Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-13
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

are very fashionable.
Floods and cascades of oriental lace are
worn on every dressy toilet.
Mrs. Harrie; Prescott Spofford does her
literary work in the night time.
Don'i talk any more about overskirt and
looping, hut of "drapery," which is the word
circulated by all first-class Haodistes-
Mis- Clara Gilbert, of Philadelphia, has do
mated $4,000 to the Newsboys' Aid Society as
a memorial gift OF her dead mother, Mrs.
John Gilbert.
A gray linen dress with sweet peas painted
upon il, with the same flowers on nat and
parasoI, was the toilet worn by French
marquis at the Grand PrIz-
A pale pink dress is trimmed with an
elaborate fringe OF tiny pink beads. For
the corssge and hair there are amyrilils
lilies and diamonds for ball.
Almond-tinted cashmere adorned with
embroideries of red carnations and ox-eyed
dsisier, forms one of a number oil elegant
French tea gowns just imported.
Irish point embroidery in ecru or whittier
tint. is much used in turned-over collars,
with a neck ribbon and bow of colored
MORE. The cuffs TO match have smaller
bows.
A writer in the Wcuan's Journal protests
against assertions such as this: "a woman
would rather look through key-hol any
day, than through the biggest telescope that
was ever made"
1t was the acute ear OF London Truth
which heard the lady who wears the COM
binalien of yellow and blue OF marshmsllow
and electric" tints described as ''the yolk of
egg and lightning woman"
Anna Dickereon, it is said, made pat re-
marx when somebody deprecated her playing
the mans part-of Hamlet. "Yes," said
she, "but there are not three men IN the
country who can play it; and it is time the
women tried"
Fichus Of the finest white linen, simply
hemstitched around the edges, are worn over
morning toilets of foulard, muslin, cash mere,
or vigogue, by the lew women whose COM
plexions can bear the test of so severe a style
OF neck-dressing.
Dressing at Saratoga is on scale of ele-
gauce and msgni6cence hitherto unknown,
and the exposition OF fnery Ia the evenings
is sight to behold. The wonder is whers
all the money comes from to pay for the
profusion OF gowns and laces.
"You love me?" echoed fair creature as
her pretty head oiled the collar of his sum-
mer suit. "Yes," he said, tenderly, "you are
my own and only -" "Hush," she in
terrupted, "don't say that-be original. That
sounds too much like circusehew bill"
Continental customs-Tbe father OF an
elderly damseI to marriageable young man:
''Oa the day give you my daughter Adele
will deposit 100000 with NJ. Lsf te."
Francois: Thanks, dear sir; but suppose
you give me the 100000 and deposit Mile.
Adele with NJ. Lsfte."-Qaiz.
General Sherman's wife is the only Amer
lean TO whom the pope has ever given that
renowned religious emblem-instisuled more
than FIVE centuries since-the golden rose,
although it has been bestowed on queens and
princesses. Mrs. Sherman once collected for
the pope ''Peter's pence" of $4,000.
The Princess Eugene, sister of the king of
Sweden, recently sold her diamonds to raise
funds in order to complete a hospital in
which she is interested. When visiting the
hospital, after its completion, suffering in
mate wept tears of gratitude as che stood by
her side, and the princess exclaimed: "Ahi
now l see my diamonds again"
1t is serenely claimed by a Pennsylvania
editor that young lady in charge Of local
telephone office has such dulcet tones that
when she is talking through the instrument
the wire between the stations becomes an
Eolan harp. and little birds fly out 10 roost
on the line, in order to learn new music for
their songs.