The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-20
Nsws AND NOTES PoR WenEs.

-, Msavs and violet are fsvorite colors In
millinery.
Braid is the most fashionable Of all
trimmings.
The favonte color now is crushed
strawberry.
Colorado is said to have 1000 women
stock growers,
Braid or embroidery or both trims mnss
fashionable gowns.
The Queen of England makes her own
tea when travelling.
Lady Florence Dixie's stable is twice
as large as her house.
Military drill is one Of the features of
the modern girls school.
Beige with shade of pink init is one
Of the newest stylish colors.
Simplicity should be the distinguishing
characteristic Of child's costume.
There is a summer airiness about lace
hats that is decidedly in their favor.
A Kansas bride received barrel Of
salt as one of her wedding presents. =
There is more elegance in simplicity
than in all the furbelows in creation,
Queen Marguerite, of Italy, Is one Of
the best violoncello players of the day. ~
Both wide and narrow braids are used
trimming dresses, wraps and bonnets.
The thimble has only come into use in
the Kingdom Of Siam within few years.
The danes Of the Primrose League take
very active part in politics in England
1t is no longer considered part of ~
girls education to have her ears pierced.
There are many imitators of the Mar
guerite style of dress at the present time.
The Duchess of Marlborough made.
her first appearance at court in half mourn
ing.
A ruching Of fringed out silk is tho
principal trimming for summer silk
dresses.
Six hundred boxes were required to
contain the trousseau of the Chinese
Empress.
Crepe de Chine is now largely used for
the accordion pleated skirts Of handsome
tea-gowns.
The stylish mode of making a silk
| gown is to have IT of two shades of the
same color.
The late Duchess of Cambridge con-
versed with fluency in English, French
and German.
An agitation is going on in Germany
for the admission of women to the Acad-i
envy of Arts.
I The long pelisse, the Connemara> cloak
and the bonnie femme mantle are the
leading long wraps, d.
The barred and plaided mohairs i'm
light and bright colors are in high favor
for little girls frocks.
The bodice which has one side glitter
ing with jet and the other side quite plain
is more popular than ever.
White and willow green is an ideal
mixture for the wear of fair young girls
with rose-leaf compilations. .
A Miss Patten, at Boston, was threes
! times pronounced dead by the doctors,
and she is now in fair health.
The latest fancy in neck lingerie is the
deep falling plisse and the narrow up
right ruche of sulphur yellow gauze.
A bank owned by woman in Iowa
closed its doors recently, and the Court
appointed another woman as receiver.
Mrs. j. T. Higgins, of marlborough,
Mass. is having a dress made of siykl
grown in this country by one person.
The new mohairs come in all shades of
color in "shot" effects and in bars, plaids
and checks Of great beauty and effective
ness.
Queen Victoria still has her boots made
in the old fashioned way-elastic sides.
soft kid uppers, pointed toe caps and low
heels.
Belva Lockwood firmly believes that;
within twenty-five years woman will be-
inaugurated as President of the United
States.
Bonnet strings are tiny pipings like
nilliner's folds, which pass under the
chin and end in rosette just below the
left ear.
Jackets are never out of fashion. This
season they have deep revers and sleeves
full above the elbow, but they are not
worn with dressy toilets.
Pretty spencers, blouses, and Garibal-
dis in surah silk, yelling, China silk and
taffe are sold in all the shops, to be worn
with any kind of skirt.
The long, straight scarf mantle, worn
around the shoulders and falling to the
hem of the dress in front, is revived
among other wraps in London.
A pretty fancy seen upon low, black
lace gown was straps of fine openwork
jet, passed over and under the arm, and
seeming to hold the lace folds in place.
Miss Harriet Hoslner is authority for
the statement that the Greeks thought
the perfect woman should have thick
ankles, big waist, square feet and
stubby, square fingers.
At recent convention of women, sixty
lady stenographers took their places at
the tables in front of the platform. Only
one male reporter was present, and one
of the ladies employed him.
An old Virginia auntie, who knew
how to make the most delicious ginger
bread that ever tickled mortal palate,
has just died and left comfortable for
tune, gained by the exercise of her OVID
talent.
Mousseline De Sole is favorite fabric
for graduating dresses, and will also be
used for summer resort toilets and brides
maids gowns. Paris modistes use it for
parts of youthful bridal dresses over white
silk slips.
The efforts of Miss Emily Faithful, who
has been laboring for over thirty years to
ameliorate the Condition of women in
England, has been recognized by the
Government to the extent of pension of
$3.50 year.
At the last London drawing room nearly
all the debutantes and many of the mar