Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-07
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. Burdock, sister of Gen. Sherman
died at Newport, r on the 29th ultimo.
Mrp. Langtry will leave London for New
York on the 14th instant, per steamer Ari-
zons.
The widow of Senator Matt II. Carpenter
has returned with her son and daughter, 10
her old home in Milwaukee.
Mira. jesse James is to erect a monument
over the grave of her late husband. II will
be of red beach granite and fourteen feet in
hight.
A young lady of Missouri slashed an IN
sulting fop with his knife. This was better
than trying TO dash his brains out, for prob
ably he has none.
Mrs. Scoville states in her answer to a
suit filed by her husband, that she maintains
herself by selling her brothers book in the
streets of Chicago.
Miss Elc amor Calhoun, grandnlece of John
c. Calhoun, will shortly make her debut on
the London stage. She has been studying
in London for two years.
The New York Independent says that ''the
beat reason yet advanced for washing day,
the next day after Sunday, is because clean
illness is next TO godllnuss."
II is not without some surprise that we
Learn that the estate of The late Mrs. Lincoln
included $4,000 in government bonds, be-
sides other properly, so that the ex-
ecutor of the estate has had TO give bonds for
$4,000.
Mrs. Amy Tourtellott, familisrly known
80 AAnntAnayn celebrated her centennial
anniversary on Saturday last at the Boston
Home for Aged Women, where for eight
years she has been a resident.
The American people will almost feel like
appointing a day of national Thanksgiving
upon learning that the ridiculous practice
of banging the hair" is going odt of fashion
among young ladies. 1t has been Que of the
most disagreeable OF feminine crszes.
A rumor is in circulation in China to the
effect that autograph letter, or what may
lesitimately pass for such in view of the
Emperor's youth, will presently be sent in
vermilion pencil 10 Queen Victoria, request
ing her personal efforts in the suppression of
the opium traffic.
A reporter interviewed a prize fat woman
whose weight is 720 pounds. When asked
"Do you still claim to be the largest fat
WON IN in the world?" she frigidly replied:
Excuse me, sir, but 1 do not RECOGNIZES the
title. l am said TO be the largest large
lady on exhibition"
Mrs Fanny Kemble vouches for the fact
that Thackersy was completely -unm aimed by
terror of his audience when he was about TO
deliver the first of his celebrated lectures on
The Four Georges" and but for the en-
enlargement she gave him he would never
have made the attempt.
According to the latest rumor, the Queen
has cut Mrs. Lsngtry for going on the stage
Probably Mrs. Langtry knew she would, but
preferred sffiusnce and the applause OF
20 poverty aud the acquaintance
of prim old lady who fools away the most
of her time somewhere up in Scotland"
IL 4. L L
Rosdhnd for u.s. Philadelphia
Record That is not the common under
standing of the requirements of RosGtind
" To try her limbs" would be q better ex-
preston. Mary Anderson has always been
afraid of the part, while Fannie Daven
port overdoes it.
The condition of Miss Emma Bond, the |
Christian county school teacher who was |
subjected TO horrible outrage in June last, |
is again reported to be extremely critical, |
and her lie is despsired of. The renewal of |
he fears for Miss Bonds life has revived J
he feeling against the three men now under
pail, and in the event of her death it is ex-
1ected thai lynch law will prevail.
The lady correspondents are discussing |
he question whether it is proper TO speak of |
Mrs. Burnett, the novelist's love of dress.
ady may love to dress with good taste, and
nay have an innocent liking for elegant
clothing without giving up her whole time
nd heart 10 it, and Mrs. Burnetts books
how that che has great deal of hard work
o do.
A Dublin magistrate gives this "bully"
dvice: From the experience which / have
aimed in the police courts" said The magis-
rate, Il would advise people net 10 get mar
led at all, particularly females; for, in the
lumber of assault cases between married
Uh havo hafO L |
My had one case in which a wife was
harged with assault upon her husband"
A French savant has explained the grace
al gait of the Partisan ladies by means of
)srwiu's theory of evolution. According to
i'm the streets of Paris were for a long time
fter the foundation of the city in very
DOR condition, as is, indeed, apparent from
ts original pame-Lutetis, or the "Ciiy of
iud." The Partisan ladies, in order not 10
oil their shoes, were forced to walk on tip
oe, which in due time resulted in high
eels, and finally in that charming gait
hich is the admiration and envy of all the
omen of the civilized world.
We may commence to regard the bat with
'me degree of admiration, because it is 10
; the next fashionable object of byoute-ie. |
must have fiery eyes, composed of clus-
r of rubies, the wings outspresd, and the |
re as near life as the wearer can carry.
he Duchess of Fernan Nunez, of Madrid, Is |
sponsible Tor the entree into fashion of this
w emblem. She, however, has the best
,cuse for this ugly decoration, as the bat Is |
garded with great reverence in the ancient |
zeal family of Fernsn Nunez, who fire. /
iently wear this lugubrious image as sign
their rank.
Mrs. Helen Young Bailey, Of New Hamp- !
ire, quotes the late Robert Kennicott, the {
lfuralist, as having said to a lady who
ade bitter complaint of the depreciation of l
e rose bug: sit is good enough for you;
u bad all the snakes killed" and she adds |
is item of personal experience: "A few
ars ago lively little striped snake made {
haunt among my cucumber vines, and
ok the job of attending to the bugs. / was J
reful never to disturb it, and If grew quite I
me and was always there, alert and watch
|, intent on its own business and not mind c
g me-" q
Miss Mclean, author of Cape God Folks,
Is written q new story, entitled, Towhead, 1
lich will be published by A. Williams I
Co., of Boston. In this story Miss Mclean
dertskes to picture village life in New i.
,gland, but she will not use real names for I
aracters. II is her wish TO avoid such law i
its as the natives of the Cape brought i
ainst her publishers on account of her l
It story. Miss Mclean is perfectly free !
IN love OF display; when she is visiting :
r friends she avoids notoriety, and As soon
she begins 10 attract attention she takes 7
+ departure a
A Western woman has Just done her sex a I I
ryice of kind that officers who wear /
,users are generally slow to do. A fenni- q