Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

The maiden decks herself in white,
Her hair with garlands wreathes,
And tells of the homogeneous might
With every breath she breathes.
Belya Lockwood has a new spring bonnet,
but it is the same old presidential bee in it.
A realistic raspberry in bright garnets is
shown among the heads for new bonnet
pins.
The latest fad among New York girls is
getting up a collection OF dummy cats for
house decora ton.
Thistle pods and the fluffy crown OF the
dandelion are a good second to the wheat ear
in fashionable favor.
Linen blue, a very soft shade, is a favorite
for fancy wool stuffs, while buff is equally
liked in the sheer cottons and linens.
Lace is beyond peradventurc the garniture
of the season, and the finer pate rms OF
French lace among its best bargains.
Many of the newest hats seem to aim at
the flower garden effect, 50 many various and
wonder stirring are the blossoms they carry.
Spring bonnets have fallen. Those which
cost, carly in the season, about 80 cents, can
now be bought for S2S.5 so; extra trimming,
S7.37.
A thick band of shaded rose petals, held
in place by green leaves and ribbon loops, is
a new and favorite g~arniture Tor evening
gowns.
To the so-long. worn wells of spotted tulle
lust reaching to the nose, have succeeded
thosebf spider-web that are even more be-
coming.
1t is astonishing how pretty the homely
girl YOU have never seen can look when she
is softly talking nonsense TO you througn
the telephone.
The ladies of Charleston, S. c., have Or
ganized an ''ice MISSION which will aim lit
orally to give the needy "a cup OF cola
water, in His name"
Dbo hoat 5rassa1 woman on the Pacific
coast is a Chinese girl. More than ever do
the toiling men folks of that region yell,
The Chinese must 60"
A st. Louis physician has cured a woman
of chronic nervousness by compelling her 10
spend four weeks in a boiler factory, where
she couldn't hear herself talk.
Mixed flowers are stylish if not artistic,
| and upon lace head gear, which must be OF
| the lightest, should look as though they had
been merely dropped in place.
Oyerskirts are not cut in set fashion any
| more. drapery being obtained by lacking the
breadths of the gown to the foundation quite
| at taste, caprice or convenience.
Striped plush is threatened for next win
| ter's cloaks, but we still indulge in Il lively
hope that those in authority VIII experience
a change of heart before that ime
1t may be true that old maids look at the
moon in the hope of seeing a man, but II
can't be said of them that they ever go out
between the acts of a play to see one.
She who has a lace poke bonnet, with coat
and parasol to match, can smilingly face
whatever fate may send in shape OF garden
or coaching party, or almost any summer
fete.
Many features of spring toilets are so I'M
mistakably masculine that it occasions no
surprise to learn that some OF the women
| who dare have got to the length OF carrying
canes.
A lady writing on kissing says that a kiss
| on the forehead denotes reverence for the
| intellect. But it certainly does not speak
very highly for the intellect OF the man who
does the kissing.
The popular sizes of shoes worn by the
| Chicago girls are SAID to be lives and Scvens /;
| but from certain remarks in st. Ions Jour
mails the fves and seyens must be run to-
gother, thusly: 81.
Small, close-itting jackets of cloth, either
gray biege, dark blue, brown or black, are
| the preferred wraps for very young women,
and admit of wonderful variety In the mat
tiers of cut, braiding and buttons.
1t is altogether useless for an unsatistac
tory young man to plead to the girl that their
union has been decreed by fate. Girls don't
care half so much about the DEGREES of ialc
as they do about the DEGREES of fashion.
Mrs. Caldwell, WAC has just received the
golden rose from the pope for her s3OO,ooo
benefaction, is a niece of the late General
John G. Breckenridge, and otherwise a most
charming young lady Just twenty-three'
with clear-cut features and the half OF u Tor
tune estimated at 5,0OJ,O 900.