Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1881 — For and About Women. [ARTICLE]

For and About Women.

GlftYfiaare perfame<iu_. I ; Cosies are ornamented in the center. ' Surah skirts arc trimmed cea of Irish point. f Blue is much worn in silks, from the darkest to the plainest shades. . , The combination of rose color with ; violet lilac is extremely fashionable. Clusters of.tomatoes, mandarjhsjEnd strawberries are: ohoioe; foe pew ben* netai'i .it ks . wltt »• io, wat ra **v' •" ■ ,si ' f v.v«t*e I • ' daughter marry /Bosquin, teem: 4T4b» Gwate w ~ZZ Nearly all drdesm fbrgtriwhavewefo Thb' Wife As Bev. Byron O’Malieyr if Church of England divine, has obtained* a separation because he kfafoteU and beat. ji •A market woman in Peoria, 111., b% ing detected in giving short measure, wal fined, ahd from intense' cbtegtibi committed -suicide, y Moire antique Jpdi/jpwttt foVor ah 4 will be extensively^used. next winter*. It will be made Up into soarfo, and bonnet strings, as well as dresses. A new' profession-has started* and &y -a woman, too; who announces herself a “finger-nail” artist, and Whose skill is expended on beautifying .the flu - A Cincinnati paper says that “one tilt the wants of tne day is a school in which girls may be prepared to serve as clerks in stores oy teaching tliefaj good mftfohers. ( ; 4 i I Mrs. Gaines, since, the death of heir, son, and only surviving child, at the hands pf his brother-in-law, has the' care of six grand-children, all under, sixteen years, of r /

• Pretty--evening dresses for young girls are made of white summer, ffsh-, mere, over which are worn silk tunics' and pointed Hungarian waists, laced down the back and out with very short sleeves. ' j Kitty Ramsden, whose professional title is the Golden Fly, was taking’ her i flight to the roof of a Moscow theater, when the elastic snapped and , she fylL heavily to the stage from a heigh 4 jol 123 feet, fracturing her shoulder ana spine. A ' ! tVVhen Cyrus' Field’s brother wrote him he could not take bis wife to 4!>s rope on account of the additional V* pense, he sent him a letter statin—“No man should take a tr}p abrotul without his wife. I have forwarded* to London a letter of credit for you lb? £I ,OOO, 7 i" - Among the Parisan importations ds an ulster made of dark French-cloth, 74 with cape sleeves which are set in the side seams of the back and slope graces fully over the sboplders 'in so uarq paper fronts, trimmed With dull velvef gars nished with spikes of oxydized. silvtr*' and sold for $25. ’ A.

The English, language, sfcys Truth, has never been equal to finding a worn i to express cbio. The Americans have kindly supplied the deficienCy'by giving- us the word “snappy.”- A' ttejstP" aud-aiiveyouug man. is said to intua* no “snap” whereas a bandbox young - Sirl with white . teeth, coral lips; pinto 1 impled cheeks, sunny hair, and whitei. soft hands, is described, as a, decidedly snappy toaiefen. ‘ "* M. Ambroise Thomas, the composer, and director pf the Paris Conservatoire,*** has appeared as a dress reformer. He issued the other day an edict ing all the young lady students uuder his charge to wear at the examination white muslin gowns with no* other' adernment than Bilk sasheß, aad-ffow ' ers in “moderation” for the.hair. The ; orde • was called forth by the rapidly * increasing extravagance -of dress among the young ladies.

, "Vanderbilt's New Mansion.' ’"! New’York Letter. .. ... I It will be a good many monthayet before Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt’s magnificent mansion drfFi/thStvedud Is raaflr tp occupy. Ail the work is so elaborate gTsfaiAr&Sßt&ri neither as importo# rids attractive as one might expect to‘ find it’rfrtAf MMg ibgthe’desOripJiibhs' from the jj-cintectijilanfi, The., flab surface of the wall .gives tfie. whole: * rather dull look, which, at a short distance, is hardly relieved by the fine carving and scroll work on various parts of the stone. As the stone H&tf is the ordinary brown stone common to all parts.of New York, there is noth-*’ ing particularly striking in the outside effect. The building is, in fact, rather Slain, much more so than they are on tie adjoining block,Which will be occupied by Mr. Vanderbilt’s .oldest son—and looks more substantial than ornate. Ia tUis-resoeot it may be regarded as reflecting the owner’s character, for Vanderbilt is riot a showy man by any means, the most nobby thing about him being those rather* stringy' side whiskers which the comic artiste make the most of iu their cartoons. Whether Mr. Vanderbilt particularly well fitted up.ihside of' hot, this de-., poneuj {s pot prepared to say, butlho inside of his new house will certainly be. No expense is to be spared in > the giting up’and decoration, at all events. The smallest thing, as well as the largest, must be the very best. An order was given the other day for silver plated bath tutie. A nickle plated bath tub is generally considered goog enough for the ordinary millionaire, but when a mau has a.buudred millions to bisname the wonder is,, not that he must have a silver plated "tub to bathe in, but that he is satisfied with anything less than a gold one.