Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-04
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald By "Leone.'


At Easter, and until late spring, used
to be the fashionable time for weddings.
Now autumn is the fashionable season.
Perhaps the summer ''mash will not
keep" unsealed in state of preserva-
ton for two-thirds of year perhaps it
is because the youth of the present have
learned the value of time, and none of
patience be that as it may, the engage
ment period of our ancestors has short
ened to comma, to-day. And now the
average writer and editor tells you it was
the bewitching white hummery of lawns
and ribbons and laces that captured sum
mer beaux, and will transform them in
to husbands in few short months. That
sort of excuse is like men whenever a
man "loses his head - and begins to re-
fleet, he travels back to the first excuse
it was the woman. But / will
tell you of at least one fashion in which
TWAS THE MAN
whose artistic perception created it, and
il was not Worth either, but the Prince
Consort of her Majesty. the Queen, who
in 1855 suggested to her the idea of adopt
ing the red petticoat as worn by the milk
maids at Balmoral. The contrast of the
red skirt with the green grass, and the
landscape pleased his Royal ,Highness
and this sealed the fate of white petit
coats in England, for winter wear. As
for us, we all know how since the intro
duction of the flaming felt petticoat, col
ored skirts have reigned supreme.
FACTS.
was once asked whether arsenic eat
ing would not give any one clear trans
parent complexion. The lady who ask
ed said she heard it WOULD What
she did not hear was the CHASTITY process
by which it was accomplished, how by
sure, slow deadly process the drug be-
gins to petrify the skin and so drive the
blood back from it ; and how, not only
keeping up this petrifying process, but
affecting the system. as would any other
form of opium eating; creates an appe-
tite that becomes uncomfortable in its de-
mands and the victim dies-a most beau
tiful woman no doubt, but none the less
suicide.
In some parts of France it is customary
for the brides mother to publicly box
her ears. The object of this proceeding
is that should the daughter subsequently
desire to get rid of her husband. she can
plead that she was forced to marry him
by violence. Evidently the French are
far sighted people. The Martinsburg
groom would tremble for his future at
such an early exhibition of authority by
his mother-in-law.
YOUR EARS.
Avoid pressure upon your ears il you
wish to preserve your sense of hearing.
Ut goes without saying that you should
never strike your children there. Use q
less injurious mode of punishment. y
Narrowing of the auditory canal by the
pressure of handkerchief worn over the
head add tied under the chin often is a
cause of deafness. If you must wear
night caps. do not tie them tight over the
ears.
YOUR HAIR.
A hundred tons of human hair are an
nuaIly bought and sold in Europe.
Women have coarser hair than men.
Hair grows faster in day time than al
night.
Powdering the hair makes the face
look younger.
To take care of your hair. wash il
thoroughly once week with quart Of
soft water in which handful of bran
and small quantity of white soap has
been dissolved. Then beat the yoke OF
an egg and rub it into the roots OF the
hair. Allow it to remain only few
minutes and then wash off with soft wa.
ter. Wipe dry and then apply very
small quantity of bay rum.