The gale., 1888-02-03
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Cloth bonnetS to match the COSTUME
are very stylish for street wear.
Braided felt is made to initiate fancy
straw. 1t is fashionable asd new.
Dotted tulles ard colcred blonde laces
are favorite fabrics for evening wear.
Miss Elers, NJ. D., receives $fe, 600
for prescribing nice things for the Queen
OF Corea.
Brown and white is still a favorite
combination particularly for little chill
dren's garments.
Rolled bands of fur instead of flat are
the fashionable freak in trimming furs for
outer garments.
Belt clasps are oftener used than
buckles, they being more convenient and
quite as effective.
The newest lace pms are of oxidized
silver, with mountings of antique, marine
and military subjects.
The use of soutache braid in two
widths is very effective ana is seen on
costumes and garments.
Green velvet short wraps are made
with string sleeves and are as stylish as
anything in colored velvet
A woman, Mrs. A. II. Holloway, has
been given five years contract to clean
the streets of Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Mary B. Coleman is Register OF
Deeds for Clay county, Ill. One OF the
first women to hold such place.
The tiny edge of ostrich feather ruch-
inc which is used on hats or bonnets Is
becoming and makes Il pretty face trim
ming.
Gobelin blue is still one of the most
ttractive colors of the season and Is
combined with almost any dark, rich
shade.
Mss Annie Whitney, the sculptor, has
won high praise for hc: bronze statue
of Left Erikson. recently unveiled in
Boston.
Shirts of lace, sown lengthwise wits
ribbon between, alternating with bands
of silk embroidery, are stylish world
without end.
Half-sleeves of silk or MORE, longest
on the inside, are worn over full sleeves
of lace or close ones of velvet-and are
abnormally ugly.
Princesse gowns of two fabrics have
the fronts of the different materials the
right tapping far over the left, which
shows as an under-waist.
Fancy stripes in velvets make very
pretty petticoats for young girls, and at
any age they may be worn this season,
for bright plaids and gay stripes rule the
day.
Except in Jet, beads arc giving place
in dress trimmings to metallic threads,
which are used for appli9ues or othes
embroideries, ether alcne or mixed with
cord.
The serpent ring is most worn as the
ancient symbol of eternity. jewel in
the head does not harm the significance n
and adds much to its effect. An crler-
aid is effective.
Shot stockings arc shown to wear with
evening gowns. Some of these have
openworll stripes in relief, which run
from the foot to the aukle then cross the
leg horizontally.
A Louisiana lady of aristocratic rear
ing, who was once famous fer her wealth
and the number of her slaves, now earns
few cents day by picking cotton on
the plantation that was her own before
the war.
The parures and skirt decorations in
artificial flowers are very elegant and be-
coming and are imported in Il variety of
beautiful trailing buds and blossoms, the
jessamine being among the newest aud
most graceful.
Sillen fabrics were never cheaper than
at present, and being light in weight and
comparatively durable, it is little wonder
if they continue to attract the majority,
particularly as this is fashionable sea.
son for silk of all kinds.
Passementeric in which there is a
metal thread is very stylish and can be-
made into very appropriate trimming
for an outer jacket or dress trimming
either 1t comes in sets for vest, collar,
and cuffs and sometimes revers.
At church entertainment in Wash
ington recently, boxes of luncheon were
sold to the young men, and in each box
was the card of some young woman who
was present. The purchasers were sup
posed not to know what names were in
the boxes they bought, and each was ex-
pected to share his luncheon with the
girl whose name he found in the bex.
One of the most prominent and beau
ti!ui society women of Chicago takes
all the exercise she gets in her room.
The ma jor portion Of this consists of
quick and graceful movements of limbs.
performed before fine large mirror,
each movement being repeated a score Of
times, until the whole series fbfteen) has
received due attention TIen she
rests. az which She is also an adept,
and risss reinvigoraed and refreshed.
Ia basques fancy has not merely run
riot, but gone to seed. They ale of all
conceivable shapes. sorts, sizes, colors
and combinations Some have round
back, over which the draperics button;
others the well-worn and venerable
postl lion, yet Others leaves of two or
eyca three materials overlapping each
other, while The fronts are even more
various Three pleats each side the vest
narrowed to point at the waist line is.r~ee
new and stylish to degree, bnt any
combination of vest rcver or lappinA
front that the mind of woman can cona
ceive is good and high fashion,
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