The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-04-25
For The Ladies',

For The Ladies'.
Ceilings of glass are tho latest.
They are not intended for people
who throw stones.
The stylish young ladies of Phila-
delphia wear little gold kangaroos
on their watch chains to remind
the gentlemen that this is leap
year.
A Philadelphian has discovered
chat "wealth Of sunny golden
hair" changes to an unmistakable
red in color; about six months after
marriage. &. t
1t is said there will pc three
women to one man in heaven. Leap
year will mean something up there.
Mrs. Rogers, the Texas cattle
queen, is fifty years old. Her hus-
band, twenty-three: years her junior,
gave up preaching, but she permit
ted him to be elected to the Texas
legislature.
Miss Rachel Bailey, NJ. D., is
practicing medicine at Spiceland,
Indiana, in partnership with her
brother. Miss Bailey was the first
woman graduate of the Indiana COL
lege of physicians and surgeons.
Colored straw, matched to the
dress, is fashionable, and is to be
found in all shades of gray, and in
dark green, blue and brown; clusters
of feathers are put ON very much in
front, and a simple band of velvet
goes round the crown.
The bang has fallen into disfavor
among the fashionable ladies'. They
never knew the real hideouseess of
the thing until it was adopted by
the giddy young men who sharpen
their teeth on cane handles and UNI
brella handles.
A bonnet of very dark green
straw and silk is trimmed with
bright red poppies; upon dark blue
straw and velvet is laid cluster of
creamy white and pale pink roses;
and over dark brown a bouquet of
pale yellow primroses.
Miss Annie Newcomb, who is
now Studying abroad, has marvel
Gus mathematical powers, and COM
putes an eclipse with the same ease
that vessar girl slips a chunk of
gum into her slipper when she sees
the teacher approaching.
Mrs. Blaine is tall and not slim.
and she is grave and dignified in
manner. Born in New England
and we'll educated, she met Mr..
Blaine in Kentucky, and was his
first love. Her com panion and
cousin is miss Abigail Dodge, the
Gail Hamilton of literature.
Mrs. Laura G. Hollaway has re-
signed her position as literary ed1
tor Of the Brooklyn Eagle, which
she held for many years, and will
devote herself to, finishing two or
three books. Her last beautifully
illustrated book is entitled "The
Wives and Methods Of Great Men,"
Women seem to be developing
their inventive powers. Laura J.
Gott Of LAGRANGE, Ohio, has taken
out patent for fire escape; Helen
NJ. Snyder of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
for a shoe lace fastner; Gertrude
Campbell of Chicago, for stocking
supporter; and Marion Wallack of
Cambridge City, for railway frog.
Napkins are now being made of
spun glass, at the price of one hum
dred dollars per: dozen. They are of
a delicate pearl color about the size
Of an ordinary breakfast napkin, and
almost as pliable as silk. The fill
ing consists of minute glass threads
crossed by a silk cla A., and the
fringe or glass fibre Is about two
inches long.
According to the Burlington Free
Press boarding school girls do learn
something. A Vermont farmer
wanted to geta couple of shingles
tackled over a leaky place in the roof
but no one dared to try it, the roof
was so steep. That very day the
farmers daughter came home from
boarding school, and did the job be-
fore she sat down to supper. She
said she was used to crawling over
steep roofs. It was the only way
the girls could get out after 9 q clock.
London is to have an electric bal
let at Easter time. The stage will
be darkened for a moment, only to
be instantaneously illuminated with
hundreds of ballet girls in armor,
and every point of it pricked with!
stars of electric light. An ingenius
Frenchman is the author of this de-
vice. When he arrived at the Char.
ling Cross station, with his ballet
ldTess and machinery, he was