The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

sufficiently numerous to be voted com.
mon.
Newly imported scarfs for gentlemen
are not as gaudy and brilliant as they
were IA fact men Of refined taste will 40.
preciate.
There are several new styles in Jewel.
nv put forth for the spring trade, and the
tendency is to discard all cheap, flimsv
and pinchbeck articles.
1t has been discovered that people,
of prominence do not remain as long in
mourning for relatives as they used TO-
What effect this will have on the Grape
market remains to be seen.
Artistic wall racks for the display Of
photographs, family albums being out of
date, are among the novelties of the day,
and are advertised as the fashionable
craze"
Oriental wraps, so called, are shown
for spring wear. They have the recon-
mendation of gaudiness, and could be
worn with propriety by residents Of the
lunatic asylum.
"Who is this Mr.. Osman Digna?"
asked Mrs. Paroenu, laying aside the
morning paper. "Osman Digna?" said
her husband, "why, he's that aristocratic
young Englishman they've sent TO lick
the Egyptians.
Small teeth being fashionable in wo-
men, number are said to have submit
ted to an operation in dentistry which
has given them the required size. Oh,
fashion, fashion, what nonsense is COM
mitted in thy name!
A considerable number of young wo-
men on promenade these days of Lent
conspicuously carry tiny prayer book,
but as4hey have ii at hours when SER
wee is being held, the illusion lacks
completeness.
Just what the fashionable color will
be this spring and summer does not yet
seem to sc decided, but i'll view Of the
financial condition of many families Of
social prominence, blue-a deep blue
would not be bad selection.
II the world knew how many modern
society ladies-young and old were be-
ing privately educated at home at this
late day, there would be derisive howl
equal 10 that which, history says, once
dlstur bed Rome.
Bronzed beauties are looming up-the
dark complexioned young woman with
| scarlet cheeks and creole look. They
are already Yenturing to make grimaces
at the e-faces'-the representatives
of tribe that has for long time held
the fashionable plains.
| Something new in butter plates of sill
yer is of square shape with compart-
ment underneath and canal around the
rop in which finely chopped ice is put.
There is a rumor that it Is Boston idea
"a Yankee notion, as ii were.
AT this extraordinary part of an ex-
traordinarv season. says writer in the
Hour, "the thickness and color Of the
veil appropriate to be worn with the fash
ionable bonnet is matter of considera-
ton. The absence of veil is apt to leave
the mark of rude winds and frosty air on
nose and brow as well as on cheek"
Chandelier globes are covered with
silk and satin in brightest colors and the
effect is startling enough to make one be-
lieve they have got into Pacific coast
bar-room by mistake.
Necklaces of ten and twenty dollar
gold pieces are regarded as the proper
thing, for, young lady has explained,
anybody can tell they are real and cost
ly." They are most effective on dark
dresses. The Empress of Austria often
wears a necklace made of the gold coin
Of every civilized country.
1t is not at all nice in fashionable
private families" any more 10 call the
upstairs girl "chan bermaid She
must be referred to and designated as
the maid" and if your folks has ever
been to England you mast call her by
her surname, as "Dusenbury," ''Mulca-
hey" or Murphy" In these DAYS things
like this are worth remembering.
"Wherc have you been?" said Miss
Glggle to Miss Fizzle-both being fash
ionable youIg ladies of the period. "Oh
I've just come from the reading up u,
Mrs. Dashaway's." WAS it nice?r 'No
awfully stupid" what was read?p "Oh
| forget something about Mr. Macau-
ley in England, and Tennyson's poem
about highwater, you know
"Algeron," said Mrs. J. Henry Dude to
her son, "iust write to Mrs. GastronomiC
and accept her dinner invitation fol
Thursday, will your" and Algeron writes
Ma and Us will Be happy too accept
your kinde lnvetasion to Dinner mex
Thursday Evening, your Afectionated
Frien, algeron Bookstaver Henry Dude
In fancy business the tanbourinet
have been done TO death. They are now
used for letter and card receptic es, work
boxes, ash receivers, and dozens of othel
thin ~, and, after ALL not one fashionable
woman In ten knows how to play the
/, tambourine
Guests places at dinner says "socie-
ty" paper, are prettily marked in tfii
way: Have an alphabet made of tin
each letter about three inches high and
deep enough TO hold little sand fH the
sand with tiny flowers and leaves.
The wedding dress of Miss Fry, ar
American lady soon to wed an Italian
Prince in Florence has been exhibited al
Paris, where it was made, and is thus des
cribed: The corsage and train are in
the richest white satin, the former slight
ly open en- cour, made with coat sleeves
and slightly pointed in front and at the
back. The opening of the corsage ant
sleeves is trimmed with point lace thu
tram Is in great wide plaits, and thu
front OF the skirt is crossed by a tull'
scarf going behind in drapery.
A Disinfecting Mishap.
A contemporary is responsible for ths
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