The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
The Fair Sex.

| uO Il ShaA CCAs
VERY fine plating Called knife plait-
ing) is popular mode just now.
THF ''apron front" prevails in all
overskirts.
| EMBROIDERED shoes are coming, and
long skirts are going out.
THE ladies' of Idaho have undertaken
crusade against rum and tobacco.
| BoNNErs are more than ever as Their
| fashionable season advances.
BLACK silk suits (worn over velvet
skirts), with sleeves and collar of velvet,
are fashionable in Paris.
| Much of the trimming of street suits
is concentrated on the apron front-the
objective point, yon know.
JET ornaments of all kinds appear to
be as universally fashionable as ever.
The real jet is as expensive as ever.
OPERA cloaks are-many of them-in
| the Dolman pattern. with long, droop-
ing sides. Fn- % used 10 rorder thel0.
THE " halo" brim-shape bonnet is
very popular. Five years ago lady
would not have dared to don such head
gear.
In London the workingmen's and the
workingwOmen's college have been
united into the college for Men and
| Women.
The long gauntlet six-button dog
skin gloves will be en- regLe for ladies
this season. They are finished in the
most elegant style.
! HARPER's Bazaar tells one of its cor
respondents that she cannot make a
| dress out of her three yards of silk. We
| should think not.
THERE is quite rage for Chinese and
Japanese ornaments. The new fash
/ H.. l.
ceedingly pretty.
VERY few troasse0ur are imported
for American girls now. Times are
hard, and besides one can get as good
an outfit here as abroad.
VERY handsome black silk quilted
sacques bordered with fur, are shown
among imported goods for winter wear.
$3.50 per sacque. ;
OVER three hundred women are now
attending the lectures of University
College, London, England. They re-
ceive certificates, but degrees are denied
them.
THERE is q new fringe for trimming
ball and party dresses, called seaweed
fringe It resembles seaweed very
much, and is very pretty, besides being
unique.
THE star shape button is much In
favor for outdoor costume. The but
tons come in almost every size and color.
They are of bone, and of French manu-
facture.
MoDIsTRs are becoming alarmed. So
many ladies make their own dresses I
What shall we do? Lower your prices,
nesdames.
Mrs. BYRAM, of Abingdon, Illinois,
| is cattle farmer, and her premiums at
the agricultural fairs this fall number
| 122, and amount to 81, $50.
| THERE is lull in the embroidery ex-
citement jrst now. A number of the
| imported suits continue to be very beau
| tifully embroidered.
The French Government has decided
that army officers must not marry I'M
less the bride has dowry of %, 600
francs Heretofore the limit has been
| 10, 900 francs.
! MRS. PORTER, of Idaho City, has
fallen heir to property in st. Louis
valued at 81 ,O0O,O Such woman,
if single, could marry who she pleased,
as any man would beglad tosupport her.
| FANS have gotten back to the old
fashion shape again, and consequently
are less awkward to manage. Some of
| the prettiest are of black satin, en-
broidered in gold and with feather edge.
EXTRACT of a letter from an absent
wife: eff John should feel like sui
Gliding while / am gone, give him a
razor, and basin, and couple, of
towels, and lock him up in the cellar"