Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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voice at bargain counter.
Mrs. E. D. E. n. Southworth, the
novelist, is seventy-seven.
The Woman's Press Club, of Cincin-
natl, has thirteen members.
Tea chewing is the new fashionable
and dangerous feminine habit.
Lebanon, KY, claims the Oldest
woman; she is said to be 121.
Tan of different shades is still the
reignIng color for evening gloves.
Long scarfs of colored lace are worn
around the throat in place of boa.
Syrian velvet in two tones, like shot
silk, is made up with faille and Victoria
silk.
One of the leading art clubs in Vienna
shelters twenty-five American lady stu
dents.
A Jacket lined with squirrel fur is one
of the late inventions of the London
tailors.
Some of the very newest umbrellas
have handles of Mexican onyx in various
designs.
Mrs. Belle M. Spur has been reelected
School Superintendent of Barnes County,
Dakota.
Pink lining for carriages is the latest
'fad." 1t gives the occupants rosy
complexion.
The latest hats have low, fiat crowns,
though they are trimmed so as to give an
effect of height.
Mrs. Zoe Dana, Underhill. the story
writer, is daughter of the editor OF the
New York Sun.
One of the hotels for winter visitors in
Southern California has spacious la
| dies billiard parlor."
Winifred Frulick, schoolmistress in
Amador County, Cal, recently killed
eight quail at one shot.
The plain coat sleeve is not much
worn, and then only with bands of vel
vet diagonally across it.
Macrame lace is almost as easily made
as old time knitting. and, fortunately, is
coming into favor again.
The Woman's Industrial Exchange at
Leadville, Col, paid over $500 to needy
women during the past year.
English serge gowns of Roman-red are
half concealed by elaborate braid en-
broideries in black and gold.
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| than it was last season. In some cases it
quite covers the nape of the neck.
Halo hats, which encircle the face like
an aureole, are of dark, rich velvet and
are likely to be quite popular this win
| ter.
Mandolin music is now preferred for
fashionable private entertainments in
New York, and expert players get high
prices.
The fronts of French bodices are now
extremely short, pointed An inch or so
below the waist-line, and covered by a
girdle.
Figaro Jackets, made of braid and
| beads and lined with bright silk to
| match the accessories of the costume, are
now worn.
The women of Hartford, Conn.,, have
organized dressmaking and arithmetic
school for young ladies who want to
learn trade.
The half length sleeves now so much
worn for evening have ribbon epaulets
or long strings of beads pendent from
their lower edges.
One of the New York workingwo-
mems unions has employed the services
OF d physician W 1OOh d1ttr us SICK OE
unhealthy members.
Queen Victoria is said to have set the
example of dispensing with the bonnet
during the marriage ceremony when she
was married in 1910.
There are over 1000 patients in the in
sane asylum at Norristown, Penn, and
half of them are women, under tie sole
| chargs of DIR. Alice Bennett.
Miss Julia Rhinelander is the latest
competitor for the honor of being the
richest American spinster. She possesses
milliors in New York real estate.
The Woman's Club, of Chicago, has
appeared before the City Council of that
| city, petitloning an ordinance forcing
| vagrant children to attend school.
Light-colored veilings and French
cashmeres are extremely pretty for even
ing wear, and are embellished witk
bands of galloons in preference to lace.
One of the curious advertisements
| published in a recent issue of London
daily is written by an elderly lady who
wishes to take blossoms in whist play
ing"
Mrs. Nathan Appleton, of Boston, is
at the head of a movement to present a
statue of Washington to the French
Government as the gift of the women of
America.
Mrs. Mary Teller, pretty woman liv-
ing at Spokane Falls, Washington Terri