The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


Dull red cloth suits are in great favor
for young ladies.
A bright red bird on 4 black or brown
bonnet is fashionable.
Green billiard cloth is much worn for
young ladies' jackets.
Walking skirts are rs long as possible
without touching the ground.
Harper county, Kansas has elected the
Widow Rice its county clerk.
White boucle plush bonncts 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 tricyces.
Persian nets and edgings come in wool
and the Angora styles, in the colors of
Persian shawls or scarfs.
Braid flounces and fronts are shown,
some of the hounces are made over
bright colors and are very snowy.
Caps, turbans or high crowned, round
hats are made to match cloth 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 coors, has achieved a 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 elaborately 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 a
/ Frenchman.
The employment of women under
! ground is prohibited i'll Great Britain;
| but the British factory inspector reports
| that 4, 4jS are at work in mining opera
! tions above ground.
The Brazilian women are free from
the shopping vice. When one happens
to want Il bonnet, the shopkeeper 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 tn n 3d.
| 600 souls. No country equals France in
/ this art, and expert artiiicers generally
! girls-can always find work at good
wages.
The long mousluctaires Of undrcssed
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.
Counting by flowers is the rule among
higher classes in Japan. If the lady
favors the suit of her adorer she leaves
an emEty vase outside the window, into
which he during the night plants pretty
flower. This is equivalent to formal
/ prOpOSa' ana 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
priled. The princess of Wales wears
some sumptuous black pearl earrings
which are the envy of the women of her
set.
IIeirlooms 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 tasses 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 a
warm olive, and dark-red and olive.
At recent marriage in OHIO the
bride, Miss Morris, wore a dress that
was imported from Paris in 1742 for a
wedding, and has been in the family
ever since, being used only on such &C.
casions. 1t was worn again in 1iIG as a
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.