The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-07
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Pears Soap secures fine complexion.
Beecham's Pills act like magic on a
weak stomach.
1t can be said of the woman in the d.
rectoire costume that she is well pulled. y
Among the harbingers offspring should
be included great bargains in sealskin."
White and silver for evening toilet
now has run that is really remarkable.
Frozen game is never satisfactory to
the epicure, or, indeed, to any fastidious
diner.
No one cares for the first trout fthe
season." which are always "liver fed"
things.
Novelties in foot gear for women will
be many this spring, and some are quite
startling.
Some of the London swells have vel
vet collars and cuffs to their dress coats
this season.
Milk toast was an innovation at re-
cent five o'clock tea, and rather start
ling one, TOO.
1t can be safely said that the next ad-
ministrHtion will not be built exclusively
upon terrapin.
Picked small onions are held to be the
best appetizers before dinner by people
not particular.
Newmarkets made of Indian shawl
material will be novelty in the wraps
of early spring.
What the socially select and exclusive
want are fashions and styles that can
not be duplicated.
To eat frozen punch in the middle of
dinner is to jeopardize health and
Illustrate digestion.
Filet of founders in this country is at
best very poor gastronomic imitation
of the English sole.
Some new opera cloaks seen in the
boxes are of wine broadcloth, with white
marabout trimming.
Black bear steak with grape jelly was
course at recent political dinner at
an Indianapolis hotel.
The perfection of preserving aspara-
gus in glass jars appears TO have been
reached in this country.
Those who have looked about among
the. furniture dealers find many new
and pretty things to buy.
1t is already asserted that lace floun-
ces on summer dresses will be as fash
ionable as ever this year.
Plum pudding still goes the rounds
with alleged brandy sauce, although the
last gun for it has exploded.
There is mayonnaise and mayonnaise,
but none quite so trashy as what you
get at the average restaurant.
The new parasols from "the other
side" are very well described in adver-
tisements as "rich and unique"
1t would be revelation to some peo-
pie to see fashionable woman at home
when company is not expected
One reason why they charge so much
for poached eggs at European-plan ho-
tells is that stale eggs won't poach.
For the benefit of the unsophisticated
itmay be said an olive complexion is
not to be had by eating the bottled ar
ticle.
She was a wealthy, but unsophisticat-
ed woman who, having company over
night" had the fishcakes for breakfast
made of sardines.
Some kind of school to teach wom-
en- good taste in dress would fill long
felt want and make things less obnox-
ious to artistic eyes.
A Chinese cook in a Senator's family
in Washington has created a sensation
by introducing the real, genine, simon
pure birds nest soup.
Zurich ice cream, and everybody
knows who has been to Switzerland
how delicious il is, has been introduced
here by local caterer.
Feminine hats haye reached the most
extraordinary and eccentric stage. The
courage some women have to wear such
headgear must be great.
Fore-and-aft caps, for shipboard are
now made of canvas in several shades
and are said to be much more comforta-
BILE than the cloth ones.
Bamboo steamer trunks, lined with
zinc, are the newest. They are of the
regulation height, twelve inches. and
present neat appearance.
Those who eat shad-aud the Souths
ern ones are here-should never be fool
ish enough to assert that they do not
make any bones about it,
When one has got American "sar
dimes" nicely prepared the best thing to
do with them is to open the nearest
window and throw them out oft.
p. T. Barnum thinks that he has got
the nineteenth century boom in Jumbo,
but he must not forget the great excite
ment caused by the sale of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
A modiste advertises that she makes
court bodicesn as worn at the Queens
receptions in London. The manufac-
ture Of them does not require much ma
terial or a great deal of time.
Remember that Ayers Cherry Peotor-
al has no equal as specific for colds,
coughs. and all affections Of the throat