News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 60, 9 February 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

Plaid cashmereJsfagnjßw idea. Serge a£dj3]aid/.arej vety much worn. jGlpasv .wooHabrl^s^wiU again. BraaabedsUad&aw^ tjjw 'rists'fsßlion* Lavender and-Jilac shades are again seen*; 7 .... „;■_; ,;,-,,, -p ;.. . , „-».r : j ii&QQU fqr r^nmn { wear^ hare 'appeared with cloth topa. , * ***.v.*& , * ;' Girls are wearing larger tats and ,bon« nets m pioportipb jthiß^seasbtfJtliati wo« men. ' '•'''" ' ~ '' - A detachment "o£ the Salvation Army open a campaign at Btftla 5 topribkow. Many curious Palinerßtonians pnrpoie attending Vith/?* vievr -6£ learning drill. At a recent spiritualist seance m Palmer ston the spirit of a well-known de-» parted West Coast journalist was invoked. The company m lUteni%;to: his ievela% tions f rom.the other world, sat, ajiimar* veiled I -" " iV : £ i 77/ .-• y l%'\--> Why are tKere m female bilKcoUeetoral — Becauae ajvcoman's work is never dun. ♦ What R Not lend a.WtJf jr tf n to me— to your other sell?' ; 'J£y dear fellow, I should never get.it back—l know- myself too well.' : r, -.. , r „., A French author says, ' When T? lost my wife, every family m town offered mo another-.; but when I lost my horse, no one offered to bake hio? £ood. rr^' r ) A four-year-old ' child Icdmplained to bar mother that her ' button shoes ' were, 'hurting, < Why, •»' slattie,; ; youJjfC put them on the wramg i eet T Puzzled and ready to cry, sbe.made answer,' < What'U I do, mammal They 'a all the feejt I've got.'. . :j ;'..__." :.___; : ;:'_ "■ i " ! Although the electric bell is now m vogue m many ho-tela, its use is not yet allowad to dJßturb the leisurely habits of the waiters^ if wrmay judge by the foU lowing' directions partiei£%ver one of the ,b,eUg:;— _' Pushan the nob. .y.ojido. not get an ans wer .in nf teen ox ,tWenty 'm&tea, push' li. again.*"' ■" <; '' ;l! ' f w \J , An exchange states .CftaHhe celebrated Angelique Theraaae,- thß^ 'herbineM the stolen dolman 'and' df several animated Parliamentary dßbateß;iis?npw r&sJd3esn afc Hawera, where she is repotted ftitteXweJl and thriving. ' • ; 2 ,V -i.-y-i Many .women m Russia tid^'wxirif at painting china- . i .!". >JJi/ ; 3 J -The widow of; Captain; I , Web'b^'iiu? 24, ShVwas three years bis, wifeV „; '_ yr '■ It is no misfortune for a nice young lady to lose her good naqoe^ if a- .nice young g»ntlemaagivea her a be^fitofie. In some parts- of Eu»«ia it wnfbal&Ted that if the' bride l tasterthecikeott-th* eve of the wedding, ''her; husband: will not loveheX. }'■ ' ■."■'{■■!'"■■* - ..■■■^r.^n'V A girPat echobrwodldiike to nkve'' two birthdays every year.; ; 'WBeq ; lllfe^paMea . thirfcy,Bhe abj^ytb.having e.vefl'ohej. Charles, dear,' she aiurmur'^'at the strolled along last evening, and iS goae4 at .the' bejeweyedi firmament.'-./ which ia Venus, and which is* Adonis r . : During the ninth :^altz,vQßoar,, point* ing to his bp^ts, remailied ( Fepiana : ' You , can't say I 'have no polisft'^ No/ she said, 'but, you shm'ef af the v wrong end.' • : ; ' ; v An editor aska, Tn talking of poetry and matrimony-, * Who would indite sonnets to a woman whom' be 'saw every morning m her night cap, and every .day^at^ pinner swallpwinsfiaeat juiH mustard? '■ l ' Ui^r Miss Helen Gladstone, . the] jPremier'e daughter, the rice-presi'deiit, of the North Ball, NewnhamXJbllege,- ls.^darkhaired, quiet-looking English girl', l - who looks as it'she might be twetftyi^iref A Wahganui 'coaamercial- is.iaid' to be desirous of joining the masons — not the xFreemasonß; f i ' . - V •■ -i - '•'-. dJ&O •A' Palmereton - tSwbaman- took a *rip with some friomis to Woodville yester* day. They we/e'^ iieligli ted with the scenery of the Gorge* Un^ arriving at the neighboring ,Jownship, ; feeling disgorged ordered luncheoin But here came their disappointment, iheylf?F]ffie7table no beU fer,but wisAr. Three' anillfii^s'^ach to pay, and a wretched fare. .They describe it as '_ ■■'■"• !^- r: i 0 Mrs Cocnwallia Weatbas a rich oompleiioh; "a^fioe 1 suit t)f tippling brown hair, Irish eyes, smaU aiMu,re,jaßdf admirable figure. . She dresses ■tartlingTß rides dashingly, talks enter^aioingiy.ana,{ovea a practical joke. f "". '/ , -'„ Boots' wife remsriwcl io u liiif, as they started out the other night to take supper with . the Browns, that she expefefed Mrs B. would hove * 'Biinnittn coiff uwfi • Well l'maure I hope'so/igruuitilad, JBcj>ta, • I haven't had anytiitf};. good.^OjeaJi since the last time we were at-ißOthe^ai; ; „ . On a steamer, ia,jeiy . awjyed from abroad, during the prevailing' high seas, a traveller .exclaimed to his stylish, but Ifcheh pale a^d distresseii-lboMngdaliifhter; « What, (Jrtfce. you sea-JsickT Looking around; at the r.*st of the coxupHdy hugging fho rails/she faltered : bititi* Y»y»-you r Qoa't s s^auppoae, paprtj I'd be out of M« I/fashibttj-dd-you^' '•" - '- ;1 ■ Atather aqci son m Texaai 1 wht- roughl usffd an Employe,' were both/sht^t by.;iua, the /son killed and, the, father WoxjaJbkgjHpuuded, 1,; i Xheeggtra^eissp gtua&,. a^^jfiinjthat ou the weeek th« , Produce Exchange ia wholly 'given dp to the [egg •dealers, 1 l 1!; ■"»r -.^*° \-r '. .'*; >-f ;« u-ii'j .;"; -..if j- = i