West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-11
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


the back forward.
Ripe cherry and ochre are combined in
autumn millinery.
Mrs. Alice Shaw, the whistler, was
born In Elmra, n. Y.
Black hats are favored for wear with
costumes Of any color.
Lady Colin Campbell is now art critic
for London newspaper.
Long pelisses made of big-Aowered
rich brocades are stylish.
The autumn woolens are mostly plain
goods, in new shades and new weaves.
Nearly oil the new stufTs show solid
colors, with stripes of different weaves.
Teel or apricot is very favorite shade
In corded silk evening toilets this sea-
son.
The Supreme Court OF Washington
Territory DEGREES that women cannot
vote.
Miss julia Wolfe, an English woman,
has composed an opera entitled "Ca-
rina"
A regular matrimonial agency has
been established between America and
Russia.
Miss Ella Transom has challenged
Mrs. Shaw to a whistling match for 500
a side.
The people of Japan are greatly inter
ested in the education and ELEVATION of
women.
The leading gunmakers of England
have all had commissions to manufacture
guns for ladies.
Green and violet especially when
light, form coordination preferable to
green and blue.
The new Duchess of Narlborough's
photographs are now ON sale in the Lon
don shop windows.
Ladies' cloths appear again in the light
weights introduced last year, and in all
the new dull colors.
The Queen Dowager end Empress Of
Spain has just celebrated her thirtieth
birthday anniversary.
The queen of Italy reads and writes
and sings and plays all by herself for
three bours every day.
The most fashionable women of France
are introducing small dinner tables In
stead of one large one.
the newest shades are heron, light
shade, and oxide, which is the gray of
the dullest oxidized silver.
Mrs Cleveland has added to her coll
lection OF pets some white mice, two
rabbits and eight or nine pigeons.
Many PLAIN wool fabrics show high
finish, the glossy, silk.like surface being
produced by closely-woven twills.
The example set by Mrs. Cleveland in
Tenouncing the hustle is being followed
by the fashionable ladies of Paris.
Among the rich ribbons now shown
are velvet stripes on peau dc sole
grounds, with an ottoman border
Plain Henrietta cloths are now mixed
with silk in such large proportion that
dealers call them sateen Henriettas.
The new gros grain silks have medium
sized reps, and soft ottoman silks have
sma Ter reps than those of last year.
Belva Lockwood says she eau do house
work as we'll rs any woman, but prefers
to make 5000 a year ctsing law.
The newest hats are a mass of bows
made Of satin edged MORE ribbon, of
width varying from four to eight inches.
At the bali of the Oxfordshire Light
In 'antry, Isle of Wight, recently, one
lady wore a gold bodice and scarlet tulla
skirt.
Yokes and cuffs of gold passementerio
appear among the new trimmings, and
are TO be worn upon great variety OF
dresses.
Three native ladies have passed the
Calcutta University Entrance Examina-
ton, first division, aud one in the third
division
Many of the new silks are striped in
weaving, in a manner similar to the new
woolens, and show several tones Of a
single color.
Some very effective ribbons show large
satin spots on an ottoman stripe, the re-
mainder Of the ribbon being woven in
fine gros grain.
Tinsel borders are noted on some Of
The new dull colored woolens. Borders
and stripes of steel and silver are
especially handsome.
Those who cannot reconcile themseIves
to the fat folding skirts are wearing a
skirt Of heavy muslin, founced I'D the
back and sti4.y starched.
Lady Folkestone's orchestra OF girls il
described as about the most lively di-
gression from the conventional highway
that Londoa has known for many year.
Among the fantastical wedding pres.
ents given 10 an English bride recently
were six kittens, a Spanish dog measur-
ing eight inches in length, and
mummy's hand
The Impress Of Japan, who is rapidly
becoming one Of the best informed
women of her time, has certain DAYS OF
the week upon which japanese is q for
hidden language.
English women have adopted the uni
versal blouse with the fr.ll outside the
skirt, although the fashion does not meet
with the approval Of the best dressers on
this side Of the water.
ElabOrately carved she'll combs are no
longer worn, their place being taken By
shell pins with comb tops, which are
large an intricately cut in leaf, flower,
and geomotrical design.
Among the richest imported costumes
are plain w0Olens with deep cashmere
b0fdeu-indccd, borders ~ car on
nearly an the best stuffs. and many OF
them show an Intervening Of silk
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Green lived in
adjoining lots in Atlanta, Ca twenty
nine days before they discovered thew
were sisters. Add set pc pie say women
tell ali they know the first tine they
meet.
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