The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-09
NEWS AND NOTES. FOR WOMEN.

Cleopatra mad blue eyes, according to
a German professor.
Lace elbow sleeves are worn with v
shaped velvet bodiccs.
There are eight times as many bow
legged men as women.
Gilt buttons were first made by Taylor,
of Birmingham, England, in 17GS.
Gauzc and China Grape are used for
skirts in preference to tulle by many.
Beatrice was the first princess in Eng
land to be married in a parish church.
In Paris no mantle is worn out Of
doors, or very rarely, except by quite
young girls.
One of the latest fashionable freaks is
the use of fine silk Eolting cloth as a
dress material.
Lace tlounces arc worn on grcnadlnc
dresses, the trimmings of the corsage be-
ing also of lace.
The pretticst and most economical
summer bonncts are of white lace, piece
and border lace.
Cotton dresses appear to be most fire.,
qucntly trimmed with embroidered
frilling Of their own.
In Austria three thousand women are
cmploved in the railroad service, getting
from SIS to $50 a month.
Black canvas over orange silk, striped
with tilleul color, makes q dressy walk
ing costume for early fall.
The Scottish token of good luck is q
spray of white heather, now put into the
bouquets of fashionable brides.
The imagination of the modiste is the
only law that governs hats and bonnets
and their trimmings this season.
The first Napoleon slept in hollands
for sheets. the Bourbons in cambria, and
Napoleon III. in ordinary linen.
1t is now the fashion to give pieces of
furniture, such as s%ideboardS. cabinets,
writing tables and pianos, for wedding
presents.
Pongee remains popular for travelling
wraps Us well as dresses. Long loose
shapes, partly redingotc and partly
ulster, are most worn.
Brocaded MORE antique is again a
fashionable fabric for elegant toilettcs.
In white these superb materials arc much
used for bridal dresses.
In London it is the custom for guests
to remain late at the dancing parties,
which terminate about 4 A.. NJ, supper
being served at l o'clock.
Prints and the pretty old-fashioned
chintzcs are making Roadway again in
Paris. and quaint and sweet they look
when worn by neat and young figures.
White mohairs, figured with small de-
signs in colors, are among the pretty in
extensive dress fabrics that make up
tastefuliy with trimmings and combina'
tions of vclycteen OF the color of the
patterns.
In wooden stuffs Partisan modistes arc
fond of finding a colored selvedgc and
allowing it to show, so that it forms q
trimming. Striped stu1fs are draped at
the back so that half are perpendicular
and the other half horizontal.
Black silk or satin bodices covered
with lead bead embroidery are made low
with a strap for the shoulder. and with
a corsage of this style, a skirt of satin OF
silk, with a beaded lace tablier, or a lace
! skirt dcckcd with lead bead pendants, is
worn
A Chinese belle has arrived in San
Francisco. She is the first genuine ex
hibit of her kind on the Pacific coast,
She is tall and handsome, and her fee
possess the requisite deformity so thor
oughly that whenever she walks a ser
want supports her at each side.
Generally the decorations of a dress a.
the throat are in character with the bod
ice trimmings. but in other instances the
finish at the neck is distinctive and cX
| elusive. having no connection with the
garnishing in other parts of the dress, a
for instance, when dog collars, fame.
necklaces and throatlets arc worn.
The most distingue neck finishing!
consist of double folds of crepe lisse
ctaminc, silk gauze, and gold and silver
! tullc, canvas or muslin. These folds arr
made in white and cream. gold and sill
ver, or gold with red, pink, blue or ma
roon silk gauze arranged with it in alter
mating folds. Even velvet bands o
black or dark colors are used, so that ne
white. or very little, can show around
the neck.
Servants are plentiful in Mexico, anG
you are pretty sure TO have several de
sccndants of the Aztec kings about the
house if you hire one, for it is the rule
that the whole family accompany the
father or mother who goes out to service.
Your cook brings her husband, her chill
drcn, and pretty nearly all her relatives,
and they are fed from your table and
sleep under your roof. The husband may
be a shoemaker, or a saloon-liecpcr, or &
hackman, but he lives where his wift
works. There are usually rooms enough
in the house for them all, and the only
food they want is plenty Of beans and
what is left from your table.