Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-06-22
SOCIETY CHlT-CHAT.


SOCIETY cHIT-cHAT.
The woman question: At 20 who, at
80 what, at 40 where, is he?
COSTA RIcA has accredited a lady
Madame Beatrice-as her envoy extraor-
dinary at Washington.
An eccentric fancy in hosiery is the
stocking Of green silk, with peacock 3
feather in tinted gold on the iustep.
By keeping them in her bosom, and
close to her in her bed, q Chicago
woman has hatched seven ducks eggs
that had been deserted by disguised
old hen.
CHARLES, dear, now We are married,
you know. we should have no secrets.
So do, like love, hand me the bottle of
hair dye; you will find it in my DRESS
ing-case."
AMONG the gifts presented TO Miss
Anne Foster, daughter Of the governor
OF Ohio, on the occasion OF her wedding
last week, was one from Mrs. Garfield,
with the message: "May you be the
queen of MARRIAGE perfect wife,"
"MY frends," said the officiating cler-
gyman at the marriage of two colored
persons near Cincinnati, few Sundays
ago, "my frens, it am a serious ting TO
get married, specially when bofe parties
is orphans an haint got no parents to
fall back on, as am de present case"
THE Louisville Courier Journal says:
"a young man of this city who has been
spending his summers east, says the
girls there never have the delightful,
fluffy appearance peculiar to southern
climates, because it is too cold for null
and organdie, and the moonlight prom.
enade on the beach is shorn of its enjoy
ment by the fact the girls nose will get
cold in spite of all precautions"
A CINCINNATI husband said that his
wife should devote her afternoons to the
care of her children instead of going to
matinees at the thesters. She disobeyel
He walked down the center isle of a the
ater, took her by the ear, and led her
out. "Out Of respect to the parties,
says the account, "who are well con-
nected and generally well thought of,
their names are withheld from the pub.
lic."
SHE had ordered nothing but vege-
tables and was eating of them vigorous
her-one of those busybodies ever anx-
ious to be pleasant smiled and interrog-
atively said, vegetarian ?" "No,"
said the other in quick response, Uni
tartan, I'm from Boston-are you ?"
One of those grand old Beethoven laughs
without words went round the table
Hotel Mail.
MATRIMONIAL pleasantly: A lady
whose husband was the champion snorer
Of the community in which they resided,
confded to female friend the following
painful intelligence: my life has not
been one of unalloyed delight. l have
had the measles, the chicken-p pox, the
cholera, the typhoid fever and inHam-
matory rheumatism, but l never knew
what real misfortune was until 1 married
burglar-alarm.
Some English girls at home are looked
upon as cranks from the extraordinary
modes adopted to set themselves mp as
lawfully jolly" Three or four of these
creatures recently appeared in Richmond
Park. One wore q mans scarlet cricket
cap. All had their hair cropped close,
and all four carried heavy walking sticks.
At Brighton and elsewhere il is quite
common for young ladies to go about
with walking sticks and convict's crop.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD, of Califor-
mia, whose husband owns q number of
valuable horses and the patent for instau-
taneous photography, is spending her
pin money in another direction. She
has Just had made by Tiffany curious
necklace which is unique in the art of
jewelry, being composed Of all varieties
of jewels, diamonds, sapphires, emer-
aids, topaz, turquois, pearls, opals, etc. /,
mixed up in the most bewildering way.
1t cost ss5, 900.
The quickest time on record in di-
vorce suit was made at Fort Wayne. A
wealthy farmer, named j. v. Gilbert,
drove to town with his wife, and she
handed IN an application for freedom on
the ground of cruelty. The couple then
agreed that the wife should have 81 900
in cash, new false teeth every three
years, half the furniture, fruit and milk,
and two-thirds Of the children. Both
appeared in court, and the divorce was
at once granted.
A YOUNG man IN train was making
fun OF lady's hat to an elderly gantle-
man in the seat with him. eyes, said
his seat-mate, "thst's my wife, and ]
told her il she wore that bonnet that
some fool would make fun Of it." The
young man slid out. At the next station
the old man poured out his hot coffee
into the saucer to cool "Look, ma,
said q snickering girl, "at that old fash.
ioned way of drinking. "Yes," said the
elderly gentleman, 'and it was old-fash-
ioned manners not TO notice it." The
elderly gentleman finished his journey In
peace.
New YoRx "society" authority re-
ports that at stylish wedding soon to
/ take place in q fashionable church mp
town, the bridesmaids are TO consist OF
six cherubic little girls, ranging in age
from 6 to 10 years. They are TO be at
tired in charming-loo Kate Green
away costumes made Of seashell- pink
fouiard, and trimmed with lace and
aatnral rosebuds; with broad sashes Of
Z pink moire, and bewitching little Queen
: LAB bonnsts Of white shiIred sllrnh,
tied down with moire silk strings, the
crowns being wreathed with tiny moss
roses. They are 10 carry French gilded
baskets Of white and pink roses, where
With they are to scatter the brides path
q, unaocompanied, she walks mp the
church aisls 70 the chancel. who're she
u 10 meet the rest Of the bridal
party, who have prscedsd her into the
church,