Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-28


mourning
Some fair Parizians powder their hair
for full dress
Everything Japanese and East Indian
is in fashion
Black and white siIkhoss IN pin checks
are imported
Dotted muzlins are much worn By
girls IN their teens
Short high draperies are Is fashionable
as full long draPing-
The Michigan knights Of Labor have
declared for female Suffrage
Mrs Robert Goslet, Of New York, has
an income of $500 day
The Spanish combination Of black and
scarlet plays an important parts in tennis
costumes.
Kilt-pleated skirts are f.rhiunable. but
the pleats must be either extremely wide
or very narrow
Rough straw hats having the brims
rolled up In the back and on the left side
are worn by young ladies and misses.
White nainsook dresses profuselF
trimmed with Vslenciennes lace are the
favorite dresses for young women this
summer
The correspondents are pr2ising Mrs
CIeveIand7s manner of shaking hands.
This IS probably the reason why she has
obtained such grip On Washington So
eiety-
New French tea gowns show com
bination of pale-tinted heliOtrOpe surah
and sea-shelI pink-sstin foulard, bro
caded with silver leaves and tender green
buds
A new employment for women is the
inlay of furniture with ivory and other,
forms of m4rquesry- WOman's delicacy
Of touch is said to be particularly desira-
Die In this business =
The sarcasm of destiny has been Illus
trated in the West A Dakota man BY
the name of Rose gave his daughter the
name of Wild, that she might be called
the Wild Rose of the prairie; but she
ran away with q man by the name of Bull
The other day, and the name is terror to
the inhabitants
The female lace-mskers Of Saxony are
xretchedIy undergrad, the best of them
not being able to mske more than about
sixty cents week And vet great many
sasy-going prosperous people in Saxony
ire surprised at the sndacity of these
poor artisans in Presuming to complain,
md call them Anarchists
The long travelling cloak in use on the
sther side this summer Is the nuns pc
isse of serge, pOngee, or POplin, gathered
about the neck, with on without q hood,
and with sleeves that are either very long
md quite wide or only half long This
pelisse may be lined with self-coloredl
lr bright silks. striped OF plain, or made
with felIed seams and unlined-
A rzttlesnake got In front of a NOW.
ing machine in St Joseph, Indiana, So
the newspapers Of that State allege, and
was cut into three pieces When Mrs.
Ronck, who WAS raking hay. came up
where 1T Was the head still had life
enough to bite her, and the Jaws had to
be torn spert to remove the fangs Mrs.
Ronck came near dying Some women,
would have died outright
The lightweight wooden goods thu.
are quite soft to the touch and drape so
sharminsly are becoming general favor
ties for summer wear They are exceed
ingly servicezble, and in the excellent
eolorfngs IN which they are manufactured
thew are adapted for ssall sorts of wind
and weather" The tyranny of stiffiy
starched cambria and Pique Is happily
over, and the change from the heavily
weighted cotton fabrics TO the delicate
wooIens Is delightful to the behOlder as
we'll as to the wearer-
Most people have heard = great deal
about marriage customs IN France, but
probably not many foreigners are aware
that French officer Is not allowed to
marry unless the lady of his choice pos
sesses sufficient capital to guarantee an
annual income of ], 200 francs GS9sO) a
year This Is the minimum value that
the Ministry Of War sets upon an officer
in the matrimOnial market Another
condition IS that the lady shall be of un-
bIemTshed character There Is a prop
ositiOn under consideration to increase
the minimum income on which an officer
Is allowed to marry
The furOre for stripes aeems to increase
rather than diminish, and some of the
latest novelties in this style present as
many varied hues rs Iris herself Most
of the goods look rather pronounced and
dashy by themselves. but combined with
seIf-coI0red frahrics, produce an effect
which Is neither vulgar nor conspicuou--
Skirts aud WsiEtoosts made Of fancy
striped goods are worn under tunics and
open jackets Of mOzOchTome fabrics, and
if well blended agreeably relieve the
monotOny. which 4 dress of one color
often produces Nevertheless, the taste
of a large class Of ladies lies In the direc-
ton of the latter stTle-
The character Of the summer silk of
to-day has quite changed from that Of a
few yesrsa go- Then the single materials
were still In use Dresses were not over
Laid or made double. as now nor so
generally combined to form the trimming.
The summer silk IN small check or hair
stripe WAS standard fabric; very light in
weight, very much rufasd las was the
fashion in those days. and the rufiies
often bound with color to give bright
ness and character summer silks Of
this kind have disappeared or are dis
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