Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-19
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


Fancy woolens are shown in great
variety. .......
Cloth is to have quite Juror, especially
habit cloth
Some new imported vclvets are exceed
ingly gorgeous. 80
1t is said that freckles may be removed
by washing with borax.
American fashions for children lead in
every city in the world.
Metal buttons consist of fligree work
of raised or etched designs.
Imitation Chantilly laces rival the real
in grace and auty of design.
Lizards and alligators are embroidered
in fine colored silks on stockings.
Plush collars and cuffs are now intro
duced on many of the foulard jackets.
The long fur boas are likely to be as
much worn this winter as they were last.
Some of the ladies returning from Eu-
rope wear the old-fashioned hoop skirt.
Wool diagonals shot with two or three
gay contrasting colors are among new
goods.
Bangles made of coin Of the different
countries visited in Europe are now
popular.
A brides first choice for q wedding
gift to the groom is a rf-pin of sim
gle pear shaped pearl.
Most of the ostrich feathers worn on
women's hats and bonnets come from the
ostrich farms of Australia.
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vor, because it harmonizes with both
blonde and brunette compilations.
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, who was one
of the most prolific writers of sensation
stories of her day, lett snug fortune of
$500, 900.
Egyptian lace with Persian design,
wrought in the finest silver or gold
thread upon black or white ground, is
exceedingly beautiful and effective.
Leather cord applied on an alpaca band
for protecting the bottom of dress skirts
I is novelty and is to be had in all col
ors. 1t is destined to superSede braid
bindings.
Yokes will be mu h worn by young
girls. They are plated or plain, accord
ing to the material used. Velvet, silk,
embroidered net and passemeterie are
employed for yokes..
A new style of ruching has waved
| crepe lisse edged with half-inch rectan-
gular pieces of lsse in contrasting colors,
such as cream and heliotrope, cream and
ruby, wood color and pale blue.
The field of woman's work is constant
ly charging. Saratoga has q woman
bill poster who handles the paste brush
with the skill of an expert. She in
herited the business from her husband.
The plastron may be outlined with
trimming of yak or colored silk lace,
velvet, either plain or covered, with bead
tasses, revers of watered silk, or rows of
handsome buttons, or bows Of ribbon or
satin.
Young women ell over the land are
solving the problem: "What shall we do
with our girls9" Two sisters out in
Iowa are professional paper hangers, and
during the busy season earn together
$12 day.
Collecting silver spoons is said to be
popular form of shopping with Ameri-
can ladies in Europe. Nearly every
country has a different style of spoon,
and in Great Britain every city has its
peculiar mark.
For day costumes, made with jackets
instead of vests, belts or sashes are placed
below the waist. They are cut in the
proper shape from the material in the
piece. They are sometimes used as
finish to plain bodices.
The o!d-time fashion of q seam down
the front of the bodice is revived, the
fastening being hidden under the bands
of velvet or other trimming that pass
from the point in front over the shoul-
ders to the bas lue behind.
Miss Ledhar Rhodes and Miss Cora
Smith, who are described as the 1.-TWO
most beautiful and accomplished young
ladies of Grand Forks, Dakota, are said
to be the best female marksmen in the
Territory, both at short and long range.
Russian blouses and Breton jackets
have plaits from the shoulders and
plain vests fastened at the side beneath
the blouse or jacket. Silver buttons arc
employed for trimming the Breton jacket
and constitute the chief difference be.
tween it and the Russian blouse.
New cloth trimmings in all the fash
ionable c)lors have two straight rows of
cloth connected by narrow insertion of
cashmere beads and are edged on either
side by beads. To be used with this
straight trimming is crenelated trim.
ming made in the same style
Some one desires to know how to dis
tinguish moire antique. 1t is very easy.
The ''antique" always has fold through
the centre, with duplicate effects on
either side, the watering" being very
large. Silk with several lines of water
ing and tiny waves between is moire
Franeais.
Mrs. Lydia Caldwell, of Chicago, has
invented dryer for the treatment of
damp grains, sugar, salt and other sub
stances requiring evaporation, aud also
for rendering the blood and refuse of
packing and slaughter houses market
able in the form of fertilizers or other
commodities. This gifted and euer-
getic woman is now at work on a smoke
consuming apparatus and device for
purifying an infected water supply.