Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-11
NEWS AND NOTES FOR wOMEN.

neu IN all SHADES is popular.
Silk gloves in tan and grey shades are
popular.
Fluted underwear is becoming the rage
once more.
Black nuns yelling makes very USE
ful summer dress.
Jerseys are now slashed and braided
around the bottom.
High white hats are more becoming to
dark men than blondes.
Oriental lace is seen on a very large
number Of summer hats.
Few feathers are to be seen on fash
lonable hats and bonnets.
The polonaise is the favorite garment
Tor midsummer utility suits.
Fishes and palm leaf fans are the
newest designs in lace pins.
The checked sateens are not so popu-
lar as the lowered material
Decollete waists are more becoming to
thin people than square necks.
Rough goods are very popular for sea-
side, mountain and travelling wear.
White China silk matinees trimmed
with Valenciennes lace are fascinating.
Bag vests hold their own. They are
becoming to none but very slight figures.
The black poodle, win MS nair shaved
into knots and knobs, is the correct
thing in CANNES in England at present.
At the fourteenth commencement of
the Chicago Woman's Medical college
recently there were twenty one grad
yates.
New summer cashmeres, veilings, and
vigognes are exhibited wrought in pat
terms mostly in floral Egyptian, or Rus
sian fashion.
The best reporter in Kansas City is
said to be woman, Mrs. Rees. She is
connected with the Journal, and speaks
four languages.
They give women doctors chance in
Iowa. DR.. Harriet Commit is secretary
and treasurer of the Iowa Central Med
zeal association.
Short hair for women is coming into
fashion. 1t is very pretty and becom-
ing to nearly everybody, worn in loose,
half curled locks around the head.
A pretty gown of white camel's hair,
which clever Brooklyn girl is making
up, is to have the front embroidered in
graceful design of wild roses and their
leaves in natural shades.
DR.. Mary Putnam jacob is the first
woman ever elected a member of the New
York Academy of Medicine, and her re-
cent lecture before it was the first ever
delivered there by woman during its
existence.
Among the ''smart" things done by
the girl of the period is having her head
shaved, or hair closely cropped, and wear
ing wig. 1T is so much less trouble, .
they explain, land we can have it
dressed differently every week."
Mrs Bolton writes in the Independent:
Great numbers of post-offices in England
are managed by women. ! said to one
in London: "You manage this as well as
man" 1--WE are said to do it better, /"
she replied, because, people say, we
are quicker and more patient"
Burdette, the humorist, gives this ad-
vice: My daughter, be as bright as you
know how; be witty, brilliant, fascinat-
ing as you please; dance, paint, hammer
brass and carve in wood; vote, if the
men permit you and you wish it; play
tennis all you will; skate If you want to /;
read the newspaper: understand politics
if you can, / can't; admire you on
horseback; want you to be brave, self
reliant and self-helpful; but oh, don't be
NANNY" don't be NANNY"
A fanciful dress of pale pink satteen
for young girl is made in combination
with figured satteen in bright chintz
pattern on an ecru ground. A full blouse
vest of pink satteen finishes the overdress,
and trimmings of Oriental lace in quaint
fan pattern and cockade bows of pale
blue, pink and ecru ribbon placed on the
shoulder, straps, ornament the cuffs and
trim the odd-shaped cornucopia pockets
at the sides. A guimpe waist, full at the
neck and made with pulled bishop sleeves
complete the dress.