The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-24
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
"sunshine yellow" is the latest.


perfection, is as popular as ever,
Irish poplins in light evening colors
will be worn for dressy occasions,
Mrs. j. Redding, editor of the Art
Journal, is an expert bicycle rider.
Miss Olive sehreiner, the novelist, pro.
poses to come to America next year.
Nine. Marchesi, tho famous teacher of
singing in Paris, has written her memoirs.
There are 90, 900 women in the United
States interested in the cultivation Of
fruit.
The free public library nj Concord, n.
H., is TO have statue of the late Louis
NJ. Aloott
An English lady has left $50, 900 to be
devoted to photographing the stars,
planets, and nebul@.
A handkerchief in the possession of the
Czarina is said to have cost S2500. 1t
took seven years to make it,
Queen Louise, of Denmark, the mother
of the Princess of Wales, has just passed
her seventy-second birthday.
Miss Toki Mardira, the daughter of one
Of the highest families in Japan, has dc.
cided to take the veil in Munich.
There is an impression that the social
and matrimonial success of the American
girl in England has been curtailed,
Cornell University has opened the now
year with 1400 students in all, the num-
Der of women showing relative increase
Passementerie and silk cord ornaments.
although not new, are of greater impor-
lance at the present time than ever bo-
fore.
For bonnets and bonnet trimmings,
for wraps and parts of dresses, shot vel
velts, both figured and plain, will be in
order.
The fashion of women wearing the
single eyeglass has been started in Lon.
don. 1t is chiefly affected by theatrical
people.
Miss Wheeler, of Philadelphia, who is
engaged to Count Poppenhein, OF Bs.
varia, is only eighteen years CT age end
very rich.
Panels for dress skirts are in what arc
known as Tower Eiffel designs, very
broad at the foot and tapering to nearlya
point at the top.
Newly imported costumes of very
beautiful silky gray India cashmere are
elegantly decorated with silk cord Escu.
rial passementeries.
Miss Joanna Baker has been appointed
to the chair Of Greek at Simpson College,
Indianola, Iowa. Her father occupied
the position seventeen years ago.
Shot velvets, figured and plain, and
shot MORE ribbons, are likely to be much
used for parts of dresses and of wraps, and
for bonuets and their trimmings.
The velvet brocades introduced this
season for dresses are very beautiful. In
many instances these will be used for the
front breadth only, in Others for the
trains.
Long cloaks that drape the figure
loosely and are finished with nearly round
shoulder capes are called Ursuline cloaks,
and come in dark -colored camel's hair
cloth.
1t is predicted that black dresses will
be worn more this winter than they have
of late, and some handsome models are
shown, suitable for both young and elderly
ladies.
Green still remains favorite color for
dressy street costumes, and there are
many combinations of green with other
colors, notably apricot, peach, Suede and
copper red.
Miss Yirg, the daughter of the new
Chinese Minister to this country, is q
pretty girl of sixteen. She has 81
blacklist Of hair and eyes and creamy
complexion.
1t is predicted that Miss Wanamaker,
daughter of the Postmaster General, will
be a. prominent belle in Washington this
winter. Her good sense and winning
manners are her charms.
Lace hats and bonnets once reserved
for midsummer are now just the thing
for half-season wear. Flowers or silver
tihgrec or fine cut steel are the most
stylish ornaments for them.
The insatiate demand for small
presents in silver has met with wonder
Gus variety of patterns in the form of
book marks and envelope openers, which
sell from 81 to S. piece.
The arcefer," in blue, mahogany or
Roman red cloth, will be popular jacket
for youthful wearers during the entire
autumn, and like models in heavy cloak
ing goods are also made ready for winter
uses
Among the prettiest and neatest of
travelling garments are long wraps which
completely envelope the person, in striped
usually gray and black. They are
much on the Connemara or peasant cloak
style.
A directory iiend is woman who fire.
quents drug stores and other public
places where she can glance over direc-
tory and at the same time pose gracefully
for the admiration of strangers. Denver
is this woman's more particular home.
The desire manifested by the fair sex
for nj iature paintings set as brooches
amounts to almost craze. These paint.
ings are imported, and leading manufac.
lures claim that they have difficulty in
mounting them fast enough to supply the
demand.
Animals Recognize Pictures.