Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29

border on dresses of cotton crepes.
Carlotta, ex-Empress of Mexico, lives
IN castle in Belgium in seclusion.
Miss Nellie Gould, who will inherit
500, 900, 900, dresses on S2500 year.
Light gray gloves are worn for calls,
md darker shades for the promenade.
Dainty bedroom slippers are made of a
square of silk tied around and draped on
q cork sole.
Vienna china is fragile as an eggshell,
and the price for tea set is not much
under 500.
The new Duchess of Portland has re-
fused to permit her photographs to be
offered for sale.
One of the chief claims of widow is
said to be the understanding of the fine
Wt of sympathy.
Widows wells of English Grape hang
to the foot in front, and fall below the
waist in the back.
Combinations of green and blue are
very fashionable, but'one or the other
Color ulusI pe very udIh'
The soft silk sash is the boon of the
passing season to women who must wear
their gowns of last summer.
The Queen of Siam wears one and &
half inch boots. They are all made with
low heels and average $40 pair.
Sunshades in bright yellow or dull red
silk are made very becoming to the bearer
by lining and founce of black lace.
Mrs. Oliver, of Athens, Ga, is eighty
seven years old, and she does not remem-
Der to have ever taken drink of water.
A small town near Morgantown, W.
Va, has an eccentric woman who wears
different colored wig each day in the
week.
Jules Simon, the French statesman,
has lately declared himself in favor of
granting suferage to single women and
J widows.
A Reading PENN youth has an un-
surpassed record as rejected suitor. He
has been refused seventeen times by the
same girl.
A new kind of merveilleux silk has
been manufactured which will wash, and
which is especially appropriate for chill
dren's dresses.
A fancy addition to the plain skirt Of
net and lace now in vogue, an idea which
comes from Paris, is small lace ruffit
sewed to the edge.
You can get into woman's good graces
easier by pleasing her baby than by flatter
ing herself. Mother pride is stronger
than female vanity.
There are four ladies' cricket clubs il
the west end of London, and there art
said to be some very dexterous player
among the members.
The fsh-net fabric now used fol
dresses offers one objection. 1t catches
on every projecting corner and rough
edged object within reach.
Violet-tinted Venetian crepalinc form
an exquisite toilet for four o'clock tea
Gold-embroidered bands look dainty OF
the lilac silk blouse and petticoat.
Yokes, which form part of many O
the bodices for cotton gowns, are rounded
b at the front and back, and do not reacl
the bottom of the armholes at the side.
The gigot or leg-of-mutton sleeve, al
in one piece, and with its fulness at tn
top wrinkled around the arm, is tn
; growing favorite with Paris dressmakers
4 Bodices of bright cashmere are worl
J at the seaside with plaid Inohair ant
| taffeta silk skirts. The bodices ant
j sleeves are as elaborate as the skirts ar
t plain.
e The Empress Frederick is to write tn
: memoirs of her husband. 1t is said tn
t book will be published in England t
u avoid the terrible blue pencil of Prime
q Bismarck.
:. The young ladies at the Delawar
! Water, Gap, Penn, had "paint an
i powder party" one night lately, eac
: maiden appearing with powdered hal
: and painted cheeks.
4 From Bar Harbor, Me-, comes new
] that the craze for collecting autograph
y and locks of hair has given place to
r mania for fragments of the cast-off ward
. robes of men of note, which the ladie
. work into ''cosies" and fancy articles.
Il The reformed mourning as suggeste
k by Lady Habberton is a small band {
t black worn around one arm. For widow
# and widowers it might be made with
ts narrow edge of white or gray; for otht
v relations it might be all black or have @
d edge of red or blue.
y A woman's art club of twenty men
bers has been organized in Philadelphi,
The society, which calls itself "B'
hemia," is very merry one, and tt
- - members manage to extrct great deal {
IL pleasure from life, although they are a
u poor, orphans, and homeless.
: The Empress Haru of Japan is &
10 ardent friend of all schemes for a,
q vancing the social and legal standing
! Japanese women. She has literary tast
?, ,. and writes poetry. tits never publishe,
n but appears in autograph form on screel
, used in her private apartments.
ID Trunkmakers say that the gigant
Of Saratogas are "out of STYLE" and tn
te women of good sense are preferring
Sc buy two moderate-sized trunks, abo
IN forty inches long, with fiat tops and irt
OF bands, and oak tips. Wicker trunks a
also popular-both with women and 6
pressmen. ''.- -