Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-05
SOCIETY CHIT-CHAT.

A RECEIVING teller-The gossip.
The bride is led to the altar, but she
avs the groom thither all the same.
NOTHING but pure poIiteness makes a
aldheaded man lift his hat on meeting
lth young lady.
IT was Beaconsfeld who said that
nothing is of SO much Importance to a
Dung man as to be well criticised by a
oman"
AT some of the fancy dress balls in
ondon and Paris costumes of a remote
tie are worn, and dances belonging to
re same period are introduced
PRoFoUND and comprehensive advice
wen by an aged woman-hater to his
ephew: "Shun the blondes, avoid the
runettes and fly from all the others p
The Elm1ra Free Press SO far re-
eshes its memory and forgets its gal
ntry as to state that Nellie Grant
artoris used to wear "brown stone
'eckles"
"MY dear" Mrs. Carlyle once said to
friend, "never marry a literary man. +"
nd on another occasion her words were:
| married for ambition, and I have
zen wretched"
AT gum-chewing trial in Missouri
st week girl X years old beat three
arr1ed women and a schoolma'a am by
yenteen minutes and half. She kept
n jaws wagging for three straight
lurs.
A MAN who advertised for an s. amiable
life, and had had the supposed treasure
one week, expressed himself thus
oscurely: "She hadn't been in the
1use twenty-four hours before the milk
ured."
ATTRACTIVE advertisements An intel
gent, neat, orderly American woman,
no has partially lost her voice and
axis III whisper, desires a situation
take care of china, dust furniture,
id do the lighter work of family
7OH1d9a's Journal.
A NOVEL fete champetre took place in
le gardens Of the Countess de Gilly, in
arts. All the ladies were dressed in
fatteau costumes and the men as peas
ats, and three cottages were hastily
uilt up, where the make-believe villag-
: drank milk and ate strawberries and
rown bread. Cows grazed on the lawn
ld MIXED by the amateur peasants.
WHEN Jennie Cramer's body was
und, tie New Haven girls all began
earring white dresses and white wax
sads III imitation of the costume she
I'd on at that time. Blanche Douglas
5 worn during the trial a white hand
rchief hanging from her waist. SO, as
as the eye can reach, white spots can
seen against the background of young
,men's CARDS upon the streets of the
n City. Many of the students at
lie College wear epe glasses and mus
hes which are probably III imitation
the Malley boys.
4 MEMBER of the American colony In
ris seems to have introduced novelty
recent dinner party. When dessert
served large plateau of moss was
ICED upon the table, IN which stood
Ill earthenware flower pots. The
eau was SO arranged that flower pot
od III front of each guest. The pots
re filed with fresh leaves, on which
re piled large, luscious strawberries.
cen glass plates, in the shape of vine
yes, we're provided to eat the straw
rries from, and tiny cream pitchers of
ique form were placed beside each
est.
HE new reporter was sent to the
tool exhibition. His report read
'tty we'll; but there were few things
t which did not meet the approval of
local editor-such, for instance, as
Sc: "They essays of the graduating
Is were good, whoever wrote them;''
le floral offerings were excessive, and
the number received by Miss Sim
yush We judge her 4ather owns first
S greenhouse" sfthe young lady who
the valedictory to the teachers has
Ter the making of a fine actress. She
ulated sorrow SO accurately that the
ter might have been misled had he
subsequently heard the young lady
TX of this same dear teacher as "a
sful old thing. '"-BoSton Tran
pt.
persons about to marry will not
the famous advice of Douglass Jer-
which was, simply Don't, they
q look well to their contracts bind
one another to enter the married
!. 1t has been decided In New York
If the en- gagement to marry Is not
eperformed within year from the
of the proposal the contract is with
le statute of fraud, and is not bind
unless 1t is IN writing. Young gen.
len who propose and are are accepted
I'D state specifically whether their
pose is to carry out the contract
in year; if not, the young lady
nd refer him to her attorney. that
proper papers may be drawn. A
1 many marriage contracts with less
a year to run come within the moral
ute of frauds. Chicago Times.