Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-03-17
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


PLUM color and yellow are being com
bined.
Velvet-surfaced waterproof garment
are seen.
Red satin rain umbrellas are the latcs
Partisan novelty.
On the new parasols a ribbon bow i
tied just under the handle,
Full skirts and round waists are tn,
features of little girls frocks,
Eastern cmbroidcries are used in trim.
ming rich bonnets and gowns.
A Philadelphia belle has been par.
alyzed by the Use Of cosmetics.
Purled edges on ribbons have entirely
superseded the straight edges.
Jewelled pins confne small punches Of
flowers to shoulders or corsage.
Embroidery dccorates the new cotton
thin goods in "all-over" designs.
Railroad cloth is very stylish for tight,
fitting jackets as we'll az for loose wraps,
Collars and dresses are higher than
ever and cut perfectly straight on the
edge.
Az fashionable german the favon
were real canary birds in pretty little
cages,
A philanthropic young womah in Bos,
ton has opened bathing establishment
for dogs.
Photographs of Mrs. Logan are said to
be more in demand than those of hcI
husband.
Mrs. Langtry's set Of Russian sable i,
worth So, 000 The skins of which it is
composed were collected during period
of many years.
To keep pace with the collars, belts OF
Jet are shown, and now comes silver in
many varieties.
Straw turbats are trimmed with velvet,
and some of the high crowned straw
hats have no other trimming than feath,
ers posed in front.
Bureau covers como with the ends
deliberately embroidered, and finished
with knottcd fringe.
Matador jackets of jet grenadint
edged with good sized beads with collar
to match are effective.
Hats in New York are said to be really
stylish only when they are half yard
high from the brim to the crown.
New woolens come with canvas-wovcn
grounds, OIL which are stripes, bars and
figures Of boucle velvet and plush.
A bonnet with soft crown of Turkish
embroidery has the brim covered with
tiny tassels of beads, which fall over the
hair and givea soft effect to the face.
Miss Jennie L. Burton, for several
years deputy clerk Of Adams county,
Nebraska, has removed to Washington
and opened a pension claim agency,
The comfortable walking or house shoe
for ladies' no longer young is the "nun's"
or "sister's shoe" of fine, soft kid, laced
over the instep and having low heels.
Miss Alice Garner, a student of Ncwn
ham Hall, Cambridge, England, has
been elected out of twenty candidates
professor of history In Bedford college,
London.
A young woman fills the position of
baggage mistress, station agent and tel
egraph operator at Chestervillc, Ill.,, and
in addition finds time to run a lumber
yard and dairy.
The retort courteous: He (after pro-
posing and being rejected -" Isuppcse in
the end you will be marrying some idiot
of fellow" She breaking iM-"Excuse
me, if meant to do that l should have
accepted your offer"
Peruvian women are not beautiful,
though many are very pretty. They all
have glorious black eyes and they know
how to use them on the gentlemen. They
are all very dark. and Northcner with
blonde hair and fair complexion is looked
upon as something of a curiosity.
The wife of Johann Strauss possesses
very curious fan which no money could
buy, being ornamcntcd with autographs
of the most celebrated artists in Europe.
The painter Munkacsy has just painted
upon IL minialuic ohc'Ch vi HIS Blca'
picture, "The Last Day of Mozart
The language of sealing-waX promises
to supplant that of flowers. Red wax
must be used for business only, black
wax for mourning, and blue to signify
love. Five tints are made to express all
the graduations of passion. Pink wax is
for congratulations, and white is for
weddings and ball invitations.
AT Miss Gladstone's wedding the Prin.
cess of Wales wore costume of dove
gray cloth and plush with the jacket
trimmed with chinchilla The gray plush
bonnet was trimmed with "asscs' cars"
lined with gray satin, and the wide gray
satin strings were tied in bow fastened
firmly at either side the bonnet.