The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10


medals from the jury of fine arts in the
Paris Eyposition-AIis Elizabeth Gard
uer, Miss Klumpke and Miss Rosin.
Edison green is an electric shade
copied from the electric lights thrown on
fountains, and is especially effective in
ostrich tips and other small feathers.
Women have often successfully hid
valuables In their hair, and young
French lady recently found note equal
to 5000 in her deceased mothers CHG.
non.
Exquisite trimmings for evening gowns
are made of white silver braid, with gold
cord edges, with few of the opal beads
known as "angels' tears" outside the
cord.
The drowning of girl babies by their
parents has at last been made penal in
China. The punishment of sixty blows
of the bamboo will be enforced every
time. ..
Gilt and steel and silver and steel are
set close together in fine soutache for
dress garnitures, the braid being set ON
edge in solid crescent and pointed pat
terms.
Very handsome trimmings for cloth
dresses are made of open diamond shaped
bands of tan kid, which form wide gal
loon, on which are set squares of dark
velvet.
The new Industrial Home for Women
who have renowned polygamy has been
opened at Salt Lake City, Its support is
provided for by the United States Gov
ernment.
Black trimmings are still used on col
ored materials, and where other .colors
are added black is used as foundation,
either for one or several colors in COM
bination.
Some very dainty walking gowns of
striped zephyr ginghams are seen, made
with close-ftting basque, over double
wsistcoat effects of white over striped
bingham.
Among the recent addition to the
standard cloth shades are amaranth, rus
set, with deep orange tinge, red gold,
peach color, the dahlia reds, oak heart
and linden green.
Long coats and polonaises are very
much worn, but basques and round
waists with straight skirts slightly draped
upon the foundation come in numbers
from the best houses.
Embroideries done in silk in the light
est colors, in vine, leaf and flower pat
terms, are shown and are intended to be
-appliqued upon silks and velvets for
light evening toilets.
Beige-colored and mignonette- green
dresses of Veneton cashmere, bordered
with gold and silver galloons, are made
with double skirts, both equally long,
the upper one open up the left side to the
waist
The favorite designs in the new passe-
menteries of all kinds are vandyke points
and Gothic arches coming up slenderly
from straight edge, and all patterns are
open, instead of being closely massed as
heretofore.
Mrs. Anna Hughes, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
successfully carries on the business of a
dairy farm. She keeps 100 head of cat
tie, has from six to eight men in her en-
ploy, and sells from 900 to 800 quarts of
milk day.
The Queen of Greece is blonde, with
| brown hair, regular features and beau
tiful neck and shoulders. She dresses
very simply, except on State occasions,
and often goes about Athens without
even a maid to attend her.
Very handsome wool gowns, those
with crepe-like surface particularly, are
worn at autumn dinners and teas, and
also soft carmelites in Empire style at
evening concerts. These appear in all the
new art shades of the season.
Dressy equestriennes now vary the
extreme simplicity of the riding habit
with white pique vests, which show at
the throat, where the basque is turned
away in tiny lapels, and also below the
waistaiue, where it is slightly cut away.
Corday and Marie Antonette fichus,
picturesque collars, Ursuline capes and
Spanish berthas of lace or silk muslin,
Swiss shawl capes, French scarfs and
numberless other charming accessories are
noted as features of the new autumn
toilets.
An amber hairpin is shown in the jew.
elers' windows with its curved top SET
about with tiny enameled for-get-me.
nots. In the center of each little flower
sparkles diamond. Long sprays of for
ret-me-nots with diamond centers ART
set in pins.
The Empress Frederick is one of thu
wealthiest widows in the world. Besides
the generous provision made for her b,
her late husband and the annuity o
5000, 900 year she receives as Queen
Dowager of Prussia, she has recent.
been left 81, 900, 900 by the Duchess o
Galicia.