Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-30
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOVEN

2p4AIS sSAeSNS NtS A0sSty IL SOASA 49,
texture.
English brides now wear moon stone
for luck.
In the English civil servicee there ar
$3.50 women clerks.
Sixty-four women engrav ers earn thei
livelihood in England.
The marchioness of Lorne is an invet
crate cigarette smoker.
Bright purple thistles are seen or
many of the round straw hats.
Two nieces Of President Cleveland
teach in the public schools of Peoria,
I'll.
Young ladies on the eve of marriage
in some regions, now give ''spinste'
dinners"
From three to six dozen medium sized
buttons are used to decorate many of ths
spring costumes.
The new and very gaudy six hand
kerchiefs are utilized as vests for many
of thesspring gowns.
All repped silks are in high favor this
season, especially what is called gros
failic, with tiattened reps.
Fine tapestry recovered furniture ii
again coming TO the front, and the de
mand FOR plush is decreasing.
Polonaises and basques divide popular
favor almost evenly, the latter displaying
an unusual variety in style and ornameD
tation
Embroidered srrahs are seen in all
over patterns If gay figure on
quiet ground, which may be either light
OF dark.
Miss Alice T. Freeman. the president
Of Wellesley college, was graduated
there In 1876, aud Is only twenty eight
years DID,
Widows OF men who have died in the
railroad service In Austria are employed
At from $l5 10 $50 per month in the
railway Offices.
The Turkish woman always carries on
her person a three-colored bit Of leather,
which cncloses the mystic phrase that is
potent to ward oil the evil one.
The most approved back drapery is
so arranged as TO fail high in series OF
pulls. and thence to sweep in straight,
heavy lines to the foot of the skirt.
One of the rich single women in New
York receives several offers of marriage
by post every week. and doubtless most
Of the others arc honored in simila'
manner.
1t is estimated that the grand balls
given by the president of the French re-
public cost from $i5, 900 to $4,000
each About 5000 guests attend each
of these balls; of which two are given
every year.
A girl who is teaching in Colorado
writes home as follows II have forty
scholars of all ages. and teach almost
everything grammar, history, pnysi-
ology, mathematics, manners. morals,
common sense personal cleanliness,
fancy work, and general civilization.
Instead Of severely plain bands or folds
for trimming skirts there are now van
dykes, escallops of leaf points on the up
per edge, while other folds have open
ings or Sits cut at intervals, and through
these are drawn gilt or silver braid.
Tucks are more used than at any previ.
Gus season; and these are decorated with
braid, stitching or . piping on the lower
edge.
The little so-called dog collars, intro
duced so long since, are now more pop
ular than ever. and are almost univer-
sally worn All sorts of fancies are in
dnlgci in. from simple velvet ribon
knotted around tho neck. when the cor
sage il not very high, 10 several rows Of
pearls. A flexible chain-worlS OF silver
repetitions of ancient coins linked
together 70 form q band-silver daisies
fastened to black velvet ribbon.
Many slender young ladies wear sashes
in Oriental fashion, carried loosely around
tho waist and knotted at one side, the
ends Of unequal length: or, again. they
are draped as paniers, while another
method of arranging these scarfs is to
gather the ends Of two lengths of silk
under the broach at the throat. let it fall
blouse style to the waist, where it should
be confined with clasp Of some de-
scrilai0n. the remaining portions being
caught up as panicrs over the hips
A pretty way to make walking skirt
Of nnratterned goods IN serge. ehcviot
or ottoman cloth. is to arralge the trim
ming In FIVE fiat plaitS, separated bv
broad panels, on which are placed FIVE
rows Of velvet ribbon, half an inch wide
and tliat distance apart This forms the
trout 81 the skirt. and the tnnic. b0r-
descd with 4 like number Of velvet
bands IS draped above. the long. wide
ends forming waterfall back, which is
not trimmed. but simply hemmed st the
bottom.
Agreeable - Evexvbody.