The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-28
Middlebury Register.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN

Children's hats are not so large as
were those of last winter.
The changeable bison cloths are called
by the pretty name of chameleon.
Wedding cards and invitations are
very plain and unpretentious in style.
Chinese primroses are excellent win
dow plants for the dark days of winter.
Elegant costumes are again made of
corded silk combined with brocaded
silk.
Tall pot plants in bloom, set on stools
on each side of the fireplace, ornament
English drawing rooms.
Imported hats for young girls have
beaver crowns and felt brims with three
or four runs of stitching.
When the Russian waistcoat is used in
y basque, the back is usually cut pestil-
lion, although it is sometimes round.
The new embroideries, braids and
cords show gold, silver and steel threads
combined with those of silk and wool.
Flowering bulbs of all kinds are now
in demand for indoor culture. Hya-
cinths, tulips and narcissus are most
popular.
New photograph albums have silver
legs and a cover that automatically be-
comes an easel that holds up the pages
one by one.
The new sets of braid ornaments are so
made as to cover the whole front of the
waist and extend around the neck and
down the back.
The richer sorts of brocade are used to
Trim cloth suits in the same manner as
velvet, and they are almost as becoming;
those of curled, uncut velvet are the
prettiest.
Striped skirts are made up with the
stripes extending diagonally across the
apron, but are so plated in the back as
to hide the red stripes under those of
the darker color.
Nine. Sophie Kavalevsky, a Russian,
born Countess Karvin- Krakovsky, holds
the chair of doctor of mathematics in the
Stockholm university, Sweden. She is
only thirty years of age.
Haircloth is still the best material for
bustles, nothing superior either in dura-
biity or elasticity having been invented.
1t is never cheap but it costs less in the
end than materials far less costly.
Clock novelties include one modelled
on the cuckoo plan, only instesd of the
cuckoo coming out when the hours
strike.a ravan appears and gives as many
tfcaws" as there are beatings of time.
Even cloth suits are now made with
square opening at the throat but they
have high collar, and the space between
the top of the waistcoat and the collar is
flied by cravat knot OF contrasting
tint
English women have discovered that
rather small mirror may be made almost
as useful as large one if set on an easel
in the dressing room, and that an old
easel painted brown or black is a good
substitute for one of solid walnut.
The newest English fur capes have
bow with ends sewn around the throat,
and they are called Mary Anderson.
They are very warm and fit so closely
about the throat that it is not necessary
to wear a silk kerchief under them.
Waists which seem to be tied together
are among the novelties of the season.
The Innings are buttoned and the plated
outside is crossed by ribbons tied in
knots, which the wise woman sews, and
fastens with concealed hooks and eyes.
Pillow cases and sheets of colored su-
rah, with a silk broche coverlet lined
with satin, is the latest fancy among in
valids who receive in their bedrooms.
The invalid must, of course, wear a
wrapper to harmonic with the colors
displayed in the bed furnishings.
The japanese girl, when she goes into
company, paints her face white, her lips
and the corners of her eyes red, with two
slate-colored spots on her forehead. She
would be thought immodest if she did
not do so, as being so conceited as to
think her complexion did not need i'm
provement.
Gold and silver are in both ground
and figure of the brocades, and by dex-
ferrous weaving some are made to look
FURNISHED and some unburnished, so that
the whole looks like goldsmith's work
The figures are very large and not
only flowers and palms but Oriental
vases and jars are found among them.
Among the latest costumes is one
made of biscuit-coored Goth, trimmed
round the plated skirt with wide band
of mahogany velvet. The hat,
collar, cuffs, and band round the edge of
the basque were also of the velvet. The
Waldeck is a nice little cloth jacket,
braided in cilcles which gradually de
crease in size as they recede from the
buttons down the front. This makes
the design very becoming to the figure.