Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-02

| MITE. Aua B0WIea, oil ban Francisco,
occupies her husbands pulpit every
Sunday evening.
Basques are TO be short and even all
around, or else curved upward at the
| sides this winter, IL is said.
A wOman's political club has been
| started in London, called the Summer
vile Club. II numbers 200 lady
members.
Rachel Turner, who lives with her
| son-in-law in Middleford. Del, is said
to be ll5 years old. She is blind and
hard of hearing.
Louisiana ladies will have TO pluck up
courage in the matter of their ages, since
they are To be eligible 10 Office after they
own To twenty-Onc.
One Of the most successful farmers in
Pennsylvania is Mrs. Thomas, the widow
of the Rev. Abel &. Thou as, Of the Uni
vcrsalist denomination.
An art students home has been cstab-
| lished in London for the benefit Of ladies
studying art in that city who are away
from friends and relatives.
Mr.. Holloway Is actively proceeding
about the erection Of the proposed coll
lege for women in England The whole
cost, II is said, will be more than 81. .5OO,-
coo.
Pumcs for all bonncts, birds for these
worn on dress occasions. and flowers for
every day wear. is said TO be the winter
progUtmmc Of the millincrs, so far iLs it
IL arranged
Dresses made in the style Of forty
years ago with square nocks, little
pun on the sleeve, a gathered skirt and
short train, appear now and then at
English parties.
In Paris municipal college for girls,
TO which the best pupils Of the common
schools viii be admitted, il 10 be
founded shortly on the same principles
as the colleges already existing for boys.
So great have been the changes since
the establishment Of the republic in
France that many young ladies of high
family and brilliant prospects are study
ing in converts 10 qualify themselves for
govcrnessCs.
Young James, of the Scots Grays. who
killed two Iulus with his own hand at
the battle of Ulundi, when they made a
joint attack on him, was bctrothed 10
the daughter of Millais, the artist, the
day before he sailed for Africa.
The new silks for autumn wear have
brocadcd stripes of two or three colors.
or else small shot figures. Those stripes
ARE about an inch wide and alternate
WITH pencil lines Of twillcd satin. These
silks will be used for sashcs. side panels
or vests.
Slirring is to be used in Nil kinds Of
iant site ways this winter. and knife and
box plating will appear on all skirts.
Very few gowns viii ha, the whole
skirt plated kilt fashion, possibly be-
IL 1 L..
In winter.
Three or four stuns arc required 10
make black costumes now. First j. tic
heavy silk of which the dress is osicn-
sibly composed; then the velvet brocadc
for the drapod sash, then the satin for
pipings, and last Of all the cheap silk Of
the undcrskirt.
Silver brooches. gold bracelets. fans
Of mHraDUut feathers, crystal lockotE.
marqui-c rings oi pearl and turquoise,
and pins headed with yiscount's cor
onet in pearls and diamonds. are among
tho gifts recently bestowed on brides
maids by English bridcgrooms.
Some Of the bonnctz prepared for the
autumn by the French millincrs have
/ tie crown covered with plumage OF
bird. and the brim hidden 10y gathered
velvet or silk, and others have all the
/ trimming placed on the brim. and the
crown composed ofsilk or satin.
Mrs. Thankful Taylor, Of Washington.
Mass. aged seventy years, is n solf-made
| and remarkable woman. In her youth
she gained n thorough knowledge of
! English, Greek and Latin, working for
her books and studying them at the
spinning She also became verscd
| in secular and church history: medicine,
science and general E,sraturc.
Something very like an absolutely in
dcsiructiblc article Of millinery has
been devised by English women who
have the serge hats matching their
/ travelling dresses made up without any
wire or any net lining, the shape being
/ given by running an elastic around the
crown, and thick piping cords in the
shirrincs OF the brim. A hat made in
this fashion can neither he bent nor
/ crushed. and cannot be made TO look any
worse. 10y any fury of wind or weather,
| then Il docs when new.