The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-06-03
News and Notes for Women.

A woman is the official reporter OF
the Washington county (Ohio) court.
The Austrian empress has one curious
and unusual appendage on her saddle.
tree when she goes hunting. This is a
black-and-yellow ian, which she carries
to protect her weak eyes from the sun
shine.
The Indian squaws in Northern Cali
fornia paint the faces of their little
pappooses with black streaks from one
side to the other, across the eyebrows,
in order to make them look pretty"
Baroness de Rothschild's recent ball
in Paris cost $4,000.
Worth is said 10 have made this re-
mark to a lady who was dowdily
dressed: Madame, cannot risk my
reputation on you"
1t is a popularity of wedding customs
in Italy, that the trousstau, which is
generally complete enough to last until
the first child has attained majority is
frequently made by sbe bride herself,
helped by the members of her family.
Capt. Martin, OF Nashville, Tenn, has
in his possession a piece of the dress
that was worn by the wife of Pre- sident
Washington on the day of the Inaugural
ton, together with the fan she used on
the same occasion. The dress was a
light rep silk, with stripes embroidered
with flowers of needle work. The fan
is plain white, on which the only orna-
ment is silver spangled wreath.
David Swing, writing in the atlantic,
tells story OF Bella Puell., Zoe Mou Sas
Agapo, a young woman whom he says
that he knows. She shelters her plants
under Japanese parasols and fans, writes
lines from Virgil and Ovid on her cows
horns, has pictures painted on her vege-
tables and dresses her milkmaids in
maroon and gold.
Cash girls in New York stores are
paid dollar and half week; and if,
says writer in Harper'S Magazine, they
are honest, diligent, neat in dress and
prepc ssessing in face they may be pro-
NOTED to the positions of saleswomen,
in which, if they add to the previously
mentioned qualities the tact that brings
hesitating customer to conclude a
purchase, they may become worth ten
dollars week after some years of e4-
perlence. But there are many girls OF
sixteen, seventeen and eighteen years
who are satisfied with fiveor six dollars,
and six dollars is probably above the
average pay.
The Cincinnati Gazette tells of a girl
who bought herself summer outfit for
ten dollars. 1t consisted of two six
cent calicoes, an unbleached cotton
gown trimmed with handkerchiefs, a
cheese-cloth overdress, rough blue
flannel, white Swiss gown and hat.
The trimmings were lace from her old
gowns, and the silesia, tape, braid, cam
brio, sewing silk, thread, whalebone
and buttons were ''in the house."
A daughter OF Mr.. Andrew d. White,
our minister to Germany, says Harper's
BazGr, is about to be married, as the
announcement goes, to son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. OF the latter
lady it has been recently related that
when child she heard her father tell
an unfortunate client that there was no
relief in The case owing to certain laws
and decisions, which he read aloud. On
his return to his study after dismissing
the client Judge Cady found his little
daughter busily engaged cutting out
those laws and decisions from their re-
spective volumes, as one way of reme-
dying the injustice.