Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-01-01
NEWS ASD NOTES FOR WOMEN
Cable cord is much worn.

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Red is much worn by children this
winter.
Hoods on street wraps are much worn
in Paris.
The brooch or round pin is fast becom,
ing popular.
Long c'raulirs lined with sable are
being much called fol.
japanese bellies, with rich papas, order
their dresses from Paris.
Miss Laura Braden is president of the
Wash ngton, Penn, railroad.
Sealskin sacquas como in short lengths.
Some have loose pointed fronts.
Fur shoulder capes are to be worn,
nut not as fashionably as last winter.
Lemon juice and glycerine make a good
emolient for the skin in cold weather.
Solitaire diamond earrings are Almost
the only sort worn by New York ladies.
Very beautiful are soma of tHe Tlnal-
grettes made by plating silver on glass.
nsbonnets where velvet and fur are
combined, the fur must match the color
of the velvet.
The point d'Alencon founces on the
dress of the Queen Christina of Spain
cost 5000 yard.
Mrs. J, Smith, P. Mrs." is the way
the new postmistress in an Indiana town
writes her official name.
A recent bride carried her fancy for
flowers so far as 10 have a spray o.
orange blossoms on her white satin Slip
pers.
Little girls wear greot deal of red
brown, but no matter how much color
their frocks have, their stockings must
be black.
Young ladies are reviving the catogan
braids, and very young girls wear the
Gretchen braids. The fluffy bang is
also in order.
Short, jaunty jackets of rough cloths
are worn with 10 'se diagonal fronts aad
short, fitted back, trimmed with wide
braid or fur or large buttons.
Elder down is much used this winter
in lining the old fashioned Quilted skirts,
the pumpkin hoods and the old fashioned
English pelisses that are being imported.
/ A case is mentioned in which tho
practice of biting the end of silk thread
resulted in lead poisoning, the silk being
treated with sugar Of lead TO give it
weight.
The last beautiful fabric is a silken
gauze with velvet flowers brocaded on
its sheer surface The flowers are in
the colors Of nature on cream white
ground.
The employment of women under
ground is prohibited in Great Britain,
but the British factory inspector reports
that 4, 458 arc at work in mining opera
tions above ground.
Silk astrakhan cloth is one of the pret-
tiest materials used in millinery this sea-
son, and is exceedingly becoming to the
/ face. 1t is in various neutral tints be-
! side black and white.
A London belle appeared in public
recently with muif made of tigers
head, teeth and all, the same ornamented
/ with claws. This opens vast field foI
fashion in the geological line.
| The fashion of making bridal bou.
/ qucts of rare orchids is still in existence,
/ but as there is no flower more ungrace'
full and odorless, and wanting in senti-
ment, it is far from appropriate.
Amateur dressmakers arc warned to
sponge carefully the new clothes before
/ cutting, us some Of them shrink badly,
and it would utterly spoil gown to
/ have it wet in one Of our drizzly days.
Miss Virginia McAfee owns in Holmes
county one of the most prosperous plan
tations in Mississippi, which she man
ages wholly herself, and she prides her.
self on raising the finest corn crop in the
Yazoo valley.
The striped velvcts for underskirts are
in various very charming combinations
! Of colors. They are even shown i'll
some delicate tints for evening wear and
make good effects when combined with
plain silks or brocade.
Miss Clevcland's favorite flowers are
coming to the front again, pond lilies
and roses. A bouquet of pond lilies is
taken to her room every morning aud
fresh basket placed on the table at break.
fast. So says Washington writer.
Ida A. Harper is a busy woman. She
is an editorial writer on the Terre Hautc,
Ind, Nail, edits department in the
Daily EgpreyS and is assistant editor Of
the Fjreman's Magazine, the organ of the
Locomotive FiremeI's Brotherhood.
English homespun, serge and cheviot
gowns prevail to the exclusion of nearly
all others for the street and at day enter
tainmcnts These dresses are so sensi-
BILE and so attractive by reason eof their
fine fit, that they arc used alike by old
and young ladies.
The Princess Isabelle, the only sur
yiving child of the Emperor of Brazil, is
happily married to the Count d'Eu.
She is now thirty five or forty years of
age and is rather muscular in style and
disposition She has intelligence and
frmness and is often compared to Queen
Elizabeth. during the absence of tho
Emperor i'll the nited States and Eu-
rope in 1876 and 1877 she as,umed his
authority and ruled with trmness.