Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-18
ABOUT AND FOR WOMEN.

The famous Mrs. Hicks-Lord has pur.
chased $4,000 residence on the south side Of
| West Fourteenth street, New York.
Rabbi y. NJ. Browne has sued Mrs. Sue
z. Burke and her husband, proprietors of the
| New Orleans Democrat for 900 damages.
Miss Leprancer (reading Lord Larne's
| speech on the subject 1.-THE further west the
Oh, mamma, let us go to Canada, as far west as
possible!i'-PURcb.
A woman has no natural gift more be-
witching than sweet laugh. 1t is like the sound
OF flutes on the water 1t leaps from her in clear
sparkling ri and the heart that hears II feels as
if bathed in thecool. exhilnrntins spIing
The vexed question of crinolette has been
band OF steel introduced into the volumin6us
folds of the back breadths of skirt as TO unite
Mere.
A word of tribute is due to Caroline Rich
ings, who died at Richmond on the 18th. She pre-
cede e PaTepa In giving opera in English with
which Caroline Richings planted She was an els-
CANT and accomplished woman, and an honor 70
''Pharoah's daughter" has been discovered
among mummies at Thebes. She is described as
lady. a rare beauty" with mole on her under
but until the interesting damsel arrives at the
British Museum, English art critics will not admit
that 1t can add to her beauty.
Baroness ErlaDger, wife of the banker.
ordered her carriage to take her to the Ring thea
ter the night it was burned. Accidentally the
cOacnllan arrived HIteen minutes later than
ordered, and the baroness escaped the horrors Of
the fire Strangely enough, a like delay prevented
her intended visit to the Nice operahouse on the
evening it was burned last March.
Oscar Wilde, the esthete saws: mi
Morris is the greatest actress ever saw if it be
fair to form an opinion of her from her rendition
of this one role, Mercy Merrick.' We have no
snch powerfully intense actress in England. She
is great artist in my sense Of the word, becau-e
all soc does all she says, in the manner of the do
ing and OF the saying constantly eYokes the mag
nation to supplement it. That is what mean by
art. She would be wonderful success in London
There is a revival in Washington CITY OF
the scandal in society and diplomatic circles
caused winter before last by the discovery at a
in an upstairs cloak-room before some Young
There was great Indignation sed
against the young men engaged in the affair, all
OF whom were connected with foreign legations
They were promptly expelled from the Metro
politan Club. and their governments recalled
them. Two of them have reappeared at Washing
ton, and their friends say that Mr. Blaine has
expressed the opinion that they were no more TO
blame than the young lady was.
A young man in St. Louis, who has doubt
less been contemplating the possibility OF better
things with the new year, comes to the Eaournful
conclusion that II Is impossible for to marry
on 5000 year Cincinnati wife, however takes q
different view OF the subject. and demonstrates 10
him that he can get married and live handsomely
on S1nOO per annum. Her household expenses for
the last year were as follow: Expenses inclusive
Of house rent, gas fire. provisions. etc S1I6 81.
including underwear, boots, shoes etc
sl66 SO; washing SIS; amusements, S9f OF: hus-
bands incdentals. s210; wife's incidentals $50 |
life insurance So. The Cincinnati woman claims
that they live well this sum and can
entertain their friends into the bargain So after
ALL there is matrimonial hope for unfortunate
Young who have 5000 a wear.