NOTES FOR THE LADIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3281, 12 August 1872, Page 3

NOTES FOR THE LADIES.

A Texas bridesmaid officiated barefooted. • Women are now admitted to fifty American colleges. "" , Lady Burdett-CoutsV fortune is estimated at £10,000,000. ' ' ! " Presbyterian billiards" iei an American synonym for croquet. ■ An English paper suggests that chignons, like luiir powder, should be taxed. Several ladies in Hartford .contemplate skirting v joint-stock insurance- company. ■ Adelina Pntti, -now tho Marquise de Caux, when a child ran about'baxefoot in Ne\v York. Tiiere in quite n mania among English ladi»s this year for drab and atoue-colour in every shade. '__ , ■An armless woman at Sioux City, U.S., «ews with her feot and thread*! her needle with her nxoutli. - , , Je6 bands for the hair are again a la ,jtU)Jcj and the rage for tortoise shell Ls slowly dying out. A clergyman in America, oa marrying a couple, told thorn that "cradles:" aro cheaper than divorces." The National' Society for Woman's Suffrage in Britain has 04 branches, and a rapidly increasing ine'nibershi'p. '<\ ,Dr Holmes sr.ys :—!'The brain-women never interest uh like the heart-women. White roaes pleaso less than red.!' A Minnesota woman "has invented a fan to bis attached t<) a sewiug-iuachiue, Jind put in motion by the same,power. Mr, 'KjuLtchbuli-lLiiges.ien, M.P., recently spoko of woman as " the 3ilyer lining to the cloud of man's oxiubonce." There arc five things a woman cannot ild :—Tie up a parcel, throw a stone at a hen, carry an umbrella, .sharpen- a leadpencil, or Tote. In Ilomu they hivo v poi-ambuUtiug steam kitchen for cooking for the poor. It will cook for fifteen hundred persons a dioner in less than van . hour and a half, and at tlie very...modest price, of » sou a pla're. ~'■ ■■ '■ '■"■'';'■'' ','.' '.' ■- '.'■:•• ■.•■ • Marriage has come to be looked upon< 1 in Indiana,'says a paper published in* that, State, as such a temphriirj"'arriingeni.QJijt, that justices'*! fees1 for the ceremony have boon reduced to -24-! cents for steady customers.. ■•• ' -'•''■ A learned and entertaining book upo;i blondes lias'appearedTh P;iriH. It'traces thq origin and ,hia^pry,of ; ..the .passion for light hair,,which is, i|ho,ivn^to bo away back in the mediaeval times and; .Among the* women of Italy. , ■. !' • - ;,Au jwiiuaiog: story is being told "of three ladies who'had to go away unpreseut^d from -Her' Majeaty's tlrawing-ropnt:;the other day, because no .person iii connection with the Court ct?nld read; the illcglple {handwriting oh thcccurtla bearing their names. ''""','"' '.-' '~ '■"■-■■■'' •-. • ■ ' Tlie Empress of Austria is called, and generally acknowledged to be, the most beautiful woman.in Europe. She,is tiiU, has golden' hair,.'.-and: remarkiiblo blue eyea. <Her toilets1 are marvels of. elegance and taste, and her' maurieris soft and pleasant, like those of a girl of sixteen. , Boston Inisji young ladies' club thatmeets every Saturday to hear essays from, tho prominent men; jwid women of that ,city,; and to diacusa'-.the thoughts suggested thereby. The idea is "taking" quite generally, aiid' reform in all its branches is the grand topicof conversation.. _ Jewellery of all sorts is«so successfully imitated now-a-days, and, the imitations sold so cheaply, that it" has come to be considered common to weal any jewellery on the street, and fashionables are seriously considering whether for .a... while , they will- hofr'give 'up j,e#ellery altogether , and do the " heavy simplicity." ..,'.. ~ We (Lund and Water) are;glM'W be able to announce" the -tfnfe"accouichoment' of Mxh Bates, nee AnnaSvvnnti;- thP^Kova Scotian/giantoss; The childj1 whiclv wc/s a; girly was born dead. It was of ; cnormon's size—measured 28 inches from iirmrn1 to -heel, and weighed ISlbs.^ It borers strong resemblance to-its' lnotlterjn'facial lineaments, and also'in'certaitt physical peculiarities. ./;;.»'/..'.i■/:■- !•' ">! There is a novelty in fans and parasols. The former show the word-"-Roma" when hold lip for the plain purpose of fanning ; but Ijy a clever- turn of theihtfnd.the word suddenly turns"into "Amor," which is '.',Roma" -reiwl bsvekwarda, t/Young--crea- ft'ures turn the orthodox side to papa, when he happens to look their.>:vsrayj--and>] the other side speaks volumes in a totally j opposite direction.. :' , v ■■■■'■•{:-'' ■■- ' In Cleveland, Ohio, the young unmarried L-idies have a steel trap affixed to the waist of the dress, and concesiled by a masqued pannier,. When a young gentleman accidentally plriccs his arm around the wearer* waist, he hears a "_click'' j anil-pVids: his arm ■ caught:, "A" 7f\& ;l^ft? therwith a kuip* enters/ ynd''thei viefciiri sorrowfully starts for thejew,eller to examihe his wedding rings. _*; ~. What the" dogs are' in tho hmt to, the otreets, the givers of'nfodern wsdajnj| presents are.-C^P.-'Sft^3^ Review sayß) to the' trade—the scavenger? fof xofnse -, \ what is^ tdoMdirfcy-'?to6itßc!es«; 'too'ugly for other purposes,.thoyabsorb ;,but ibis too ] hard to be called upon to look at it again whetfexposed to view in the drawing-room of the unfortuimtpgirl whose future life i& : to be spent,, o t v supppse^ Uj be spept, mats , contemplation. ' _. . Women in Austria perform the dutie.-? j ofbricklayer's labourers, and may be seen catryin" hoda ; of-mortar and baskets of brick up high ladders, Mp.ro, ,than :; this, they di<> and wheelb'arrowa of "ballast ahuof&as nimbly as the men;— They chop wood, ttiey carry water,.. they,,/ofler to black your boots in the street, and perform many bth'er lUtreH>f!ice^ l!wriich,-* according to our no.tipnßßdo;no,i^nd should' not|"fcoine under"the . denomination of "women's work." The City of Veiled Women, rti biam, munberji nine thoUßaaul bilutbifcatits, all of whont are of the feminine tfemlcr. One thousand of these belong to the.Jf.Kb.; and tlie' remaining eight ihmmiul adlaiiufttprito their aristocractxfe'v^pta. .1" Hbhw^eniiuine municipality feuuilo blacksmiths, jewellew, merchapjtSj.-ittntk manufacturers' abpuiid, :r- ,ai;4 jtlte jack-pf-aJl-trades is a woman. Tlie walls-at«a guarded JwTffirHaJo sentinels, females policemen patfbtthe stree.Uv^.nd,W!ee --a wufik^female military, 1 both horse and foot, perform their evolutions on a large por^ae ground in the cebtn&of .the t6wh. »^-, c\^; v^ :; •; Herd is the account of "the ''manner m 'whilh? Elizabeth Woodville,.b s oni;ui,a very high""station, and afters^dt? wjfq.pf Edward IV., was accustomed.tospend an ordinary 'day :—llQjse at.-fou^o'clock^nd' helped Oathermft tp^iwiUc thevcows. ;thtxo^ilock,.breakfasted ; ]the.-buttock.. ofr^epf Mib'hiuch boiled *"anH'the lieerW UWo of the stalest. Seven, went to,wa| i l{.>y#ththe huly my mother in t^,cour.tryjiir«L i Tren,-, i WeM to Conner. Eleven*, rose frym table ? thecoinpliiiyAUvdHWJßft-^-K^PS^*o: ,fieldi '■■"■« Ko«r^enfc.tov'prayers;,f me lCog^j and-ppmtry.* f tlie>blej Kine^^c^ last; The' Builder says :-^"Tlie^r^atest of Greek philosophers -mentions.magnitudeof size-as the lirst virtue of women,, an* that with as much simplicity as if no educated man could doubt that-a aiature which gave promise of being productive of fine-grown children was the first quality that anyone ought to seek in a wire.

Little mdlpatiqas/. .occur: ;iu .■/Grcek^'litotatiircl'iljfl.t, show: ilmbmich. was' indeed rtlio' habit of Greek thought; as, when. Xenoiphon mentions,withunfeigned admiva--1 fcionj the -Jar^ge >nd Ijeautiful women who [were to be found ia the countries tra;versed during the expedition of the Teh 1 jTiiousand."-

: After a recent examination of, female 'teachers-in' Ohio, some of the unsuccessful candidates couipluined that injustice had been done them, whoroxipon tjie examiners were sp cruel- as to publish oxtrhcts from the papers written by the rejected applicants. Tl?e following;; arc a few specimens of the answers :—"The food is first masticated and then.passed, through tlniS phalnn'xy' w'lnspiration, is the sweating of the body,;" " The chest is formed of'two .bones—the sternum and ■'spinal', cord ;" v Emphasis is placfn'g more distress on some words. 5' Oho candidate says that:>"•■Virginiu-obtained its' name from the Virgin Mary■■;" another tliat "it Was so nnined by Queen Victoria calling ii ;a Virgin Stuto." ■ ! A Pariiiiau linendraper having received from his customers complaints of pocketpieking at liis establishment, had a bill printed, headed " Prcneas garde aux Pickbuckets," and huiig ifc up in. his shop. Oho day a' lady felt a ijtwitching, of her pocket^ and putting her hand down seized that of a -gentleman- standing by, who, to her horror, darted off, leaving the hand arid arm in her possession—a, hand and ariii seemingly dead and cold. The lady screamed and fainted, and the pickpocket, who was, almost boside himself with laughter, was arrested. On bein^jbrotight before a magistrate, however, he turned out to be a medical student, who had perpetrated the joke with an. arm procured from the hospital to which Tie was attached.

The Mitijasin dv Bon Marchti, in Paris, was originally a small shop, where only the more moilest requirements of the neighbourhood-could be satisfied. Now it is one-.of the j^reat sight* of Paris. You can buy everything in it, from a quarter of !a yard of calico to a hnndred guinea shawl. In addition to theurtual blandishmqnts of the attendants, a practice prevails, at fchia QBtablibliment "of ' inviting lady/pu'rcliasors to enter a charming. bou r dolr, filled -with flowers, whe'ro refreshments of all kimln are offered gratis. Nor doea the diabolic ingenuity of the proprietors: stop hero. Jn order to separate the'; titntdf woman from her natural protector, should he go shopping with her, aj handsome billiard room is provided, where i he may pass away the time while his wife is '.spending his money npstaira. ■-'•■ JShe ill-effects of soda on linen has given ■jriso to a-new method; of'washing, which has;becu extensively adopted in Gorman}', and introduced in liolgiusn. The operation consists in dissolving, two pounds:of , soap in about three gallons of water as ! hot;as thehand can bear, and adding to j this one 'table-spoonful of turpentine and throe of liquid ammonia; the mixture 'must then l>e welLstirred, and the linen steeped "in it for two or tliree hours, taking care to cover up the vessel which contains them as nearly .hermetically as possible. The clothes arc afterwards washed out and rinsed in the usual way. The soap and water may be reheated, and used.-a second time, but, in that case, half a table-spoonful of ammonia must be added. .The process is said to cause a great economy of time, labour, and fuol. The lineii scarcely suffers at all, as there is little necessity for rubbing, and its cleanliness and colour cue perfect. The ammonia, and--turpentine, although their detersive: action is great, have no injurious effect upon tho linen ; and,, while the former evaporates immediately, the smell of the latter is said to disappear en- , tirely during' the drying of tho clothes, . , . A 'singular action for damagea was recently brought against jin.i>pera singer in-| Vienna^" InXortzing's-.ojpqra, : schuued," is a scene'iiri"which the hero ] has to kisa the heroine, first her hands j and aft,erwards Ton the lips.' The latter kiss cannot l>c omitted,^ as niontiott is repeatedly made of it 'during the opera. At j tho first performance thC'tenor, Hevr Nauraan,,. duly ir^ißsed .,the lady, Mdlle. j Gindele, which so incensed licr that, find- ■■ ing she could obtain no'redress trom the inat^iger, she forthwith entered an action J against Herr Nauman. While . ( the jiuit avos pending, " WafFonschmied"'w;us j>erformed again, and the lioubo -was-crowded'' by spectators curious t<j s ccc l|ow tho kissing senile would come off. After Nauman had kissed the lady's hands,2 she interposed with ." There, , X will -nottrouble you for the kiss on the lipj," to which the ungallailt tenor promptly retorted,: V Thaukhheavtin, I - have not to kiss that "fright!" Mdlle. Gindele be.camaJso excited that she had to carried oil* in a fainting condition,-and has again complained to the. manager. , The result ,oi tlie surtwiirbe of special interest to stagO/juristsf aa'^it■ will-settle whether a .kiss?g_iven in ■character to a lady on the stage can-be regarded as an insult by tlie recipient. " ' ■

STIO.XOJSKB p&ylng a visit to Dunedln ftr^ often at &A<ys to 'Know wliit is the best establishment to vuit for the purchase of drapery and clothing. Hetbort, Ilames, and Co. offo special aaraatagea to -the-pnb-lie that cab he rnei with nowliore elso. In the city. They keep at all times the largest <urn bent s&nono* stock of every class of eoods, imported direct from Ui« leading niaunfacturers and warehousemen at liomo, which lifting bought entirely upou cash tonna, they are enabled to offer goods of^auch Bterang v&luoaa cannot be equalled by xny other frouse in tho trade. Jivciy article in »tock is marked at a fixed price for re*dy jlioneyI .'frqio which no abaUsmeat ia ever made, f° that the most inexperienced,buy their goods at th«> came prices .as the best judges. Their terms wro-net cash without discount orreductfonx of any kind ~ A fuller dowription of thfilr stock iU be'found to an (wlvertissmcnt on tho first page of thla -paper.-— ihi/iiHuhiTH pjiosriioDy.vß.—^Tultl^ide? of paopto hopelessly uulfcrinK from 'D^mty. hervou-i »^»fl Liver ConipUlnt", T)epr«B:-lon o? Spirits.- peln^r.B, ■■■XJatltnn* for 15usine«» or?Studv,^VMu re/of Ff*-irlrg, Sight, snd! Memory.' Lassitude, yf*& of Power, (<.*., w&rwcasoi wlwitdfa.^^ineut rare by tho now remedy Piiosfhodysk (ozo:,i-3^-Oxygen), ■ wbicli at onc^c aliays^ll {rrlHtion pulp citeme^t imiwits new energy nnd Ufe*toihe fenftebled' comMtatfon, and raploly cures fevery «tage of theie Wtherto towrjWj and dlßtreainK rnftla'M,». Sold by *11 fChemTst3 ana Storeke'peis throughout the CMoni^'from whom 1-nmphl.UContaining Twtimoiilata jwybe^ncd ■*«?- {'Anrros --Bo particular to nsk for DA BF-taiirH and Co., Siaii'niin.-iAiiVT.} , ■':. fW