LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 222, 14 November 1874, Page 2

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

fl'he Editor will be find to glee insertion to any local cont ribnlions from his lady friends that may be considered interesting in the family circle, or to the sex generally.]

THE SUNSHINE ON THE SEA

(Eon music.) Oh 1 when the sunshine on the Bea In bright refulgence shines. How tranquil and how beautiful, The Beene that it. combines ; Kuril rippling nave sends forth its sun Reflected on its crest, And golden-tinted clouds abound, Emblazoned in the West. But sable clouds uprise apace, Borne on the wings of Night, And with their saddening hues obscure Each cheerful ray of light; The wind in fury smites tlie sea Until like mountains toss'd It brings to ruin the gallant barque, And mariners bold are lost. So, like the sunshine on the sea, tf* Our happiness is bright, And laughing eyes reflect our joys As waves the sunbeam’s light.; But Sorrow often mars our bliss, Like sable elouds bedeck’d, And by Adversity’s sad gales Our brightest hours are wreck'd. Still Hope, our ever guiding star. Beams forth its beacon rays, And bids us Heavenward look and trace Th’ approach of brighter days ; When Love an I Pleasure brimming o'er, Shall fill our cup of glee. And where in all its beauty falls The sunshine on lhe scat F.J.P. Gisborne, November 1874. PARIS FASHIONS. Black is still as much in fashion as it was last winter, for evening toilettes. The rage for jet trimmings has abated nothing of its intensity. So it is very likely there will be no radical change in fashion this winter. The very unsatisfactory and uncertain state of political affairs in France, accounts for this in a great measure, because expenses are reduced, and gaieties jar a little upon our feelings. For autumnal wear, I remark that the sort of dolman, made with wide sleeves, but which is simply thrown over the shoulders, sleeves unused, like a lancer’s dolman, is seen a good deal. It is edged with marabout fringe, lined with silk, and richly braided. The material must be of soft light cloth. It is altogether a comfortable garment, and will be found a useful one for cool evenings.

Bonnets are still of the same shapes; but chignons being much lowered, they are not perched as high as they were at the beginning of the season. The new catoqan coiffure is becoming to young ladies; but those who arc under twenty would do well to dispense with the very elaborate bandeaux, which generally complete it in front. A young Indy must wear her hair such as nature made it, in waves, if these are natural, or simply brushed away from the temples, if it is straight. Clusters of small curls over the forehead are not at all a disiingud style for' ‘ a young lady. Our linen collars increase in size; tho points are generally curved down on both sides ; but this fashion of high collars is not at all the thing for persons with short necks. A low muslin or lace frilling would suit such best.

Girls must not wear boots with high heels; it might cause them serious injury, besides the corns, enlarged toe-joints, and the hopping walk, which this absurd fashion entails upon the silly women, who will not understand that the chaussure once worn by ladies who never walked is not the thing for our day.

A time to keep silent is when you aro bathing, and a party of ladies unconsciously sit by your clothes and remain there for half an hour, the water in which you are immersed being decidedly chilly. This is recommended as a means of strengthening your powers of self-re-straint. You are not, of course, debarred from addressing such trifling remarks to yourself as you may deem fit. A time to talk is when your next door neighbor elopes with her gardener. It is also a time to talk when you have detected young Mr. Brown in the act of speaking to young Miss Smith, and looking as if he liked doing so. By a little judicious chatter you may, probably, succeed in making it “ hot” for these two innocents, and of rendering them almost ashamed of being seen conversing with each other. The best tin.e to pick out a wife is in house cleaning lime. Select one with her sleeves and skirts pinned up, and a mop pail in her hand. The kind that you don’t want, go visiting, and leave their mothers and lhe hired women to do tho work. A tall western girl, named Short, long loved a certain big Mr. Little, while Little, little thinking of short, loved a little lass, named Long. To make a long story short, Little proposed to Long; and Short longed to be even with Little's shortcomings. So Short, meeting Long, threatened to marry Little before Leng, which caused Little, in a short time, to marry Long. Query.—Did tall Short lore big Little less because Little loved Long ? _ For a young woman to begin to lint off a young man's coat collar is said to be the first symptoms that the young man is in peril. To which may be added that he is a goner when that girl takes her handkerchief and, moistening it with her lips, wipes a black spot off that young man’s nose.