The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-07-08
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Yak and Chantilly lacetake precedence
for trimming. I
Cut glass beads serve as a finish fol-
neck and sleeves.
Satccn, alpaca and silk arc used for
foundation skirts. -.
The ribbons with pompon and fancy
edges ore most favored.
Lavender and white are worn for deep
mourning for house. dresses.
Plaid surah and foulard are combined
with tartan plaid of the same materials.
The daughter of James C. Flood is
said to be the richest heircss in Cali
fornia.
Miss Ella Harker, of Springfield, Ohio
slipped on banana peel and had both
arms broken by the fall.
The reigning beauty of Paris is said to
be an American young lady, the daughter
of Senator Mitchell. of Oregon.
A new black wood bead is less bril-
liant than jet, and is called .jais Jois. 1t
is extensively used for trimming.
Some very stylish gray wool dresses
dave been made recently, the embroidery
being executed with oxidized silver
cord.
Skv-bluc is never out of fashion. The
new blues have grayish tint, although
the latest variation of this color is as dark
as sapphire.
Yellow and mauve are used together,
but the yellow, closely described, is really
o golden maize, aad the mauvc has in it
faint flush of red., y
Mrs. Buckingham, the richest woman
fruit-farmer in California, has an orchard
mile long, with row after row of pear,
cherry, peach and apricot trees.
Cloth overdresses of indigo blue, lead
gray, Indian red or. licorice brown have
the skirts made of pearl or cream white,
fawn color or 6eurie trais woollen mate
rial.
Anna Perkins, the Cleveland champion
of the DR.. Mary Walker costume, chal-
lenges any lady who criticiscs her CO.'S
tune to public debate on the trouser
question.
The "Muscovitc" bodice, with sleeves
rather large and drawn in about the waist
bay band buttoning on the outside, is
seen in many of the imported walking
costumes.
White batis.e collars and cuffs, with
printed borders in red and blue, with
nainsook cravat having an embroidered
design on the ends of the bow, are worn
with walking Tunes
As lace dresses are as much worn this
season as last, silks no longer in their
first youth form excellent foundations
for them. Beaded piastrons. tablierS
and panels complete these rich toilets.
Plain jackets corresponding in color to
the dress and edged with wooden beads
or fine braided pattern are worn by
young girls. When4of stockinctte there
is usually full front of soft silk which
is bordered by tiny acorns in jais bois.
Miss Suzanne Bancroft, granddaughter
of Mr.. George Bancroft, the historian, is
one of the most attractive and admired
among the society ladies of Washington.
lnlS NtClc DTuneGCc IS euuO"tu Will
wonderful beauty and an unusually grace
full figure.
Dresses for young girls are made Of
broad and narrow striped materials. The
plain skirts are of the broad stl pes, and
the long draperies and bodice are of the
narrow ones, with 4llar and cuffs of the
broad. In two shat these dresses are ne
quite e =. n Z :
Miss Mizpah Brecsinridge, the daugh.
ter of Congressman w c. p, Breck,
inridge, of Kentucky, who is study.
ing law and will llieventually practice
with her father, is described as beautiful
young lady. with large, brown eyes and 6
bent for the studysof intricate subjects.
At recent fancy dress ball in st.
Louis a young lady attracted great at,
tention by appearing in costume in
tended to represent d hornet Her dress
was of black satin. barred with yellow
velvet, and she wore. wings of silver
cauzc which auttered with every move.
ment.