Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

again with summer dresses.
For warm weather Oxford ties made
Of patent leather will be fashionable.
The sleeves of new costumes are long
sr, and more trimming is seen upon
chem.
White serge dresses for little girls arc
trimmed with many rows of gold
braid.
Sailor hats are trimmed with scarfs,
with sometimes an addition of "quilp
feathers.
Copper thread is introduced into the
new laces, and is very effective, especial
Iy on brown dresses.
In white cashmeres, plated waists,
with belts, long pointed drapery and
tucked skirt is the rule.
Sashes of MORE ribbon eight or ter
inches wide will be worn by ladies as
well as by children this summer.
Miss Brown, a Concord young lady
who recently graduated at Harvard, had
phenomenally high grade in the elias,
Jics.
he st. Louis Century club, the lead.
,ng literary society of the city, has six
men and three women on its board OF
directors.
Rich black dresses for summer are
made of China crepe, embroidered OF
orocaded for the skirt, while the over.
dress is made of lace.
Improved English walking hats have
appeared once again, little wider il
The brim and with less roll at the sides
han upon the cid models.
A pretty dress for child bridesmaids
Is a pink faille slip covered with dotted
muslin, not tied in at the waist, and the
oroadest of high Gainsboro hats of pale
pink silks with immense bows.
A rough straw round hat or small
bonnet suiting the dress in color will be
chosen for travelling. Wide ribbons,
Icarfs of etamine, Or many small bows OF
narrower ribbons are the trimmings.
Black satin or surah dresses are ef-
Iectively remodeled by adding panels,
rest front and collar and cuffs of dark
red surah laid in fine plaitings, or bright
ed satin yelled with black net or lace.
The "housemaid DRESS" so popular in
England, is gaining ground here. 1t is
good dress, but its chief charm, sim.
olicity, is entirely lost when it is worn
over crinolette or artificial protuberances
Of any kind.
Mrs. Langtry was the daughter of Dr.
la Breton, for many years dean of the
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Langtry, a widower, who was a son OF
George Langtry, the famous boat builder
Of Liverpool. Mrs. Langtry first became
famous in 1877.
The Scientific american states that
plush goods and all articles dyed with
aniline colors, faded from exposure to
light, will look as bright as ever after
being sponged with chloroform. The
commercial chloroform will answer the
purpose very well, and is less expensive
than the purified.
Trumbull's celebrated painting of the
cattle of Bunker Hill and the death Of
Warren has recently been produced in
chenille and silk on sewing machine.
There were -, 900 yards of chenille and
So, 900 yards of of silk used, and 8, $780,
300 stitches were taken. The work is
aow on exhibition in Hartford.
For those who are tired of vests, q
single reverse of the material with which
The dress is trimmed is turned back on
The left side of the waist from the throat
Down low on the bust, or perhaps only
nalf way to the waist line; this is espe.
,ially effective made of velvet or of
watered silk, and it is also made of the
dress goods thickly braided.
The fashion of stripes has even ex-
tended to black materials of light tex
cure, and though patterns of spots, ETC.,
IRE still to be seen, stripes predominant.
Black wooden canvas stutfs are extremely
Ierviceable, and when trimmed with silk
Or wooden lace makes pretty dresses for
walking or making calls in quiet way.
The gold engagement bracelet is be-
coming as popular as the engagement
ring. Only diamonds, rubies and pearls
are used ON these bracelets. The old
superstition about the pearl, that il
brings bad luck, as wedding gift,
seems to have gone over entirely, and
now it is said that emeralds and sap.
phires are the "unfortunaten stones to
give for bridal presents, though they are
highly fashionable as gifts at any day
later or to anybody else.
Ladies in the country may be glad to
learn how to make imitation wax candles,
Purify melted tallow by throwing in
powdered quick lime, then add two
carts wax and one of tallow and a fine
article resembling wax will be the re.
suit. Dip the wicks in lime water an6
saltpetre on making. To a gallon of
water add two ounces of saltpetre and
Dne-half pound of lime. 1t improves
The light and prevents the tallow from
,unning When the candles are made
get out the old brass candlesticks anG
candelabra and you will be in the
fashion.
The daughters of the Prince of Wales
are brought up in the most simple man
Ger. The three sisters occupy one large
bedroom. furnished very plainly; they
lead so quiet life that they are still
children, although the eldest is seven
teen years old. They are constantly
with their mother, forming charming
group and fitting frame for her gra
cious presence. They are very distin
guished in manner, very graceful anC
extremely well educated. The lives o
these five children have been passed il
simplicity that does honor to the goot
sense of their parents.
The middle-class girls of Holland ar
certainly very pretty. They have soft
clear skins and bright compilations
They are decidedly piquant in appear
ance, much more so than their sister
over the Rhine. This year the favorit
color is parrot green of various shades
which seems to suit their brown hair ant