The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Sunshine Yellow isEthe'latest.

Irish poplins in h~ght!Aevenlng colors:
will be worn for dressy occasions.
Mrs. J.. Redding, editor of the Art
Journal, is an expert bicycle rider.
Miss Olive Schreiner, = ~thetnovelist, pro-
poses to come to Americakbext year.
Nine. Marchesi, the FAM Gus teacher of
singing in Paris, hasEWritten her memoirs.
There are 81, 900 women in the United
States interested Standardization of
fruit.
The free public library ateConcord, N.
H., is to have a statue Of the late Louis
NJ. Alcott.
An English lady has left%$5O, 00N to be
devoted to photographingE the stars,
planets, and nebul8-
A handkerchief in the possession offthe
Czarina is said to have cost $4,000. 1t
took seven years to make it.
Queen Louise, of Denmark, the mother
Of the Princess of Wales, has just passed
L~r seventysecond birthday. i!
Hiss Toki Madira, the daughter of de
of the highest families in Japan, has de-
cided tt take the veil in Munich.
There is an impression that, the social
and matrimonial success of the American
girl in England has been curRailed.
Cornell University has opened the new
year with 400 students in all, the num-
Der of women showing a relative increase.
Passementerie and silk cord ornaments.
although not new, are of greater impor-
lance at the present time than ever be-
fore.
For bonnets and bonnet trimmin Is,
for wraps and parts of dresses, shot gel,
velts, both figured and plain, will BEGIN
order.
The fashion of; women wearing tthe
single eyeglass has been started in Hon
don. 1t is chieay.affected by theatrical
people.
Miss Wheeler, of Philadelphia, who is
engaged to Count Poppenhein, OFT Ba-
varia, is only 'eighteen years CT ageyand
very rich.
Panels for dress skirts are in what are
known as Tower Elfel designs, very
broad at the foot andttapering. to nearly
point at the top.
Newly imported5 costumes off very
beautiful silky g~ray*India cashmere are
elegantly decorated with silk cord Escu.
rial passementeries.
Miss Joanna Baker has been appointed
to the chair Of Greek at Simpson college,
Indianola, Iowa. Her father occupied
the position seventeen years ago.
Shot velvets, figured and plain, and
shot MORE ribbons, arealikeiy to be much
used for parts of dressesrand of wraps, and
for bonnets and their trimmings.
The velvet brocades introduced this
season for dresses are,very1beautiful. In
many instances these willlbe used for the
front breadth only, in others for the
trains.
Long eleaks that drape the figure
i>,rsaly and are finished with nearly round
shooter capes are called Ursuline cloaks,
and colie in ~dark-colored camel's hair
cloth.
It is predicted thai black dresses will
be worn more this winter than -, ~ -, %
OF late, and some handsome models LIP
| shown, suitable for both young and elderly
ladies.
Green still remains a ~favorite color fos
dressy street costumes, and there are
many combinations of green with other
%eolors, notably apricot, peach, Suede ana
copper red.
Miss Wing, the daughter Of the new
Chinese Minister to this country, a. a
pretty girl of sixteen. She haf the
blacklist of hair and eyes and a ,f-eamy
complexion.
It is predicted that Miss Wanamaker,
daughter of the Postmaster General, will
be a prominent belle in Washington this
winter. Her good n and winning
manners are her charms.
Lace hats and bonnets once reserved
for midsummer are now just the thing
for half-season wear. Flowers or silver
fligree or fine cut steel are the most
stylish ornaments for them.
The insatiate demand for small
presents in silver has met with a wonder
Gus variety of patterns in the form of
book marks and envelope openers, which
sell from 81 to S. a piece.
The "reefer," in blue, mahogany or
Roman red cloth, viii be a popular jacket
for youthful wearers during the entire
autumn, and like models in heavy cloak
ing goods are also made ready for winter
uses.
Among the prettiest and neatest of
travelling garments are long wraps which
completely envelope the person, in striped
silk-usually gray and black. They are
much on the Connemara r peasant cloak
style.
A directory fend is a woman who fire.
quents drug stores and other public
places where she can glance over a direc-
tory and at the same time pose gracefully
for the admiration Of strangers. Denver
is this woman's more particular home.
The desire manifested by the fair sex
for miniature paintings set as brooches
amounts to almost a craze. These paint
| ings are imported, and leading manufac-
] lures claim that they have difficulty in
mounting them fast enough to supply tbs
demand.