Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-19
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

Presby terrain blue Is the very deepest and
latest shade of that collr.
Pink and silver are much admired comb
nations for evening toilets.
At Dublin Castle Court, says London Truth
plumes OF unbecomipg size are not de rigueti'
A little Livingston county girl anxiously
asked, the other day, "Ma, if a bear should
swallow me, would he go to heaven too?"
Viole de BrahDline, a kind of nuns cloth, il
very popularity combined with polka-dotteG
B,erreiHeUc in rich colors; or, enhanced by
bright colored embroideries, makes up most
attractive toilets for little maidens.
Miss Lizzie Barton, of Clinton, ILL.,, a
highly accomplished and beautiful belle OF
eighteen, has just returned home after a short
visit to the Joliet penitentiary. She has
stolen sixteen horses in her short but event
full career. This is not a society item.l
The queen of Italy is described as having
an interesting but sad and pathetic express
sion of couutenance. she has no majesty of
presence; her walk is uUgraceful; but her
puts the shyest stranger instantly at ease.
AIA1aI.44 C4rla Sarena the noted traveller
is a small, delicate woman, with dark hair
and brilliant black eyes. Her figure is erect
and her step quick and light. She speaks
several languages, and lectures eloquently
upon subjects suggested by her journeys In
the East.
London Truth: "a lady was singing last
week at a charity concert, and the audience
insisted upon hearing her song a second
time. Her daughter, little child, was
present, and on being asked afterward how
her mamma had sung replied, Very badly
for they made her do it all over again.
Among new spring millinery garnitures
ara T,iacaz of GOLD or al lace ir
old Venetian designs, with lace edgings to
correspond Tor borderings or face trimmings
These lace pieces are very choice, and are &c
be laid over foundations of rich-hued MAY
velvet" for spring bonnets, and over bonnets
of pale-tinted satin during the summer sea
son.
The Philadelphia Nelcs thinks that "tht
dramatic profession offers better opportuni.
ties for women than any other. When very
young she can play sOubrette and juvenile
parts, still later leading roles, and later YET
can appear as first old woman. Finally, when
age and iufrmity combine TO unfit her fol
further dramatic work, she can become q
ballet girl
A number Of Philadelphia ladies, despair
ing of getting even with their husbands and
gentlemen friends in any other way, are or
ganizing a club of their own, to be called
"The Hyacinth" 1t is to be of a social and
literary character, and we are assured with
ali due solemnity-which is where the Joke
comes iD-that its proceedings are to be KEEP
profoundly secret.
Ioudon Truths editor saw at fashionable
wedding that the brides waist was at leas
three inches smaller than he had ever seen il
before. She had always objected TO tigh
lacing, and on her return from the church
she tainted. 1t appeared that the fashiona
bic milliner had refused TO send out of hel
establishment a dress to be worn in public
measuring twenty-seven inches around the
waist, and the bride was fitted to the one she
sent.
She was a maiden Of mournful mien,
Clad in garment of sad, sage green.
With peacock fes thers strangely bedight;
Skimp was the skirt, and the sleeves fun tight
No frivolous gems that maiden wore
But fan in her taper hand she bore,
And on it was painted so simple and neat
sunllower, with all its petals complete.
Her hair was the hue of the setting sun
She did not smile she did not talk.
She dropped like lily upon its stalk,
And what were her musing- II one might guess
Her thoughts were too utter for words u
express The 1rg0sy.
The Pail Nal Gazette says: Miss O'BrieD
who takes very keen interest in Irish emf
grant girls previous TO leaving our shores
and also while on board emigrant vessels
has, with a view to further carry out heI
manently in Queenstown, and is said to have
leased the premises lately occupied as the
Royal Western Yacht Club, on the beach
which she purposes having fitted up az a
board and lodginghouse for emigrant girl
while waiting for embarkation."
Sophia Bernina is said to be the only
woman who ever succeeded in escaping
penal servitude in Siberia. She was con
demned to twenty years hard labor, but by
some means made her way to Sutherland
where she is now living in safe seclusion. !
is probable that she obtained money in some
manner from her friends and bribed her way
to freedom. The number OF Russian refugee:
in Switzerland Is constantly increasing
They must feel an ardent love for the little
republic, the only continental country In
which they are Tree from molestatiOn.
A novel style of arranging the couture is a:
follows: The whole Of the hair is brought
back and tied low in the neck. II is Their
divided evenly, and formed into two separate
plaits. The front hair being drawn bach
forms low ridge where the forehead anc
hair meet. At the back of this ridge one o.
the plated strands Of hair goes encirclins
the head, lying quite fiat, as in the PICTURE
OF Sappho. The other strand is arranged il
q low knot behind, and holds the ends o
the braid which encircles the head. Fol
lull-dress occasions fine pearls are woven il
these plaits.
a pretty evening dress for young girl is
made Of ivory-white yelling. The skirt il
adorned with narrow white f1uldrd hounces
wrong BIT in tiny floral patterns in Pompa
dour tints- Three of these narrow hounces
go all the way round the skirt and up tbs
front hreadths, and reach nearly 10 the belt
The Vatican tunic, enhanced by a similar
embroidery, is caught up at each side a 4
shepherdess, with gimPs and cords OF silk
woven in the variegated colors Of the fora
embroidery. White f0uLGrd bretettes, EN-
broidered TO match, descend to the cuirass
which is deeply pointed and laces at tn
back.