The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-03
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

shoulders.
Stringless bonnets are worn by youth
full women only.
Black grCnadine armures have large
designs woven with cut jet.
The fine embroiderics on fine bonnet
arc marvcls of artistic work.
Gallons are still much employed, bu
with fresh varieties of combinations.
Pekin satins in all colors and combi
nations arc used for millinery purposes
Purl lace an American manufacture
forms one of the handsomest of the many
lace covers.
Miss Cleveland writes her compositions
with gold pen. Her manuscripts arc
very neat and her writing is lcgiblc.
The salary of q lady-in- waiting
Queen Victoria is said to be never les
than $50 per week Oftencr it reaches
$75.
Miss Cham berlain, the American
beauty who has had London at her feet
for three seasons, is said to be losing
ground.
Golden flower vases, three feet six
inches in height, have recently been made
at the Japanese mint for the 'Empcror's
palace.
The bridal gift of California man tc
his daughter was spirited horse, in tho
FIRST riding of which she was thrown and
killed.
The Moravian Seminary for young
ladies at Bethlehem, Pa, will be 100
years old next October. The occasion
will be properly commcmoracd.
Something entirely new in a colorcd
beaded trimming is called ''rose opal
The effect when combined with pearl
color is lovely. it rctails at 80 a yard.
A handsome dress is of smoke -colored
silk and velvet with short velvet man
tle, and a still more effective gray dress
is of satin with II frise velvet front and q
mantle bordered with chenille tongue
fringe.
Embroideries are selected even more
than laces this season for trimming sum-
mer dresses. There are navy blue goods
embroidered in red and white effects.
cardinal grounds embroidered in red
and black and white, and others in olive
and brown.
Miss Mary Kng-Kin Yamci-was
graduated at the womcu's medical college
of the New Y orl intirmary recently. She
"a degree of NJ. y. in this country. She
is the adopted daughter Of DR.. King,
who was for many years a missionary in
China.
A Russian illustrated paper represents
"a number of young women seated at q
table, each examining meat for trichinP.
lit is stated that women make eticiont
microscopists. Last year they examined
&c., $50 carcasses. The diseased meat is
at once destroyed.
Since 1870, women have been admitted
to universities in Sweden, Norway,
Russia, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and
France. At st. Petersburg, in 1892,
NINETY nine young women were given
degrees in the literary and historical de
Ipartment, and siXtyfour in the scientific
department.
The most fashionable white cloth
dresses are made with vest, and several
rows of narrow gold cord or fiat braid
ing, or are gold embroidered to emulate
vest, cuffs and high collar and some
times in designs also round or pyramidal
upon the lower front of the skirt, which
lis laid in clustered plaits and has hip
and back drapery closely laid and mod,
crate in size.
A bodice of a new shape, which is in
great favor for summer dresses, has, both
in front and at the back, plastron fin
ishcd into point, made of some Other
material than that employed for the
bodice, and striped or otherwise; this is
an excellent combination for charging OF
frcshening up bodices of a former sea.
son. For dinner or evening dress the
front plastron alone may be cut low.
A few seasons ago an English duchess,
whose way is to 90 ahead in pleasure
went to try her luck at the Monaco tables,
where she soon got TO the bottom of hel
purse She went to the director to ask
for loan, offering pair of earrings with
solitaire diamonds as a pledge. "We
don't take Cages" was the answer. "Oui
terms are cash, and nobody is trusted
But am the Duchess Of said IIei
Grace That doesn't matter so many
duchesses come here who want to Dor
row."
Lovely materials are plenty this season
and some that are not at all expensive
Chief among these are the fine, sof
woolcns that make up into such daint,
dresses, are as cool as muslin almost, We
stand wear and exposure without ute
collapse. In black. over silk skirt, the,
are useful for church wear in the coun
try, and take the place Of more expen
sive grcnadine. In light coors they ar
suitable for indoors and for girls boil
day and evening, and with sash or
little satin ribbon can be made dress
enough for evening wear. The film
wooden laces, 50 delicate yet strong, ar
too expensive for ordinary wear bu
they suggest charming possibilities il
connection with these pretty materials
glitter.
Mexican Erayeyard