Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-19
UAlBER n.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.



coming.
Yellows will be used with brovas the
coming season.
For summer travelling wrap, the rcdin-
cote i the garment.
Scarlet will he less used the coming
season than it was last.
Zeal poke b1nna;s are seen among the
new models for sumuc-
The tuck d sleeve has come to stay. it
is so pretty and - d. -cm.n-.
Lady Mcdonald takes an active in
terest in revival meetings a. Ottawa.
Among the preitic I o. dcm.-,raincd
to lets are those of ere nm white Henrietta
cloth.
The wife and dau. .h,cr of General
Roulancer are believers in woman SUI
irage.
Mrs Cleveland never walks in the
stIeelS unless accompanied by her dog
KAY
Tucked panels Of china crepe on we'd
ding gowns Of MORE are new and very
stylish.
The Empress Of Russia la, knack
with the necdlc aid make, beautiful en-
broidery.
New straw bonnets ave so soft and
plant that they are folded, not pressed,
into shape
some OF the women of Paris have
formed league for the suppression of
impure literature.
Mrs. Dutton, of Indiana. is lO2 years
old. She has been a confirmed smoker
for ninety-tyO years.
The Duchess of Madrid, the wife of
Don Carlos, the spanish pretcnder, is a
tremendous stickler about etiquette.
Prof. Simon Newcomb's daughter en-
joys the distinction of having been the
only female student Of Johns Hopkins
University.
Flowers are now mounted with their
own leaves, or ferns, or Cra>s, aS the
taste of the moment is against the mix
turc of blossoms.
The daughter of Mayor Hewitt. of
New York, is one of the btSt ''whips' in
the country She can drive four in hand
better than most men.
The old. old fashion Of silken bodiceS.
pink. blue. green o: any color. with
skirts of tullc, Grape or tarletan of white
or cream, has been revived.
The teagown grows upon the Ergli h
public. tor country house wear it Is all
but universal, and in London it is quite
the thing for home dinners.
Absinthe-a pale creamy yellow green
is new fashionable co.or for summer
evening toilets, which will he combined
with black lace or cream lace.
For the la twenty years Queen Vic
toria's weight has been a mystery. She
size and refuses to be weighed.
let bonncts, with the heads forming an
open cross bar pattern, are filled in with
tulle, of black, poppy rel, suede or
apple green, according TO fancy.
a hopeycombe or smo ked blouse IS
one of the prettiest of the stylish neg!ige
waists which will Ec SIRE to be popular
with young girls the coming season.
The bets of round waists begin under
the arms, and fasten little to one de,
either with a small buckle or a chou
cabbage bow-of the trimming ribbon.
Tucks appear in all fabrics, from tulIe
to cloth, and while in the light stufs
they are run with floss silk, in the hcav-
ier ones they have layer of wadding
added.
Red or black beogalines are trimmed
with gold gal.oon plated in them. and
laid around collar. vest, cuffs. and along
draperies, and either forming loose
grid or edging the sash.
The killed skirt introduces novelty
this sc son in the trimming viii Ia is
placed on the e1ge of each plat: this is
sometimes a row Of pinking or small
cord, in contrasting colOrs.
Anew idea for bodice, of soft stuff is
to have The full front caught in at the
waist by bands OF Dch- wide ribbon so
crossed as 10 form a double diamond
and give "A slender eject
The man does MT live who is in
susceptible to the dainty femininity of
fitly worn la "es AID muslins. Man wants
woman to be an ant in the morning,
bird at noon and butterfly a; night.
Cne of Lists feminine pupils preserves
as a highly prized relic Il handkerchief
with the great master wrapped about his
finger one day vhen il was bleeding \
few dim bloodstains still remain on the
handkerch ef.
Mrs W. B. Shoemaker, of AIu Gle Fork
Township, near | cytcsvilc, Mo-, has
not been away from home. no: even to
visit a neighbor, for more than twenty
five years, although all thc time she has
enjoyed the best of health.
A New York belle has just vertured
upon green dinner, at which the deco
rations were wholly Of palms, miiden-
hair and smilax: the soup aspuagus,
the ice-cream piStacic, the china all
green, with u sr:p.cion Of gilt; thc host
ess's iewels, emera,d.
Malae.la, a warm russct brown, an
antique pink Of pccu'iay shade known
as heart of the tea rose. osagc, n dark
blue gray, old oak, deer,kin, antique
blue which has tinge Of green, and
Cordova lo:ely pale golden shaIe of
terra Gotta, are among ending new
.htdcs.
Among the novel designs seen upon
the new satecns a'e forSed lightning
streaks. clusters of dice, spades inside
circles, three large links Of chain,
sleigh-bells, large palm-lelf fans, bars
made OF dots, disks, leaves. and parallel
lines made up of dots checker-board,
harebelIs, fuchsias, lilies, etc.
Foulards and printed India silks will
10 ,no1.. nm with Shirr,l h.c roc lonpal