Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1881 — FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN [ARTICLE]

FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

A dandy remarked to a lady. While carelessly lolling at ease, “How vain and insipid are women, *. And not worth the trouble to please. “I vow that I never shall marry, ’Till wonders unite In a lass; For I never loved any one better Than the one 1 beheld In the glass.” The lady roplied—on her features A flicker of mischief was traced—“l approve of your good resolution, But cannot admire your taste.” Sad time for powdered faces. Fans are suspended by a ribbon from the side. White lace is not worn inside of ' black lace on summer dresses. Cardinal red ahd old gold will combine in everything for the fall. A school mistress at, Waterbury- • pourethice water down the bared back of a refractory little girl. U Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg is to J>o married to Mr. Andrews, a Nice mku. He is 25 years old, and she is,too. From the steamer’s deck she beheld a barge laden with cotton. “Ab,” murmered the fair Angelica, “my bosom friend is bailed out.” Girls, don’t think a fellow is a ge - tleman because he gives you a police bow. Bowers are always knaves, so a' euchre-player informs us. Worried wife-r-The best way to keep your husbands from going out afier dark is, we should say, to keep a fuir supply of dark in the house. The scientists have taugb 1 that insects have their affections, and now “Wit and Wisdom” says he knows a mo*. , quito that was mashed on a youo/ lady. / - Garlands of bright colored embrohl . ery decorate the waist of sflk dresses. The design is usually two inches wide passing down the front, unde the arms and over the back just below tin* shoulders. Of course this necessar;’• / shortens the waist. hut that is not objectionable; still there is faithfullm*** in fitting the form not often seen in late styles.