The National tribune., 1882-11-23
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Miss Ida Myers, a beautiful and highly &C.

| Baltimore American says: On October nth, at
the Royal Niccoini Theatre of Florence, Italy,
Ida Morena, Miss Ida Myers of Baltimore,
Nd had one of tie most brilliant debuts ever
made on the lyric stage The opera was Linda
di Chamounix,' and was received with an en-
thusiasm almost unprecedented in the history
| of such events. Not seat vacant in the
whole theatre, and the aristocratic public, who
had hopes TO hear her one year ago in MlguOn,
grew wild at the end of the terrible maledic-
ton scene with the father and the following
| crazy scene at the end of the second act Amid
storms of applause, hats, bonnets and handker-
| chiefs were waved with the widest enthusiasm.
! One of the local daily papers remarks of the
| occasion that no one probably ever entered
upon an artistic career under more favorable
circumstances or with brighter prospects,"
! We wish the sweet young sOngstress many lyric
triumphs of similar character, aud hope to
have the pleasure Of recording an equally en-
thusiastic ovation when she returns to her ma
/ tive shores.
/ Although grandmother, the Empress of Aus
/ tria keeps up the training of an athlete or a
/ prize-fghter. She diets carefully, runs, walks,
/ fences and hits sand bags to develop music and
/ keep down flesh. She is the most wonderful
/ horsewoman in the world, and the most daring
! huntsmen fear to follow her over fields and
/ bitches. As no man or woman can run with
her, she has pack of beautiful beagles to share
/ her pedestrian feats. She rises at four in the
morning, is rubbed down by her attendants,
drenched with cold water and does two hours
hard work before breakfast.
or
| Baird. Her husband, before marrying her, in
duced her to sign n trust-deed consenting to the
distribution of his property among his children
by former marriage. After his death, the
widow brought suit in equity for her legal
rights in the estate, and the court held that no
act of hers previous to marriage could vitiate
her rights rs the widow of man of property.
Here is a case where the law protected a woman
in spite of herself.
training institution for nurses is to be
opened in Berlin, under the supcrintendence of
the Crown Princess of Germany, in order that
private families may be able to obtain skilled
nursing without applying to Sisterhoods. The
lady director has been in London to study the
various systems of management, and the e5tab-
lishmeut will be called, after its foundress, the
Victoria House.
A company composed entirely Of wOmen-not
even excepting the performers in the orchestra
is the novelty which Miss Lila Clay is about
to provide for the entertainment of London
playgoers. The troupe consists of fifty ladies.
Songs and choruses and an operetta, constitute
the promised programme.
FASHION NOTES
Curly f1rs are again in fashion.
Black Astrachan fur will again be worn.
Tournures are becoming feature in Paris
fashions. II
Sealskin garments, like cashmere shawls,
never 90 out OF vogue.
The fur set for fashionable young lady is
composed of pelerin and muff.
Undyed beaver will be much In vogue for
capes, collars, muffs, and bands
Black Astrachan sacques, capes collars, and
mufTs will be worn as the weather grows
colder.
The individual fancy Is INDUCED in riding
habits as well as in all other garments nova
days.
Plush is in high favor for carriage and opera
wraps, in dark colors for the former and light
ones for the latter.
From Paris correspondents we learn that
riding habits are frequently trimmed there
with fur and with fourages.
On some of the Paris riding habits, when the
corsage is of light color a horses head in bright
color is embroidered on the collar, facings, and
cuffs
An English fashion much in favor In Paris is
that of the handkerchief apron, made Of three
ouchOirS of the sort called paysa,ne yellow, red,
and black, with large flowers. The bib is fast
ened to the corsage with two large ornamental
or jeweled pins.
Black is no longer the exclusive color for
riding habits. Habits are made of hussar blue,
navy blue, hunters green, and all shades of
gray. The corsage is sometimes even of diff
ferent color from the skirt, but in this case the
seams and bottom of the skirt are piped or
bound with the material of the corsage.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
The latest fashions in doilies for meat dishes
is to have design of uncooked vegetables
worked in flosclle or crewels in the natural
colors.
Square tables are now fashionable for dining !
rooms; usually they are supported upon one
central column extending into carved lions
heads, breasts, and feet. Mahogany is coming
into favor again.
Plush-covered frames are decorated with |
small beads or tiny brass-headed nails, or by |
painting spray CT apple or orange blossoms |
in one of the upper corners and u bird upon |
the corresponding one at the bottom.
Lambrequins for parlor mantels are of the |
fashionable terra Gotta shade of plush, en-
broidered in geometrcal designs; those for |
bedrooms are of raw silk with insertion of |
colored satin and fringe to match the insertion. |
The latest novelty in tea-table cloths is to .
have them Of fine crash, with border design |
of quaint tea-cups, and in the center a time
piece, the hands pointing to five o'clock. Usu-
ally the embroidery is carried out in blue
filosele
The newest design for colored tabIe-cloth is
one Of birds on the wing They are worked in
iloseles in raised stitch, the eyes being repre-
sented by iridescent beads In one recently |
imported from Kensington owls are in two
corners and swallows in flight in the corre-
spending ones.
Bureau covers are now made in crash, a de-
sign Of leaves and flowers being generally
worked in linen floss They can be washed,
and on this account have much to recommend