Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN


for young ladies.
A bright red bird on black or brown
bonnet is fashionable.
Green billiard cloth is much worn fol
young ladies' jackets.
Walking skirts are as long as possible
without touching the ground.
Harper county, Kansas, has elected the
Widow Rice its county clerk.
White boucle plush bonnets are the
novelty for dress hats this winter.
The newest imported dresses are no
table for the plainness and simplicity Of
their designs.
A young married couple in Hungary
recently made their wedding tour, long
one, on tricycles.
Persian nets and edgings come in wool
aud the Angora styles, in the colors OF
Persian shawls or scarfs.
Braid founces and fronts are shown;
some of the tlounces are made over
bright colors and are very snowy.
Caps, turbans or high-crowned, round
hats are made to match Goth suits, or
merely to correspond with the coat.
The interesting fact has just leaked
out that Georgia chartered, built and
conducted the first female college in the
world.
The fallle and Jersey silks are remark
ably satisfactory, and the latter, both in
black and colors, has achieved most
/ wonderful success.
Some women cling to their own houses
like the honeysuckle over the door, and,
like it, sweeten all the region with the
subtle fragrance of their goodness.
Cloak clasps are very beautiful in de.
signs, some being made of the teeth of
animals and all the metals are levied
upon to contribute to their beauty and
, durability.
Furs were never so deliberately pre-
pared as this season, and it will require
all the promise of the times to meet the
| bills, should madame follow the extreme
of fashion.
A new sect has sprung up in Canada
whose doctrine is that women have no
souls, because the Bible nowhere men
tions women angels. The leader is
Frenchman.
The employment of women under
ground is prohibited in Great Britain;
but the British factory inspector reports
that A, ass are at work in mining opera
tions above ground.
The Brazilian women are free from
the shopping vice. When one happens
to want a bonnet, the shopkeepcr sends
to her house box full of the latest
Partisan styles and she selects what she
wants.
The army of artificial flower makers in
Paris is said to number not less than 3d.
900 souls. No country equals France in
this art, and expert artifcers-generally
girls-can always find work at good
wages.
The long mousquetaires Of undressed
kid are seen in almost every color, and
must match the costumes with which
they are worn. The ''tyrol" stitching
on the back, although of the same
shade, has the effect of making the
hand more slender.
Courting by flowers is the rule among
higher classes in Japan. If the lady
favors the suit of her adorer she leaves
an empty vase outside the window, into
which he during the night plants pretty
flower. This is equivalent to a formal
proposal and acceptance.
Black pearls are becoming and very
beautiful when set with diamonds to
show off their brilliancy. AS they are
very rare and expensive they are highly
prized. The princess of Wales wears
some sumptuous black pearl earrings
which are the envy of the women OF her
set.
Heirlooms are being brought into use
again, if they happen to be beautiful
Jewels Topazes of various colors and
settings which were favorite jewels in
our grandmothers' and even great
grandmothers' days are to be worn
again. The yellow topaz and the rich
dark burnt topaz are both very pretty
when set with diamonds or pearls.
Stockings are very gay. The gold en-
broidered and beaded roses and lilies OF
the present new styles have tiny droop-
ing tassels of silk and fine beads; in
Others the artistic mingling of colors has
never been surpassed in harmonious
blendings of pale olive, brown and blue,
brown and wine color, flesh color and q
warm olive, and dark-red and olive.
At recent marriage in Ohio the
bride, a Miss Morris, wore dress that
was imported from Paris in 1742 for a
wedding, and has been in the family
ever since, being used only on such oc-
ca>ions. 1t was worn again in 1776 as
wedding dress, but not again till the
other day, when Miss Morris donned it.
Not stitch has been altered or added to
it. and it is in almost as good condition
as when new.