Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-12


and brouzs dor.
That Connecticut woman who lost her
voice by falling from a chair In her sleep
has regained II by falling down cellar in
her wide. awake senses,
There Is q female barber In Haley,
Idaho, who makes from $50 to S25 q day.
She is pretty, and charges four bits for a
shave, while the male tonsorial artists get
but two.
There Is q rumor fl )ating around to the
effect that IL will be quite the thing this
summer for fashionable lsdies to claim to
for pork and beans.
The new discovery that kissing cures
freckles may be all right, but the difficulty
of a youth who has the complexion OF an
African leopard is that he can't get any
girl to kiss bin. Roche ,ter Post Express.
a woman 10 Galveston has q baby that
is forever getting into mischief.. When
| she hangs up her wash she hangs the baby
10 the clothes line with clothes pins, 80 she
can keep an eye on IL.
"What is O lady's sphere!" asked the
lady principal Of a public school on exami.
nation day. And q little red.hesded
urchln the corner fquesked: "Mice!' In
the 0Tea11ul COnIuilOn tnAt I'llOWeu Tue
freckle faced fiend Q capped.
A New York milliner has set the coun.
try In q fiutter by discovering that only
one woman In ten wears the plume on the
fashionable side Of the hat. When you
see q woman with two plumes just admire
her sharpness.
VIII Q q New York woman was passing
q quarry q blast was fired. When she re-
vived after being struck with a stone
weighing fifty pounds the first words she
uttered were: Good laws! how glad I am
that 1 didn't have on my new bonnet!"-
Philadelphia Chronicle.
A beautiful woman Ct Troy, N. Y,
works In the iron foundry. She has been
crosse l 10 love and says the din of the iron
shops is the only thing hat keeps her
from thinking and insanity, She has to
make herself as physically miserable as pos
sible to keep her brain alert.
Woman, In reading q newspaper, has O
dis.inct method of her own. She takes Ii
| up hurrledly and begins to scan it over
rapidly, as though she was hunting some
particular thing; but che is not. She is
merely taking in the obscure paragraph,
which she believes were put in out.of.the-
way places tor the sake Of keeping her
from reeing them.
Every article of wear as the spring cd.
vances seems to increase in tize, except
perhaps the boot. PlAids are getting
larger, crinolettes threaten an increase Of
dimensions, hats take on more circuinfer-
ence, and the flower patterns on brooaded
silks, sstins, and sateeDs are some Of them
large enough to cover the back of any ordi.
nary sized N
A new d corative feet Is given to
cream white grenadine .dresses by trim.
ming them with an appl'sus work Of large
brilliant leaves and flowers cut from rich
brocaded fabrics. The outlines of the
blossom ms and foliage are chain stitched
work Is appliqued to materials like India
muslin, French organdie, and the like.
Registration of women voters in Boston
II wish to register, sir" "Your name,
please?' "Almira Jane Simpson. your
age'', beg pardon" Your age' "Do
l understand that / must give my age?
sir, would not tempt me to give It. Not
that l care. No; l had as lief wear it on
my bonnet ~ o hackman does his number,
but I'm q twin, any If my sister has a
weakness, 1t Is that abe dislikes any refer.
ence made to her age, and l could not give
you my own, because / do not wish to
offend her."
There Is o rage just now for the Oriental.
Table scArfs are made of heavy yellow
fabrics, trimmed with eastern embroider.
les, cut out of chair backs made Ia Cairo.
There Is n mania for Egyptian ribbons, In
brilliant colorings and unique designs, and
Incredible prices are given for real
Oriental laces ten inches deep, which Ia