The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-09
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Beads around the throat is very fash
ionabc.
White Grape is somewhat worn mixed
with other materials.
Wraps trimmed with chenille have
beaded pals placed at intervals around
the throat.
1t is said there are fully 500 females in
the United States who are masquerading
in masculine garments.
The Wesleyan Female college of Geor
gia, created in 1888, was the first col
lego for women in this country.
Modelling in clay or wax is.thc fash
ionable pastime among ladies with an
abundance of elegant leisure.
Choice sprays of shaded velvet flowers
appear upon some of the most elegant
little opera bonncts from Paris.
The vote of Washington Territory was
about 1000, of which number the
women contributed perhaps one third.
A white cloth capote, with plated
crown, bound with brown velvet woven
with tiny gold loops, has large pompons
of zephyr wool.
A terra Gotta poke bonnet is lined
with old gold satin. Waves of creamy
lace and birds of iridescent plumage
form the trimming
A pretty ball dress is of lemon colore1
tulle over satin, with a few peoples
placed at intervals on it, their stalks
beng tied with large satin bow.
Bands of embroidery in silk and che
Mile are used with rich silks or velvets,
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or to outline the panels at the sides.
The heavy fancy cloth used for wraps
and for dresses has the same metallic eff
feCts reproduced in the patterns that are
seen in the richest evening brocades.
Gray or brown cloth suits, with short
wraps to match, trimmed with fur. and
turban of the same material edged
with the fur, are both sensible and sty-
fish.
Fancy aprons are now fashionable for
home wear. Many are made of sheer
white swiss, with the single pocket placed
on one side, trimmed with large satin
bow.
Since the beginning of the organized
female suffrage agitation in England, in
1870, the official records show that &c.,
35l petitions, bearing 2,542, 1862 sigma
lures have been presented to parliament.
n most charming toilet, recently i'm
ported, is made of moonlight tulle,
studded all over with tiny silver loops
woven into the tissue, and through each
of which is passed the stem of a wood
violet in velvet.
GLOW do you braid your hair so
nicely!' queried gentleman who was
visiting a lady friend. son. broke in
her cniant terrible sister. "shc takes it
of and ties tie knot to the gas chande-
lier and fuses over two hours every
morning.
Ancvcnng dress is of silver blue bro
caded in forgct-me- The train is
full and round, the neck is cut low to the
shoulders, and the sleeves short. Over
this is drapery of silver gauzc caught
high on the left side by cluster of for
get.menots.
A pretty evening dress for young
lady is of pear white satin, over which
falls a drapery of tulle caught nigh on
one side by cluster of Nlargucrites. The
jardiniere of the same dainty flowers,
which passes about the skirt, is an odd
but becoming bitof garnture.
Among the handsomcst of the satin
roncs are those which are embroidered on
one edge of the material with graduated
patterns about half a yard in depth and
the edge prepared for being cut in
squares, points or scallops in the manner
now in vogue for dress skirts as we'll as
for the skirt and waist draperics.
The Turkish woman is superstitious in
the extreme. She believes in charms.
She will not live an hour bereft Of her
thrce-cornered bit of leather which en-
closes the mystic phrase that is potent
to ward off the evil eye. She distru3ts
Tuesday as the mother of ill-luck, and
will not celebrate the birthday anniver-
saries of her children, or even record the
date, lest some magician use it to cast a
spell against the child.
In Northern Siberia, if young native
desires to marry. he goes to the father
of the girl of his choice, and price is
agreed upon, one half of which is then
paid down. The prospective son-in-law
at once takes up his residence with tho
family of his lady love, and resides with
them year. If at the end of year he
still desires to marry the girl re can pay
the other half, and they are married on
the next visit of the priest. If he does
not want to marry he need not, and sim
ply loses the half he paid at the start.
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