The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

UEClluuluC Cul ltlllS CoSCh WIN aieii"S
lace are suggested for country houses.
French fashion plates for spring show
boutrant effects in the drapcry of dresses.
The trains of rcccntly-madc French
dresses measure nearly two yards and a
half.
Suits for the spring arc made with the
pcplum, each point being finished with a
tassel.
OF all the things that mar possesses
woman alone takes pleasure in being pos
scsscd.
French patterns imported for the
spring trade appear in artistic English
designs.
The small bonnet is still in high favor,
and each dress should have. one to 60
with it.
A female cowboy-that is to say, a
cowgirl-has been discovered i'll 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 a border of fox tails arranged
as o fringe.
Partisan women are powdcring their
hair and arranging it II Ia Mary Stuart in
the evening.
Sleeves expand above the arnsizc at
the shoulder, and puifs arc added on top
of the sleeve.
Nantes and dolmans made of camcl's-
hair shawls have gone out of fashion and
arc now seldom seen.
Chenille trimmings in ali shades and
styles are the most popular trimmings for
dress goods and wraps.
The newest handkcrchicfs have just
the ~faintcst suggestion of hem, and are
made of plain white linen.
Bonnet strings are now never tied I'M
der the hair and the back. They arc
tied in a bow directly under the chin.
Sometimes q fellow feels lonely, and
would like to have some nice young wO-
man to tell him how lonely he feels.
Servant girls in Germany who remain
in the constant service of n family for
forty years receive Il medal from the en-
press when the case is made known to
her.
The empress Of Austria's health has
| failed very much of late, and she has
been suffering severely from rheumatism
and sciatica-thc penalty of rough OUT
| door exercise.
All female medical students in Russia
arc compelled to reside in a house pro-
vidcd by the authorities, and to be at
home before nine o'clock in the evening,
because they are suspected to have Mill
list proclivitics.
The most fashionable gloves are those
made of tan and grey undfesscd kid, in
mousquctairc style. Lace or button
| gloves arc now seldom worn. Gloves arc
now never drawn up over the sleeve, but
arranged at the wrist in wrinkles.
Polonaises made very long and fit. g
perfectly will be as much worn this SC
son as they have been during the pas &.
| 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 q wonderful social
sensation, is proclaimed by her professor.
| NJ. SaintDieyre, as q future star of the
first magnitude in oil-painting.
A recruit enlisted as Elisha Burton at
a Chicago recruiting Office, and all was
well 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 4 switch at
a 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 in
the morning till 6 in the evening, and
during the whole long period of her ser
vice has never misplaced a switch. She
is sixty-two years old.
Princess polonaises Of plain velvet are
made with full pleats in the back and a
pointed basque in front. This displays
advantageously the front Of a skirt of
broche velvet, or a satin skirt that has
rows of sable fur down the front. When
worn in the street a sable collarettc and
large cuffs are added, and a band of sable
trims the velvet bonnet.
Mrs. Sheridan, wife of General Shcri-
dan, is a great f~avorite in Washington.
She lives on Sixteenth street, near Scott
Circle, in a house which vas presented
to her husband by the Chicago club, of
which he was a member. Her afternoon
receptions are always we'll attended, and,
unlike the majority of people, she has
| plenty of sunshine in her pretty parlor.
She is very afrable. making strangers feel
com Portable, at the same time being
rather dignitied.