Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-10


her costume is warm in winter or cool il
| summer. All that she requires is that i
| shall look warm in one case and look COO
IN another.
Embroidery at S. aud 81 yard trim,
dresses the material OF which only costs
twenty-five cents yard. This is one of the
many facts that go to show how unresson.
able and inconsistent fashion il.
. Pointed shoes of velvet, matching in shape
| the laced ones of kid now seen upon the
| promenade, have the toes covered with an
embroidery of gold and silver beads. They
are laced over the instep with gold or silver
cords.
There are some bewilchiBg styles in rib
bons; those manufactured in silk faille are
very durable, and have yielding turn, easily
| kuotted iuto single and double bows. The
favored colors are lichen green, electric blue,
| terra Gotta, sunfower yellow and hemp
| hade.
There comes to us from the French looms
beautiful novelty in delicate and stylish
wooleus, and on this goods are stamped birds
and heads of animals, small in size; but in
the shell designs and other devices present.
ing natural objects, there is a surprising
boldness expressed.
Mrs. Chadbourne, wife of President Chad
bourne, while attending the CONNIE ncement
exercises at Bewdoin College, accidentally
scratched one of her fingers on a hat-pin. The
wound was considered slight that it did
not receive much attention, but lew days
after Mrs. Chsdbourne's return 10 Biddeford,
Me-, she was confined to her bed on account
OF if, the hand and arm having swollen badly.
For day or two lock jaw was feared, but
she is now much improved.
The famous ehapeau de .jOue has made It's
appearance in London. This hat is made of
plated rushes, somewhat in tine shape of the
creel in use for carrying the grapes OF the
vintage from the vineyard to the press-vat.
1t is worth about Two pence in its natural
state, but when covered with The finest lace
and spread over with costly natural flowers
it really becomes, ss the fair nlondaines de-
clare, ga hat worth wearing" 1t is more
simple, more natural" in short, than the
straw that has been worn 30 long.
1t is not known out of London circles that
De Maurier's "Mrs. Ponsonby de Tomkins"
ia drawn for Mrs. Langtry. He always rep
resents her as the beauty in his clever
sketches, beauty who is always putting her
foot in it., and extracting herself with grace
and tact. This is Mrs. Lapgtry to the life.
she is capable of the greatest fattr pas. Re-
Gently she dropped bit OF ice down the
prince of Wales's back at an evening party,
and then sweetly and grsciously turned the
rudeness into a compliment.
AZ inc Cudtedu Vi Tue Itsi0CACc VI
the king of the Belgians, there is a gate
called La Porte Anspacb, which gives a
short cut, but is always closed at 10 O'Clock
in the evening. Recently the queen, driving
her ponies, returned at 10:15 O'Clock, and
drew up at the Porte ADspsch. "You
cannot pass" said the sentry. "Surely you
can allow the gate TO be opened for me-for
the queenp 81 know very we'll you are the
queen, but If / were to let you pass / should
be put under arrest" The queen drove of,
aud the next morning sent sum of money
10 the sturdy sentry through his command
ing officer.
"a sensation was recently caused" says |
the Troy Times, "by the announcement that |
q Vermont girl had gone 10 California in re- |
spouse to a matrimonial advertisement, and |
had found her prospective husband her |
nit, living in a secluded gorge. The hermit |
now turns out TO be Frederick Monlton |
Shaw, of Los Angeles, who was born IN Rut- |
land and educated at Castleton, VT, where |
he is we'll known. He went 10 California |
and projected a sanitsrium at Los Angeles, /
on a large scale, with waterworks, msnufse- |
tories and steamship lines. He secured the |
and lost the money of the lead |
ing men of the place. Shaw then retired to |
a small ranch, where ne lived Id a semi civ |
ilized state, often sleeping in trees. To the |
surprise of all. the young lady who CORE |
sponded with him married him on reaching |
California and, though the couple still live |
in a semi-nomsdic life, the wife has gained |
an influence over her husband, which is |
leading him back to the customs of civili- !
zationn