The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


Silk muslin is novelty in black
goods.
1t takes $500 women to nurse the
English sick.
Black and cinnamon brown are fash
ionable colors in tule.
Black hats and bonnets will be trimmed
with white TO be very stylish.
Shoulder capes for young ladies have
the fronts extended like a mantle.
Large metal buttons, cut in fanciful
figures, are much used on coats and Jack
cts.
Mrs. Garfeld's fondness for horses is
only exceeded by her love for her chill
dren.
Ten thousand five hundred women bind
English books and ., 302 assist in printing
them.
Black India camel's hair wraps, with
figures in outline, are worn by elderly
ladies.
Jackets are uniformly lined or faced
with silk, the buttons alone being orna-
mental
For pertaining costumes orris roots
ouo 'iOIoO o"ChOI pO"uClo aO eIll
fashionable.
Rich colored surahs in Roman plaids
are combined with dark shades of vel
veteen for young girls wear.
Many hats and bonnetI are trimmed
with gold and silver braid, and all sorts
OF gold decorative objects are also in use.
Polonaises aud basques divide popular
favor almost evenly, the latter displaying
an unusual variety in style and ornamen-
tation.
Beige and blue will be very fashion
able; it is seen in combination in the
new striped cancels hair cloths and the
sanglicr cloths.
Among the new thin stuffs are very
transparent buntings strewn with small
flowers embroidered in tapestry stitched
with silk and gold.
In cotton vailings or colored cheese
cloths there is great choice in color.
Light yellow and delicate heliotrope
are particularly noticeable.
Some black cashmere suits have plain
stuff skirts in simple style, kits pre-
ferred, with atastefully looped polonaise
of cashmere broche worn over them.
1t is stated that poplin will be very
fashionable in London. 1t is probably
due to the fact that the Princess Bea-
trice's wedding dress is of this material.
There are six sisters residing near
Salisbury, Nd, whose aggregate weight
is 1,116 pounds, an average of 1856
pounds. The largest weighs 2l6 pounds.
The fastest fashion edict is that the
basque must not be of a color different
from that of the skirt, as such a combi-
nation isnow considered execrabe taste.
Mile. Nevada was the recipient at San
Francisco the other night of s., 600 in
five dollar gold pieces, the gift of former
schoolmates aid companions at the Mills
seminary.
In Paris the mania for matching things
is carried TO extremes. Thus, if one has
a dress trimmed with blue, blue hand
kerchicfis carried with it: if one trimmed
with red, red handkerchief.
A bride in Indiana, after the con-
clusion of the marriage ceremony, step
ped gracefully forward and requested
the clergyman to give out the hymn
'This is the way long have sought"
1t is said prominent ocuist has de-
clared that tinsel spotted wells, dotted
tulle, ETC., worn over the eyes produce
giddness, imperfect and uncertain
vision, opthalmia, and in some cases to-
tai blindness.
The custom is extending. writes a
Paris gossip in the Newark Advertiser, of
decorating rooms by strewing roses on
the furniture, bedding, floors, etc. In
France that practice was common under
Charles VIII.
Broad cashmere scarfs are a novelty in
shawls. These are in attractive shades,
with fringe of fine, soft, white wool in
its natural state. This wool has the ap.
pearance of Melted wool chenille fringe,
but is much softer than that material.
Not Trace.
DR.. D. F. Pennington, D. d. s., $50
West Fayette street, Baltimore, Mary
land, states that he has personally used
the Red Star Cough Cure. and in his fam
lily has found it a prompt and sure rem
edy for coughs and colds. No bad re-
suits of other cough remedies. Not a
trace of opium or morphia.
, An exchange asks: "Does darying
payl" Judging from the strong, healthy
condition of our boarding house butter,
We should think it did pay big per