West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-04-05
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Wool is the correct thing for this sea-
sons wear.
English brides are wearing for day
weddings gowns of white serge.
A hidcous mixture, but one which bids
lair to be stylish, is terra Gotta with
green.
A member of the Diplomatic Corps at
Washington is slid TO have chosen
Treasury girl" for his wife
The first woman doctor i'm Mexico has
lately been honored with complimentary
)ull fight for her entertainment.
One of Englsnd's greatest beauties,
the Countess dc Gray. formerly Lady
Lonsdale, has the typhoid fever.
The Cuban women cannot go ont OF
doors In the daytime, except in their
carriages, and accompanied by parent
Dr. guardian.
An association Of lady dressmakers has
been started IN London in order TO pro.
,ide work for large number Of high
school girls.
The silver and gold passemcnterie
brings in an era of silver gilt and silver
buttons. They are of small size, not to
oe obtrusive.
Blue and white, a popular combination
Tor the summer, is this season rather sup
planted by green, and white which is to
DC very stylish.
Russian net is utilized for bridesmaids
1resses aud Is very pretty and soft, being
IN various bright tints, there is as much
choice as in tulle.
Cheviots were never in so many at
.ractive mixtures as this season. They
are lighter than usual but very soft and
artistic in coloring.
when buttons are used on the waist
they are in small sizes, usually little bnlls
Of crochetcd silk TO match the costume;
;hese are in three rows.
Shocked surah fronts are seen on some
ovely challi gowns which promise TO bo
he most sty ish and attractive drossy
costumes for summer wear.
White petticoats OF heavy wooden
fabric are very stylish when made up
with stylish overdrcss, the petticoat
being made in wide plaits.
Fancy tafTetas will this season be em.
ployed as underskirts as we'll as trim
mings, and in cross bars, stripes and
plaids they are quite charming.
Dark blue with suede color is effective
for spring wear and is seen in cashmere
aud Bengaline, which will bo popular
mixture Of materials this season.
Green Is n color seldom used in cotton
fabrics, but this season it will bc seen in
combination with all sorts Of colors in
sateens in ginghams aud in lawns.
II is said that Miss Amelia Rives, tho
popular Southern writer, has been over
whelmed with offers OF ma riage since
the Harpers published her portrait.
White wool vests for coored wool
gowns, ei her fully shrred or ox-plelted
In the favorite shirt effect, arc very new,
immensely stylish, and more than i'm.
mensely ugly.
A new idea for bodices of soft stuff is
to have the full front caught in at the
waist by bands Of inch wide ribbon so
crossed as to form double diamond and
| give slender effect
Pink lrills of silk or clusters of pretty
ribbon bows appear as face trimmings in
some Of the new French bonnets. The
lrrcgularity of the frills gives them a very
charming appearance.
The Greek women Of the upper class
are generally clever, well-bred, wcll-in.
formed and might rival in accomplish
ments, culture and conversational powers
their sisters in the West.
Many skirts are made without front OF
| side draperics, the material being pleat-
/ ed down the middle Of the front, Hat on
the sides, or gathered there and massed
in great fullness behind.
For simple home toilets arc pretty
models made OF serge, French camel's
hair, or Henrietta cloth, showing a long
wasted pointed bodice, to which single
rather full skirt is applied.
Diamonds are not 80 closely associated
with weddings as formerly. Colored
stones arc in fashion for engagement
rings, and the groom's bridal gift Is more
often pearls than diamonds.
The Danish Parliament is considering
the adyisability Of giving women the
right to serve on Poor Law Boards and
School Committees and the right 10 theii
own property and earnings.
Wide Breton vests arc pretty for youth
ful dresses They are now made to
reach only TO the waist line, boin en-
brodered across the top Ike yoke, and
draped at the waist by a soft sash or
pointed belt
The professional mender has become q
necessity in every fashionable house
This lady charges 80 much per day, aud
she has moro TO do than she can attend
10. What che cannot mend is not worth
mendshoning.
The young ladies OF Brooklyn have
adopted the cOnccit Of wearing single
blossoms Il flowers in their mouths.
Bruuet;es affect red ones, blondes take
10 violots, aud carnatiOni, hcliOtr0pcs
and daisies arc used
One Of the most generous Of women g.
Mrs. Senator Stanford The Home which
she has founded at Albany for work
IngwOmen's children at cost Of s7j,
900 will forever remain q monument 90
her goodness and iJcrality.
A summer hat which hes been started
into Partisan popularity by pretty ac-
trcss is OF coarse yellow straw, falling
low on one side and standing up on The
other as high az n square crown. This
upiurncd side is waved in and out. IT,
is trimmed With knots Of oats and grasses
and wealth Of field flowers.
Yoke bodices will app,ar again this
season, not, however. those made with
an unightly straight scam across the
chest and across the middle Of the back.
but finished oh in sweeping curves and
Stimulating very closely an ornamental
low bodice or Telsant's wlist. supple
montod az the top by n high bodice Of
silk or fancy materials
A woman Of fine complexion has ad
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