The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

demand.
A great many drcssy toilets have their
basques to lace instead of buttoncd.
Three great great grandchildren belong
to Mrs Sally Packard, of Plainfeld, Mas
sachusetts.
Cotton satines in floral patterns have
again appeared and are used with comb
nation suits.
Strings three cighths of yard wide are
worn on the spring bonnets and tied un-
der the chin.
Fashionable young ladies must have
photographs of their pet cats to be up to
the times nowadays.
Women will now be admitted to Ok.
ford college and be allowed the same
educational privileges as men.
As 1ounce trimming lace is in special
favor this season, silks Of both light and
dark shades are trimmed with it.
For making iabots the Vacncienncs
lace is the pretticst. There is no lace
that falls as soft and becoming as this
Gold and silver veil pins are something
new for the ladies. They are long and
slender and some have precious stones in
them.
New fans arc coming in smaller, and
painted sprays of small flowers cover the
entire fan, and some extend over the
sticks.
China Grape is both embroidered and
printed this summer, the embroidery
being done in black, and the printing in
gay colors.
For both boys and girls black stockings
are worn and preferred, though plain
solid colors to match the dress are still
fashionable.
Mrs. Parnell, the mother of Charles
Parnell, the Irish home rule leader, fire.
quently addresses public meetings, al
though in feeble health.
Dog collars of black ribbon velvet, fas-
tened by a diamond collar button, are
very much used with square
dresses. They are very becoming
Madame Kowacwski, a Russian lady,
occupies the chair Of mathematics in the
Stockholm high school, an institution
which is said to be taking very high
place.
The daughter of the British minister
at Washington is said to be great
beauty, with the sad, dark eyes Of Spain,
of which country her mother was Il
native.
Chantilly taiTeta is the name of new
stuff which has a bright ground with
lacc-like figures embroidered upon it.
1t is intended to simulate silk yelled
with lace.
A wealthy widow has completed and
handed over TO trustees, an admirably
appointed home for aged gcntlcwomen,
in Sacramento, Cal. which cost her
500, 600.
Mrs. MarilIa Kicker recently appointed
an examiner in chancery and United
States commissioner at Washington, is
said to be the first woman ever appointed
to that office.
Mixed materials arc very common
among the new goods. Some are woven
III single thread stripes running length
wise, and others have stripes running
across the piece.
Lady Wolscley, formerly Miss Muir
ply, OF san Francisco, at the recent
'pcusant festival" in London, sold pop
corn and gave no change. Her peas
ant dress is said to have been the most
magnificent ever heard or dreamed Of
Irish popiin is likely to be once more
IashlonaDlc III England, and her interest
IN lis manufacture is again iustanccd by
the action of Queen Victoria, who SO
lccted this material for the bridal dress
OF her granddaugh! the Princess Vic
tOrla Of licsse.
The new walking jackets are very
short, and seem longer in front than at
fhr hack harott,n Ia, l
waist, raises the back slightly. The collar
Is high and straight, the buttons small,
the shoulder seams short, and the sleeves
full at the top. The trimming is braid.
which may be arranged either in rows or
in figures.
The arrangement Of the couture makes !
or mars the face; therefore. to dress the |
hair becomingly is an important matter.
Women with round faces and of medium |
height in nine cases ont Of ten will find |
that massing the hair high on the head |
adds apparent length to thc face and !
height to the figure, 1t also improves !
the general contour Of the head On the |
other hand, Il sharp, regular profile has
It's attractlvencss enhanced by II coil |
twisted low on the neck. Occasionally |
there is a woman possessed with nat
urally wcll-shapcd head and oval face
with regular features who may brave any
fashion without fear of deprccating her |
loyciness, but these beauties are rare and |
every woman had better test the becom-
in9ness of now arrangement Of couture |
in the privacy of her own boudoir before |
parading in public.
A Leap-Year Episode.
Ihn Wnshinminn cnrr.annnlnnt Of thn |