Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-30
news AND NOrEs ron wOMEN.

1t is claimed that Mrs. Mary Mapes
Dodge makes $4,000 a year with her pen.
Gates of flowers across the broad aisle
gave the last touch Of elegance to a
fashionable wedding in New York.
Pavement is the name given to the
brocades in which the design in small
blocks either square or hexagonal.
Black silk petticoats are made up with
flounces Of bright lace set under the
sharp points Of the tongues into which
the hem is cut.
One Of the most responsible positions
in this country is held by a Washington
colored woman. She does up Mr.. Brew
ster's ruflied shirts.
"What is wanted in this country, 4"
said the bride, as she examined the we'd
ding presents, sis silver service reform;
that set is plated"
French white frocks have all the seams
of the waist covered by bands of feather
stitching, a pretty fashion, which makes
the figure look slender.
Bishop Simpson, the eminent and ven
cradle Methodist divine, says: "The vices
of great cities will never be controlled
without the united suffrages of men and
women.
The laws of Wyoming says expressly
that there shall be no discrimination with
regard to sex in the pay of any kind of
work. 1t is good place for surplus
women to go.
There is revival of wraps, both long
and short, to match summer dresses of
light wool, linen or batiste. These are
either made in the form of a pelisse,
mantle or fchu, according to the ma
terial.
An English paper contains a pathetic
warning as to the danger of betrothal
bracelets, which are in the way when the
arm Is broken. Might not the betrothal
ring be inconvenient if the finger were
broken?
Instead of black grenadines, black
lace dresses will be largely worn during
the summer The skirts will be founced
to the waist with black French lace or
genuine Chantilly, and the basques will
be made up over a black satin lining.
The ribbons worn with white frocks
this year are not necessarily of pink and
blue, as is sometimes the case, but may
be of any color The glitter of satin is
preferred to the softer luster of otto
man, both with white and with colored
costumes.
Lady John Manners lectures her British
fellow countrywomen furiously on their
over-eating, of all things in the world.
Beside that, their over-dressing is nearly
as bad, and extravaganza has grown at
such a rate that a young man no longer
dares to marry.
In the new summer satteens we see
the block pattern, also checks, large and
small, bars and the familiar dots and
balls. The newest patterns in these
goods are quaint designs in oriental colors
that look as if they were wrought in
crossstitch by the needle.
Black lace bonnets are so made up this
year that the garniture can be changed
very easily and with an eye to the Their
mometer. Lilies for the hottest days;
roses for those when the eye can bear
color; nasturtiums or carnations or for
get-me -nots for the rainy days.
Changeable silks are largely imported
and promise much favor. Some of these
silks are in lovely patterns, one which is
particularly noticeable is a ring within
ring of dark garnet on a changeable
ground of mushroom brown. These
rings are small and close together.
The Moliere waistcoat really looks
pretty on the black lace garments on
which it is prolonged into side draper
les, and being tied back with a velvet
belt, is quite deprived of its baggy ugli-
ness. The waistcoats of wash dresses are
made of pongee of the japanese Grape
or of duck.
A surah skirt of black, or of that dark
brown which harmonizes so well with
cream color, buff or mushroom, is almost
a necessity this summer. Tucks in the
front breadths and box plaits in the
back, with the finest OF fine pleatings I'M
der the hem, make the prettiest combina-
ton. Lace polonaises are also worn with
these skirts.
Three sets of floral favors were given
to the guests at New York dinner
There were wreaths of lilies and spring
blossoms about the dinner cards. shells
of selected roses at each plate and JAG
queminot roses in the finger bowls. The
centerpiece was a gilt chariot drawn by
doves made by lilies of the valley. The
freight of this fairy car was sugar plums.
In Paris, velvet will be combined with
gauzes and other transparent tissues
during the season. Gauze bodices will
have velvet facings trimmed to form
bertha. Similar facings are added to the
short sleeves, and cockade bows of vel
vet to correspond are placed at random
among the folds of the cloud-like dra-
perry. Cockade bows of velvet with
aigrette will be worn in the hair.