Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-08-03
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Old-fashioned barege is revived.
Foulards are again in high favor.

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Black is still the leading favorite among
colors.
Gloves Of charno;s skin are used 70,
shopping
Moonstone jewelry is very popular just
al present.
The skirts Of tulle dresses are made in
fan plisses.
English women refuse to adopt the low,
crowned hat.
The newest thing in work baskets is s
japanese lantern.
A labor lyceuln for wo1nen has been or.
ganized in st. Paul.
Soft finished piques are sometimes used
tor tennis costumes.
Tan colored leather is used extensivel,
for trimming dresses.
Rhinestone belt buckles are counte-
nanccd this summer.
Selvedges form the trimming to some
Of the summer gowns.
A woman's exchange has been opened
in Brook street, London.
Low hats tied on with narrow strings
are worn at tennis parties.
White China silk is one of the ~favorite
fabrics for summer dresses.
Mrs. Mary J. Holmes is in Italy gath
eriny points for a new story.
Stventv-five women in the United
States are practising lawyers.
Ribbons intended for sashes vary in
width from ten to twelve inches.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is one of the most
popular women orators,in England.
Tapestry painting is the craze of the
moment with young girl art students.
The military girl is an established insti-
tuition at the University of Minnesota.
Sandal shoes are worn with Empire
and Directory gowns on the other side.
Leather and chamois trimmings are
again seen on travelling and utility suits.
The new c ribbons look like the
beds of flower garden in full June bloom.
Silk gowns in black and white are
most fashionable when designed in
scrolls.
Tucks on the skirt, tucks on the
sleeves, tucks on the waist, tucks every
where.
Ribbons for dresses, hats and bonnets
inches.
l. Mrs. ID. G. Croly (Jcnnie june is about
to start Il new paper called the Woman's
Century.
Women intcrviewers are said to be far
more successful than men on London
newspapers.
Batiste dresses, with parasol to match,
will serve as all-day dresses at the
watering places.
Fancy sleeves of some thin fabric are
worn this season in tennis blouses OF
hthicker material.
All the new jerseys are made as nearly
as possible after the pattern Of the fash
ionable bodices.
A taste for shot twilled silk is revived
as they suit dresses of the Empire style
and that of 1880.
There are eight ladies Of title in Eng
land who carry on the business of dress
and mantle making.
A Philadelphia washerwoman contrib
uted the only mattress she had for the
Johnstown sufferers.
There are over 5000, 900 women ir
this country who are engaged in work
which is not domestic.
A young woman who has her own liv.
ing to make needs to disembarrass her
self Of all false pride.
Stout women should avoid belts, hori
zontal rows of trimming and ornamental
ton at the top of sleeves.
Among the dressy yet inexpensive ma
terials Of the season are beautiful,
printed mohairs and alpacas.
Irish!poplins are beautiful in combina
ton with soft wooden material, as the,
come in such lovely tintings.
The Elmira On. " College is tn,
oldest college in the world chartered
for the education Of women.
Miss Susan b. Anthony is nearl