Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-03-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

French fashion plates for spring show
Souffant effects in the drapery of dresses.
The trains of recently-made French
dresses measure nearly two yards and
half.
Suits for the spring are made with the
peplum, each point being finished with a
tassel.
OF all the things that man possesses
woman alone takes pleasure in being pos
Sessed.
French patterns imported for the
spring trade appear in artistic Englisf
designs.
The small bonnet Is still in high favor,
and each dress should have or.~y-' 90
with it. e.,
A female cowboy-that is to say, a
cowgirl-has been discovered in New
Mexico. =
A woman's heart, like the moon, is al
ways changing; but there is ALWAYS a
man in it.
A Paris novelty is a wrap of silk or
cloth with border of fox tails arranged
IS a fringe.
Partisan women are powdering their
hair and arranging it a la Marv Stuart in
the evening.
Sleeves expand above the armsize at
the shoulder, and puffs are added on top
Of the sleeve
Mantles and dolmans made of camel's-
hair shawls have gone out of fashion and
are now seldom seen.
Chenille trimmings in all shades and
styles are the most popular trimmings for
dress goods and wraps.
The newest handkerchiefs have just
the faintest suggestion of hem, and are
made of plain white linen.
Bonnet strings are now never tied un.
der the hair and the back. They are
tied in bow directly under the chin.
Sometimes a fellow feels lonely, and
would like to have some nice young wo-
man to tell him how lonely he feels.
Susan B. Anthony is writing a book
containing her observations on the
position of woman in European coun-
tries.
Servant girls in Germany who remain
IN the constant service of one family for
forty years receive a medal from the en-
press when the case is made known to
her.
The empress of Austrias health has
failed very much of late, and she has
been suffering severely from rheumatism
and sciatica-the penalty of rough out
door exercise.
All female medical students IN hussle
are compelled to reside in a house pro-
vided by the authorities, and to be at
home before nine o'clock in the evening,
because they are suspected to have Mill
ist proclivities.
mousquetaire style. Lace or button
gloves are now seldom worn. Gloves are
now never drawn up over the sleeve, but
arranged at the wrist in wrinkles.
Polonaises made very long and fitting
perfectly will be as much worn this sea-
son as they have been during the past.
They will be worn over chamois skin
waists Bands of feathers will be the
trimming most used on these polonaises
Miss Nina Bachelor, of Kentucky,
who, besides being the most beautiful
woman in Paris, where her red gold hair
and dark eyes make wonderful social
sensation, is proclaimed by her professor,
M. Saintpieyre, as a future star Of the
drst magnitude in oil-painting.
A recruit enlisted as Elisha Burton at
Chicago recruiting office, and all was
we'll till he came to the medical examina-
ton. Then he objected, and it came out
that the lusty chap was Mrs. Lizzie Bur
ton, who had taken that method of ac-
companying her husband, who had that
day enlisted, to the tented field.
A woman has been tending switch al
railroad junction near Macon, Ca,
since 1862 having succeeded her hus.
band, who was switchman for ten years
previous. She is at her post from six il
the morning till in the evening, anc
during the whole long period of her ser
vice has never misplaced switch. ShC
is sixty-two years OLD.
Princess polonaises of plain velvet are
made with full pleats in the back and
pointed basque in front. This display
advantageously the front of skirt o
broche velvet, or satin skirt that ha
rows of sable fur down the front Whel
worn in the street sable collarette anC
large cuffs are added, and band of sabl
trims the velvet bonnet.
Mrs. Sheridan, wife of General Sheri
dan, is great favorite in Washington
She lives on Sixteenth street, near Scot
Circle, in house which as presented
to her husband by the Chicago club, o
which he was member. Her afternoon
receptions are always we'll attended, and
unlike the majority of people, she ha
plenty of sunshine in her pretty parlol
She is very affable, making strangers fee
com Portable, at the same time bein