CHIT-CHAT.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2415, 31 December 1881, Page 4

CHIT-CHAT.

Tr.o fashionable maid now perfumss her giov.^e. Umiit'Hi rovers are uomefching new £cr indusfi'iouh- fitters to make for fairs. In Paris society chaperonc aro bow known an "tapestry," to distinguish thom from the " wall-flowers." Bouquets carried by ladies ot evening parties e>re becoming so largo that it will soon require exceptionally strong muscles to carry them. Lice roeotfes on dresses are too suggestive of wall-papor patterns to suit, the oye of the individual who ackuowlodgos to having an opinion of hrr own. The day of washed out depressed colore, ■which the tOitheticß brought in for a time, eucria to have pissed away, and strong color is blazing everywhere. Cincinnati has founded a " Home" for widows who have no intention of accepting a second offsr. It is luipod that at last two rooms will b;> occupied. A iady physician says : —" Tbe prime cause of and diaeane among our women and girb is owing to errors in dress and lack of physical exercise, in faot utter laziness." There is an idea propounded of abolishing the wearing of the wedding ring. Of course the emblem may be of little value in the eyes of those who little regard and reapoct the tie it represents. A Parisian lady appeared at a recent danco •with a pair of lovo birds on her shoulder. They were made of jowele, and stood on a stick of green enamel, finished at eithor end with a large pearl.

One of the modern attempts at reviving an old fashion i.i to pais, after the dinner, a largo stiver or sold dish filled with rose water, in ■urhioh each gu-st dips hia napkin, and thus cleanxes lips and fingers. An observer says that when ladies bet at tho races tbey are generally pulded by a pretty color, the graceful form of the horse, a favorite name, or possibly by the neat or picturreque appearance of the jookey. Grent luxury is now displayed in fana. They are set with many precious stones, and tho rir.2 that binds tho sticks together; s frequently of diamonds. Happily, feather fttfis are alio fashion, eo thero is a choice £or all.