The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-16
About Women.

Mrs. OHphant says: The real honey
moon is not always delightful moment"
There resides in Topsham (Me,) hand
some young lady with hair seven feet three
inches long,
A la1y correspondent of the Hartford
Times writes Down at Long Branch the
other night it actually felt good to pull
about three blankets over the still beauti-
full form of yours truly"
''Buckeye Girl" the sprightly newspaper
correspondent of Cincinnati journal, is
Miss Florence Alspaugh, of Jacksonville,
Fla, and the senior member of the firm of
Florence Alspaugh, Brothers, booksellers.
A Newport belle tried to drive four-in-
hand the other day and came to grief very
suddenly. She probably had an idea be-
fore starting that driving horses were like
flirting trouble to handle many The
Baroness Rothschild, however, drives a
four-in-hand mail coach in Paris, and is
called grand whip
FASHION NOTES.
Amber beads are much sought after in
hay-fever season.
Straight linen collars arc again talked
about
Abroad at the present time there is de-
tluCd taotC iol SLidii ehonips
The new style of wearing shawl is to
fold it as a scarf and to sew at each side an
agraffe of silver, fastening it as a mantle
Plain gros- grain costumes, trimmed with
dice-check satins and silks, are counted
among the novelties.
Double capes, popular two years ago, are
coming in favor again.
Either black sclienne or blue or cream
Indian cashmere, are used for the cardinal
capes.
The Marie Antoinette mantelet Stimulates
sleeves, has long square ends, and at the
back does not descend lower than the
waist.
Worth uses for travelling nantes the
largest buttons he can fud
Seaside mantles and capes are made of
white cloth and trimmed with black braid
three inches wide, black lace, and bows of
black satin ribbon.
Shoulder shawls of Iceland wool
''Drsp zephyr" is a new cloth showing
silk stripes Of bright colors as for instance
gold stripe on brown ground, red
stripe on navy blue ground, etc.
A new model for dressy polonase ia
cut after the style known as the q Ieen of
Navarro, with lacing in front of narrow
fann ribbon.
Novelties in jewelry are composed of
gold shot with platna.
Original costumes for the races, made
by Worth, are black silk toilets crossed
with Seebian soarfs of spun silk, showing
many colorsj also black silk dresses, with
tablier striped with tartan velvet ribbon,
and the skirt bordcred with pyramids of
narrow frills.
AT recent wedding in London the six
bridesmaids were attired in ream-colored
dresses trimmed with blue, each wearing
massive gold locket, with a raised eweled
and enamelled monogram of the bride and
bridegroom, presented by the bridegroom.
The jewels worn by the bride were pearls
and diamonds.
widow wears the distinctive crane
dress and widows cap for year and a day,
and heavy Grape for six months longer.
Daughters wear Grape for six months, black
Tor three, and half-mourning three. Sis
tiers wear Grape three months, black two.
and half mourning one month.
unique costume, worn on the occasion
of the unveiling of the statute of the late
Prince Consort, consisted of an elaborate
steel cuiras over rich silver gray poult dc
sole dress, trimmed with velvet and steel.
Variegated leaves are arranged as cha.e-
lains across the skirts and bodices of eve
ming dresses.
A knotty ecru material, trimmed with
broad bands of red and black embroidery
edged with ecru-ace, is advised for an eff
fective costume.
Art needle work, both as applied to fur
niture and dress is decidedly the fashion.
1t is not admissible to mix Grape and
embroidery.