Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-25
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


There is slight revival of Chins silks.
Gold braiding is much used on cloth
dresses.
Quite new and very effective is tortoise
shell jewelry
The ex-Empress of Spain had IS bon
nets In one month.
Flower bonnets promise to be popular
during the summer.
Each of Worth's employees is allowed
one dress year made up TO suit them
selves
Ribbon, ribbon, ribbonl Never was
there seen so much Of it, or such latitude
ofchoice.
Tweed in big checks of light and
dark blue is a favorite material for Eng
lish tailors' suits.
Some of the new trimming is made of
jet and gold strands combined golden
threads among the black.
Cath says Mrs. Jefferson Davis was
of Northern extraction. descendant of
an early Governor of New Jersey.
Crepe is again in high favor as stuff
for headgear; but bonnet or hat of it
must be trimmed to be stylish.
Very elegant brocaded moires are
woven upon a ground of glace MORE,
and show brilliant changeable tints.
Mrs. Celia w. Wallace, a rich and
philanthropic Chicago woman, Is plan
ming an industrial school for boys in that
city.
Miss Amy Morris Romans, who has
organized the cooking schools in Boston,
is pursuing her good work in Balti-
more,
Real wheat is used to a considerable
extent on the new bonnets, for making
the bonnet itself as well as for trim
mings.
Hemstitched linen sheets are used by
those who can afford luxuries, with pill
low cases and bolster cases hemstitched
to match.
The first official act of the Emperor
Frederick was the comforting of the rare
and exalted order of the Black Eagle
upon his wife.
Miss Percilla Woody, of Lumpkin
County, Ca, was so popular that all
girl children born in the county were
named after her.
Long wraps suitable for travelling pur-
poses are made of serviceabe goods,
such as Henrietta cloth, cashmere, or
even broadcloth.
1t IS said that p. r. Barnums wife
writes everything which appears over his
name, and that what pay he receives Is
turned over to her.
Madame Bruhl, once a protegee of
Empress Eugene, died in Fittsburg re-
Gently, where she taught French, being
in reduced circumstances.
The physician in attendance on the
Of 10
who is said to receive an annual salary
of $15, 900 for her services.
Sprays and clusters of faded roses.
wind torn till sometimes but three petals
cling to the storms, are the latest 'real-
istic' effect in bonnet flowers.
Gloves having wide bands of stitch
ing, in self or contrasting colors, are
still in vogue, nevertheless the plain
styles are quite as desirable as ever.
Miss Jennie Chamberlain, the famous
beauty, and her mother have returned to
Cleveland, Ohio, from Florida. Miss
Chamberlain will soon sail for Europe.
The newest polonaises, according to a
fashion authority, In usually correct
Boston, are very long and fully draped,
the entire effect being that of slender
ness.
Miss Jenny Flood, the daughter OF the
California fifteen millionaire, is an eX-
cellent business woman, and personally
manages her own snug little fortune of
So, 900, 900.
Passementerie is becoming so ponder
Gus and heavy, not to say odd, that there
is good prospect that at last the broken
china and glassware in the family cup
board can be utilized.
The garland of crushed roses, either
under or around the crown, is the favor
tie garniture for summer wide hats,
while many turbans are appropriately
made of roses yelled with lace.
Miss Carrie May, who was at one time
engaged to be married to Mr.. James
Gordon Bennett, editor of the Herald,
is now Mrs. William Wright, and pro-
nounced 1.-THE most beautiful woman in
New York today"
New serges, showing bars and blocks
of red, terra Gotta suede, navy and gobelin
blue, upon a cream-white ground, will
very largely take the place of the so-long
worn plain cream, both for entire gowns
and in combination toilets.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Flora West, daughter of the British
Minister, TO Mr.. Gabriel Salanson, one Of
the secretaries of the French Legation at
Washin gton. The wedding will take
place in Paris some time this summer.
Prioor Of WarbiDoton