Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-01
SOCIETY CHiT-CHAT.

FoR gentleman's party the name of
che host alone appears on the card of In
vitation.
A FAMILY has distinguished itself at
Laporte, Ind, by piecing three gorgeous
bedquilts from samples of silk obtained
free by mail from merchants In large
cities.
LONDON Truths fashion writer finds
that modish honeymoon must extend
over three months or last only day or
two, anything between the two being
hopelessly antiquated.
A SENSATION has been created at Kings
ton. Ont, by the appearance IN the
police court of lady moving In society,
and in whose house was found some
valuable china which was stolen some
five years ago. The affair will probably
be settled out of court.
IT Is regarded as very odd, in London
society, that American ladies wear bon
nets at afternoon receptions. English
ladies avail themselves of every possible
opportunity to remove their bonnets.
English ladies only wear bonnets at
breakfasts aud outdoor parties. Dia-
~monds are rarely worn, except at royal
levees and evening parties.
HUMOROUS conceits appear In the new
silver jeweIry that is darkened to resem-
BILE old silver Five comic masks are on
one long brooch, while others have Kate
Greenaway children, the man in the
moon, fighting cocks, binding owls, or
sentimental looking doves. Bouquet
pins of silver have the word. Souvenir "
engraved upon them.
SPEAKING of society behavior, our
girls are using the shrug this fall with
considerable effect 1t is not the famil-
lar French shrug, done with both shout
ders. but it is nervous lift of one
shoulder, accompanied by neat little
grimace on the corresponding side of the
face. Miss Turner, the heroine at the
Madison Square. employs it cleverly.
As she wears a dress curlously open on
the shoulders, while tight-sleeved below
and covering the neck above, the shrug
is quite bewitching. with its small ex-
posure of smooth, white skin.-N Y
Letter.
AN error of speech that is common
even among well-bred people is the
g Yes, ma'am," or " Yes, SIR in reply.
The correct manner is the using the
name of the person addressed, as SO Yes,
Mr.. Brown, or "No, Mrs. Jones'" Har-
per's Bazaar well says: "Child1en and
servants are two very different classes.
Servants should be taught to say Yes,
sir, and No madam always; but chill
dren should say Yes, papa, CT No,
papa, and be taught to say Yes and
No most respectfully to their elders,
but not Yes, ma'am or No, ma'am;'
that phrase is out of date
It SAY. fellow" exclaimed Fogg,
have you heard the news? Brown and
his wife have separated" "Nol' "Is
that SO ?" Chow did it come about ?"
81 always thought it would come to
that. f'Guess it'll be better for both
Of EN-" These were a few of the ex-
pressions that fell from the lips of the
boys as they eagerly crowded around
Fogg. Eyes, +" said Fogg, the Browns
have separated. saw Brown kiss Mrs.
B. good-by at the depot just now; he
said he would be back tomorrow" The
crowd retired in disgust. The boys
were, Of course, terribly Disguised.
THE Newport gossips are very much
amused over an incident that occurred at
a recent fashionable wedding at that
place. The ceremony proceeded as
usual until the clergyman asked the
bride whether she promised "to love
honor and obey the husband. There
was an awkward pause, and the clergy
man, doubtless imagining that the bride
did not clearly understand what to say,
repeated the question. Still there was
no answer, and again the minister re-
peated the question, with the suggestion
that the question must be answered.
Then, it Is said, the bridegroom awoke
the bride with nudge and she family
answered, civil 1t is reported that
previous to the ceremony the bride in
spirit of frolic declared she would not
answer the question if the word "obey"
was In it, but it was not believed that
when the moment came she would actu-
ally lose her tongue.