The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
FOR TIE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

Coiffures tend to compactness, and
are worn lower in the back.
Braids OF short curls down the back
are worn with dressy evening coiffures.
Small bouffant draperies or paniera
are arranged back Of the waistcoat Oh
all dressy Partisan toilets.
Oriental silks, Persian and Egyptien
silks, satins, velvets, brocades and cor
duroys are all used for waistcoats.
Very small figures, checks end stripes
on white grounds, are the features in
the new spring calicoes and percales.
"Pskin," the name given to >yelvets,
silks, and woolens having alternate dull
and lustrous stripes, is all the rage at
Paris.
A double cape of heavy silk chenille,
with tinsel thread twisted in the same,
is the latest novelty for the neck in
place of scarf.
The long waistooats worn with dressy
toilets are separate garments, and may
be worn with several different kinds OF
coats and skirts.
White satin dresses of creamy OF
leaden tint are worn by elderly ladies
for full dress, with full trimmings Of
creamy old point laces.
Birds of paradise, butterflies, and in:
sects of all sorts in the form OF gold
figures and Impegan feather ornaments
are worn in the hair for full dress.
The belted Josephine corsage, the
corset basque, and the corsage with
long points back and front are all worn
for evening toilets with low, square
necks.
For street wear, under all circum'
stances, very simple dress, although
it be little shabby, it is preferable to
one more elaborately draped and
trimmed that has lost it's freshness.
All morning toilets for the street
should be short and very dark or black.
The materials may be vigogne, cash
mere, camers hair, and all wooler
goods, but the trimmings may be oi
silk.
The fancy of the moment in short
costumes in skirt and jacket OF seal
brown cloth, the wrap also Of the saEle
in English coat shape, trimmed with 6
ccllar, revers, cuffs and pocket straps Of
fur seal.
The newest hats for young girls In
their teens are of felt, nigh crowned,
with square tops, trimmed with three
rows Of inch-wide ribbon in bands
placed quite far apart around the crown.
the brims roll in Derby shape. Othel
felt hats have scarf Of brown or navy
blue satin with white polka dots.
Cravat bows have superseded the
oravats that pass around. the neck; il
the latter are used, they are placed in
side the dress, instead of concealing the
neat collar of the dress, and only tht
oravat bow is seen. White muslin
cravat bows are preferred for plai1
suits in the morning and for dressy al
ternoon wear. When colored crsvatl
are chosen, they are folded like gen
tlemen's scarfs to fit in the revers col
lar of coat. or else they are as narrow
as the lawn neck. ties worn In full dress
the latter are made of foulard, and en-
broidered on each end.
News and Notes for Women.
Gerster, the opera singer, has $500 {
week. Minnie Hauk has 5000.
Anew York ieweler exhibits Chinese
empress robe, broidered in gold.
A New York lady has nineteen cats
collected with reference to their delicate
shades and tones Of color.
| Professor Billroth, of Vienna, hal
founded society for the education o
nurses for wounded soldiers.
In the retail dry goods stores of Berlir
only young girls are employed behtnt
the counters to display and sell goods
After long aud severe examination
Vienuese lady has been admitted by tn,
university of Zurich to the degree o
doctor Of philosophy.
Bouquets Of dried flowers and grasse
are sold in England for interior decora
tion, Just as they are in America. Th'
flowers are dried in warm sand.
A Florida woman recently choppet
off the head of great eagle that hat
become entangled in a honeysuckle vim
while trying to kill her chickens.
At all English wedding, which tool
place not long ago, the bridesmaid
wore Ghree bands of silver braid arount
their heads, with lily at the side.
A key was all the present that a New
York bride received from the bride
groom's parents, but it opened the doc
of splendid house, and the young lad.
did not complain.
Opera scarfs three yards long ant
more than half yard wide are nov
popular in Paris for winding around tn
hair and throat. The newest oper
cloaks, enveloping the whole person
are OF thick, soft camel's hair, with
hood.
The following extract is from an &C
count of the recent visit of the Marqui
of Lorne and the Princess Louise II
Niagara Falls: The ladies all appearet
at dinner in full dress. Her royal high
ness wore black silk dress, with cour
train, the only trimming being Grape
Upon her neck was necklace of Whitb,
jet beads, three strands, and diamont
cut. Her hair was arranged in plail
bands, with jet ornaments, and sb
looked lovely. The other ladies wer
also in court costumes, and the gentle
, men we're in full dress.