Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-06-20
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

French gray is as popular a color -
ever.
There is "woman's League" in New
Orleans.
All fashionable dinner gowns are now
trained.
Missouri has granted school suffrage to
women.
The LeghOrn fiat is as popular as ever
this season.
A new embroidery takes the name of
witch stitch.
The stick and handle of the sun UNI
brella are huge.
The pagoda canopy grows in favor for
dressy parasols.
There is seemingly no end to the va
riety in sleeves.
The Leghorn hat ispromised by milliners
for fall wear.
A wicker canoe is the newest thing in
baby carriages.
Chartreuse and absinthe are among the
fashionable greens.
Plaids and stripes are in favor with
fashionable dresses.
Jewelry has been ruled out of order
with a riding habit.
Belts, sashes and girdles are on almost
| all the new costumes.
A woman's directory is about to be
published in Chicago.
There are said to be 5000 women doc
tors in the United States.
Silver buttons are used on seaside
gowns instead of gilt ones.
Dotted gauze parasols can be worn with
any kind of dressy gown.
The gown of black lace is as fashion
able and as popular as ever.
The Tuxedo suit for ladies consist of
a blouse waist, skirt and sash.
Boston has two women real estate
agents and New York has one.
1t costs from S. to $40 to have the
plaits laid for an accordion skirt.
In ancient Egypt ladies used to go into
mourning when their pet cats died.
The paragon frame has grooved steel
ribs which will not warp nor break.
Mrs. Margaret Oliphant is one of the
most indefatigable of living writers.
Stylish suits are made up in India CASH
mere combined with velvet or moire.
Black silk and tan-colored silk mitts
will both be worn again this summer.
Eyebrow aud eyelash dyes and tonics
are sold in the London cosmetic shops.
There are 62, 900 women in the United
States interested in the cultivation of
fruit.
Two thousand girls were trained last
year in the kitchen gardens of the W. G.
T. U.
Ladies are beginning to wonder how
they could ever have liked the Directoire
gown.
Dr. Agnew says healthy woman can
kill herself in about year by horseback
riding.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, the New York pub
Usher, is an authority on the subject of
gloves.
There are six women police officers in
London, and seven more are to be ap-
pointed.
Tarpaulin hats, either black or white,
in sailor shape, are affected by feminine
yachtsmen.
1t is part of French economy that a
woman shall not wear her street costume
in the house.
Surah silk dust cloaks are seen quite
frequently on women bent upon shopping
expeditions.
The curators of the Kentucky Uni
versity have decided to admit women to
the institution.
Riding habits are still dark in color,
but ladies will soon make change to light
gray and brown.
There is but little difference in out
ward appearance between a good sateen
and an India silk.
Some Boston ladies have started o So
ciety for the cultivation of aesthetics
among the masses.
Covers of lace or net or thin gauze en-
broidered in Persian patterns are seen on
many new parasols.
Manufactured pongees will be styl-
ishly trimmed with white lace or en-
broidery laid on fiat.
The Empress of Germany has received
necklace valued at $3.50, 600, the gift of
the Sultan of Turkey.
Ladies who were ordained ministers
have not the legal authority for solemniz-
ing the marriage ceremony.
New York professional beauties are
paid only $S per week. They stand for
admiration in dime museums.
A new brooch is of gold, the design
being plow with diamond sickle and
an ear of corn thrown across it.
The broad lace and muslin frills which
have lately come into fashion often give a