Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-19
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susd y boy OF eighteen for breach Of promise.
A MICHIGAN ,choolma'am kills enough
game 10 keep 10 meat The family with whom
she board.
TIE Princess Beatrice chooses 10 be known
to the good people OF Aix.lss. Bains as L .dy
Beatrice Kent.
"CHiCKEN-DowS" is the newest shade of
yellow. 1t has = green tiDge and is particu-
larly uutecoming TO blonde
LAST week a Pennsylvania woman eloped
with her husbands father. She probably
thought The could go farther and fare worse.
A YOUNG bride, on being asked how her
husband turned out, replied that he turned
out very late in the morning and turned in
very late at night.
The prOudest lady in Cleveland is the one
who has for a pet dog a nice little white bull
terrier, wh Oh has Inrss1ed nearly every
other deg in "
SHE sang 81 Want 10 be an Angel" and
be swore that she was one already. To This
she blu hiugiy demurred. Tuen ne married
her. Demurrer sustain ed.
A MBs. REUBEN Ross wears the handsom-
est diauoncs to be seen at Saratoga this sea
sou. To view her is as good a looking into
the windows OF a pawnthop.
Mrs. G. W. WOODLAND, of Omega, Ls.,
who gained renown fIr her ministratiops to
yellow lever sufferers at Vicksbury, ended
ner life by taking lsudanum.
THE Sapreme Court of Kentucky has de-
cided hat a wife may recover money lost by
her husband gambliog. That is more Than
the husband can do for himself.
A Boston housemaid, who, about TO leave
unexpectedly, was urged 10 give q reason for
for il, simply said: 81 can't stay, the young
ladies speak such bad grammar"
THE all-rouud choking collars which hide
the neck of London girls who ride in Rotten
Row cause their chius 10 stick out and their
noses to become disdainfully elevated.
BEAUTIFUL frosted windows with raised
designs of all kinds and lines initiating the
lead partitions, are very much adniired,
especially for d~resaipg.rcoms or boudoirs.
A TALL in a London fair ior the building
OF a church, behind which were "some OF the
most lovely specimens OF transatlantic bsau-
ly," was devoisd to the sale OF American
drinks. They were given appetizing names
and sonorous titles.
In children's fashions one o. the On ost effec-
tive portions Of the dress is The collar. Dsep
collsrs Of embroidery or lace are universally
worn; the haDdsomest of these are made no
| OF fine insertion Of delicate SWISS embroidery
and deep ruff Is TO match.
In a California cemetery a woman boldly
removed a large monument from over the
grave of a man whose relatives were dead.
She had the Inscription planed of, and had
it letiered again TO suit the mortuary require
ments Of her own family.
LILLIAN RUssELL's beauty is said to have
received the approval OF the Prince Of Wales,
who summoned her to his box al the London
the alter ia which she has been eli ging, and
assured her that she was not IN the leakt an
American IN appearances or accent.
PRINcEss LOUISE, according 10 Labou-
chere, osts her rheumatism 10 the Queens
ex,rsordin,ry love of cold rooms and open
carriages. AT B ,lmoral especially the royal
carriage frequently returns 10 the castle
long after Ozark, amidst ~drenching Scotch
mlsts, or perhaps a sharp snow-storm, with
| The occupants not only uosheltered but with
ant even an adequate supply OF wraps.
KEswIcK, in Cumberland, can boast of the
p~r,ttiest woman in England. She is a bar
mad at the Nelson wine vaults in that town.
Her name is Edith Twenlymsn, and she is
reported 10 be as good aud modest as she is
beautiful. She has the gorgeous milk and
rose complexion that is 20 rarely seen out
SIDE Of England, united to splendid eyes,
full, dark and ~lustrous as those OF a gSzelle,
| pearly teeth, regular f~eatures, with rich dark
hair, growing low ON the brow, and q figure
whose iue outlines we're not 10 be concealed
py the cut Of her country-made gown. She
is simply dazzling.
WITHIN a secluded inclosure on Columbia
avenue, Philadelphis, fourteen young women
are praciicing for positions on two baseball
mines which are to be composed OF women
only aud are TO travel about the country and
play mztch-games wherever it is thought
that the exhibition will prove profitable.
The players, who are 10 be neatly uniformed,
are engaged on regular salaries, and their
managers expect 70 make a fortune. Prac-
tice has now been going on for about a
week, and If the street uTchins who during
that time have glued their eyts to knot
hole, 10 the fence surrounding the ball-6eld
are fair critics, a reasonable degree vi pro-
hcieucy has already been attained.
UNDER the married women's property act,
which lately wen. into effect in England, q
novel case was brought on July 27tn b. fore
the Court of Appeal for the Chancrry divi--
ion. The point TO be argued wac. in brieL,
whether or rot a msrried woman, having q
house setied upon her for her separate use,
can turn her busbsBd out and obtsin from
the Court an order forbidding him all access
to IL. Mr.. Justice Ckiuy mad previously
graated ;ps desired iojauciion. and the Mas
ter of the Rolls and his colleague saw sutfi-
Gent reason f1r denying the appeal, but t1ey
all declined 10 give any opinion as 10 the
main question, and intim sted tba! IL must
eventually be taken to the Houes 81 Lords
for decision. Toe Master Of the Rolls asked
whether the Court could be expected, en- the
hearing of an interlocutory application, TO
decide a question (which might have the
effect of altering the whole social life OF Fog
land