Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-23
- and NOTES FOR WOMEN.

,.oades are fashionable, and VIII be
IN all winter.
sola - volvet costumes viii be the height
.tayle this winter.
ctenille again plays a conspicuous
+ dress trimmings.
bonnets are characterized by
...o1 crowns and fronts.
PD NJ, winter black tulle will be used
,'ensiyely for ball dresses.
y.ouo misses are wearing their hair
40 loose down the back.
r,o Princess of Wales designs the
..les Of her children's dresses.
nome slippers and old gold stock
arc popular for house wear.
c.maIe telegraph operators in Germany
I've $40 a year, with no vacation.
p.,oan silks in unique patterns are
ron the new high priced dress goods.
poone. parniture is fashionably worn,
I,sed at the top instead of on one side.
pnmes. fancy feathers and adjustable
,.an, njeces are preferred trimmings in
D'' W class of dress goods exhibits this
...son a larger number Of novelties than
40 wool fabrics.
Thirty thousand women are said to be
.,rqoed in the manufacture of artificial
soscrs in Paris.
Wooden dress fabrics give the impress
.ion of great weight and a general shag-
gness Of surface.
Tucks are used to trim the fronts or
.kirts with which the old-fashioned cur
tain drapery is formed.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch says tobac-
70 chewing is becoming habit with
many women in that city.
In one of the mountain counties or
kentucky a woman has held the office of
iostce Of the peace without legal author
ty for the last ten years.
Long side plaits are seen on many
dresses. The plaits are usually confined
10 one side while the other is plain or is
commented by bows of satin ribbon.
Among the novelties are Italian aprons
made of silk or linen, with bands of lace
Insertion and edging, and Greek aprons
Of satin or surah, richly decorated with
embroidery.
Black silk frocks are made up by Lon
don dressmakers with three flounces. all
pointed, and all edged with lace, plain,
round waist, full in front and silk
pointed girdIe.
American escurial brocades are nov
elty. They have the designs outlined
with white cords as in escurial laces.
The figures look like lace applied to a
Dengthwise repped fabric.
Cording in vermicelli patterns covers
The entire crown of many of the dark
felt hats which are intended to accom-
pany cloth suits They look especially
we'll when the costume is braided.
A simple but pretty trimming for a
basque consists of two rows Of ribbon
velvet coming over the shoulders, form
ing point in the back and outlining a
vest in the front, ending In tabs below
the waist.
Among the richest imported fabrics
for bonnets is the gold embroidered
camel's hair, made as stiff as metal witt
threads Of gold. 1t costs $40 a yard
aud is so narrow that but two CROWN
can be made out of one yard.
The lily pattern in brocade is pro.
duced in white and in pink. The front
and sides of dress of this material are
dnped off with white or pink satin en-
broidered with lilies in pearl. white and
pink chenille and gold thread.
A new and beautiful material for
wraps is shown for the first time. It is a
matte ground with a combination of
raised plush and uncut velvet figures in
all colors and Bengalines in all conceiv-
able shades and especially rich in design.
A poplin dress seen recently was
cream white, made en- princesse, with
oouitant black drapery; front trimmed
with nlties of Oriental lace, Jabots of
satin ribbon down either side of the
mtiing; bodice square, bordered with
lace and sleeves to the elbow. The
sheen of the poplin was subdued by the
lace, and large cluster of crush pink
roses added to the effect.