Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

Two new plaided zephyrs make jaunty ten
mis- costumes.
Flowers are extravagantly used on dressy
bonnets and hats Of every description.
A Pittsburgh female physician says: "Wo.
men can understand women" All we've got
to say is, IL she can she's mighty smart.
Gold basket straw bonnets, trimmed with
Hame-colored lace, and fancy silver straws and
velvet intermingled, are the newest fancies III
French millinery.
She sang. 81 want 10 be an angel, and he
swore that she was one already. To this she
blushingly demurred. Then he married her.
Demurrer sustained.
A suggestion Of silver throughout an entire
black costume gives n beautiful and uncommon
effect to this sombre dress. This combination
is charming in half" mourning.
1t is too early TO predict just what style of
parasol will he fashionable the coming season,
but they will be worn, as usual, Just high
enough to rake out a mans eye.-Rome Senti-
mel.
Flour may be used instead of corn-starch in
lemon Jelly for the filling of layer cake. Stir
all the Jumps out and use n little more, say
one-third more, than you would of corn
starch.
Wide sash ribbons In gold and white or silver
and white are in high fashion for evening wear.
Quite OFTEN n lenRJn OI " II uhtu hiro " u
waiscoat to be set inside the cutaway bodice of
plain silk.
Two cases of biting by women have occurred
in Missouri, and both OF them were only a lit.
tie less painful and dangerous than the bite OF
a snake. The Missouri woman must be decid-
eddy venomous.
A Philadelphia widow, who was engaged to
an undertaken, refused to marry him when she
was told that he made his deceased wife use an
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Camden Times.
81 don't like to have my husband chew to.
bacco," remarked q young married lady, but
1 put up with it for the tin foil is just too
handy for anything in doing up my front
crimps. "-Somerville Journal.
Professor to a young lady student-"Your
merk il very low, and you have only Just pass.
ed" Young lady-"Oh, / am so glad" Pro-
fessor, surprised-"Why?" Young LADY,
do so love a tight squeeze. college Ex-
change.
The Chinese and Japanese styles Of head.
dress are in high vogue among the ultra-fash.
ionable women, and the stars and heads of the
pins they use to thrust through the top-knots
are often studded with diamonds, rubies and
pearls of rare value.
Delicate white mullins are made of one cup
81 sweet milk, the well beaten whites of two
eggs, two and a-half cups of -four, one heap
ing teaspoonful of baking powder, a piece of
butter the size of an egg. Bake in a quick
oven.
Close-ftting perlines, high on the shoulders,
are of late fashion. Some are cut straight
around, but the most stylish are those with the
back width let in long, and the fronts tied
loosely and trimmed with a mass of lace and
ribbon. The high shoulders are usually fulled
in.
t'tA Georgia girl is engaged In the task Of eat
ing four large onions, two hundred green APP
pies and two bottles Of pickles o day She
may get along all right with the pickles and
the green apples, but the onions will make her
hand in her resignation.
A base ball team composed of women has
been organized in a Pennsylvania town. The
only trouble they will experience will be To
find a man to umpire the game, but a deaf and
dumb man who could stand the jar on his
nerves might get a good job umpiring for that
team.
Sleeveless jackets and bodices open, square,
or heart shape, and made of embroidered vel
vet, brocade, or of gros-grained silk in pal,
blue, mauve, or shrimp-pink, hand painted
and edged with lace, will be very fashionabl,
worn over evening dresses of white lace, EN-
broidered muslin, yelling, batiste, and othe
light fabrics.
Among the most costly fabrics for summe
evening toilets are zephyr brocades and broca
grounds; magnificent Indian tissues, wovei
with threads of gold or silver; heavy ottoman
In all the new and artistic shades; lampas
with satin stripes figured with velvet flowers
and damasks, with huge single flowers or bon
quets In clusters, raised on sheeny satii
grounds of primrose, pineapple, cinnamon
and golden brown, tea rose, shrimp-pink
cameo, mauve, and endless shades of green.
There seems to be no end to the variety o
hiph-priced. hiph-toned. HIGH .coiored parasols