The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

increases.
There are 100000 working-women in
New York.
Forty thousand women belong to the
Oranges in the United States.
Upright collars of colored velvet have
loops of gold on the upper edge.
Twenty adjoining farms in Greene
County, Ohio, are owned by widows.
Epaulets and cords of fine passemen-
teries and beads are used on woolen
dresses.
A recent bridal robe, imported from
England, was of white plush and NAL
ines lace.
There is a novelty in this seasons rich
brocades, in the many colors used In
their manufacture.
Jacket bodices are at once the pretti-
est and most stylish of modes for those
costumes this season.
Plastrons, cuffs, collars and epaulets Of
dark blue irise are worn over bright toll
cts for semi-dress vses.
Mosaic patterns in hose are novelty.
A great variety of colors are shown In
blocks of various shapes.
GenGAAe nuns serge affords material
for some of the travelling dresses now
made for ladies in mourning.
4 charming promenade costume of
mulberry-color cloth has yoke, cuffs,
collar and panels of black fur.
A newly married couple in Washing.
ton have built cottage six feet eight
inches wide and twenty feet long.
Guipure work is the most popular
fancy work for substantial purposes, such
as valences, piano covers and the like.
Second mourning affords an opportu-
nifty for some very dressy effects. Laven-
der, heliotrope, gray and silver are used.
The Princess of Wales continues TO
favor the wearing of black silk stock
ings, although her feet are exceptionally
small.
Misses hats are shown in styles simi.
lar to those worn by young ladies, and
with no perceptible difference in the
trimmings.
A pretty Paris fashion IN hats Is to
have the brim of one material, the
crown of another, and the undertaking
of third.
Corduroy velvet is new English ma
terial for fancy table covers. 1t is
worked with the new tapestry wool in
Gothic designs.
Barred plaids are very stylish for un-
derskirts, and are made perfectly plain,
with an ovcrdress in some soft woolen
fabric or neutral tint.
The rich stuffs from which the most
stylish and elegant wraps are made are
quite sufficient unto themselves, and need
little or no trimming.
Fur is much used for waistcoats, sleeve
capcs, panels and borders. of cloth
dresses. Leopard and tiger skins take
the lead for this purpose.
BEAUTIFUL black Honiton is to be used
in 3ming velvet mantles as in days Of
yysfs.I f6f mfddIe aged ladies nothing
can be more appropriate.
Lace hoods are for the purpose of a
substitute to the inevitable knitted or
crochetted hood. They are ornamental
with full bow of ribbon.
Wadded cloaks are not now thought
to fall so gracefully as those having an
interlining of flannel. The silk lining
is always in some bright color.
Very fashionable but silly ladies are
accused of hypodermically injecting col
oring matter in order to produce a bright
com plexion. 1t is dangerous skin
game.
Suitings similar to those worn by gen
tlemen are shown in great variety for la
dies use. Stripes, bars, checks, plaids,
blocks, hair-line stripes. basket weaves
and shaded effects are all favored.
An Arkansas girl who was bitten on
the fng:r by venomous snake imme-
diately seized an axe and chopped the
finger off. 1t is believed that she saved
her life by this heroic treatment.
Maha.anee Surnomoyce, q generous
Hindoo lady in Calcutta, has given $75,-
600 to found hall OF residence for ma
tive women students of medicine. The
Government has contributed ground Tor
the building.
The hair is no longer massed over the
forehead, bat few light curls or waves
fall on each side. 1t is still piled up at
the top of the head and well brushed up
from the nape of the neck. 1t is well
off the temples and leaves the ears quite
free.
Very pretty peasant waists are made
of velvet, velveteen, plush or satin, to be
worn with dark skirts and blouse waists
of surah the color of the skirt. They are
round in the back and pointed in front.
and may have shoulder straps to be tied
over the shoulder with bow of ribbon.
Ladies of wealth are beginning to con-
slider their duty in regard to the educa-
ton of their sex, and are apportioning
some of their possessions to this purpose.
Lately Miss Gamble, in England, left
noorly opa bundro6 thoucop6 So1larc fo