Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
FIRESIDE CHIT-CHAT.

SOME one has said, "The first wife is
matrimony, the second company and the
third heresy."
SHE" Patsey, air you extetic ?' He
-"Say what air you gjvin' us ?" She
"You know; air you fond of broken
crockery, and them things?"
The latest aesthetic slang the ladies
use when reproving their admiring gen
tlemen friends is: ''You fatter too aw
fully perfectly much. -PhjlodelphiG
Bulletin.
IF in your domestic life you would be
supremely happy you must not forget
the old adage, "The husband must not
see, and the wife must be blind. "-BOs-
ton Star.
ENGLIsHMEN now take off their gloves
when they take off their hats on enter
ing house, but it isn't done in Paris.
Gentlemen as well as ladies cling to
their gloves at the French capital.
STATISTICS show that women commit
suicide most frequently on Sunday. It
is on that day that the humiliation of
having to wear last seasons bonnet is
most keenly felt.-Syracuse Herald.
Four couples were recently married
at one time in Richmond, Va. The
gentlemen involved In the pleasant affair
were personal friends, and finding that
they had all arranged to enter the blessed
bonds OF matrimony, ali determined to
be married in company to which the
ladies agreed.
"GRAc1oUs me !" exclaimed Sarah,
looking into the glass; chow awfully my
I,o3 T l..
days" Why, Sarah, said Lydia, is
is possible? [ never should have sus-
pected it. It looks as we'll as [ ever saw
it." Sarah didn't know whether to feel
complimented or insulted. -Boston
Transcript.
A REMARKABLE fact: We have many
times been an unwilling listener to the
s" said she" and said variations in
public conveyances and elsewhere; but
never knew an instance where the s'said
rs" didn't say all the smart things, and
the "said she's" all the stupid and
vicious ones, or where the 'ssaid I's".
didn't come off victorious in the end.
QUESTION in French journal:
"When lady receives visit from a
gentleman, ought she to rise or remain
seated when the visitor enters and when
he takes his leave? % If the lady lives
in Washington, says an American paper,
she will rise without regard to Partisan
etiquette and accompany him as far as
the hall, to see that he doesn't carry off
a $40 ivory-handled umbrella in place of
the $3.50 cotton one usually carried
by visiting Observation-Disclosures
NeaOs.
eft is the first time you ever repulsed
me, Edith, and it shall be the last" said
young DeCourcey, as he arose haughtily
and moved toward the door. "Stay !!
cried she piteously, as if her heart would
break, "we must not part in anger.
"Well," he rejoined, half penitently,
"what shall do?" "Oh, Gus, don't
blame me,,' she explained with a per-
ceptible shiver, "my neck is very sensi-
tive. ] stood it as long as L could. Go
and warm your nose. "-Brookly2a
Eagle.
IT was Mrs. Hamilton Fish's pride
that she was never behind" in her
calling list and never left a single visit
unpaid by card or otherwise. That in
defatigable woman would stand for
hours In her own parlor, without even
leaning against a table or other article
of furniture, with the same gracious
smile and unwearied look for the last as
the first conner. Then, perhaps, she
would be driven to the white house to
assist ID receiving at some official spread,
and later in the night would lend her
presence to one or more germans or
soirees.
A New YORK belle and heiress has re-
ceived a superb evening toilet from
Paris, with which she intends to utterly
crush all her rivals. It has the train
skirt of costly satin and embossed velvet
of garnet hue, and with these textures
there is combined a cloth resembling
silver,-a beautiful fabric, and marvel
ously effective by gaslight. The train
skirt is exquisitively adorned with point
lace, and foliage with clusters of flowers
of vivid colors; both are made of plush
and chenille. The lower portion of the
train is encircled with small suDhowers
made of velvet. A wreath of sumac
leaves, disposed In plush, runs up the
sides. Daisies and violets of satin
combined with velvet ivy leaves, gives
tasteful border to the silver-cloth tab
Her.
Z ASH1ON .udS udO0 Ouo u0IuOuSLTaG1Ou
which it is predicted viii be popular,
except among those who seem to pride
themselves upon being g fast refer
ence is made to the long kid gloves of a
famingo-red color. One good authority
says of this: "The general effect of
this style on lovely female as she en-
tiers reception or ball is overpowering.
Her hands present most sanguinary
and indeed, murderous appearance, and
every movement of these members leads
one to believe that the impulses of the
owner are "bloody, starved and raven
GUS. You might imagine yourself at
bull-fght, and that this was the red flag
waved for the purpose of urging on the
Infatuated animal. Another pleasing
feature of this article of apparelis that it
makes the hand of the wearer look to be
twice its original size, so that the effect
on a female who wears number eight
glove can be imagined. Women who
are silly enough to adopt these monstros-
tiles in attire had better join some con-
genial tribe Of "redskins" at once, aid