The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-19
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Will yak IaCC.
Velvet or satin ribbons are worn with
satteen costumes.
Chartreusc and absinthe green harmon
izc well with black.
There arc IS, col female students in
the American colleges.
A red straw bonnet trimmed with
honcysuckles is q novelty.
A Boston woman who has invented q
corset has made so, 600 in three years.
Satin-ini<hed figured cashmere is a
very effective material and has durability.
The most distinguished beads Of the
season are those consisting of graduated
lead.
Aristocrat;c English girls play in pub
lie cricket matches, wearing faucitul uni
forms.
Chuddall, serge and nuns yelling
robes have woven borders for trim
ming.
Women are prid forty cents a day and
their board as farm laborcrs IN South
Carolina.
Canvas cloths are very fashionable,
and are very comfortable on a cool sum.
mcr day.
Awoman has asked the Belgian Jockey
club to let her ride her own horses Ill
their races.
AT some time in their lives Miss Clcvc-
land, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Hayes were
all school teachers.
The hens Of evening dresses arc often
covered with roses. the edge OF lace just
showing beneath them.
Miss Hattie 4. Paul is manager, editor,
book keeper and business manage:of the
Memphis Dli1y Srimit'r.
Mitts arc not worn with dressy cos.
tunes this summer. They arc rclcgatcd
| to house and negligcc toilets.
Double folds of canvas etaminc, in
stead OF linen collars, arc worn rs neck
lingerie with travelling suits.
1t is said that 955 farms in Iowa arc
owned by women, and that twenty dairy
farms arc managed by women.
Slippers and stockings match the toilet.
Undresscd kid slippers of the same tint
arc worn with beige costumes.
Girdlcs arc pointed at the back and
front. or have only n point in front and
loops and ends of wide ribbon at the
back.
Mrs. Bette cambridge. a daughter of
old Zach Taylor, once President of the
United States, is living at Winchester,
Va.
Queen Marguerite, OF Italy, writes SCI
cntitic 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
arc 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.
Nine golden weddings have been ccle-
bratcd in Castlcton, VT. in the last ten
wears. and all but one Of the golden
brides and grooms arc now living.
For young ladies there are unlincd
pclcrincs of still but open-wolk gauze,
sprinkled with brochc velvet flowers and
trimmed with lace coquil!cs 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 Bcncman, o sister OF the
famous Commodore Perry, is still living
at Ames; Iowa, at the age of 112. Her
heath is good and her mind vigorous
and bright.
Neck Fittings seem to have taken a
new lease of life; they are mingled with
loops of very narrow gilt braid, and
varied in many ways to meet the pre-
vailing taste of tinscl.
DR.. Arabclla kcncaly, daughter OF the
late distinguished London advocate, is
said to have Il lucrative practice in that
CITY, where her abilities command the re-
spcct of even ''thc Old practitioners"
4 bonnet with a gold frame is covered
with black lace embroidered with gold.
A full ruchc of goll-wrought lace edges
the briln, and a cluster of velvet wild
roses placed on the top forms the trim,
ming.
MIR. Young, the c%oitfcur of The Prin.
cess of Wales, begins dressing hair at
: o'clock on the morning of a drawing-
room day. So great is the anxiety t.
receive his services hat hc is engaged
weeks beforehand.