be fair
to except the duet, when / Behold Your
Manly Form in which she appeared to bet
ter advantage Alas! how has the great
Alice falleu~
A peculiar fancy in woman's leg attire is
thus described by correspondent (female)
of the Detroit Free Press: The costliest pair
of shoes l have ever seen covered the pedal
extremities of a New York lady-S30 was
paid for them. The same lady wore pair
of stockings which cost 500. They were
10 ade of black silk, and midway between the
ankle and the knee was a green tree en-
broidered in silk, and resting upon the
branches of the tree were bright plumed
birds, some in the act of flying. On the
"bulge," or larger part of the stocking, was
a huntsmap, clad in red shirt and Trousers,
taking aim at the birds in the tree. Upon
the instep was the monogram of the lady,
wrought in gold letters. Between the knee
and the upper part OF the stocking were
eighteen narrow bands of many varying
hues."
The London critics, instead of being inn
pressed with Fanny Davenport's and Mrs.
Fiorence's dresses, are actually displeased
with them. American ladies must have a
poor opinion OF English taste" says Truth,
"if they imagine that the jewel case and
the milliner's trunk are the necessary pass
ports to popularity in this country and to
success upon the stage. We heard of moth
ing but the dresses OF Mrs. Florence. She
moved about with the trunks OF an empress,
and in each part she played she had change
of dress for every act. The result was not
for Mrs. Florence was ridicu
lousiy oyer-dressed. / fear that this over
dressing is a constitutional defect in Amer
lea; it ia glaringly vulgar when imported to
England. When Sarah Bernhardt visited
that country. we heard far more about her
wardrobe than her talent"
A plucky woman in Cohoes got rid of a
belligerent negro tramp in short order the
other day. Perceiving from his actions that
ne was determined to rob the house as soon
as be had finished generous dinner which
she had set before him, she quietly took
revolver from drawer in the sewing-ma-
chine at which she was sitting, and held 1t
within the range of his vision. The negro
la shedfand said that he wasn't afraid of
pistol In any woman's hand and he was
willing furthermore, TO bet that it wasn't
loaded. "Oh yes, it is loaded" she replied,
al put in six cartridges myself this morning,
and if you'll keep your eye on that knothole
across the room for moment you'll see
whether know how to shoot" She aimed,
fred and hit the mark, and then said: "Now
get out of that door as lively as you can, or
the next shot will be at you" He got"
The London Atleneum says: @Some weeks
ago we stated our intention OF printing
mass of correspondence throw
ing light on the life of Lord Byron. Since
The announcement was made we have re-
ceived an intimation that the publication of
these letters would be distasteful TO several
members of the Leigh and Byron families.
This is somewhat surprising, Tor, as We men
further examination con-
firms the opinions We expressed-would be
to prove the groundlessness Of the horrible
suggestions made public in 1869, and we
should have supposed that the representa-
lives of the Leigh family would have de-
tired to see Mrs. Leigh's memory cleared OF
he aspersiops of Mrs. Beecher Stowe. There