Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

A library has been opened in Phila-
dclphia for Jewish working girls.
The late Mrs. Charles CrocIlcr, of San
Francisco, left fortune of about
$40, 900, 900.
All scalskin garments are now shaped
to follow the lines Of the figure, yet arc
not tight fitting.
Dress skirts for misses just in their
teens should extend to within two inches
of the boot tops.
Jennie Flood, tho daughter of the
bonanza king, is the wcalthicst unmarried
woman in California.
The young Empress of the Germans is
having 1900 diamonds set. Eleven pearls
will relieve their brilliancy.
Velvet will be the material for wintc,
wraps and for the polonaisc, which is
again a favoritc Of fashion.
Feather and fur trimmings will be
much employed on dresses the former
for silk and velvet, and the latter for
cloth ones.
John Hicks, United States Minister TO
Peru, writes home that the Peruvian girls
are very pretty, and that the mcp are
very gallant.
The wife Of General Lew Wallace is
herself writer of more than usual
ability. She il a tirclcss worker and IN
expert at proofrcading.
Miss Addic Hamilton, just appointed
by the President Notary Public in
Washington, is the second woman ever
holding that position there.
Scalskins are now dyed darker shade
than formerly, and the skins are care
fully shaved and thinncd 30 they may be
better adapted TO the figure.
Prince Beatrice played the pianofortc
accompaniment to NJ. VOLTS violin when
that brilliant artist appeared before the
Queen of England recently.
Miss Helen Gladstone, Vice Principal
Of Ncwham College Cambridge, Eng
land, looks more like her famous father
than does any other Of his children.
Harriet Bccchcr Stowe is an honorary
member Of the Authors Club Of New
York aud the only writer of the ycntler
sex connected with that organization.
Il IAN, Nith!hS StiCh, u lidL anu II
bonnet frame, IN easy chair, II hair
comb, corset an omclct and dance
bear the name OF Edison. Such is fame.
Golden brown and licclc gray are
beautifully combined in tailor-madc car
riagc costumes of royal arnurc and
ladies' cloth of cxquisitcly line texture
The mantlcs this year are either long
or appear to he so, for those that are
short ut the back have very long end.
completely covering the front of the
dress.
The Dowagcr Empress Victoria. OF
Germany, sold some New York city
bouds not long since nj public sale. The
original insignia was stamped OH each
bond
A Washington admirer of Mrs. Clcvc.
land, while in Winchester, Va, the other
day, purchased a mahogany sidcboard
100 years old and sent i; rs Il gift to Mrs.
Cleveland.
Mrs. Burton ~ Harrison, one of the
CcatWry writers. was Miss Constance
Carey, II Richmond belle during the war.
Her husband was Jefferson Daviss pri-
Vntc secretary.
The sleeves of both scaskin and coii
coats ARE put in very full on the shout.
dcrs, to admit Of the puifcd sleeves. The
brochc wooden material are the favoritc.
for the long NANTES.
The fashion of weaving ribbon through
coarse net has extended to underwear.
PetticOats are made Of coarse cotton net.
being made iirm about the lower portions
by Interviewing of brazil
The catogan braid, which is the favor.
lie style of head dressing at present, is
particularly suited to young girls But
the old girls should wear it, too, as il
makes them loo!; much younger.
The fancy fabrics now shown FOR
killarneys, Ncwmarkcts and other utility
garments are positively startling in effect.
Some of the plaids are six inches square,
and stripes are equally pronounced.
Miss Lica Rabbit, The daughter of
the soap millionaire who died recently,
has been brought up in scclusion and is
not known in society. She is now one OF
the wcalthicat young women in the
country.
Nine. Rudollf, of New Orleans, whose
husband was Il wcll-known chemist and
carried on lucrative business in drugs,
became his successor after his DEATH and
Is now the Secretary Of the State phAr-
maccutical Association.
silk and satin, ribbons and ruching,
plumes and flowers, ruillcs and frills of
lace, bits of shell and wells of jet AMI
crystal arc used to drapc the globes Of
tinted glass and porcelain that shade
table and pedestal lamps.
Fringcs in all widths and colors arc the
choice in trimmings. Those of cut Jet
have particularly brilliant effect, us
with each motionof the wcarcr the lights
and colors vary. Next comes the pinkcd
out ruches and broad bands of the Hun
garian velvet, usually in two colors
A very pretty style for cloak is of blue
cloth, with coat back and long tabs down
the back. The loose fronts are SHRED
Mt the waist. the straight sides are en-