The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-26
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


The Princess of Wales wears six and
one-half inch gloves,
The new faille silks are heavier than
formerly, with thick reps and rather
stiff.
All the softer repped silk fabrics are
now classed under the general head Of
bengaline.
Armure, faille franchise and brocades
appear among importations of silks for
fall and winter.
The attendants in the Queen of Eng
lands household are on duty only six
months out of twelve.
Mrs. Spurgeon, wife of the celebrated
London preacher, sends books to poor
country clergymen and bonnets to their
wives.
Five hundred women in Toxic and
Yokohama have subscribed for the pur-
chase of handsome Bible to be pre-
sented to the Empress of Japan.
Scarfs in tapestry colorings and de-
signs are now placed down the middle Of
the dress skirt, the plain wool sides Of
the skirt appearing to open upon them.
Some of the new wool gowns have
shirt-waists belted and worn with coats
that have loose fronts, after the neglige
manner of gowns worn the past summer.
Garnet ornaments are coming into
favor again. Bracelets, brooches, stick
pins, combs and the new Creole earrings
all display finely-cut garnets set in gold.
1t is absolutely essential that every
Maid of Honor employed in the British
Royal Family should be good horse
woman and correct reader of music at
sight.
Two girls. sisters, in New Orleans,
have gone into the dairy business. They
have large stables, milk many cows and
appear to be doing well. The business
is paying one.
Miss Dallas Yoke had her wedding
gown made by woman who has done
most of her sewing since her childhood,
and all her wardrobe was prepared on an
economical scale.
Miss Harriet Hosmer, the sculptress,
at reception given her by the Chicago
Woman's Club, wore five medals, four Of
gold and one of silver, which had been
awarded her in Italy.
Miss Juanita Miller, daughter of Joa-
quin Miller, little girl six years old, re.
cited poem, ''The Mothers of Men," al
the testimonial to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
in Newport recently.
The "Martha Washington" fchu i,
simply square of null, net, gsuze oil
lace folded cornerwise, rounded a little
at the back, the ends heightened bit,
and edged with frill Of good lace.
Miss Frances Graham French, of Wash
ington, holds the position of linguist and
translator in the Bureau of Education
and is engaged in the work Of classifying
30, 900 foreign books in twenty differen
languages.
The styles of most of the jewelry now
worn show decided tendency to thos,
of the Renaissance with its combination
of precious stones and colored enamel
set in chased, engraved, or filigree golt
and silver.
Madam Carnot, of France, has set tn,
example among the ladies of the Presi
Dental court of wearing lilies of the val
ley on all occasions, and these flowers ar
now regarded as the emblem of the Car
not regime.
1t is possible that the Crown Princes
Stephanie of Austria, widow of Primo
Rudolph, may yet become Queen, as tn
heir-presumptive to the throne, the Arch
4 duke Francis, is said to be very much il
love with her.
| Mrs. Forsyth, the widowed daughte
of a United States Consul, owns $50, 00l
acres of land in Samoa, and is said to b
better informed on the trade and com
merce of the South Sea islands than an
other American south of the Equator.
There is woman in Missouri who hold
written permit from the Governor o
that State to wear mans dress "outsid
of cities of 10000 inhabitants" He
name is Emily Paxton, and she does "al
kinds of farm work except chopping."
Susan B. Anthony was asked at re
ception if it did not fatigue her to STAN
so long and shake so many hands. "Yes
it does tire me-" said she, ''but not hal
so much as it did thirty years ago to stan
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The desire manifested by the fair Sc
for miniature paintings set as brooche
amounts to almost craze. These paint
ings are imported, and leading manufae
turers claim that they haye difficulty i
mounting them fast enough to supply th
demand.
English girls are to be taught laundr
work besides cooking in the boardin
schools. A committee of the Londe
School Board and the City and Guild
Institute have just completed arrange
ments for making an experiment in tn
unique branch.
Ribbons have undergone complet
change. Picot edges are no longer popr
lar, while varied or self.colored flower
and groupings of leaves are interviewer
The Rocco ribbons have satin edges an
manifold flowers, sprays, and buds di
played in the weaving.
Mrs. Crawford, in her Paris letter
London Truth, says; "The court {
Italy was guilty of huge blunder
surrounding the Queen with upstal
American ladies whom worthless Roma
noblemen, void of mind and energ!
married for their money
Mrs. Munemitsu Mutsu, the wife of Il
+ japanese Minister to Washington, is OF
of the most richly and extensively dresse
ladies at the Capital. Many of her dress
are made by Worth, but she is so dimin'
tive that it is jokingly said that she pa.
only half price for her gowns.
The Queen of Corea is no figurehea'
She has her voice in the councils of Il
King, and an establishment of her ON
inside the palace grounds. The Quet
dresses, of course, in Corean costum
She carries chatelaine watch which
diamond studded, and smokes Americ.
cigarettes by the thousand.