Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11


of moonstones with claw settings.
Some of the newest gauze fans are
mounted on sticks of frosted silver.
The old-fashioned red coral necklace is
to be seen about some fair throats.
. Of the 334 inmates in the Fulton, No,
insane asylum, but one is a woman.
Dressy young married ladies wear white
tulle wells with capote-shaped bonnets.
Many of the summer dresses made OF
thin fabrics have bodices without darts.
Mourning is worn for a longer period in
the United States than any other coun,
try.
The ribbons used for sewing in rows
on net dresses are generally two inches
wide.
The Directoire ruf11e of white or black
lace is one of the features of summer
gowns.
Yellow daffodils were the floral tabl.
decorations much used in London thil
spring.
1t has been found that 0,000 book,
have been written by women in the United
States.
A new statue of Queen Victoria ha,
been erected in the London University
building.
Five hundred women have already ap
piled for positions as factory Inspector
in New York.
Mrs. Hetty Green, worth $50, 900, 900,
walks when she is in New York to save
street car fare.
White silk brocaded or lace parasol,
are not seen to advantage in an unex'
pected shower. ...... ..
Effective hairpins are topped with star
of cut silver, which glisten as if set with
brilliant gems.
English ladies wear large, soft silk ties,
the color of the gown, in place of .ths
discarded boas.
The popular Alsatian bow of ribbon
used as bonnet decoration is often edged
with gold braid.
The Duchess of Edinburgh has fiv,
huge sapphires which blazed out at the
last drawing room.
The ex-Empress Eugenie is renewing
her youth by a course of baths at an Eng.
lish watering place.
Women are to be admitted to the Hart
ford Conn Theological College on the
same terms as men.
The attendants in the Queen of Eng.
lands household are on duty only si1
months out of twelve.
Expensive parasol handles are those OF
solid gold, with monograms in diamonds
and rubies on the end.
Sir John A. Macdonald, the Canadian
Prime Minister, favors women voting fol
members Of Parliament.
Lady Burdett- Coutts is the only woman
who has received the freedom of the city
of Edinburgh, Scotland.
In five months the police matrons OF
Philadelphia have had under their care
1929 women and 1873 children.
Some new satteens have black grounds
with large Empire green or bright REQ
flowers scattered over their surfaces.
The, Woman's Medical College o.
Chicago is about to erect a new building
which will accommodate $50 students.
Mrs. Smith teaches laundry work al
Forsyth College, England, writes novels
makes dresses and invents new recipes.
Among the quaint parasol handles ot
the present season are perfectly simulated
straps, buckles and all in oxidized silver
Princess Victoria of Teck, the prettiest
princess in England, is talked about as
the future wife of Prince Albert Victor
Unmarried ladies are beginning to as
sert their independence by setting W
housekeeping for themselves in New
York.
| Mrs. John A. Logan is about to founc
post graduate course of domestic train
ing for women in Chicago institution O.
learning.
| A woman living in the central part Of
New York State has flower farm Of
seventeen acres from which she some.
times clears $4,000 year.
| Five hundred women in Toxic anG
Yokohama have subscribed to fund fol
the purchase of handsome Bible to b.
\ presented to the Empress of Japan.
| Fourteen thousand girls are attending
the London School Board Cookery cen
| ters. Still further facilities for increas
ing this number are now being made.
Seven girls in ladies' seminary neal
Northampton, England, have been sus
pended for smoking cigarettes made O
tea leaves which they rolled themselves
4 A Frenchman who evidently has gooG
powers Of observation asserts that ar
American woman is instantly known by
The fact thae she puts on her gloves il
the street.
There are now 800 Irish ladies, i'm
ooverished because unable to collect any
. :ent for their property, selling their work
through the agency of London com
nittee headed by the Queen and having
;he Princess Louise for one of its mem
aers.