Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Drab white is the newest shade of this
color.
Red remains the dominant color of the
season.
A British officer says that such thing
as good looking Arab woman docs not
exist.
The French theory of all summer ma
terial is that they should be made up
without lining.
Gold gauze ribbon galoons are quite
new, with chess-board designs formed
of bronze beads.
Transparent bonuets of embroidered
gauzc, or gold work, arc the features
of the summer season.
A lovely evening dress is OF black lace,
with a design in gold and silver tinscl
scattered over the front, and all the rest
N lace.
There are many ways now of brighten
ing black dresses, the easiest being a
vest front in colors and lace, gathered
or beaded.
The Archduchess Maria Theresa of
Austria has passion for manufacturing
jewclry, and labors under the instruction
of a.working jeweler.
In Chicago the majority of the law re-
porters are women. There are forty en-
ployed in the city court house, and they
earn from six to fifteen dollars a week.
new style of ornamentation for black
fans consists of small etched landscapes,
with moon shining down into limpid
water and rejecting the trees in its
depths.
Paper slippers, sandals and other COW
ering for the feet are the latest form in
which paper appears in new inventions,
an Englishman having patented a system
for their manufacture.
Dress gloves have arms of applique
gauze embroidered upon net, reaching to
but not above the elbows, and finished
with a border of appliqued lace to match
and bow of satin ribbon.
The deposed empress, Eugene, goes
shopping in London when she wishes to
procure anything just like any lady of
limited means, and her mourning gown
and long Grape veil do not preserve her
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crowds of people.
The newest jacket shown by the lead
ing ladies' tailor of Fifth avenue, New
York, is of white cloth trimmed in a
crack artillery regimental braiding and
buttons, with gold soutache cord formed
Of four strands of cord, two gold and
two of dark blue-gray shade.
Charming effects are made in summer
costumes by the addition of the velvet
bodice in a modified Swiss style. These
have double points and are at the longest
part not over a quarter of yard in
ength. They may be made in any color
which is harmonious with the costume.
A pretty trimming for black costumes
8 in the little pendant balls of cut jets
which are seen among the new trimming
his season. These are sewn at intervals
Ill over the front breadths of the dress,
snd have brilliant and pretty effect
without being too heavy for summer
wear.
Shirred hats promise to be more fash
enable for garden and country uses than
tny other, and are made of colored OF
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as is most becoming. These hats com.
Dine two very essential qualities in sum.
mer hats, one of which is lightness and
the other prettiness.
A pretty and tasteful dress for young
girl may be made from unbIeached or
brown linen combined with Turkey red.
The skirt may be wholly of the Turkey
red or may be of the linen striped with
the red. The overdress and blouse waist
are of the linen, finished with the red, 6
broad red sash completing the effect Of
the costume.
High, white washing dresses, and
Others in thin, black materials or cream
nuns yelling, are made with gathered
bodices, high, belted and short-seeved
or with sleeves to the elbows. The short
sleeves are "a revival of fashion of thirty
years ago and convenient, because it adj
mits of the wear of long gloves, reach
ing above the elbows.
An exquisite little bonnet is made will
q crown composed entirely of petals o.
the white rose, while the brim is formed
of the brown green thorn-fretted stems
twisted and plated together. The fora
trimming consists of some giant migno
nette, copied to marvel from nature
and white rose or two. The back o
this bonnet is finished off with gath
cred binding of moss-colored ribbon
velvet, and the bow in front and tn
strings are of the same. A line of pal
gold lace intervenes between the PLATED
rose stems and the hair, imparting
lightness of effect that is very becoming
Gallons are still much employed, blu
with fresh varieties of combinations
Vests or jackets, capes and short visites
are entirely covered with mohair galloon
about one-third of an inch wide, put O.
lengthwise at regular intervals; one Q
the edges of the galloon is headed O
outlined with gold, the ends are fringe
ont. Arabesques or japanese pattern
are drawn over and cut out from som
other material. They are then place
over the outlines prepared and worke
on in applique, with an edging of fin
soutache all round These patterns ma
be of color differing from the mantle
matched, for instance, to the dress wit
which it is to be worn.