Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-10
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Young Mr.. Wilde patronizingly informed
| Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett that Mr..
| Ruskin considers her a true artist.
The'new prints, as we'll as all the new goods
| of the coming season, come in separate pieces
| for skirts and overdresses, showing that COM
| posite costumes will be as fashionable as
| ever.
! 1t is probable that Queen Victoria and
Princess Beatrice will go to Germany for the
Easter holidays-to the villa Hohenlohe, at
Baden, where they stayed in the spring of
1889.
For robes de chambre, the most fashion
able models are the Greek or the Recamier
matinees IN pale colors, adorned with waves
of lace and satin ribbons or narrow bands
/ of fur.
One of the handsomest things in the way
of Hamburg embroidery now shown is the
open-work inserting on null, which comes
about a yard in width, and in various
patterns.
According TO indications apparent, gros-
grain ribbon is destined to supersede satin in
millinery trimming, while moire antique or
watered ribbons have probably lease for
life another season.
Madame Christine Missions favorite
Amusement ia shooting. She has been stay
ing at country houae belonging to Queen
Isabella, where she shot quantity of pleas
ants in the royal preserves.
The most elegant trOnssedus now shown
are most noticeable for their exquisite fine
ness OF material and elaborateness of delicate
needlework than for their abundance of open
work embroidery or lace.
Seventy American women took out patents
last wear, and the crusty old bachelor who
runs the paragraph column Of the Detroit
Free Press says the most valuable invention
was a five-cent shoe buttoner.
Short hair is again in fashion, short rip
pling locks are to the last degree charming
on some heads, but to many ladies it is far
from becoming, as it gives them a masculine
appearance not at all prepo ssessing.
The fashionable colors in spring goods are
grey-blue or greyhound, garnet shades, mus
tard shades, pearl and dark gray, olives,
browns, and bronzes, shrimp and she'll pinks,
sapphire shades, greens, and dark blues.
Sundowns, especially the artificial ones,
are much worn as corsage bouquets, and a
simple black silk dress may be made quite
snowy by the addition of a bouquet of these
flowers, and a fan of black satin, painted in
a design of the same.
The rage ior fancy stockings is on the de-
cline. Ladies of good taste manifest pref
erence for stockings of solid colors, and are
satisfied with a modest finish in clocking on
the line of the instep and ankle. High
COlOTS III StOCkluSS are WOrDy uOWtFcI, vi the
hosiery is selected to match the colors OF cos
TUNES.
The union OF brown with black in cos
tunes is rarely felicitous, and should be |
carefully avoided by all who do not possess
an exceptional appreciation of color. The |
few who do may occasionally succeed in 50 |
subtly combining the two colors as to pro-
duce harmony from an otherwise discordant |
conjunction.
The Russian empress, who is in a delicate |
state of health met with an unpleasant ac-
eident the other day. She was riding in a
sledSe at Gatschina, when the horses became
frightened, and running away upset the
sledge, and dragged the beautiful Dagmar
for short distance, leaving her at last in
the snow. She rose laughing and brave as
ever.
The panels recently introduced, or revived,
as trimmings for the skirts of dresses, are
most infelicitious when made too wide. Their
width should be proportional 10 the highth
Of the wesrer. 4 woman of five feet two
inches should not wear a panel measuring
more than five inches across at its widest.
The apparent width can be reduced by en-
'roidery, braiding or applique.
Mrs Elizabeth Csdy Stanton is sixty-five
Tesrs of age. She wears her snow-white hair
in little puff On each side of her
orehead, with band of lilac satin tied be-
hind them, dresses neatly and becomingly,
and has a mstronly, notherly appearance.
laughter is now studying = mathematics in the
University of Paris. Miss Sssan B. Anthony
s four years younger, but looks older.
A pretty sat home" costume OF ceremony
S accomplished by wearing a long cutaway
acket of red plush over a skirt OF almond
olored cashmere, with pleated blouse waist
i the same trimmed with white Burano lace.
Nbah alf 1a,.o I'D H. Il
he skirt are trimmed with the same lace,
Ehile large looped bow of wide MORE saah
ibbon matching the color of the Jacket
ives the fashionable boufdnt effect IN the
ack.
Esthetic fancies are likely to prevail In
millinery. These, strangely,
ill find expression in artificial blossoms of
itchen vegetables, sunhowers and other (
aunting plants, rather in them than in the .
lore dainty blossoms of the garden and the I
xotics of the conservatory. Bonnets and {
ats will be trimmed with pumpkin, squash =
nd cucumber blossoms, clusters of nastur- .
UNI and wide-open sunfowers; and these
overs will also appear in the bouquet de
)rsage, and will possibly serve in coaching
This season the debutaate always wears
hite, and looks like a bride, minus the veil
I'D orange-blossoms. Sometimes il is tulle
yer saun, Win eatln Dodlce, the drapery | -
avn tightly across the front and the sides, Z
lowing cascade of lace and white roses
Id long, wide loops of ivory-satin ribbon.
ut usually it Is dress that will prove more
that can Be worn more times
an the easily-crushed tulie-on ivory-satin
ocade combined with plain satin, or
tin merveilleux trimmed profusely with r
e pretty modern imitation Of old needle
lint lace. u
Here are two pretty reception costumes:
lie first dress of white brocaded satin has a
az trained skirt, trimmed around the bot
"a with an exceedingly full hinged-out
ching, under which shows dainty bGLay-
& of white lace. The skirt il trimmed 4,
ross the front with wide scarf of Venetian
e, which il carried to the back and held
a large cluster of white acacia. The