Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-23
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

A NEBRASKA woman OF thirty-eight years
has twenty-one children.
A "vELvET SEASON" is predicted for the
fall and winter season of 1854.
ONE form Of engagement ring consists Of a
circle of small diamonds and sapphire. al
ternaling.
IT is thought in Kentucky that Mrs. Prcc-
tor Knott will make a very good Gov -rnor of
that State.
New shades likely 10 b. as short-lived as
the melon season are watermelon green"
aud watermelon pink"
A NEW lace of heavy texture ia termed
Kremlin guipure. 1t is employed for trim
ming many sorts Of fabrics.
CREAM net embroidered with pines in gold
, thread formed the Aounces on some of the
Goodwood dresses this year.
A NEW JERSEY lsdy waded out aud pulled
in her husband, VIII was drowning. As
usual, she grabbed him by the hair.
SOME pretty auburn bonne's have ap-
pesred in plated dull-gold cord, edged with
gathered velvet and trimmed with rings.
New laces are offering in white, cream and
black and. tan shades. There are, also, laces
that show embossed silk figures on net back
grounds.
THE bird cr:zs has come again. All vari-
tlC VI IL hC Ia q III uCh1abb
from pigeons, s~eagulls and paroquets 10
birds of paradise.
FRENCH women are exhibiting some strik-
ing costumes at The seashore-such a. gowns,
embroidered and pointed over with cocks
aud parridges in life size and natural colors.
The fashion for buckles, as ornaments on
dresses and bonnets, s increasing. Steel
spDears TO be the fsvorite material for these,
though beaded and chenille effects are also
shown.
"LoNG BEACH, pay olandp " "Raj ""Art.
less," Fancy" Sensatiou," "Lsader" and
"Rival" are ! few of the names given to new
shapes in hats and bonnets of American mar
ufacture.
Observation-Disclosures" said
the girl who "wsits on the table" at the Isles
Of SHOALS. "Weil," said the old gentleman,
"I've never tasted it, but you may bring me
some and Il see what's it's ike"
FEMININE picnics from which gentlemen
are altogether excluded are said to be quite
the fashion on the Hudson this summer.
This innovation is probably quite popular
except among The ladies themselves.
THE women of Boston seem to be losing
what liule interest they at first took in exer.
cising the iuestimable fright" of voting.
Only forty of them have thus far this year
come forward TO be ssss3ed for q p~oil-tax.
A LONDON Soetty writer says be has seen
Victoria tramping about on the Shaw Wind.
sor farm in the mud and rain to Inspect the
cattle Just before a cattle sale and showing as
much lnteres. as any ordinary farmers wife
and no more afraid Of the weather.
The Boston Globe denies with some warmth
the intimation that Sarah Brnaardt wears
pasted in the crown of her Sunday hoauei
this old quotation from Marguerite de Vs.
lois: awe shall ali be perfectly virtuous
when there is no longer any fesh IN our
bones."
ALrrTLE Csmbridge(Mas girl has recent
ly made q great sacrifice in order to hep the
poor people to 60 Oh excursions. She has
risen rather ea5lier than usual for a few
mornings on the promise of two cents per
morning, and has contributed that sum to
the fresh air fund.
IT was Labo uchere who sugges'ed bathing
the face in hot water TO preserve IT from
wrinklea- Nov comes The testimony Of two
French women Of note as to the efficacy OF
hot water with a few drops cf Clearwater 10
it for the prevention Of tan and freckles, the
face to be bathed twice per day.
The Princats Of Wales has reused the in
dignation Of English millIners by The ex-
IRENE plainuess Of her hsIs, az her tsste in
dress is considered faultless, and she sets the
IashlJD. f1tE DOGnct at the rssueTieB E1-
bibition was so simple as 10 adDil OF no orna-
ment, and the nl0di'tss and less beautiful
women. are in despair.
AT a wedding r, Gently in Canton, Nc, 8
'psrrop," vino IL generally ready at repartee,
was knocked Cfi his balance and completely
nonplussed by al addition 10 his CIR mony
by an aged matrop, who, Immediately after
hearing The world, "Wnom God hath jJined
together let nc man put ss5pder," exclaimed,
with great esruestusss: Or nc women,
either, for they are just as bad as the msr.'
HE was a college man, Only about SIX
weeks al large, and was travelling 10 Missouri
He N ade a mild little mash on The train, and
was sealing the same with wild oranges OF
the desert, which are sold by the fiery outlaw
Of the train. "Allow me, J" he said gracefully
"to remove the ePidermis." "Lor' no." che
hastily inteIjected. Il want to eat that. But
you can peel of the skin; l dom want 10 gel
my fngeIs all sticky" And it was 30.
A LONDON weekly says that the secretary
Of Ms. Woodhull, Candidate for the Prtsi
dency Of the United Stats for 1884" has cir
culaied a printed call from free England
supported by Engli,h CAPT alis's." She Ii
"resdv, with all her ~oni6d devotion 10 hel
country aud 10 the cause Of humanity II
take mis- work upon beIself, snd gives Ut
Teservtdiy ali her strength, euthusIasD, anc
all the wealth she has accumulated in Eng,
!. and TO the result Of this election"