The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-07

mans signature.
A permanent library, composed solely
of books written by women, is to be es-
tablished in arts.
Afashion that is quite the rage in the
East among young women is the collec-
ton of china cups.
Rose Terry Cooke is out of health, so
that she will have to lay aside literary
work for the present.
Sashes fringed with all the colors OF
the gown now come with the new box
empire dress patterns.
The new color, "burnt rose, " has more
than family likeness to the old fash
Toned "ashes- of-roses.
The Crown Princess of Denmark is q
great heress, and has lately inherited
large estates in Holland.
Mrs. Cleveland now combs her hair
straight back, coiling it in broad knot
at the nape of her neck.
New wooden writing sets now come in
shape of seal with the pen stuck through
in the place of a harpoon.
In Italy there are eight American born
Princesses, seven Warehouses;, twelve
Countesses and.a Baroness.
The directoire and empire dresses in
Paris are beginning to be replaced by
Greek and Princess costumes.
Miss Roose cit, the New York heiress
who has married German Baron, paid
ST., coo for her wedding dress.
The Empress Eugene is said to have
once paid 5000 an ounce for braid OF
blonde hair to match her own
A Green Bay miller sent Queen Vic
toria barrel of flour over FIVE years ago
and she hasn't thanked him yet.
Wide elastic belts, woven with silk
cord and gold wire, are both stylish and
convenient for wear with blouse waists.
Mrs. Janet Taylor is among the most
famous teachers of navigation in the
world. she has received many gold
medals.
Ostrich feather fans in two shades are
new and beautiful. They come in all
colors, but pink, red and green are long
favorites
arts will wear nothing but rough
woolens upon the street, and chooses
them in some shade of green oftener than
all other colors.
George w. Childs and A. J. Drexel OF
Philadelphia are about to establish near
that city another school for the higher
education of women.
A woman (Mrs Broadway has the
monopoly of all the bill posting done in
Chicago. she covers 2,000,0 900 square
feet of bill boards each week.
In preaching against extravaganza a
western minister looked straight at Mrs.
Hiram Torver, who had on $12 bon
net, and she tainted dead away.
The very latest idea in butter dishes is
fat circular dish, the hight and size OF
dessert plate. The outer edge is
heavily chased, while the receiving plate
is of gold.
Nine. Kowalewska, to whom the French
Institute rece!tly awarded the Crane
prize in mathematics, is descendant o.
the illustrious Matthias Corvinus, King
of Hungary.
A company is proposed to furnish lady
guides for ladies visiting New York city
For so much an hour strangers will bt
shown the attractions and conducted OF
shopping expeditions.
Sashes to be draped across the waisl
with the ends falling at the side, orna
mented with gayly colored fringe, are
found in the boxes with some of the new
empire dress patterns.
The New York Prison Association,
after long investigation, decided that the
women convicts should be cared for in 6
separate institution, with rules and
regulations of its own.
Washing the face night and morning
in white New England rum is said to b.
recipe used by some ladies of fine com.
plexion. Soap and water Is eschewed
entirely by those who use rum.
A dying wife at Covington, KY, owned
up that she had gone through her hus.
bands pockets regularly for twenty seven
years, and that she had purloined about
5000 from him to use as pin money.
A woman in Pasadena, CAL, makes an
excellent living by going home with the
bodies of strangers who come there toe
late to get the health they sought. The
charges are IS day and expenses bott
ways.
The hundreds of dressmakers and pur.
chasing agents in Philadelphia, who hav.
been allowed commissions on purchase,
ranging from five to twenty per cent. by
the leading dry goods firms of that city,
are q CONSERVATION over circulars issued
recently stating that hereafter no commits
sions will be allowed.