Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Pearl marguerites trim white satin dresses.
New cotton satinettes are as lustrous as
silk.
The favorite millinery lace is the oriental
or moresque.
India red foulards are made up as Mother
| Hubbard wrappers.
| Embroidery patterns, done in feathers, APP
| pear on new ball dresses.
The Jersey bodice, fitting like a glove, is
| predicted as the coming style.
! The newest bracelets are of gold coin,
from one dollar up to the double eagle
Miss Swisshelm writes to the papers a let
| ter adjuring Anna Dickinson to quit the
stage and return to the rostrum.
An Illinois grl became a wife at eleven
years OF age, widow a few weeks later,
and now, at the age of eighteen, is again 10
| be wife.
A friend OF Annie Louise Cary says that
| when the singer was a girl she was the cham
| pion of all her playmates in jumping fences
and such sport. Luckily for the fences, An
ME has sworn off.
Sarah Bernhard has a relative in Roches-
ter who is a native of Canada. His name is
! Bernhardt, and his father was Sarah's first
cousin. She corresponded with the family
| while in this country.
A Maine woman recently drove two "hor-
| rid" neighbors from disputed wood lot with
| a stick OF alder shaped and smoked into the
likeness of pistol, and justice fined her 81
| and costs for assauIting with intent to kill.
The "Wide Awake" Society of Dallas,
| Texas, is composed of lit e girls. The
secretary, Miss Fannie Sues, wrote to Presi-
dent Arthur that he had been made an hon
orary member, and received In reply pleas
ant note from him returning thanks for the
compliment.
Nine. Celeste, who has Just died in Paris,
was an actress who came over in the early
American days, when pretty actresses with a
| European reputation were solemnly intro
duced 10 the cabinet by the President. Jack
son did it in her case. Celeste made 500, 900
on that trip cher secoud to America), and she
knew how TO keep it.
4 iailer says that there is a class OF wo-
men who are fascinated by any fendish
cruelty to one of their sex, and who become
infatuated with the criminal. The number
| of persons who have a sneakiDg admiration
| for notorious criminals he finds to be very
| large, and he would make it difficult for
them to get into Jail to crafty their p-u-
| rient tastes.
| The biggest girl in the school at Ham
mond's Corners, Ohio, was whipped by the
| teacher with great severity. Her father had
| the young man arrested, and few days ago
the case was called for trial. But the prose-
| cutting sttorney said that the matter had
been amicably arranged; the girl not only
| was convinced that the punishment was de-
served, but accepted the teachers discipline
for life as his wife.
Shoes, for wear with evening toilets, are
now trimmed with lace. The rosettes which
used to be made OF kid or ribbon now
composed OF this material, and the buckle
is frequently replaced by a small bunch Of
| flowers. Black lace is used on black kid or
! satin shoes, aud diamond buckles are very
effective when seen peeping from the folds of
the lace. For white or pale-tinted shoes
white or cream-colored lace is used.
Mr.. Lapgtry has style as well as tone and
distinction, and one of the best voices that
has been heard on the stage for many a long
day. 1t is musical, yet penetrating, deep,
telling and capable of great variety. The
enunciation is distinct, and the voice comes
without apparent effort. And Mrs. Langtry
has very pretty singing voice, for she gave
Ohenbachs "Chanson de Fortunio" at the
piano with tender meaning and pathetic
tffect-London Post.
A lady sends to Mr.. Labouchere de-
scription of the present style of watzing,
saying: "There is a decided effort being
made to do away with anything like the
elegant trGis temps movement, and, instead
the athletes of the ballroom put their bodies
10 the WORK OF dancing mucn IN the same
manner as they do in the game of football
holding their helpless partner firmly at arms
length, and using her, as occasion offers, as
a kind OF 'battering RAM"
Minnie Madden and Grace Crazy, Illinois
girls of eighteen and nineteen, are making a
tour of the West on bicycles. They started
early in the fall, and when cold weather set
in at the North they had reached Texas.
They are doing it for health and diversion.
A man servant attends them, and they carry
a small quantity of baggage, their trunks
| being sent ahead by express. They intend
to cross the country to Florida by spring,
and then move up along the coast.
Senator Sawyer is one of the most practical
of rich men. He called his young daughters
to him one day, and asked them, as testi-
mony Of their affection for him, to learn to
make their own clothes and to cook good
dinner. The young girls cheerfully prom
Used, and not long after invited their parents
and few friends to dine with them. They
cooked the perfect dinner themselves, and
each wore a dainty gown made by her own
| hands. So pleased was the senator that he
gave to each of them a check for S25 900.