Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-29
!, al Peeps Out on Dirty Lcndcu--
n fIoraI Weddings Dciugs at
Dublin Castle.
~ With a Prominent Statesman
', n.,.rdtng Gladstone and His
Home Rule Scheme.
,.aerson to Tnke Holiday In Eu-
f'9 Attempted suicide OF a Mother
~ and TWO Daughters.


u. 49,
.'sout sunshine, can hardly appreciate
' ~ a II after many days of compare
s.rtnoss. 1t has come to us once,
.lorlous sum Most wonderful Of oil
y are skating in it, tricycling over
A Y Y roads. riding, driving in it, with a
4 "A ,rosty wind blowing upon us. But
\ .nr,rast OF heat and cold is not great.
"A 'hdght, sunny, breezy weather, bright
II ~ dollar, breezyas fresh, pleasant
AN The Hudson. The times seem less
"a under the invigorating blue
We read of threatened reyo-
t,rs IN ireland and an English
.,sou of 500 surrounded by 10000
&ass in Burmah without fear so
sss there is sunshine. Bad trade, dis
4 s,eut at home, danger abroad, we can
A \ sbe music, whatever 1t is, IL we have
m, Il blue in the heavens and glimpse
4 .nnshIne In our streets. But the gloom
h 5ecaying trade, the danger of insurrec-
M peopie marching to and fro asking
n, bread. politicians scrambling for the
nc and fishes OF office, morality seem
I.lv In the gutter with vice; and over all
4 IAN everlasting fog, universal pail OF
<.oke aud snow and choking yapor--
\ IA skv. no earthly view,
No distance looking blue,
No dawn, no dark, no proper time OF day.
No end TO any row,
4 No Indications whore the crescents go;
a No top TO any steeple.
a No recognition of familiar people.
M in such an atmosphere Of misery
I'M do anything but despair? Aud who,
n "the radiant god of day" dlsperses
wlntry mists aud fog and shows us
Il more the world in which we live,
n do less than rejoice? To-day
&udon is a gay city, as lively as il she
&re the happiest and most prosperous
#lsl Of the happiest and most prosper
and united people under the sun. The
III are busy with carriages and horses,
b riders and drivers; the West End
lots are full OF life; tie shops rich
y tempting goods; the city proper
N with commercial traffic, In The
i0wy corners want glowers and
i.hes; in the byways secret societies
sme aud plot; in parliament a power
body Of legislators are clamoring for
disruption of the empire. But the
shne robs the situation Of more than
It's danger. 1t gives men hope and
alates their courage,
N FASHION.
&His solaced into patience aud even
ssst in writing about fashion, when
n R1ects upon the vast influence II
Nlses upon trade; and es tianeur
b duty it is to ignore nothing that
HMtertain his newspaper readers one
Eiito find sufficient qualification in the
HFhdge that fashion is ever an absorb
NAeme among ladies'. II must some-
II, think, be given even to the most
III householder and family man, the
Hiprosiac of editorial writers, to envy
&senial, dare | say frivolous, bachelor
&who thus coniesses his ambition and,
Ms more, fulhlls it;
n ltakc the dainty quill of dove,
baby harp of ioyi
q Ipen the lightest phase of love,
H sing the fragile toy,
ID Irave about damsel's dress,
N And versify on lace;
N Iburnish gold on tiny tress,
And praise pretty face,
~ I'd pen a fancy for a firt,
IA And rhyme on beauty's Dilla;
e Or write n sonnet on her skirt
II As Laureate of Frills.
HWonld puzzle even Mr.. Ashley Sterry,
MpOet debonnair, to sing the modern
Mons. The waist is in vogue once
perhaps | should say the absence
Mist, for there are ladies who live TO
Hhlate it, who struggle to convert 1t
post, column on which to spead
Aof unnatural size The awful dis
which thousands Of women are lay
&n for themselves by tight lacing is a
Sing business, not only for them, but
aOusands yet unborn. Happily, these
Dish virgins" are in the minority,
ition, estheLicism, art studies, med
Nlcuce and Il growth of general IN
tnce are teaching women that de-
ply cannot be beauty and that health
srceless treasure. Apart fromSthis
n q baroGism-the pinched.in waist
mis- by no means generally IN favor,
/ Nhlons OF the day are full of dainty
pits and pretty notions that might
Inspire a ''Laureate Of Frills."
FLORAL FANcIEs.
Instance, in the,fashions OF the day
y are takinga very important place
= Mid that American eXtrayagance IN
lfectlon has inspired some of the
4 notions, The latest development
J, pa fancles are what may be called
weddings. ] think "the Primrose
ne" people were the first TO star
lfw and picturesque departure IL
aqnial decoration. We have "snow
" Weddings "violet weddings
lail Weddings and we shall in due
Ri cover d wider range of the nora
q Alta snowdrop wedding in thu
w this week the BRIDES wreath an'
.d We're made OF rea
stops and maiden hair ferns
: Ae bridesmaids, except two yer,
girls, wore similar wreath
puQqels, the young girls carryin'
oi freshly gathered snow-drops
4 ley sprinkled in the pathway o.
'ae and bridegroom. The button
NE guests and the "iavors" o
acamen and footmen were of snow
III which were also mingled with thi
4 ~ i rice and satin slippers whel
4 WAlpy couple started on their wedding
There was violet wedding yes
The family of the bride was /
sug The yiolets were procure'
rance There arc no English vic
she Indigenous at present, thong
Nv Recent "battle OF flowers" a
8 : one carriage was completely COY
- van them, wheels and all. Tn
q the horses and the coach
wnip We're strung with vic
queen has long accour
1911 wedding. twas, the ARTIST
,'slonAble reporter thinks, all In
- Ascti7e because the bridesmaid
Nj Used In the color, carried yello'
XIX e, heu with long streamers fixe