The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-07-12
FOR THE LADIES.

Surprised Dame-What? And you have re-
fused Mr.. De Goode7 ] thought you liked him.
Lovely Daughter-I did, but none of the other
girls seemed to care q snap for him.-OTpGhd World
"A little West Side schoolgirl, who is enjoying
the first week of vacation with some playmates
down In the quiet little village of McHenry, sends
the following caustic and pointed composition to
her papa in this city: =" Dear Papa Mamma wrote
posta! and told me to get my washing done,
to get my shoes mended, and 20 buy some buttons
for my dress and new ribbon for my hat-and she
sent me 10 centsl" That little miss will probably
develop into brilliant satirist.-Chicago Journal.
Miss Sarah NorcrOss, who recently completed
so years of continuous service with the Boot Cotton
Mills of Lowell, Mass, presented by the stock.
holders and corporation with check for 500, and
by the agent OF the corporation with q gold watch
and chain Though IS years old, she still works
steadily at her drawing-in frame.
An observing man has remarked that merely
to glance at a pretty woman IS to cause her to
moisten her lips with sort of nervous rRpidlty,
and the reason for this action is causing no little
discussion among his fellow-men. Glance, how
casually, in a or in place OF amusement
at a lady, volunteered one man, and note how
promptly her tongue mostens her red lips" The
masculine verdict is that the action is bit of van
Ityi an eudeayor 10 enhance the color oil the Ups
but the masculine verdict is wrong and the action
Is merely a mild burst of irritRbility at the stare
which is probably scrutnizing one-Tdble Talk.
The very latest Is tingerless gloves. These are
destined for dinner wear and IL is said were intro
duced at a recent dinner given by the Yanderbiits,
The pair in question made TO order, but so
fsvoraby was tue innovation received that govers
kept busy supplying the demand for them.
dinner toilet is usually made with shoulder-straDs
or elbow sleeves, and many ladies deplore the
necessity that compels them discard their gloves
at table. Here is the breach that the fngeress
gloves just fill The fingers cut off little be-
fore the kuuckles the edges finished with fancy
stitching. Rings can be displayed, and it is deemed
the proper thing TO wear them with these especial
gloves; while knives forks and spoons can be
handled with the greatest ease.-T0bLe Talk
- The truly aesthetic girl, with an appreciation oil
the eternal fitness of things, uses blue note paper
when she tells her admirer that she can never be
hon, sfgt --hf liant ~u95efeT
Women are frequently debarred from acting on
school boards and church boards but they can have
q complete monopoly on the wash-boards.-Iddto
Statesman.
This is one of the stories of old times now going
the rounds: COny Foster, of OrOno. Me- was sick
He had made all arrangements for his death and
burial when he began to gain, One day he re
marked to his wife that as he felt better he thought
1t likely he might recover. "Coney," said mis-
wife, as you are prepared and am resigned,
think you had better go now"
The marriageable young ladies in aristocratiC
French families often at loss as TO how they
to employ the time between the final departure
from the converts the boarding and the
arrival of the bridegroom. The balls blancs, tht
daily rides, walks and drives in the bois; the oc
casional visits TO the theater and the opera, the
courses of water color drawing, or the matutina
manipulation of the inevitable piano, are no
enough 10 I'll up the leisure hours OF French young
| ladydom. new pursuit has accordingly been de
| vised for the occupation of the spare moments o
| blooming maideHs who are waiting what Ben Jon
/ son calls the goblin matrimony" This is thu
practice Of photography, and we are assured that
/ Photographic apparatus Is now Ilted UP IN I'M
| boudor of nearly every young heiress IN the noble
! faubourg. Friends, acquaiutauces, servants ant
fayorite dogs are all faithfully photographed, ant
come of the fair voaries Of the art said TO be re
marlzably adrot in using their cameras, which ar
all constructed after the most modern plan. Yer.
! recently, too, a young lady VINO was married out
! of the faubourg st. German, received, amonI
/ other contributions to her cOrbeille de noces o
wedding presents a costly and superb camera
| which would not have been disdained by NADIA
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