Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-18
FEMININE FANClES.

A'MEDIcAL school for women will be Ct
tsblished al Toronto.
AN old lady in White county, Tenn,
walked twelve miles recently, 10 spite of her
100 years.
A GRACEFUL woman with n good figure
never appeared to greater advantage than
horse, and OF late years fair equesiriennes
have increased in number in this country.
WHITE stockings are quite discarded; fash
100 able hose in c%olors, plain or striped, in
siif, 6!oselie or cotton, according TO the tle-
gtrcs OF the toilets. Walking shoes, with
fat bows Of f@4iile, are worn in preference to
boots.
The dying Mrs. Swift, of Rochester, Mich,
desired 10 see her daughter married, eu.ths
bridegroom could not be brought 10 lime.
Therefore, as coming nearest TO her wish
that Was possible, the wedding WAS held in
her dead pr sence.
FRUIT is very much used for trimming
upon coarse-piaited straw bonnets, and a
number OF large purple plums in natural
leaves, which was al the decoration upon a
French plum oolored straw, faced with plain
velvet, looked like nothing so mach as a
s,ra basket with the plums outside instead
of inside.
PLAIN dresses are, if not exclusively, al
least very generally worn, especially for
walking toilets. of soft wooden material.
The skirt Is trimmed with 3 plated houncs,
and 4 drapery is arranged over the upper
part Of il. The bodies is Of the same fabric.
Bands of velvet trim the hounce, drapery
and bodice.
The Countess of Aylesford, whom the new
Duke Of Marlborough at present dishonors
NTH hFu q 4apttApa 10 q NNaloh ~
daughter of Col. Peers Williams, and in
heri 5 from her father, who WAS the best
am ateur rider in England, a skillful and
daring horsemansbip. Her husband wss
over here last winter, ard mighi have been
seer of evenings al Deimonico's, supDing
with Mrs. Langtry and Frederick Gsbhardt.
IN a scsndaI case In Philadelphia last
week one Mics Price, who had been for two
years conf aed In a lunstic asylum, was given
her ~discharse by the court. When her free
dom was assured che rose, with her hand on
Der heart, auj, addressing the Court, asked
"May L be permitted a word, STRIP Before
any reply could be given she continued in
earnest tones: my coansel in his address
has said that L have been unftted 10 become
the vile of any man, but l say that L am too
good 10 be the wife of mos. men," Alter dis
charging her Parthian arrow she walked
quietly away In the company Of her lawyer.
Miss ADAH PARKER is a girl Of eighteen,
who lives On 4 cotton plantation two miles
from Monroe, L.. Fur the last four years
she has hlc exclusive charge of the place
upon which Der widowed mother, sister, and
two younger brothers reside, supporting them
all by her Industry. Sac is her own oyer-
ser, supervising all work done in person,
and 60 rrawny sou # Ceres knows better
how to RISE a crop or handle labor. The
pisce consists Of 200 acres, all in cotton,
averaging from one-half TO hires quarters oil
a bale 10 the scre. Miss PJrker is said 10 be
lovely, intelligent, aud as modest as she i.
energetic.
WAsHINGroN has mann pretty girl specu-
lator', and one Of Them is thus described
To-day, in coming from the Treasury build
ing, | met a beautiful girl walking slowly
past enc If these brokers' officer. She WAS
dressed neatly and exqGisitely in white, and
was Sd attr7ciiTe IN appearance as TO be gen.
orally observed. she wAs one OF the ~prettiest
OF the few pretty girls 10 the Treasury.
knowiog her quite we'll, and noticing her
spparenI anxiety, l asked hsr what her
tIoubie was. Sac said she wanted 10 know
what Northern Pacific common was quoted
at, ant requested me 70 step into the broker
office ami look a. the quotations on the b 2
blackboard. l compiled with her request,
and reformed her that Northern Pacific was
strong al 524. Shs WIS much elated at the
new, ssying she was batter of than she ex-
pecied By a good many dollars. She had
bought Northern Pacific at 80 several weeks
ago on a small maIgin, aud the stock had
Rugged that figure 50 long that she had be-
gun 10 fear she would be '~iped OUT"