The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-12
OUR GOSSIPER.

landed at New York October second.
They were on their way to Utah. each
with the avowcd intention of securing IA
part interest in a Norman husband.
Now that the Goddess of Liberty has
branch headquarters at Chicago, we can
not see why she does not raise her foot
and stamp Mormonism out of existence
a writer in a recent issue of 4 popular
King of the Dudes, as follows: "a pleas
ant-faccd young man. attircd in quiet
manner, but with scrupulous ncatness:
he is good-natured, open-heartened,
average New York man-about-t town, with
far more sense than most of his critics"
II is presumed that as the years go by,
Mr.. Wall, in common with the rest of us.
lays aside his youthful follies: at any
rate, the writer has a distinct rccollcc-
ton of having seen him at Old Point
at swell german. during the progress
of which it was said that he changed
his attire throughout an incredible
number Of times.
The marriage of Miss Winnie Davis.
the daughter Of the Confederacy, to Mr..
Alfred Wilkinson, of Syracuse, n V,
was announced for September. 1t is
now said that the engagement has been
broken off. In anticipation of this in
terestingo marriage we had jottcd
down in our note books some very
pretty thoughts about the North and
the South joining hands, which we will
now sell at half price.
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Is your husband tired, cross and worn
out when he comes home? Does he
eat hurricdly and rush off to business
again. If SO, you must break that up.
But you will say, how can L? First,
talk to him while eating; not about
putting up the stoves, or putting down
carpets, or your poor, tired back, but
about something light and bright.
Then coax him to lie down on a lounge
in your chcericst room after dinner, and
be sure that no hand-paintcd or crazy
cushion is under his head, but rather
have ready for his use at ali times two
or three soft cushions. covered with
Kensington cottOns or China silks, and
if he wants to smoke, let him. What if
your window curtains have just been
hung? After he has smoked and chatted
and mapped and gone back to work re-
freshed, you can open your windows and
air your curtains, and if, in the course
of time, your curtains should he spoiled
make him buy you another set.
49,
There is a wide distinction between
the stylish girl and the girl who thinks
She is stylish the former is studiously
simple in dress, while the ''swaggcr'
girl cxaggcratcs each point of her supc-
rior sisters style until it becomes CON
spicuous. The stylish girl sticks two
or three jaunty pins in her hat; straight
way the girl who thinks she is stylish
fastens Il dozen long gilt ones upon
hers. Obcying the instinct which seeks
variety, the stylish girl heightened her
parasol handle: her imitator immcdi-
ately began to carry an umbrella nearly
as long as herself.
woman taking her afternoon prom
cnadc on IL fashionable Washington
street last week attracted the attention
OF all who met her. She was beautiful.
but there arc many beautiful women in
our ma tional capital and men stared
and women smiled at her becausc-hcr
powder puff had caught in the folds of
her ovcrskirt.
very suitable dish for the evening
meal. whether 6 o'clock dinner or tea. is
potato salad. adorned with bits of green
onions and red bects chopped fine
4 great aid in making cheap dishes
palatablc is the judicious use of season
ing. All housckeepers know the virtues
of pepper, mustard onion, and parsley:
but they should sometimes try thyme.
anchovy. curry powder, or olives. Many
plain dish can be improved by the adj
dition Of a little lemon Juice and Cali
fornia sherry The latter costs only
fifty cents quart.
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The present plain styles of dress"
says Worth, ''havc been the occasion OF
the PHI ysical culture craze now the pet
fad of wcll-brcd American girls No
badly formed woman can look we'll in