The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

The Bank OF France employs 16O
female clerks.
An American publisher has offered the
Princess of Wales $4,000 for magazine
article.
Colored handkerchiefs now nave all
over patterns, instead of mere borders, as
formerly.
Corals are appearing in great variety
in Paris and London, and will be worn
this season very generally.
The daughters of Consul General John
c. New are at school at Madame Yate-
mans in Neuilly, near Paris.
All the stock in mining company re-
Gently Incorporated at Webb City, No.,
was subscribed for by women.
The trousseau of Princess who was
recently married in London comprised
$50 garments, besides her cloaks aud
gowns.
The humble cottage where Mary Wash
ington, the mother of George, lived and
died, is still standing at Fredericks-
burg, Va.
Recently imported French gowns
show exquisite new combinations and
charming details, rather than decided
changes in style.
Florence Finch Kelly. the newest
authoress to bid for popular favor, is a
girl with jet-black hair and eyes SO dark
that they seem black.
Pearls are always beautiful, hence
fashionable. Some Of the priceless neck
laces of one strand have for a clasp
large rose-cut wine-colored amethyst.
Miss Emily Faithful, whose life has
been devoted to the service of her
countrywomen, has been placed upon the
pension list of the British Government.
Wide cotton gimps, entirely of white,
have close backgrounds, on which are
lattice designs of silky-looking white
cord, which cross it and form scalloped
edges.
When Mrs. Harrison was in England
she look lessons in cooking at the school
Of Mrs. Agnes Marshall, who found the
American lady an apt and intelligent
pupil.
The Sheridan Women's Relief Corps
Of Salem. Mass, invited General Sheri-
lan's widow to be its guest during the
Grand Army Encanpment in Boston next
summer.
All the Czech women's associations are
about to address monster petition to
h. Da,nhc-ath &c
admission of women students to the
university.
Triple shoulder capeS with deeply
pointed velvet or braided yokes are in
vogue. Dark blue tailor-madc cloths
are relieved with passementerie Of tar,
corn, red, white, or silver.
The Duchess" whose novels are so
veil known in America. lives in Cork, Ire
and. She is handsome women OF
forty, although her portraits represent
ner rs being ten years younger.
A novelty in yelling has large pastillc
lots of black or white or black tulle,
which give the effect Of patches. Scol-
io2ed net wells also have crescents and
;ings. very large and very black.
Summer busters will be in the form of
large, round cloaks, enveloping the entire
figure. The materials to be used are
lustrous mohairs, pongees, twilled silks
and striped and changeable glorias.
Some of the newest shoulder capes of
Paris make consist of deep frill which
forms the garment. at the top of which
is puff of cloth land a standing frill,
giving full, broad snouldered effect.
Mrs. Senator Hawley is one of the no.
ticeabIe figures in Washington society be-
cause of her pure English ways. She is
said to nave warmed up, if not thoroughly
converted her husband to equal suffrage