News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-02
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

High coiffures are probably moribund.
Pink pearl ornaments are in high fash
ion.
Canvas-black, of course-is worn for
mourning.
Some fair Parisians powder their hair
for full dress.
Everything japanese and East Indian
is in fashion.
Black and white silk hose in pin checks
are imported.
Dotted muslins are much worn by
girls in their teens.
Short high draperies are as fashionable
as full long draping.
The Michigan Knights of Labor have
declared for female suffrage.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, 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 Fashionable. 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 profusely
trimmed with Valenciennes lace are the
favorite dresses for young women this
summer.
The correspondents are praising Mrs.
Cleveland's manner of shaking hands.
This is probably the reason why she has
obtained such grip on Washington So
ciety.
New French tea gowns show COM
bination OF pale tinted heliotrope surah
and sea-shell pink-satin 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 marquetry. Woman's delicacy
of touch is said to be particularly desira-
BILE 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 man by the name of Bull
the other day, aud the name is terror to
the inhabitants.
The female lace-makers of Saxony are
wretchedly underpaid, the best of them
not beng able to make more than about
sixty cents week. And yet great many
easy going prosperous people in Saxony
are surprised at the audacity of these
poor artisans in presuming to complain,
and call them Anarchists.
The long travelling cloak in use on the
other side this summer is the nuns pc
iisse of serge, pongee, or poplin, gathered
about the neck, with or without hood,
and with sleeves that are either very long
and quite wide or only half long. This
pelisse may be lined with self-colored
or bright silks, striped or plain, or made
with felled seams and unlined.
A rattlesnake 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 it was the head still had life
enough to bite her, and the Jaws had to
be torn apart to remove the fangs. Mrs.
Ronck came near dying. Some women
would have died outright.
The light ght wooden goods that
are quite soft to the touch and drape SO
charmingly are becoming general favor
ties for summer wear. They are exceed
ingly serviceable, aud in the excellent
colorings in which they are manufactured
they are adapted for ''all sorts of wind
and weather" The tyranny of stiffly
starched cambria and pique is happily
over, and the change from the heavily
weighted cotton fabrics to the delicate
woolens is delightful to the beholder as
we'll as to the wearer.
Most people have heard a 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 suffic ent capital to guarantee an
annual income of 1900 francs (S24O) a
year. This is the minimum value that
the Ministry of War sets upon officer
m the matrimoniaf market. Anothet
condition is that the lady shall be of IN
blemished 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 as Iris herself. Most
of the goods look rather pronounced and
dashy by themselves, but combined with
self-colored frabrics, produce an effect
which is neither vulgar nor conspicuous.
Skirts aud waistcoats made of fancy
striped goods are worn under tunics and
open jackets of monochrome fabrics, and
if well blended. agreeably relieve the
monotony, which a dress of one color
often produces. Nevertheless, the taste
OF large class of ladies lies in the direc-
ton of the latter style.
The character of the summer silk of
to-day has quite changed from that of
few years ago. 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 ruffled Gas was the
fashion in those days. and the ruffles
often bound with color to give bright
ness and character Summer silks of
this kind have disappeared or are dis
played at very much reduced prices.
Surahs have taken their place, foulards
are revived and soft China silks, the
latter for the wear of children and young
girls and also as a foundation for the
bla"k or cream lace dresses which have
quite taken the place of grenadines.
WISE WORDS.