The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-31
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Wooden grena inc paraso!s are trimmed
with yak lace.
Velvet or satin ribbons are worn with
sattccn costumes.
Chartrcusc and absinthc green harmon
izc well with black.
There are 1861 female students in
the American colleges.
A red straw bonnet trimmed with
honcysuckes is a novelty.
A Boston woman who has invented a
corset has mai $50, 600 in three years.
Satin finished figured cashmere is a
very effective material and has durability.
The most distinguished beads of the
season are those consisting of granulatcd
lead
Aristocratic English girls play in pub
lie cricket matches, wearing fauciful uni
forms.
Chuddah, serge and nuns yelling
robes have woven borders for trim
ming.
Women are paid forty cents day and
their board as farm laborers IN South
Carolina.
Canvas cloths are very fashionable,
and are very comfortable on a cool sum-
mer day.
A woman has asked the Belgian Jockey
club to let her ride her own horses in
their races.
At some time in their lives Miss Clevc-
land, Mrs Garfield and Mrs. Hayes were
all school teachers.
The hens Of evening dresses are often
covered with roses. the edge of lace just
showing beneath them.
Miss Hattie A. Paul is manager, editor,
book keeper and business manager of the
Memphis Daily !Scimiter.
Mitts are not worn with drcssy cos
tunes this summer. They are rclegated
to house and negligee toilets.
Double folds of canvas etamine, in
stead of linen collars, are worn as neck
lingerie with travelling suits.
1t is said that 955 farms in Iowa are
owned 10y women, and that twenty dairy
farms are managed by women.
Slippers and stockings match the toilet.
Undresscd kid slippers Of the same tint
are worn with beige costumes.
Girdlcs are pointed at the back and
front, or have only point in front and
loops and ends of wide ribbon at the
back.
Mrs. Bette cambridge, daughter of
old Zach Taylor, once President of the
United States, is living at Winchester,
Va.
Queen Marguerite, of Italy, writes sci
cntitc essays and dramatic criticisms,
and, what is more, accepts vulgar cash
for them.
Tussorc and Arab silks in the natural
color have tiny satin figures. They are
used in combination with plain silk and
are very effective.
A collector Of the curious announces
that Mary continues the favorite name
for girls, Anna comes second, Elizabeth
is third, Laura is fourth.
Mrs Garfield is worth $500, 900, from
which she gets an income Of $40, 900
year. Beside this she enjoys pension
of s., 900 from Congress.
The mails at Lincolnton, n. c., are
handled by three women-Miss Mamie
IIoke, the newly-appointed postmaster,
and her two female assistants.
Nine golden weddings have been cele-
bratcd in Castleton, VT, in the last ten
years. and all but one of the golden
brides and grooms are now living.
For young ladies there are unlined
pelerincs of stiff but openwork gauze,
sprinkled with broche velvet flowers and
trimmed with lace coquiIlcs and strings
Of beads
A pair Of the finest black eyes did not
satisfy Miss Casey of Iowa, and in trying
to turn them blue by means Of chemicals
she has ruined both their usefulness and
beauty.
Mrs. Mary Bcncmnn, sister of the
famous Commodore Perry, is still living
at AmeS, Iowa, at the age Of 112. Her
health is good and her mind vigorous
and BRIGHT