Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-14
FOR THE LADIES.

lNe woman WHO OlGeS raw OysCcI
should be immediately committed to the
lunatic asylum.
To be more English than ever you
must be sure to call female servants by
their last names
Helen, of Troy, was the first woman
who wanted to 20 to Paris and leave her
husband at home.
Girls are more courageous than men.
They are ready to make match with
fellow twice their size.
A woman has just died at Belfast, Ire
land. who worked as q laborer at the
dock yard there for thirty years.
The Vermont spruce gum crop is a
failure this season. Due notice of the
suspension of Vassar college will be
given.
The newest prayer books and hymnals
are bound in brown or black alligator
skin, with the monogram in velvet or
silver.
A Chinese proverb says: "a man
thinks he knows, but the woman knows
better" The Chinese must go-OA CITY
Derrick. s
Mats and rugs for halls are OF polar
white fur, leopard aud tiger skius,
mounted in black fur, the edges being
extremely deep.
Denver young ladies who escort the
young men to leap year balls are them
selves escorted by district telegraph
messenger boys.
The button that buttons nothing or
the bow that ties nothing is an absur.
dity, as nothing is in worse taste than
over elaboration.
Mrs. Elizabeth Richards, of Wilming-
ton, has taaght school for nearly eighty
years. 1t takes mighty smart scholar
to fool the old lady.
House aui evening dresses are made
long enough all around to touch the floor
draped in heavy folds Bustles and
hoops are discarded.
Miss Mamie Dickens, the daughter of
the novelist, will begin series of remin-
iscences of her father in the Youths
Companion in February.
Every woman has her mission" says a
writer. but he doesn't state whether that
is to give employment to the dress.
makers or to wear big hats to the theatre.
The new mutton leg sleeves are tull ut
the top and very close below the elbow;
their beauty is increased by making
them long and pushing the upper part
far above the armLoIes of the dress.
Ann Dunn. who died in London few
DAYS ago at the age OF thirty. niue, was
nearly nine feet high, and weighed over
five hundred pounds. She measured
three feet six inches around the shoul.
ders
Very short jaunty jackets of ribbed
cloth are fastened tightly over the figure
and worn with vest. II the basqnes
are cut much longer they are usual.
continued very nearly down to the hem
of the skirt.
1t is said that there is girl in Dawson
county, Gu, who is almost second Lulu
Hurst. She has magnetic touch that
attracts, instead Of repels, all inanimaee
objects. just the tip Of the finger ap
piled to chair will lift it from the floor.
American society moves onward with
great waste of energy, and in nothing
is it so spendthrilt as with q woman's
age. Tie charm of girls grace and
beauty ia one of the few good things OF
lite, aud civilization has right to de-
maud that she shall exercise that charm
as long as possible.
Mrs. Quincy Shaw, of Boston. spends
$4,000 annually out of her private in
come in support of thirty kindergartens
and twenty nurseries. which she has es-
tablished IN those parts of the city where
the toughest aud most squallid features
reign. In addition to this she spends
S2UO.O00 year in other charities.
Whatever the internal application of
hot water may effect, girls desirous of
1, nj, A. Ia II To-
to apply it to their faces. They should
either dip their faces into busin OF very
hot water or apply the water with
sponge. At first they are like Holsters.
but in few moments this is replaced
by tint OF peaches aud lillies.
Nine. Modjeska's California ranch.
which has cost her an outlay of about
S60,O00 up to date. last week brought her
in the first return upon the amount ID.
vested This was the sum Of $1,000,
profits upon the past years crops. The
money was regarded by Nine Modieska
as lucky money, aud she promptly in
vested in diamond diadem anita pair
of solitaire earrings, which she will wear
for the first time as q kind Of mascotte.
in the production of her new play at the
Star theatre, New York, two weeks hence.
New York Letter in Boston Herald:
The most beautiful woman at Mrs.
Astor's ball was decidedly Miss Lang
don, the admired belle. Her fine points
we're thrown into relief by white
costume, which was thoroughly su6ordi
mated to the loveliness Of the wearer.
Miss Langdon has dark eyes, and that
black hair that is destitute of gloss, and
which is worn colled or top of q stately
head Little curls at the nape of the
neck call attention to the whiteness of
the skin; the bnck and shoulders slope
in perfect grace; the arms are suberb.
The sole and simple test of woman's
lis and must be whether the
{ .sk is honorable, and whether the ap.
plicant has sufficient experience and
skill--be it in the pulpit or on the ros
trnm, at the bar or in the pilot house
and with these conditions favorable, let
womun obtain the employ ment. The
more honorable employments she can
enter into the fewer dishonorable oues
will entice her The greater the demand
for her services, the higher will be her
wages. and the better become her lot.
and. with it the condition of her children
and of the entire community.