The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-23
News and Note. for women.

News and Notes for Women.
Miss Longfellow, the poets eldest
unmarried daughter, is described as
clever young lady,with strong. clearly
marked face, much resembling her
fathers. She sat in the state dining
room at Mount Vernon the other day
wearing a gendarme blue dress with
brocaded ribbons, curiously beaten
gold pen, confining the lace at her
throat and broad. black hat. -....
The smaller the husband, the bigger
the bundles his wife makes him carry.
Mrs. Margaret Dodson. Of Houston
county, Texas, is seventy-four years old
and has fifty-one great-grandchildren
living.
A Georgia lady, not yet forty $50 she
told the census man), has buried four
husbands, and on the thirteenth inst,
married her fifth.
A New York correspondent tells an
interesting story about four women who
90 TO dinners and receptions to talk and
to help the hostess entertain her guests.
The price for their services is S25 an
hour.
Hats worn with pongee travelling suits
are trimmed with pongee. ll f
Muslin dresses in solid colors are much
worn at the watering places. -----<-.-
Belts to wear with thin dresses have
loops hanging both in front and at the
back.
tits because silk underwear is healthy,
not because tits fashionable, that ladies
wear it.
No outside wrap is required with a
figured basque where it is worn with
skirt of another material. .. --z
Elbow capes of silk, having hoods
lined with bright silk, are prettier than
either bead or lace capes. i-.as {
The lightest of ferns and full blown
flowers are worn in the hair in prefer
ence to any other decoration. 20 3.
Blouse waists of Surah, with sailor
collars and turned up cuffs, are worn
with sashes finished with tassels.
Triangles of Indian null with dots of
black, blue or pink, are worn as ker-
chiefs with street dress. f .c.,
Jet embroidered Surah dresses bright
ened by folds of bright silk set under the
edges of the basque are new.
Cheap white silk blondes are made in
Languedoc patterns, and are used both
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Alpaca underskirts for out of town
wear have three plaitings, two OF alpaca
and one of bright colored satin.
Linen ticking is used by ladies who
like acool costume, and tallyho cloth by
those who want something new. Do
The proper way to remodel an old
cashmere dress nowadays is to brighten
it by bands of bright Surah set between
its plaits. . '.'...
Muslin dresses are made with some
thing like the, old-fashioned surpliced
waists, but are gathered instead OF
plated on the shoulder.
The prettiest morning sacks are made
with fitted backs and loose fronts, with
satin belts. They are made of Surah
lined with silk.
Riding habits are made with basque
at the back and point in front. High,
stiff hats are worn in the city, but melon
shaped hats and wells in the country.
Black satin very thickly strewn with
polka dots is used to trim black Surah
gowns. 1t composes the collar, pockets
and cuffs, and makes panels on the
skirts. AifH
Dark cashmere walking dresses are
bordered by plaitings of red cashmere or
muslin delaine. These plaitings are set
in so that only about half an inch shows
below the hem of the dress.
The old, old fashion of slipping rib
bon in and out between the strands of a
straw bonnet is revived this year. and
some of the very prettiest Tuscans are
tied down by ribbon arranged in this
way, and have no other trimming except
a wreath of flowers. f ra
The new fashion for finishing tbs
back of basques is to divide them below
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let each hang straight and separate
catch the end in gathers, and add a tas-
sci at each point. Sometimes ball oi
jet is put on the points of grenadine oi
silk dresses instead of tassel. If the
kirt has full shirred back, these open
basques display it prettily.
Canada by no means sets an example
of simplicity at Queen Victoiia's draw
ing rooms. A Canadian bride, who
was recently presented ON her marriage
wore train of cloth of gold, and an un
dertrain of white illusion, fastened witt
gold cords and tassels; a petticoat o
pearl duchess satin, garnished with vel
low pearls, and stomacher of mother
oEpearl and seed pearls, fastened witt
handsome coral and pearl clasps, and
headdress of coral and diamond
sprays. FRI lgof.