The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-25
FEMININE LEAFLETS.

Baltimorean.
A modern writer says, cts sin and
a shame the way shabbily-dressed peo-
people are treated at fashionable
churches
A New York paper complains that
those people who compose theatre par
| ties make themselves nuisance to the
audience.
Young men contemplating matrimony
will be glad to learn that the satins for
bridal gowns can be bought for 5000,
and the fringes for the same at $50 per
yard.
| A society observer says that summer
winds SET the wedding bells to ringing,
| but the first severe frost freezes them
| into silence once more, and afternoon
teas, dinners, breakfasts and balls re-
sumo their sway.
Under the electric light blondes
appear "as sickly human plants" On
the other hand, brunettes appear more
handsome, aud both types find a balm
in the fact that it makes the eyes sparkle
as if they were diamonds.
Alligator skin is the most fashionable
material at present for quaint slippers
!
color as well as meerschaum pipe, and
the browner and oilier they get the bet
ter Elegant portfolios are also made of
the skin, and cost enough to make them
extremely desirable.
There has Just been completed in Paris
a most exquisite ball dress, intended to be
worn at the fetes in Stockholm in honor
of the marriage of the Crown Prince OF
Sweden. 1t is cloud of soft, vaporous
white tulle, studded with emerald green
wing-cases of tropical beetles, each
tipped with three filaments of gold en-
broidered on the tulle.
elbow do French women pose so inim-
itably in their carriagesT asks a Paris
correspondent. "Do they get a pier
glass brought down to the porte-cochere,
and study the nonchalant graceful bend
of the souple figure, and the coquettish
turn of foot and ankle that so cunning
ly show a fash of colored silk stockings
/ cannot tell. All / know is that moth
| ing beats the Partisan en- veiture."
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, who came with
| the new British Minister, is lively and
one of the leaders in London society.
She is particularly noted for her talent
in all sorts of dramatic representations,
which she acts with graceful ease. She
is still young enough to bewitch Wash
ing society with her loneliness, having
been born during the Crimean war, and
christened by the strange name of
| Eupatoria.
Queen Margaret, of Italy, with her
intelligent face, her sparkling eyes and
magnificent attire, made a brilliant pic
i la IL
dress was of purple velvet and silk, and
on her head shone diadem of bril-
| liants. Flowers of diamonds were inter-
woven with her hair; her earrings were
made of large pearls, and long rows of
the same hung about her neck, covering
her breast and descending almost to her
waist.
The San Francisco Argonaut rightly
feels proud of its benevolent ladies from
the fact that one Of the richest or them
went out TO examine personally the
grade and system of sewerage in the
neighborhood of a hospital whose in
mates have been the recipients of end
less favors at her hands; and another
lady, of the same street, pulled out
81, 900 from her pocket for the purchase
of turkeys and chickens for those who
would otherwise have had scanty
board.
"Who is the daring woman" says the
New York Hour, "who viii buy and
wear the bonnet displayed in the win
dow of well-known Broadway shop7
The unframed eye sees at first only
some leaves. A nearer view shows a
conception worthy of Mephistopheles.
1t is velvet bonnet, representing pond
lily leaves, with stems and veins of silk
of light color. Around the crown
coils a snake, cunningly made of dark
green plush, and in its loathsome head
glitter the most brilliant eyes,"
II see you advertise goods to be sold
for mere song" said he, as he stepped |
into furniture store on Washington
street. Yes, sir" answered the gentle
manly proprietor. "WeIl, now. let me
see, / like that red plush sofa there, and |
I'll sing you when the Robins Nest |
Again, for it." At last accounts he
was able to sit up in bed, and If he con-
tinues to improve he will probably be |
out in week.--Boston Post.
"Why is q young man like kernel Of |
corn r. asked = young lady. Because
said another The turns white when he |
pops"
aWhat are pauses? r asked the teacher,
Of the primary class. Things that grow |
on cats, !" piped the small boy q Tie
foot.