The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

| Figured challlos are pretty and mex
1ensive for house wear.
Black silk mitts will be fashionable
lgain with summer dresses.
For warm weather oxford ties made
)f patent leather will be fashionable.
The sleeves of new costumes arc long
n, and more trimming is seen upon
hem.
| White serge dresses for little girls arc
trimmed with many rows of gold
braid.
Sailor hats are trimmed with scarfs,
With sometimes an addition of "quill'
feathers.
Copper thread is introduced into the
lew laccs, and is very effective, especial
y on brown dresses.
In white cashmercs, plated waists,
With belts, long pointed drapery and
tucked skirt is the rule.
Sashes of moire ribbon eight or ten
inches wide will be worn by ladies as
we'll as by children this summer.
Miss Brown, a Concord young lady
who recently graduated at Harvard, had
phenomenally high grade in tie clas-
sizes.
TIC st. Louis Century club, the lead
ny literary society of the city, has six
men and three women on its board of
directors.
Rich black dresses for summer are
made of China crepe, embroidered or
orocaded for the skirt, while the over
dress is made of lace.
Improved English walking hats have
appeared once again, little wider in
Inc brim and with less roll at the sides
Than upon the old models.
A pretty dress for child bridesmaids
is pink faille slip covered with dotted
muslin, not tied in at the waist, and the
broadcast of high Gainsboro hats of pale
pink silks with immense bows.
A rough straw round hat or small
bonnet suiting the dress in color will be
chosen for travelling. Wide ribbons,
;carfs of etamine, or many small bows of
narrower ribbons are the trimmings.
Black satin or surah dresses are eff
tectively remodeled by adding panels,
vest front and collar and cuffs of dark
red surah laid in fine plaitings, or bright
red satin yelled with black net or lace.
The 'housemaid dress" SO popular in
England, is gaining ground here. 1t is
a good dress, but its chief charm, sim
plicity, is entirely lost when it is worn
over crinolette or artificial protuberances
Of any kind.
Mrs. Langtry was the daughter of DR..
La Breton, for many years dean of the
parish of Jersey. She married Edward
Langtry, widower, who was a son of
George Langtry, the famous boat builder
of Liverpool. Mrs. Langtry first became
famous in 1877.
The Scientific american states that
plush goods and all articles dyed with
anilinc colors, faded from exposure TO
light, will look as bright as ever after
being sponged with choroform. The
commercial chloroform will answer the
purpose very well, and is less expensive
than the purified.
Trumbulls celebrated painting of the
battle of Bunker Hill and the death of
Warren has recently been produced in
chenille and silk on a sewing machine.
| There were II, 900 yards of chenille and
Sc, 600 yards of of silk used, and s, $40, =
| 900 stitches were taken. The work is
now on exhibition in Hartford.
The gold engagement bracelet is be
coming as popular as the engagement
ring. Only diamonds, rubics and pearls
are used on these bracelets The old
superstition about the pearl, that it
brings bad luck, as a wedding gift,
seems to have gone over entirely, and
now it is said that cmeralds and sap
| phires are the unfortunate" stones to
give for bridal presents, though they are
highly fashionable as gifts at any day
later or to anybody else.
Ladies in the country may be glad to
learn how to make imitation wax candles.
Purify melted tallow by throwing in
powdered quick lime, then add two
parts wax and one of talow and fine
article resembling wax will be the re-
suit. Dip the wcks in lime water and
saltpetre on making. To gallon Of
water add two ounces of saltpetre and
one-half pound of lime. 1t improves
the light and prevents the tallow from
running. When the candles are made
get out the old brass candlesticks and
candelabra and you will be in the
fashion.
The daughters of the Prince of Wales
are brought up IN the most simple man
ner, The three sisters occupy one large
bedroom, furnished very plainly; they
lead so quiet life that they are still
children, although the eldest is seven,
teen years old. They are constantly
with their mother forming a charming
group and fitting frame for her gra
cious presence. They are very distin
guished in manner, very graceful ant
extremely well educated The lives o
these five children have been passed il
simplicity that does honor to the goo.
sense of their parents.
The middle-class girls of Holland arr
certainly very pretty. They have soft
clear skins and bright compilations
They are decidedly piquant in appear
ance, much more so than their sister
over the Rhine This year the favorit
color is parrot green of various shades
which seems to suit their brown hair an,
eyes amazingly. They wear the high
crown, fashionable hat, with string o
two added. AS for the back crinOln
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