Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Gold thhmbles are covered with min.
ute daisies in relief instead OF being
penetrated with the usual needle holes.
1t is rumored that the passengers on
the Pennsylvania limited are TO be at.
tended by ladies' maids in place of col.
ored p~orters.
A portrait on ivory Of Mrs. Fremont
in her youth, a valued memento OF
General Fremont's, was placed on his
breast at his death and buried with
him.
Few ladies consider that they carry
some forty or fifty miles of hair on their
heads; the fair-hsired may even have TO
dress seventy miles Of threads OF gold
every morning.
The report Of the Massachusetts, bu-
reau Of labor statistics shows that in
1875 there were nineteen branches OF in
dustry in which women were not en-
ployed, in 1885 there were only eight.
An inventory Of IN wardrobe Or.
Queen Elizabeth, made in the year 1000,
shows that Queen Bess" had 30 robes,
1876 skirts. 269 gowns, 1856 fore parts"
125 p~etticoats, 81 fans, 81 cloaks, So
safeguards, S. doublets and IS lap
mantles.
A pretty sewing apron is made OF a
large silk handkerchief or square OF
silk twenty-seven inches in size. The
pointed bib is formed by gathering the
A. ~ . onrxua 80. .sLIan
belt. Thence tho rest Of 1t falls in o
deep pointed apron front.
All who are possessed Of fine tortoise
shell ornaments or combs will he glad
to know that they can be easily cleaned
and polished by dipping them first in
spirits o. vine and rubbing them thor
oughly, polishing them afterward with
a little bismuth applied with q chamois
skin.
A wonderful wedding dress was re-
Gently made up in Russia for the
daughter of a great Russian artist. il
is OF regulation white satin, but on the
satin are innumerable little pictures,
chiefly allegorical, painted by her
fathers artist friends. What may be
ibo Ndlue III years w tsult'
The empress of Germany is an ac-
conplished needlewomap, and has al
ways EN- broidered the clothes OF her
children. AS Princess William she
heard the little princes say their pray
ers every night, but now she has SO
many other duties 10 perform she is
obliged to leave them to their attend
ants.
Gum chewing and its effects have
been subjected to a scientific exsmina-
ton with the eminently gratifying re-
suit that the scientist makes the asser-
ton that in this process 1.-The masseter
muscles which move the jaw are alb
normally developed, and the fatty sub
stance which produces fair, plump
cheeks is d~eteriorated.'
Lady Haberton, the English dress re-
former, has sanctioned a new sort OF
outdoor wear generally. 1t locks like
an ordinary dress, but inside t~hefounda-
ton is closed at the hem, forming a
kind of divided skirt, which does away
with the wearing of p~etticoats.
One of the handsome bellies of Colam-
bus, O., is Miss Kittie Thurman, grand
daughter Of the '0ld Roman ex-Sen-
ator Thurman She is described as a
pronounced brunette. and she has about
her much Of that individuality which
characterizes the daughters of Judge
Thurman, one of whom, Mrs. McCor-
mack, resides on Long Island.
Many parents are apt to consider
their daughters worth their weight in
gold, but a Scotch gentleman estimated
his two daughters value at even a
higher rate than this, ~bequeathing to
each her weight in 81 notes The
elder seems TO have been thinner than
her sister, for lbs got only k5l, 500,
while the younger received G57, 344.
This is how Lady Florence Dixie
takes exercise. Since childhood she
has always been an early riser. Straight
from her bed she ~plunges into a cold
tub, and energies therefrom warm and
glowing; she feels the blood coursing
through her veins, and the rudy health
which a good circulation always engen-
ders. The cold bath she never neglects;
summer or winter she welcomes il.
Then, before breakfast, a sharp walk or
perhaps q quarter Of a miles quick run,
or a two-mile course at a slower pace, or
a gallop across country on horseback.
Any OF these gives an appetite for
breakfast. Later on, she uses the dumb
bells or Indian clubs, or frequents the
gymnasium. In all athletic sports
rowing, riding, cricket, lawn tennis etc.
she is at home, and, some say, is a
first class hand.