Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-05-17
NEWS md NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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Paris walking dresses are gray with
.jlyer braiding or steel passementerie.
peculiar shades of green, plum, brown
nd tan are shown in the new g'oyes.
The new Scotch ginghams and
sateess show large designs. Stripes are
popular.
musical young ladies in society to play
the harp.
Dressy short wraps are made OF
changeable velvet glace silks and are all
the rage.
sWoman- who goes-out of e-house-
iive-times-a-day' is the name OF a Dakota
Indian woman.
BLACK grenadines for summer wear
have armure grounds with large designs
closely woven in silk.
Mrs. Bonanza Mackay will be in New
pcrt next summer, and intends to en-
iertain on an elaborate scale.
The tapping front prevails in polo
naises, and the skirt falls open to the
waist alike in back and front.
Coral has come into popular favor
again for earrings and necklaces. Only
the most delicate pink is worn.
The wife of Judge Stallo, our Minis
ter at Rome, Italy, talks very little
English, being German by birth.
Miss Laura Winkler, of Iowa, though
totally blind, is one OF the most success
full temperance workers in the State.
One Of the notable features of fashion
this year will be the gradual disappear
snce Of bridesmaids from weddings.
Dressy mourning bonnets are made en-
tirely Of loops of narrow watered ribbon,
each pointed and finished with bead.
There are one hundred women study
ing in the Harvard Annex this year.
There is an endowment fund of 800, 900.
Some Of the newest piece laces sht W
arabesques and geometric designs, and
:. god threpis are interviewer with them.
More slack lace dresses are being
made just.at present over princess slips
Of black satin or surah than of colored
silks.
The Greek ladies of "The Phanar,n at
Constantinople, have for centuries been
renowned for their ability and require
ments.
Bonnets grow smaller and the ribbons,
aigrettes and bows on top are held in
place by flower sprays, instead of big
pumes.
The poppy, the peony and the hibis-
Gus run riot in the new brocades, and
quite put out of countenance less majestic
blossoms.
Mrs. Hicks Lord, the wealthy Wash
ington society-leader, says she shall de-
vote her unexpected legacy of 500, 900
to charity.
The wide ribbons which now adorn
brides aud bridesmaids bouquets are
often drawn together at the ends and fin
ished off with tassels.
Striped ribbons are to be used on hats
and bonncts the coming season. They
may rightly be called rainbow ribbons
s1d are gay without being pleasing to the
Inc lady who posed to her husband as
me model for the figure Of Freedom
painted in the dome Of the Capitol at
house.
Inc English fashion Of silver finger
rings prevails, in. New York at least to
: AZ large extent and among both sexes.
e .aese r1pgs are for the most part fanci-
1SIUn
a Young Woman who was taken into an
lsurance offiee, in Philadelphia on trial
,uld not properf,T sharpen a lead pencil
; the end of six mo2ths and was there
ire discharged.
A pretty blouse, and one which is both
and comfortable, is that which
tucked to form the yoke, the fullness
Hing from this, and bclted in at the
aist with a narrow sash ribbon, and
cd.
The pinkcd taffetta silk gowns for
lmmcr wear carry one back half
'ntury to the time when taifeta was the
lken fabric par excellence and when
wore excellently in SPITE of its light
eight.
The long full skirts without drapcry
every stylish, and are so arranged as
J simulate an under and overdycss.
he panel is still favorite mode of
inning for such skirts, as we'll as those
it in the ordinary mode.
Cut steel in all sorts of devices is used
a millinery as we'll as on restraining.
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