Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-21
FOR AND ABOUT IL

Two ladies in conversation the other day
expressed surprise that a man could not
marry his widows sister in England.
A LONG BRANCH guest put two diamond
rings in her umbrella for ssfe-keepipg, and,
strange 10 say, the HmSrella wac not stolen
but the rings were.
AN Indiana woman gave up a trip TO Cali
fornia, sold her ticket for half price and re-
turned home from the railroad on learning
that she could not have her pet dog with her
in the car,
The fashions of the present season are
certainly eclectic. There appears to be no
particular style which has become universal
either ia the cut or the material of the dress,
and as to bonnets there seems to be no end to
the variety.
A YOUNG English lady has shown what the
fair sex can accomplish in the severe
sciences. She had Deem refused admittaucs
to a series OF lectures by Prof. Huxley on BIZ
ology, but at last gained his consent, and has
beaten her $50 male opponents.
WHITE brocaded satin for wedding dresses
show new designs of liiac blossoms, pond
lilies and tinted stems, humming-birds, fern
fronds, primroses and sheaves OF wheat in
white silk. Some of the most expensive pat
terms are outlined with cut crystals and fine
pearl beads.
THERE Is room for doubt that the para
phernalis of a pretty woman's toilet table
and her many visits TO her mirror are but
signs OF vanity -amiable or otherwIse-or
tn 1t TO the woman with charms-the butter
. fly of our civiliz alton these things are a
mere matter OF business.
PHILADELPHIA Negs: "Dr. O. W. Holmes
has used one pair of rszors fifty year, bat
there is nothing remarkable about that. ANY
i man could make a pair of good rsz, rs las,
fifty years il the women folks would only
stop using them for pairing toe-aails, sharp
enfrs Peseils and cutting bonnet wire"
GEORGIA girls are leading The world in re-
form. A remarkable feature al the com
mencement Of Wesleyan Female College, al
Macon, Gs., was The beautiful simplicity oil
the dresses worn by the young ladies. A
number of them were made by the young
ladies themselves and cost from 81 so TO So
FLoREScE MARRYAr has a scrap-book
filled with authors autographs and speci-
mems of their manuscripts. Her fathers
copy" was all written on paper about the
size OF commercial note" and averaged
twenty -four words to the line and eighty
three lines 10 the page. A magnifyipg-glass
is almost needed TO read it.
FoR dinner and 5 O'Clock teas, and for
general wear in the country OF ct the sea-
shore, white dresses are in great dem and.
Many are made of embroidered French or
India null, but there seems 10 bsa general
preference for nuns yelling, silk muslins,
French barege and Algerian silk gsuze;
while gauze de Chambery always remains
among the most fashi nsble of transparent
tissues. Cream and snowdrop while are the
tints preferred, and lace 10 match is pro-
fusely used as gsrniture. In some models,
however, Greoian draperies are adopted, 10
the exclusion of any extra trimminar, and
the effect is very chsste and beautiful. Some
times the white dress is made up over pale
blue, pink, or mauve foulard or tsfstas, and
trimmed with ribbons 10 correspond; but
the perfectly white toilet, with white satin
SSH aud ribbons, is considered in more per-
feet tsste, ouly relieved BY the bouquet Of
bright f3wers placed among the lace trim
mings of the bcdi, e.