The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
FOR WOMEN ONLY.

In Khartoum women are sold daily
for 800 each.
Hats will be worn to the almost en-
tire exclusion of bonnets this spring
A man in Georgia boasts that he
has three mothers-in-law living. The
man should boast that he is living at
all.
It does not take woman long to
dress. The time is spent in trying to
decide which is the right and which
is the left shoe.
| Miss Annie L. Dawes, daughter of
the Bay State Senator, has just pub
lished a valuable book for little people,
entitled "How We Are Governed"
"Do not marry until you are able to
! support wife," says a philosopher.
This doesn't apply, we presume, when
the wife happens to be rich.
Miss Bayard, daughter of the Secre-
tary, is an accomplished horsewoman,
| and is said to be at her best in the
society that goes in for mild athletic
sports.
Eugene, ex-Empress Of France, is
highly esteemed by the people Of
Marlborough, on TT e streets of which
WV ouO 10 O1COA 0CCA 11OOO, uOG Ou1y
shopping" but on errands of charity.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter of Gen.
N. P. Banks, who will make her debut
shortly on the theatrical stage, is said
to possess decided histronic talent.
She is in addition a highly cultivated
and charming young lady of great
personal beauty.
The Queen of England never wears,
officially, any state robes, excepting
only at her coronation, when she goes
to Westminster Abbey in crimson, and
is there invested with purple, and
when she visits Parliament, when she
Is attired in red.
It has at last been decided that the
hearing of woman is more acute than
that of man; and the scientific persons
who have arrived at this conclusion
will next endeavor to ascertain for
what object nature endowed woman
with ears superior to mans.
A story is told of shrewd Scotch
woman who tried to win her husband
from the dramshop by employing her
brother to act the part of a ghost and
brighten John on his way home. "Who
are your" said the guidman. as the
apparation rose before him from be-
hind a bush. 81 am auld Nick" was the
reply. "Come AVA, man," said John,
nothing daunted. "Gie's a shake o
your hand. l am married tae sister
o. yours"
An examination of the list of pat
ents granted to American women du-
ring the past year, shows they have
secured letters on variety of things,
some useful, some probably quite use
less, and a number altogether unique.
Here are few specimens: A glove
fastener. shoe lace fastener, soap
holder for bath-tubs, babY's crib, meiit
tenderer, nc n.inductlye electrical ca
bic, embroidery frame, garment clasp,
a music rack for bass drums, harness
tug, dough-kneader, bedgown Tor the
sick, fy-screen door attachment. The
late Mis-. SwisShelm is said to have
invented the use of the red light ON
the rear of trains as a safety signal.
Few women seem to understand
that there should be no more style in
hairdressing than in bonnetS. How
seldom we see profuse, ripping locks
coiffed L abandon. Yet it is much
better displayed so than in tight coils.
On the other hand, snub- nosed VIC
men, with skinny hair, persist in
wearing The simple Greek knot where
every rule of art and common sens
should pile their scant tresses on top
of their heads. with rats, curls, puffs.
waves, and all the other fictitious aids
possible. In fact woman should
practice what style of hairdressing
and bonnet is most becoming, and
never depart from it. A woman is
classified above the eyebrows. First
| Impressions are irrevoca bic.
Women too often neglect the voice.
AS matter of fact, American women
speak horribly. They know neither
accent, infection, meditation nor pitch
] in conversation. OF the crisp, round
ed, even melody of an English wo-