Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

WOODEN grenallne parasOls are trlInmeu
with yak lace.
4 Velvet or satin ribbons are worn with
satteen costumes.
Chartreuse ndabsinthe green harmon
ize we'll with black.
There are 1861 female students in
the American colleges.
A red straw bonnet trimmed with
I honeysuckles is a novelty.
A Boston woman who has invented a
corset has made $50, 600 in three years.
Satin-fnished figured cashmere is a
very effective material and has durability
The most distinguished beads of the
season are those consisting of granulated
lead.
Aristocratic English girls play in pub
lie cricket matches, wearing fauciful uni
forms.
Chuddah, serge and nuns yelling
robes have woven borders for trim
ming.
Women are paid forty cents day and
their board as farm laborers in South
Carolina.
Canvas cloths are very fashionable,
and are very comfortable on a cool sum.
mer day.
A woman has asked the Belgian Jockey
club to let her ride her own horses in
their races.
At some time in their lives Miss Cleve-
land, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Hayes were
all school teachers.
The hens of evening dresses are often
covered with roses. the edge of lace just
showing beneath them.
Miss Hattie A. Paul is manager, editor,
book keeper and business manager of the
Memphis Daily Scimitcr.
NIitts are not worn with dressy cos
tunes this summer. They are relegated
to house and negligee toilets.
Double folds of canvas etamine, in
stead of linen collars, are worn as neck
lingerie with travelling suits.
1t is said that 955 farms in Iowa are
owned by women, and that twenty dairy
farms are managed by women.
Slippers and stockings match the toilet.
Undressed kid slippers of the same tint
are worn with beige costumes.
Girdles are pointed at the back and
front, or have only point in front and
loops and ends of wide ribbon at the
back.
Mrs. Bette cambridge, daughter of
old Zach Taylor, once President of the
United States, is living at Winchester,
Va.
Queen Marguerite, of Italy, writes sci
entific essays and dramatic criticisms,
and, what is more, accepts vulgar cash
for them.
Tussore and Arab silks in the natural
color have tiny satin figures. They are
used in combination with plain silk and
are very effective.
A collector of the curious announces
that Mary continues the favorite name
for girls, Anna comes second, Elizabeth
is third, Laura is fourth.
Mrs. Garfield is worth $500, 00O from
which she gets an income of $40, 900 a
year. Beside this she enjoys pension
of s., 600 from Congress.
The mails at Lincolnton, N. c., are
handled by three women-Miss Mamie
Hoke, the nowly-appointed postmaster,
and her two female assistants.
Nine golden weddings have been cele-
brated in Castleton, VT, in the last ten
years. and all but one of the golden
brides and grooms are now living.
For young ladies there are unlined
nn1ors,,oc IF 81 ~ l,,+
sprinkled with broche velvet flowers and
trimmed with lace coquillcs and strings
of beads.
A pair of the finest black eyes did not
satisfy Miss Casey of Iowa, and in trying
to turn them blue by means of chemicals
she has ruined both their usefulness and
beauty.
Mrs. Mary Beneman, a sister of the
famous Commodore Perry, is still living
at Ames, Iowa, at the age of 112. Her
health is good and her mind vigorous
and bright.
Neck frillings seem to have taken a
new lease of life; they are mingled with
loops of very narrow gilt braid, and
varied in many ways to meet the pre-
vailing taste of tinsel.
DR.. Arabella Kcnealy, daughter of the
late distinguished London advocate, is
said to have lucrative practice in that
city, where her abilities command the re-
spect of even "the old practitioners"
A bonnet with gold frame is covered
with black lace embroidered with gold.
A full ruche of goldwrought lace edges
the briln, and cluster of velvet wild
roses placed on the top forms the trim"
ming.
Mr.. Young, the coiffeur of the Prin.
cess of Wales, begins dressing hair at
o'clock on the morning of a drawing
room day. So great is the anxiety to
receive his services that he is engaged
weeks beforehand.