Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-01-11
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN
Breastpins grow larger.

White anSora sets are once more IN
fashion.
The rule OF the French toilet IS I'M
likeness.
Finger rings are in greater demand
than ever.
Ribbon sashes are seen on many of the
new dresses.
Ribbon sashes are noted upon dresses
of all materials.
Polka-dott surah is quite the rage
for underwear.
Sachet powders are worn in the lining
of cloth dresses.
ChinchilIa is still the favorite fur for
children's wear.
- Chased metal and carved wood make
fashionable buttons.
Large wells tied under the chin are
favored for large hats.
A technical school for girls has been
opened IN Brussels, Belgium.
A pretty house dress is made of thin
white cashmere lined with rose.
A real live Princess keeps millinery
store on Fifth avenue, New York.
Heavy tinsel cord is effectively used to
edge the brims OF felt hats and bonnets.
Rounded and belted waists divide
honors with the directoire and redingote.
AS the winter advances large fancy
buttons are conspicuous dress garni-
ture.
Flame color and apricot is an effective
color combination noted in the new shot
silks.
-ho
ated in 1S4S, is said to be the first woman
doctor.
Velvet trains and waist of mouse gray
or electric blue are in favor for elderly
lades
Ostrich feather boas. from one to two
yards in length, are utilized as hat gar.
nitures
There is no arbitrary rule for combin-
ing the materials of the present seasons
dresses.
Mdlle Jeanne Charwin has passed with
the highest honors in the School of Law,
in Paris.
Women do the work of usherlng peo-
pie to their places in most of the theatres
in Paris.
The latest fad among young ladies 10
that of collecting rare coins and string
ing them.
Mrs Parsons, the Louise Michel OF
Chicago, is going to England to lecture
on anarchy.
A woman of Huntingdon. Conn. who
is only thirty five years old, has had
nine husbands.
Round, plated skirts have ornaments
of cord, either silk or metal, in a row
down each plat.
Gainesborough and directoire hats of
dark velvet are receiving large share
Of popular favor.
Separate skirts are oftenest worn with
polcnaises or with draperies arranged in
polonalse effects.
Beaver cloth raglans, trimmed with
braid and fur, are the popular winter
morning wraps for young ladies.
Gimps and galloons, dull silks and
moires and broad and narrow ribbons are
now the favored dress trimmings.
It is in the contract with the Queen
Victoria's housekeeper that she will not
get married for at least ten years.
1t is announced that under the regime
of Mrs Harrison as mistress of the White
House the decollete dress must go.
Turbans are again in style, but arc
worn straighter upon the head. A level
crown is preferable to sloping one.
Cornell University has 1174 students
1872 of whom are ladies. The attendance
IS the largest in the history of the instr
tuition.
The latest fad with men of wealth is
to marry for beauty alone, without car
ing whether the bride has money or Is in
society.
tended to the decoration of evening
dresses. They are the corsage flower of
the season.
At an English doll bazaar one of the
most interesting dolls was a strangely
apparelled little Kaffir lady made of
african beads.
1t is estimated that there are $500
women in the United States who hold
diplomas from medical colleges either
American or foreign.
The fashion authorities predict a big
button season. Some of the imported
buttons are as big as dollars and are in
every conceivable design.
One of the neat millinery fancies of
the winter is the worsted covered bonnet.
White worsted is preferred, and usually
small capote shapes are chosen.
The champion lady tricyclist of the
country is Mrs. johnson, of Orange, n.
to her credit for the last season.