Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-06-22
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


The solitaire diamond ring worn by
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt cost $4S, 600.
Lotta, the actress, wears sixteen differ.
ent pairs OF shoes in one of her plays.
White, with terra Gotta, is a very
stylish mixture for the coming season.
Red and its cousin german terra Gotta,
are much liked for long seaside wraps.
The full undraped back is seen on
many new gowns from the best houses.
Chinese nightingales are the fashion
able drawing room bird on the continent
now.
Muff and boas of flowers and lace are
to be among the summers coquetries Of
costume.
In drapery iTegularity is the word,
and the more individual the arrange.
ment the better.
Bamboo furniture has its turn again
now, and dealers say there is unusual de-
mand for it for country houses.
They say that woman died in Roch-
ester the other day who had not looked
in mirror for twenty years.
The accordeon-pleated skirt that opens
or shuts with each step of the wearer is
much liked for the new mohair stuifs.
The prettiest new purse is of silver
network, closed at the top with bright
new dollar tightly fitted into frame
The useful blouse waists are now made
in blue or pink as we'll as scarlet surah,
and worn with lace skirts for the house.
The "chef" of one of the finest hotels
in the South, which is widely known for
the excellence of its cuisine, is woman.
Simple woolen mantles are trimmed
down the front and around the neck
with knife-pleating of silk of the same
color.
Madame Andre, the French portrait
painter, has given all her Jewels, valued
at $40, 900, to the Paris Philanthrophic
Society.
Mamie Jones (colored). once a Mem
phis nursemaid, after graduating at Fisk
university, Nashville, has gone to Africa
as missionary.
Mrs. Hawley, wife of the Senator, adj,
vises no woman to adopt the profession
of nurse unless she feels that she is
specially fitted for the vocation.
A Brooklyn woman is an undertaken
and embalmer. 1t was her husbands
business, and she took. it up after his
death, and is making money at it.
Blazer jackets accompany young ladies'
tennis suits, and are made as bright and
jaunty as possible. Tennis caps are made
of the same striped fabrics as the blazer.
The "clover wedding" to be cele-
brated on the fourth anniversary of the
ceremony, is the latest festal develop.
ment of the holy institution of matri-
mony.
Lace is used in profusion upon all in-
door toilets, especially those worn in the
evening, This material is very effective
when combined with silk, faile, moire or
velvet.
DR.. Kate I. Kelsey, of Menomonie,
Wis, has been elected city physician
and poor commissioner for the third
time. Her present reelection is unan-
imous.
Braiding still remains a favorite gar,
niture. Large designs are going out,
however, small patterns of braid and
passementerie put on by hand being
preferred.
Oxydized silver is tint gray which is
very stylish and which is always very
ladylike in whatever material the costume
may be. 1t is trife more purple than
elephant color.
The prettiest of the seasons models in
ctroot tho Iril
alpacas which are made up simply yet
stylishly. The ribbon bands are the
only trimming.
Silk underwear is cheaper than usual,
but its healthful qualities are never
fluctuating. For warm weather it is
the most comfortable wear, as well as
the most hygienc.
Mrs. Esther frame, a Quakeress, who
has been conducting revival services in
Nashville, is described as an evangelist
of great ability and a speaker of more
than ordinary interest.
A law suit in Indiana brought to the
front single woman forty-two years old
who stated that she had been engaged
twenty-nine times, but that every chap
backed down when the pinch came.
A lovely toilet for a young brides
trousseau is of bright red point d'esprit
over red silk underdress. Watered
ribbon sash and bows of the same brill
liant color finish simple but very elegant
costume.
The newest color of the season is a
cowslp green. For wonder the name
exactly conveys the idea, for it is the
exact tone of cowslip stalk. At night
1t becomes the most delicate amalgam Of
yellow and green.
Taking young girls to Europe for
vacation run is developing into regular
profession. There are many clever
women who depend upon it in summer,
and some who make it their only occu-
patton the year round.
Andrew Johnson's daughter, Mrs.
Martha Patterson, has never seen the
White House since she left it the day
after General Grants Inauguration. She
is widow, and lives on the family home
stead at Greenville, Tenn.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was
presented to Queen Victoria recently.
took several lessons from q professional
teacher of department in regard to back
ing out from the royal presence and
making the required obeisances.
Some ladies in Germantown, Penn.
adopted an ingenious plan for raising
money for the building fund of church.
They get together every Saturday and
make lot of fresh candies, which they
readily sell. and the nrocehds 90 to tha