Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-15
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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Ribbons are used as freely as ever for
trimming.
Buttons at $50 dozen will find many
purchasers this winter.
Lady Bva Wyndham Quin, an English
lady has been tiger hunting ut Nepaul,
Northern India.
Richard Burton. of Denver. Col, wants
a divorce from his wife on the ground
that she squints.
The Empress Augusta gave $500 to the
fund for the relief of the sufferers by the
Antwerp explosion.
The new carmelite woods have silk
woven borders which closely resemble
kensington embroidery
Miss Sanger, President Harrison's type
writer, is rapid worker, and often copies
on her machine 12O letters a day.
Mrs. Harriet A. Ketchum has been
awarded the first prize $500 for design
for the Iowa soldiers monument.
Five hundred dollars will keep
fashionable woman in millinery goods
and $500 will shoe her for twelve months.
Miss Beaumont, the American aeronaut,
was recently tshed out of the River Tyne,
England, after descending from the
clouds in a parachute.
The Princess Christian, daughter of
Queen Victoria, has prepared three illus
trated articles for the forthcoming vol
ume Of an English magazine.
The new winter goods are cashmeres,
cloths, cheviots and diagonals, il divers
designs, of which the large plaids, disks,
and broad stripes are most favored
A woman living in the oil region of
Pennsylvania recently lost her thumb.
She applied crude oil to the stump and
now an entirely new thumb is growing.
Genuine green acorns in their tiny
cups, and surrounded by shining dark
green oak leaves, appear upon some of
the large Directoirc hats for early autumn
wear.
A high, wired collar and small hood
are effective additions to seal plush man.
ties, and smaller collars of plush or fur
are very stylish upon Directoire capes of
cloth.
A big mellow, yellow apple stuck full
of cloves and set on saucer is one of the
sweetest things to be found on the dress
ing table of the guests chamber for bit
of fragrance.
Miss Mary Louise Morley, the young
English woman who was graduated with
honors at Cambridge in 1888, has received
an offer to teach the languages in Bos-
ton private school.
There is fancy just now for ribbon
trimming on the plain straw hat Masses
of loops and ends are piled on the crown,
entirely concealing it, while the brim
is left undecorated.
Astrachan is likely to be considerably
worn during the winter, in both gray
and black, and the warm brown mink
fur, so popular generation ago, is again
a candidate for popular favor.
Apple green and primrose yellow are
used in combination for evening gowns.
Another favOrite mixture that sounds i'm
possible and looks more than we'll is deep
cream with clear glistening white.
A very popular arrangement for gowns
of wooden fabrics is the double vest, the
breasted waistcOat, the under one. Of silk
or some light fabric, reaching to the
throat.
Only dress skirts of a very heavy fab
rio require steels; and the limit is fixed
at two short ones. Pad bustles are en-
tirely eliminated and the skirt hangs
perfectly in back, being also entirely
o,,J Of no Ci6nc
The favorite furs for the winter will be
the Russian sable, which, by reason of
its cost, is always leading choice; the
mink or Hudson Bay sable, the ever
popular sealskin, astrackan, black Per-
sian lamb, Russian lamb and gray Krim-
mer.
English bridesmaids are wearing Di-
rectOire costumes of white watered silk
with redingotes which have deep rolling
collars of orange velvet, and soft vests of
yellow crepe du chine fastened ut the
belt with long loops and ends of yellow
MORO ribbon.
A new feature is the kid crown which
adorns some Of the most elegant hats and
bonnets. One little turban has a crown
of white kid and q brim composed of
tiny black wings. Kid of different
shades is employed. The effect is deli
cate and unique.
The late Miss Mary L. Booth, editor of
Ua7pe1''s Bazar, left fortune of $780,
900, all earned by her pen. Miss Booth
was prolific and patient writer, anG her
success, as most successes are, was earned