West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-12
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

NhuOuy-iaCeu WOHlen make the best
wives, it is said.
Bead necklaces are the fashion of the
moment in Paris.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is in her
seventy-fourth year.
The city editor of the Muncie Qnd }
Erenifg Herald is woman.
Srimati Hardevi, a Punjabee lady, is the
| frst woman editor in India
There are number of women who are
uotaries public in Chicago.
Fine Suede kid shoes with vamps of
patent leather continue 10 find patrons.
The New England Women's Press As
| ISOLATION numbers almost 100 mem
bers.
A Berlin professor says that constant
piano practice will ruin the health of any
| girl.
The real name Of the author who signs
herself ''The Duchess, " is Mrs. Hunger
ford.
The newest driving cloaks are less vol
luminous than they were several months
| ago.
Ar insurance company conducted by
women has been established in New
| Orleans.
Mr.. Gladstone never drinks tea except
what is specially made for him by Mrs.
Gladstone.
Full bishop sleeves are seen on wraps
and gowns, though coat sleeves continue
to be worn.
Very pretty rustic stands of pottery
simulate stumps and gnarls of wood in
form and color.
Nearly one-half of the AS medical
students graduated at the Boston Uni
versity are women.
The black ribbon collars now seen on
| light dresses are fastened with small
Rhine stone buckles.
Women are said TO have the bumps of
order and cleanliness more highly de
veloped than the men.
Twenty-three young ladies will make
up the list of fashionable debutantes in
Philadelphia next winter.
Pongee silk corsets are exceedingly
cool and comfortable, and consequently
in demand at the present time.
Sarah Arabella Mackie, of London, has
been granted patent for improvements
in the manufacture of artificial fuel.
The Woman's Educational and In
dustrial Union, of Buffalo, N. Y, owns
fine building, adapted to its work.
IL is rumored that long wasted cor
sages will be made to extend over the
hips in medieval fashion, next winter.
The latest thing in women's sailor hats
Is startling combination of red brim and
white crown, or blue crown and white
| brim.
A London firm of diamond dealers has
an order to supply the stones for n neck
lace for Lady Guinness, which is to cost
| 1925, 600.
When white gloves are used for driving
they are stitched on the back with three
rows of black, each row a quarter of an
inch wide.
With the Recamier wrapper, which is
simple short wasted gown, is worn n
turned-over collar of embroidery, with
cuffs to match.
The Princess Sophia takes daily les
sons in Greek that she may be able to
converse with her future husband, the
Duke of Sparta.
Book-covers that fit over any novel and
are of a correct shade to match the read
er's costume, are favorites with this sum-
mer's seaside girl.
New tulle gowns are some of them
made up with n succession of skirts.
Each skirt has deep hem and falls
straight all around.
Lady Forester sends to the factory girls
Of London every week upward of 1000
punches of flowers gathered by the ser
wants on the estate.
Mrs. Napier Higgins, the author, is
the first lady Fellow of the English
Royal Society of Literature since the
days of Hannah More.
Silk Innings have not been used as ex-
tensively as last year The waist lining
and foundation skirt for cotton dresses
are made of white lawn.
Birdie May Wilson, of New York. has
been granted n patent in Great Britain
for device for plucking hair, to be used
in the dressing Of skins
The City Council of Chicago has
authorized the appointment of five
women to inspect the sanitary condition
of factories and tenements.
1t is said that the japanese women who
embrace Christianity exercise an influence
in moral questions hardly inferior TO the
English and American women.
All the lovely tints Of lilac, mauve and
heliotrOpe are suddenly restored to their
old-time popularity, some Of the new
dyes shading exquisitcly into faint tints
Of old rose.
The cook problem-in New Orlelns
possibly the most unsOlvable problem of
all-is about 20 be worked out i'm Lon
don, where IL 900 girls are now attend.
ing the cooking schools.
This has been great season for the
''lady guide" one Of the latest develop
ments Of women Of education who have
10 earn something. The Worlds Fair at
Paris has helped them wonderfully.
Black laccs md white laces are beauti.
fully combined in some Of the new Cor
day and Marie Antoincttc fchus. and
capcs and gowns formed n this maQpie
mixture 4Fo aufgnrr rorrf. q flr r,.,..t ~.