Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-06

4 Louise kellogg managed to make two disa-
/ agreeable displays of temper and vanity that
will not raise her out of sight in the estima-
/ ton of her admirers.
! Miss West, the daughter of the British
minister at Washington, Is pretty and
| graceful young girl-a brunette, with a
/ piqusnt face and expressive eyes. She is a
/ picturesque little figure as she goes walking
| in her brown dress with quaint poke bon
net tied under her chin.
Mrs. Garfield has been entertaining during
| the holidays Colonel and Mrs. Rockwell and
| divers members of her own family. The
! health of the late presidents mother is sim
| gularly good, and though she falls into moods
| of sad reflection now and then. she is usually
! sPrightly and talkative.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, sof Washington, is
trying case before the United States Cir
cult Court in Boston. 1t is to be hoped that
Mr.. Belva lockwood will take good care of
| the house during the proprietor's absence
and have the children's winter frocks made
by the time his vile returns home
The census man presents himself at the
door of an apartment. A single and strong
minded lady presents herself. After the
other questions the G. M inquiries; Is
madame married." almost; / am only
waiting for the divorce law to be enacted,
and then shall say 'yes."-Ffeneh paper.
When it was pointed out to NJ. Gambetta
that some of the wives of his colleagues were
hardly likely to shine socially, he replied:
II have secured my colleagues services on
account of their own political merits and
not account of the social merits of their
wives. I regard them as bachelors, not as
married men,"
Victoria Stinson has just received $50, in
Toronto, because she happened to be born in
a military bsrrack at Aldershot, England,
while Queen Victoria was visiting the build.
ing. Her Majesty named the baby after
herself, and deposited S25 in bank, to be
paid to her at the age of twenty-one. The
principal and interest have now been paid.
The ex-Empress Eugene is said to be fad
ing and breaking down rapidly. Once
famed beauty, though not yet aged, she al
ready shows the heavy hand of time. The
1.-the and graceful figure is bent and the
glossy nut-brown hair is faded silyery-white
is failing and she is a mere wreck of the
once glorious woman who ruled the worlds
fashion from the Tuileries.
Mrs. Logan, the wife of the senator, be-
longs to the Methodist Church and believes
in total abstinence. 1t is reported, by the
way, that a number of ladies in Washington
some OF them prominent in society-have
organized secret association called Guardi-
an Angels. Its purpose is the exertion OF
social influences for the reform of congress-
men and others who are inclined to the cup
that inebriates.
The Washington StOr says: Several Italian
papers speak with surprise of Miss Alice
Blaine, daughter of the ex-secretary I state,
travelling through Italy in an independent
way, without a ehdpTone. AS Miss Alice
Blaine is at her fathers home in this city
and never was in Italy in her life, the italian
police, if quick and sharp, may find some
wrotohad advapfuresS who hos assrIured N;ss
Blaine's name. The only daughter Mr..
Blaine has in Europe is schoolgirl, who is
not travelling at all, but is in Paris, under the
care and protection of Mrs. Morton, wife Of
the American minister"
Miss Anna Dickinson ia in New York, pre-
pairing her wardrobe sand studying for the
rehearsals which are to begin this week pre-
paratory to the beginning of her Western
tour. 1t mas been stated that she would
open on January ID at Providence, Rhode
Island. As a matter OF fact, she opens on the
10Th of January at Rochester, New York.
whether as Hamlet" or "Claude MelDotte"
is not at this writing fully determined. From
Rochester her route is west to Chicago and
as far as Omaha. The East has not been
kind to her, and she believes in the Star of
the West and of Empire.
The cry of womanhood in India grooming
under weight of woe past all comprehension
or conception ought toipenetrate the ears and
hearts of Christsndom. "Unwelcomed at
birth, untavght in childhood, ensIaved when
married, accused as widows, unlamented when
they die" Zenana work comprehen6s about
all that can be done for these crushed and
despairing sufferers. Zenana women going
into their prisons, Bible in hand, to teach
and console them, are angel messengers and
need to be increased. One woman, Miss
Beltz, visits FIVE hundred villages within a
radius of ten miles, so dense is the popula-
ton.
Margaret, queen of Italy, is responsible for
the new fashion of the so called uniform
toilet for ladies. When her Majesty was at
Vienna a special ball was given in her honor,
at which all the Viennese ladies appeared in
white, emulating the hue of the daisy, or
marguerite, after which the queen is named.
Queen Margaret herself in white satin,
trimmed with silver gauze, and behowered
with exquisite gardenias the effect Of the
whole being enhanced by the splendor of her
pearl necklace, King Humbert's latest gift.
When the queen returned to Italy and gave
a ball she let the invited ladies know that
they were expected to appear in white. The
Roman ladies were not backward, of course,
and appeared in gorgeous white costumes, in
most cases enlivened with stars or daises in