News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-04-26
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NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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Red gowns, wool for the street and
China silk for the house, are again in
vogue.
Two young ladies from Boston make a
good living by tea hing whist in New
York city.
The Empress of Austria has almost
entirely given up hunting, which sport
she used to be very fond of.
The Empress of Russia gets no relief
from her rheumatism and will probably
visit Aix-le- Bains in the spring.
Mrs. Frank Leslie told a reporter
recently that she had to decline ''on an
average two offers of marriage every
day" of her life.
1t is said that the ever popular sailor
crowns of drawn silk, with a cluster of
ribbon perched at the top.
A certain French Countess Of econom-
ical habits recently married her steward.
It is presumed that she was desirous OF
saving the expense of his salary.
Colored grapes will be used very ex-
tensively in millinery, and for summer
wear nothing can be prettier. All the
desirable shades are to be found in this
fabric.
Pretty summer dresses for little girls
are made of striped gingham of two
contrasting colors, worked all over with
white wheels or open compass or star
patterns.
The cord and tassel is favorite mode
for trimming the spring costumes OF
wool, and draped gracefully like a
girdle they make simple yet graceful
trimming.
Panels, plastrons, etc., of white cloth
are bra ded with gold or fancy tinsel
braid, and are inserted in cloth costumes
of light gray, navy blue, dark green and
terra Gotta.
Large plaids are preferred for little
girls gingham dresses, and these are
trimmed with plain colored gingham, or
with all-over embroidery cut into tabs
and epaulettes.
Large plaids in light gray, blue, buff
or brown wool, or figured challi or gay
striped mouseline de laine. are being
made up into spring and summer frocks
for little girls.
Most bodices are now fastened with
hooks and eyes, or buttoned invisibly.
When buttons are visible, they are merely
small molds covered with cloth, ORR small
crocheted balls.
Polonaise costumes entirely of wool
are trimmed with MORE sash ribbon ten
or twelve inches wide, which is arranged
as girdle and sash, and also cut up to
form a vest and revers.
Pearl and crystal dress garnitures are
intermixed with gold. Silk cords and
beads in white and gold will be used to
trim costumes of white wool, crepeline
and India silk for summer wear.
Black hats are likely to be very popu-
lar this season. Economical ladies will
welcome this fact, as black hats are uni
versally becoming, and may be worn
with toilets of every description.
Graceful back draperies for silk dresses
are composed of three breadths, which
are laid in two triple box plaits at the
belt, each plait being caught up in the
middle to give slightly bunchy effect.
TIE young ladies who are studying at
the wesleyan University of Iowa have
adopted a uniform consisting of cap
and loose-ftting garment, not unlike a
Mother Hubbard, that reaches to the
heels.
A costume of striped wool, recently
noted, had the plated skirts arranged so
that the stripes went around the figure :;
the stripes of the front drapery were like
wise, and the back drapery had diagonal
stripes.
The newer pocketbooks show a tend
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though the great majority have by no
means revived the square shape. The
modified lengths are, however, the pre-
ferred sort.
Mrs. NJ. A. Crocker, of San Francisco,
Cal, has given the Young Women's
Christian Association $40, 900, which will
be used in purchasing Il lot upon which
building will be eventually erected by
the association.
Many of the new waists are plain on
the shoulders and plated at the waist
line. This is pretty way of using bor-
dered goods, as the edges are straight,
and the selvage may be used as trimming
along the buttons and buttonholes.
Francis l., of France, was the first
monarch who introduced ladies at his
court. He said, in style of true gall
lantry, that a drawing room without
ladies was like the year without the
spring, or the spring without flowers.
Miss Matte McHan, of Marietta, Ca,
has beautiful shaded quilt containing
S245 pieces, divided into squares by
chain of red and white similar to the
Irish Chain. Each square may be pieced
bp1t m. lyp ha fbraan
PLAIN Bengaline is favored for dressy
toilets. The popular colors are serpent
blue, poppy red, plum and the delicate
Suede tints. Pr.ncesse designs are very
effective for these silks, but often the
back only is en- princesse, the front hav-
ing a pointed corsage or coat basque
with tablier drapPry.
One of the most disinterested and gen.
erous women in the United States is Mrs.
J. Ellen Foster of Boston, who has an
annual income of $500 0, every cent of
which she spends in charity. Her entire
time is devoted to relieving distress and
she has been known to be without
penny at the end of the year.
A young lady, who was one of leap
year party at Bonnersville, Dakota, pro-
posed to the gentleman she escorted, and
on being accepted produced a minister
and they were married. Now she says
it was only joke, but the bridegroom
insists that it was not, and has appealed
to the courts.
Frocks of light wool for little girls
are often made with a velvet yoke, which |
is cut low to wear over guimpe the
being simply corded without |
sleeves, and velvet belt inserted. The |
velvet yoke sometimes extends down the |
Front to the belt, the space between be- !
ng laced with ribbon or silk cord.
Henrietta cloth dresses are made with |
he skirt quite plain, or else in side plaits, |
which are either very small or four or |
i've inches in width. A single wide |
)and or several narrow rows of watered |
ibbon are the favorte garnitures. The |
ront drapery may be long or short, as
preferred, but the back should be very
ong and full, and arranged with plaits .
n the middle and the sides in iabot folds. !
Cg zee Yam is the name of n Chinese
woman who recently arrived in San
NIancisCO. She is possessed of wonder
III beauty, and the Californans have
rome wild over her. he is a sister-in-
aw of ! ee Kong Yon, a well-known
igar manufacturer of San Francisco.
This is the first time that really hand
ONE woman has come to this country
rom China. Those who have seen Ug
Zee Yam say that her beauty can we'll be
allied celestial.
Force in matters of opinion can do no
.ood, but it is very apt to do hurt; for
10 man can change his opinions when he
will Or be salts led in his reason that his