The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-04
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

DOCK.
fashionable ladies in Paris now wear
short silk socks instead of stockings.
Narrow colored ribbons round the
neck are very pretty caprice of fashion.
Bustles have probably reached their
maximum in size for at least six months
to come.
Green in various subdued shades is a
leading color in fall and early winter
fashions.
The small capote, with a high crown
dressily trimmed, is the favorite head
gear for visiting.
For evening wear and garden party
toilets young ladies wear one small tuft
of natural flowers in the hair and another
on the shoulder.
Very fine silk tulle wells are now to be
procured in every color; instead of the
thick dots they are ornamented with
small woven-in rings.
The only woman railroad official in
this country is Miss Laura Braden, treas
urer of the Washington and Waynes-
burg railroad, in Pennsylvania.
The great banking house of the Roths.
childs at London, employs mainly
women, claiming that they are more re-
liable and accurate in their work than
men.
The latest thing in parasols are covers
of printed handkerchiefs with heraldic
patterns. so laid over one another that
the points fit in exactly between each
other.
Blouse waists, with their brood gimps
and fancy trimmings, have been the
means of again bringing into fashion
large embroidered collars. These are
executed in Venetian embroidery.
In Garfield county, Colorado, there are
1877 unmarried men and only sixty eight
unmarried women. The Glenwood Echo
says; ''We are go girls short here, and
we want all the girls to know it."
Gloves are not worn so soiled this sea-
son as they were last, and there is q dis
position to revert to French kid, after
course of Suede. In beige and the
shades of fawn so popular now the former
look we'll.
The women of Thibet, who are per-
mitted to wear any color except green,
purchase corals and pearls to ornament
their eaddresses, which are the most
costly part OF their attire, and alone not
unfrequently costs So, 900.
Neapolitan straw bonnets are liked
because of their GOODNESS and lightness,
and are shown in black, beaded with
small lead beads, and trimmed along the
brim with pink or yellow roses that are
yelled with Chantilly lace.
In many English factories the girls are
robust as young athletes. An r. A.
once declared that he never found such
splendid physical development as among
the factory girls in the sums of Stepney.
They work hard all day and spend all
their leisure in the open air.
The tendency to make waist and
sleeves of different material is more
and more manifest. For instance, in
satin and lace costume, the bodice was
satin and the sleeves were lace. Another,
velvet and wool, had the bodice OF
wooden material and velvet sleeves.
Braided piques are new this season,
and are much liked for Young ladies.
The braiding is narrow Hercules or wide
soutachc braid, covers the flat front and
sides of the dress, the vest, the cuffs and
the collar. The tail of the short basque
may or may not be braided, it is purely
a matter of fancy.
A new fashion is just beginning in
Paris. The trimmings of the high hats
are all to be placed at the back, and the
effect is just as though the hat had been
put On with the back to the front. A
whole cascade of feathers is thus placed
on some of the hats, with the curly tips
just showing from front view. Or else
it is a shower of loops in MORE ribbon
that falls from the crown to the very
edge of the brim at the back, with few
drops from the shower hanging in front.
In Germany a servant has one Sunday
out every two weeks. There is an un-
derstood hour for her to come home, and
if she stays out later she loses her next
Sunday holiday. Her pay is never more
than $50 year, and in some families is
only $12. When there is dispute be-
tween mistress and maid, it is settled by
the police. But one servant IS usually
kept, and the work is hard, but the
washing is done outside, and pies, cakes,
bread, ETC., are bought.
An old style revived is the initial cuff
, button. The new buttons are an i'm
provement on the old-time button with
its staring single letter. The new styles
are unobstrusive and present bewilder
ing variety from which to select. There
are buttons with old English, script,
block stitched and engraved initials
monograms intricate and graceful in
their interviewer traceries, and last, but
by no means least, crests and coats-o Of
arms.
A peculiar custom in the Cape Verde
islands is noted by recent visitor there.
His hostess was smoking a cigarette,
when suddenly she drew it from her lips
j and offered it to him. Though some
what startled he accepted it with the
best grace that he could command, and
upon subsequent inquiry found that it
was considered among the islanders
one of the greatest compliments a lady