Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
HONEY FOR THE DIE


Stringloss bonnets are much worn.
The tournure or hustle grows larger.
Chenille bonnets will be much worn.
Alternate chene and plain stripes are II
favor.
Bonnet strings must be very narrow ant
double.
Tailor.made cloth costumes are as popu
lar as ever.
Tan shades are exclusively fashionable
for ladies' gloves.
A modified Marguerite dress Is much in
favor for young girls.
Violets and Jacqneminot roses remain
the favorite corsage flowers.
Bssoues with bsttlement finished at the
bottom grow in popularity.
Chenille bonnets are trimmed with flow.
ers, birds, lace, and ribbon.
All short wraps are decidedly shorter
this spring than they were last.
The Vatican and Pom padour styles Of
dress cannot be worn by stout women.
There Ia O return Of favor In Paris To
| short mantles, short jackets, and short
Havelocks.
Over two tons Of hairpins are made daily
| by the factories In this country. What be.
comts Of them?
The short Havelock with deep dolman
cape falling over tight sleeves Is destinedto
great popularity.
Stripes may be either wide or narrow,
but they must be of equal width to be In
the highest fashion.
Vatican and athletic morning wrappers,
made with yokes on which q full skirt Is
shirred, will be worn.
Paris ball dresses are made indecently
low In the neck, both back and front, and
almost or quite sleeveless.
The best tournures are o part of the
jupon, and composed Of flounces or ruffles
falling one over the other.
None but tall and slender women can
wear some Of the styles which the inven.
tors are trying to introduce this spring.
Flower and figure designs In vanishing
effects are produced In some of the checked
stuffs by the shading Of the checks or
blocks.
The latest mathematical question runs
as follows. Two girls met three other girls
and all kissed. How many kisses were ex-
changed.
Sensitive ladies are shocked to learn that
many of the soft and beautiful gloves nov
sold for their wear are made of the skins
Of young pigs.
A Syracuse woman has invented q ma
chine for tightening %corsets, and husbands
will no longer be required to strain them
selves to pieces to get their wives shaped
for q high tea"
Braiding Is made permanently popular
by the richness OF the new designs, the del.
icacy Of the work, the combinations of
soutache and cord, and the fine effects In
relief produced by the use of square braid.
They are now telling o story about q
Chicago Girl who insisted on throwing q
shoe after o newly married couple. The
bride and horse under treatment, and o
large number of men are searching the
for the groom.
Ths pistol which"a Cincinnati woman
swore was the one with which her husband
to shoot her proved to be q beer
faucet. The husband was discharged, Of
course, but twas five minutes before the
court could quell the laughter which the
exhibition ct the pistol caused.
The question as to whether the husband
has Q right to exact that his better half
shall build the fire is to be settled soon In
Indiana. A minister 9 wife has raised the
issue in o suit for divorce. The jury In
the case have o solemn duty to perform.
This Ia o time when married men should
stand toget! or.
An excellent novelty for ladies who do
not need Q hustle or tournure is o skirt
made with two deep rufles or hounces fall.
ing one over the other In the back, set Just
q little above the bend Of the knees.
These. when starched, keep the dress skirt
from Tapping In around the heels In walk
ing, and also give good outline when the
wearer is standing.
She said that she wanted o ticket to
Wyandotte and return, and the pale, gen.
tlemauly agent with the dark moustachs
asked, as he took up the pAsteboard, "Sin
gle?" 1T Amt any Of your business, "a ]
know" she answered, tartly; IT NIGH
have been married . dozen times II I'd
felt like providin' for some poor, shiftlesi
wretch OF Q man.
A woman Of one Of the interior towns o
Pennsylvania has introduced 0 s~tartlin,
innovation into the time.honored custom
Of giving birthday parties. She insistet
that each guest, instead of purchasing
present at random, should contribute 81
cent?, and that she should be left free T.
purchase such presents as she might want
Every minister's wifi In Pennsylvania will
rise up and call this woman blessed.
Mrs. Frank Leslie. the lady manager @
ten periodicals and 400 employe s, has jus
returned from o tour In the south, where
Us she Is of southern birth, she met o Col
dial welcome. / wonder how many pee
pie know that the elegant house ut Sars
toga was built by Frank Leslie In thrs
weeks in consequence Of his tiance's promii
to marry him Is soon "a 1t was done. III
workmen toiled day and night, and at las
on the arrival of the bride and groom
nothing was lacking but candles, there n,
being q light In the house.
At a compress Of workingmen in Lo
don Mrs. Blunt-described as o "sewil
machinist" said she would like ladies
know that the "ulsters and jackets
which they and their children were
neatly clad were made up by poor class
of girls and women, who were paid ct Il
rate Of two shillings per dozen. Not on
this, but they had to find their own sewil
machines and cotton. and carry their wo
to and from the city. Often sewing m
chine needles broke over the rough VOL
and there was more than the price gone
q moment for making n ulster. which
quired hours"
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