The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-05-14
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Colorcd silk gloves will be much worr
this summer.

this summer
Parasols covered with whalcbone fringe
in all colors are novel.
Printed Spanish lace with colored fly
urcs is to be much used.
New silk stockings have a treble note
embroidered On the instep.
French lace is more used than any
other on the imported wraps and dresses.
Many of new children's dresses are
made of spotted net over colorcd sateen.
Lydia J. Caldwell, Of Chicago, has
patented a process for desiccating eggs.
They have a Wom1n's Agricultural
Fair association in Effingham county.
III.
Mrs. Burrows, of the Christian Reg's,cr,
is one of the most expert photographers
n America.
A bias fold of null or hnr French lawn
is frequently wor:l on the neck instead OF
the stiff linen collar.
Soft French nainsook, plain or m
broidcrcd, is the f~avorite material Tor
white summcr dresses.
Parasols are covered with squares of
silk, and made highly ornate with m
broidcry, lace and ribbon.
New silk stockings comc in ribbed,
vertical striped and checked effects, III
colors that match the new goods.
One of the richest stufTs for wraps and
, parts of costumes is silk grenadinc bro
cadcd with frisc (%uncut) velvet figures
and flowers.
Society ladies in London, "without
very large fortunes" spend 50, 600 to So
600 q year for their dresses and change
their costumes three times in an even
ing.
A lilac ottoman foulard dress recently
seen had a design Of plums. 1t was
made with long pleated drapcry opening
in front over a knife'pleating OF plain
lilac satin.
The present unparalleled industrial
movement among women is making pro-
cress in the South. Five thousand girls
earn their own living in Atlanta, Ga, IN
factories and elsewhere.
Mrs. Anna O. Cook, State librarian,
of kentucky, recently died. The House
of Representatives passed resolutions OF
regret, and a committee Of five were ap-
pointed to attend her funeral.
Miss Beatrice Parsons, of London.
was the winner of the highest honors OF
the recent Cambridge university eXaml-
nation, in which no less than three thou
sand bright British girls competed.
A new dress material is called ring
cloth, because, like the India shawls de-
sired by English danes. it can be drawn
through a ring. 1t is of black silk and
wool, and is forty-eight inches wide.
The lace curtain has disappeared even
from Partisan drawing-rooms, in which
it fingered so long. Silk and wooden are
the only materials used, even in bed
rooms, unless they are those of young
girls.
At the commencement Of the Cincin-
natl College of Pharmacy, OF member
of the graduating class of twenty-four
was a woman, Mrs. Mcrrcll. When the
lady's name was called to receive her di-
ploma, her gallant fellow students in the
school gave her a hearty round OF ap-
plausc.
One of the novelties in parasols are
those of which the covers represent two
squares, only the corner of the under
ones showing. One parasol of this style
had the under square of pink satin; the
uppe one of white embroidered in che
Mile and pink satin roses. Both squares
were bordered by deep Oriental lace.
A new imported mantle has a front
falling to the bottom of the skirt, of
black jcttcd grcnadinc bordered by a
flower of French lace; the entire back is
of lace; there are no sleeves, but a mass
of lace is gathered at the back, held by
lace ornaments, and passes in folds over
the shoulders, crossing in front and fall
ing in long tabs.
Women are beginning to be employed
very successfully in the field of artistic
decoration. 1t is their natural bent. They
show especial excellence in wall, panel
and upholstery designing and decoration.
They have one fault, however, an art
writer says. They are apt to sacrifice
massiveness and harmony of design to
mere fussy prcttiness. 1t is the same
fault they display in decorating their per-
son.
Among the costumes worn at the silver
wedding of the Baroness Gustavc dc
Rothschild was Il dress of white satin,
with tunic studded with double rings OF
steel and silver, sewn on the satin, and
having the effect of brilliant spanglcs.
Habit bodice in ws~atin. with large
rockets, each ornamentcd with five but
tons in old paste. The hair was studded
with paste stars, buckles to match on the
shoes; stockings spangled with steel.
In Paris navy blue has come back in a
thick, irregularly wovc stuff. and is
made up in suits with a blouse trimmed
with velvet ribbon, outlining a crossed
kerchicf, and with skirts i'll large plaits,
the chcmisettc and cuffs being made of
coquclicot surah brocaded with blue
dots. 1T is nothing, it is adorably CO.
quettish, and the beautiful Countess Po-
tocka wishes to make it fashionable"
says the correspondent who tells the tale.