Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-08
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

The prettiest prize in the lottery Of mar
riage Is a little bit Of a girl baby.
Darling" said she to her poetical young
husband, there is the silent moon" Yes"
said he, 'its silence is golden"
Mrs 10, the widow OF Prof. 10, doesn't
want "to go back TO the old tyranny of ORR
entail CUSTOM" and probably will continue to
live in Boston.
Mrs. Garfield has purchased the portrait
OF her late husband painted by Miss Ran
som, of Cleveland, the only portrait for
which General Garfield ever sat.
The New York Star enumerates the follow
ing ladies az smokers: Emma Abbott, Patti,
Barnhardt, Mary Anderson, Fanny Daven-
port, Lolita, Kate Claxton and Alice Oates.
Jennie Lind advises all American girls
who are in Europe studying music to return
home, where she says the instruction is Just
as good, and the chances OF getting nice
husband much better.
The princess Of Wales is said 10 have the
finest COmpiexion of any lady in England,
and some one has discovered that 1t is owing
to the fact that she washes her face in min
eral water from a spring in Germany.
CHOW beautiful the dome of heaven this
evening" said Angelica, as she leaned heav-
lily on his arm. The stars seem to look
down upon US" cts impossible for them
Queen Victoria is not without WON anly
superstitions. She is said to be averse to
having her son Leopold marry in May, be-
cause that was the month in which the poor
young Princess Charlotte was welded to
King Leopold.
The ladies of Ireland have done it at last,
or at least, those ladies of the Land League OF
Rosscarberry, who have solemnly and unani-
mously resolved never to marry landlord,
agent bailitf, land-grabber, or peeler who is
not land Lacquer"
A New York State woman swallowed a
tadpole last summer and now has a full
grown bull-frog in her stomach. She has
gone to Albany for medical treatment. A
fishing line with piece of red flannel is sug-
gested as proper bait with which to beguile
the reptile.
Mamma, is the old hen going to be sent
why do you ask" "Well, heard papa tell
the new governess that they would have a
fine time when he sent the old hen away for
the summer" Mamma put little Charlie to
Philadelphia Times.
An Italian paper, announcing the death of
young lady which took place when 1.-The
slanting rays of the autumnal sun were play
ing fast and loose with the quivering leaves
of trees" says the deceased chad always a
mass OF luminous atmosphere around her as
the natural barrier ag ainst iucessant en-
croachments of sin and debauchery."
Lady Brassey, of England, is the possessor
of mOleskin sacque made from the skins Of
over 1000 moles, all collected by herself
She has set the fashion among the ladies of
wealth and fashion, and the hight of their
ambition is now TO dsplace their sealskin
sacques for those of the mole, which are
likely to become as costly as those OF the
Russian sable.
Little girls are made to look as much like
Kate Greenaway pictures as possible, with
the large hats, or poke bOnnets, their quaint
Mother Hubbard cloals, and gathered frocks.
Six OF them were bridesmaids at a wedding
in New York the other day, and the mites,
nearly OF a size, stood in q row, attired in
white cashmere gowns, red hose, red plush
bonnets, and carried red plush bags.
Mrs. Senator Jones, of Nevada, has intro
duced n very pretty hospitality this winter,
which viii be initiated She invites twenty
pretty young ladies to an afternoon lunch,
having the edibles temptingly displayed on
a center table. Ten little side tables or tea
poys are ranged around the walls of an ad-
joining parlor. There are no servants visi-
BILE, each cavalier waiting upon the maiden
OF his choice and enjoying a tzte-a-tete with
her for his reward. After the eating the
clever ones OF both sexes amuse the others
- 9NAOS, N"SN7' AN'i'"''Oii9 am hS9uiHS7'
Nenie Gardiner D5scamps, known on the
stage as Nenie Clancy, died last Wednesday
in southern California. She was the daugh-
ter of c. r. Gardiner, and was born in Gin
cinnati. She first appeared in the ballet
with Mrs. Oates, and afterward as singing
soubreRe. She was the original 'Evangeline"
in Rice's burlesque. She was with Rice three
seasons, and then married Renie d scamps,
a Frenchman, and went to California for her
health. She died OF consumption, at the age
of twenty-five. She sister of Laura
Clancy, leading lady of Frank Mayo's COM
pany.