Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
FEMININE NOTES.

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wazaki, Echigo, public lectures are very
popular. Even women have become men,
bers of political societies, and earnestly
insist upon the necessity of a national as
sembly.
The number of women employed in the
railway offices of Austria is now over 3d.
900. They get paid from SIS to $50 a
month. Nearly all of them are either the
widows, wives or daughters of defunct or
active male employees on the different
roads.
Two young ladies, Evangelina Boutero,
of Aqui, and Carolina Magistrelli, of Man
tua, who have been studying at the Roman
University in Rome, Italy, since 1877, to-
gether with students of the male sex, have
taken the degree of Doctor of Natural
Science.
Ladies who are fond of color, yet who
wish to use white china that has been be-
queathed them, introduce colored cloth
on the table-deep red or blue-and cover
this with white cloth that has open pat
terms of drawn work down each side, and
embroidery in brighter red or blue repre-.
senting tiles, or quaint little old English
figures wrought in outline stitch bank
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cups or other flowers down the center sup
plies additional color.
The new Huguenot Princess dress-only
becoming to q perfect fgures-is cut out
square to the neck, and edged with white
frill of Venetian point lace. A double
string of Roman pearls is then worn,
twisted about the throat. A very tall
stylish lady recently appeared in this fash
ion of dress, which was made of plain
white surah There was not the least
trimming upon the elegant flowing train,
and no ornaments were worn except the
pearl necklace and high Spanish comb,
headed by large Irish diamonds.
The Grecian tunic is decided success.
a handsome dress just brought to America
is of pearl blossom satin, embroidered in
gold, and is cut low in the neck and caught
up on the shoulders with Grecian medal
lion clasps. A Grecian pattern edges the
neck where it is cut low, and descends on
both sides of the tunic, which opens at the
bottom in two poplum basques. A scarf,
embroidered with golden Grecian pat
tern, forms sort of round tablier From
under the shoulder falls crenellated tunic,
embroidered in the same design. The
lower part of the skirt is entirely formed
of gauze plaltings.
The little town of Flotzingen (Wurtem-
bergl has brigade of forty.two water.
carriers, belonging not only to the fair sex,
but also to the fire department. They
were completely equipped for work (the
tin water pals being provided by them at
their own cost, arrayed in their best Sun
day. 60 to- meeting costumes, and drawn up
in line to 60 through regular drill and
sham fire before the District Inspector,
who could not but express himself highly
satisfied. The brigade is divided into four
squads, each squad commanded by fe-
male Corporal" who keeps the roll-the
rank and file having the privilege of elect.
ing such Corporals in the Town. Hail.
OF the condition of woman in this coun.
try half a century or more ago, Emily Col
Inns, who was born in Ontario county, New
York, early in this century, says: In
those early days husbands supremacy
was often enforced in the rural districts by
corporal chastisement, and it was consid-
cred by most people as quite right and
proper-as much so as the correction of
refractory children in like manner. | re.
member, in my own neighborhood, man
who was Methodist class leader and ex-
horter, and one who was esteemed wor.
thy citizen, who every few weeks gave his
wife beating with his horsewhip. He |
said it was necessary in order to keep her |
in subsection, and because she scolded so
much. Now, this wife, surrounded by six
or seven little children, whom she must |
wash, dress, feed and attend to day and |
night, was obliged to spin and weave cloth |
for all the garments of the family. And |
pray why should not her husband have |
chastised her? The law made it his privi- |
lege, and the Bible, as interpreted, made |
it his duty.
Miss Pryde. lady whose benevolent |
efforts in behalf of INDECENT and struggling |
English governesses in Paris have made |
her name widely known and respected, de. /
The subject was the operations during .-e |
last ten years of the Governesses' Insti-
tute, of which Miss Pride is honorary sec.
ratary. In no city, she remarked, do
misery and riches lie side by side as in the
French Capital, and in no city were there
80 many persons in reduced circumstances,
among whom were large proportion of
The efforts of charity
were directed almost exclusively toward |
relieving the wants of the lowest class,
much misery existed among edu-
Gated persons, who were often even more
helpless when left destitute. English
girls were induced to spend certain time
in Paris in order that they might acquire
of the French language, by
which their services as governesses were
rendered more valuable. This probation
ary was very hard and trying one, beset
with temptations; and any one who would
bear this in mind would recognize the i'm
portance of the work which the institute
has undertaken.
IT is impossible for woman after faith
Ful course of treatment with Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, to continue to
suffer with weakness of the uterus. Inclose