CHIT-CHAT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 253, 24 October 1881, Page 1

CHIT-CHAT.

The favorite costume of : the Princess 1 Mary is black and gold. ' ,' : In Germany .pale; yellow gloves arepreferred to. lilac or pure white, for Jceremonial occasions;. - j The great attraction; of /a; fancy fair atPortsmouth was an immense; shoe, inwhich.sat;anold VomaiT selling: dolfs.: ; : English fashionable danies and dempi^' se^es have recently returned 'to the yerf' old fashion, of wearing , patches, pn.tiieii; ; ilace?. \.u''^':'\ ,]['..■■■. '■;■'■. ii' ;'.-. ; :'-'i. ; ";.": ■At Oairhcastlei ' Antfim> -there Jive s:[ •Miss Margaret Barley, wh ! 6 :: has attained' 1 jthe age of 110 years. .The : record of,, her years is well authenticated. "\ il \ Among the elegancies in drawing- f roous are incense burners of bronze, in paßtiles, emitting a fragrant smoke, are kept constantly burning. Flower sermons are fashionable in lEngland. The children take bouquets to church and in the midst of the ser- ' vices deliver them to the clergyman in ; the chancel. . ; The- Queen once spun enough yarn, from flax grown on the estate of the Eafl of Caledon, : to be •_ woveni. into ; a jtable napkin^ , which was lately oti Exhibition at a fair in England. ; .It Is reported that the youngest daughter of W. H. Vanderbilt; is to ; paarry Viscount Dupplin, «on and heir 6f the Earl of Eitu^ouil, a^^a-hephew 6f the^Dui^^peaufoH::; -\ ; " \ ,. :: ; : ! Fashi.pnable.Hfeseerasarranged, solely;! for display and effect. At therecenV wedding, of Mt ; AUriql Barker ; and.: Mis s ;' (pock'e.rton^ tb'e| , brid^ v ca):rted!a.b6uque rnqre; thap .two' feei; ifl diameter, trl^he bridesmaids /completed J a colour-' ; j in rich ' ; ma^eriaj; ; 'the first. ijjridesmaid we'^^g "iM palestj-shade of old gold, ar^d th§ £ t;int deepenijigj until ijt became a bronze in the seventh lady, i The possession of an equable temper;: ijs to be adrairetJ. The man or woman ' vho alwa-js has , himself or her self welt in hand, who is cool under all circumstances, who has absolute control of: temper, we are always willing to trust iii any emergency.^ But a person who flashes dike- powder ::touehed by a lighted matchj'who loses control of himself or herself upon the. slightest provocjation, we distrust, and have a right to do so. :In the battle of life, he who "\jrould achieve victoriea most keep a cpol head. Arid this matter is largely under our own control. ' ; ; A woman's advice is generally worth having; so, if you are in any trouble,: tell your mother, or your wife, or your sister all about'ijfei "Be assujed tihat light will flash upon your darkness. ; Women are too commonly adjudged verdant- in all but purely wotoatoish.;afl\irs. ! There intuitions or •insight^ , are, most subtle; and il/th^y. cannot see a cat -in* the meal there is no oat there. A rnari,- therefore, shouldkeep none of his affairs: secrei from. His wife. .Mw happily saye^j apd ; maiiy ; &■ fortune re-; trieved hyym^\ fuM confidence i in his , I ; i-;;f i i) .-.i '-]iiA -:i\i ;;o< \,\\v. ;-±\i\iiX - . '■ .f,. , ■■ ■ ■.•(!. -,'t .•..•;,,i'.i/.fv •-,•,!.. ...... '....-. r 'i

It is stated that the first daring woman who learnt the art of hairdressihg in ; England assumed the garb of a male, j and thus deceived her teacher, who 1 would on no condition have taught his i trade to any but one of his own sex. ' i But it was Emily Faithful who origiaj ated the idea of female hairdressers in I London, and who, in 1870, persuaded ; ■ the Queen to yield them her preference. j Since then they have been universally employed,' not only because of the : Qneen's recognition, which alene would ; have", established their popularity, but I ladies' found it "so much more comme il faut to receivertheh: o zm sex into their > boudoir sat a time when deshabille was r | the disorder of the hoar. i ■.•"■"■ '-- '-'"■ ■ .■■ -