Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

dentists.
Cherry in mahogany finish is much used
in furniture
The toque and the round hat divide
honors about evenly.
The newest silver candlestick is in
shape of a lady's boot.
Mahogany, now as ever, is a preferred
wood for fine furniture.
Black toilets are more than ever in
favor with the Parisians.
Ash, maple and birch are favorite
woods for cottage furniture.
Ribbon embroideries are included
among the new dress trimmings.
Middle aged and elderly ladies are
wearing gowns Of rich black satin.
Mrs Mary Harrison Mckee is said to be
thoroughly up in German literature.
The making of lamp shades is a very
lucrative business for women in England.
Canoes are very much revived, and are
best liked when set in heavy gold wire.
Boating and tennis costumes are being
made in cotton and wool Scotch flannels.
Displays of womens work will be made
by thirty odd nations at the Paris Exhibi-
ton.
The exclusively feminine club is a
thing comparatively unknown in Eng
land
Ten thousand women registered to vote
for the School Inspectors at Eetroit,
Mich.
There has been some attempt to revive
the wearing of the Greek fllet and the
turban.
A diamond comet blazing in the horns
of golden moon is the weirdest of new
brooches.
White and black bonnets are much
trimmed with gold ribbon and gold en-
broidery.
Wise persons predict a silken season
and riot of bright colors for the sum-
mer of 1889.
The prett1est of the silver combs has a
wreath of enamel mignonette twined
about its top.
The handsomest of new lockets are of
pink coral, with a diamond or big pearl
in the center.
The newest lace-pins have enamel fruit
in natural colors mounted upon gold or
silver fiigree.
Parasols covered with India silk are
furnished to use with costumes of the
same material.
The growth Of the religious society of
the Kings Daughters in Philadelphia has
been enormous.
Japan's greatest heiress is Warehouses
MAZDA, with fortune of S., 600, 900 III
her own right.
The tendency in Paris seems to be set
ting even more strongly toward the classic
revival in dress.
Challies are revived for spring and
summer wear in charming designs and
harmonious colors.
Mrs. Marion Mcbride will represent the
newspaper women Of the United States al
the Paris Exhibition.
Mrs. Joseph Harrison, widow of the
man who built the first railroad in Russia,
is worth 100000.
Cloth powdered with silk applique in
wreaths and bouquets is a new and very
handsome trimming stuff.
Mrs. Cleveland has abjured the bang,
as we'll as the hustle, and brushes her hair
straight up from her forehead.
The newest grenadine wells are black
or dark brown, and have fancy Roman
stripes Of satin along one edge.
Graduating dresses for school girls will
have unprotected waists, with insertion
down the fronts and the sleeves.
It is good Kentucky law that property
paid for by wife's earnings is subject
to execution for the husbands debts.
Cream wool sparsely dashed and
splashed with a bright color will be the
favorite stuff for summer tennis gowns.
Scarfs of silk or lace are worn either
loose over the shoulders or else knotted
low upon the bust with low hanging
ends.
A season of thin material is predicted
by Paris milliners, with bonnets entirely of
silk muslin in small puffs round and
round.
New black wells of plain net have
hem at the lower edge with gilt threads
in it in a small design and similar rows
above.