West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-01
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

for making butter.
There arc women on school boards In
six cities In Norway.
Mrs. Watts Hughes has made a dis
covcry by which the voice can be photo
graphcd.
Nine. Patti, Il is said, has an insatia-
bic appetite for stewed prunes, which she
eats for her complexion.
Alpaca gowns are made up with jacket
bodices which open over a very full vest,
and with plain, straight skirts.
Two rows of satin piping folds, Of the
old-fashioncd kind, were noted upon a
recently imported London gown.
Two hundred thousand unmarried
women and girls are said to be employed
in various trades in South London.
Among the recent importations of pas
sementeries are skirt fronts, petticoats,
borders, Figaro jackets and sleeves.
Mrs. Emma y. Ewing, the lecturer on
cookery, says that Americans are sadly
ill-educsted in the philosophy of the
table.
Some very handsome tints Of heliotrope
have appeared among the light weight
woolens, faced cloths, fancy suitings
and silks.
A novel finish noted upon the edge of
n large hat of white Italian straw was n
buttonhole stitch embroidery in black and
yellow silk.
Flat gold braid or galloon, from one
third OF an inch to two inches wide, is
used to trim many of the new gowns of
velvet or wool
The new parasol is made with hollow
handle which serves as receptacle for
hairpins, powder rag, vinaigrette, pen
Gil and what not.
The newest capes of black lace have
yoke and Medici collar of velvet or ben
galine, of any preferred color, from
which the plated lace falls nearly to the
waist.
Mrs. II. Sheppard, of Ventura, Cal,
$ a successful florist aud seedswoman.
She has been in the business seven years,
and now has over five acres in seeds,
plants and bulbs.
The fact that the Princess of Wales
wore gown of beautiful shade Of
golden olive at the Queens recent Draw
ing Room will be likely to render yet
more popular this favorite color.
Skirts of Scotch plaid silk, In quite
gay colors, are being imported. They
have two pinkcdout frils at the foot and
may be worn as petticosts, or ms matinee
skirts to wear with fancy jackets or
blouses.
Many new foulard gowns have the
sleeves and part of the waist of cream or
back guipure net or embroidery, the leg
of-mutton sleeves being either trans
parent or made up over silk of the pre-
vailing color of the foulard.
Miss Elaine, one of the Goodale sis
tiers, has been made Superintendent of all
the Indian schools in the State of South
Dakota. She has already had an
abundance of experience Mt General Arm
strong's school at Hampton, Va.
DR.. Helen f. Webster, of Lynn, Mass.
has been recently called to fill vacancy
in the English department at Vassar.
She is one of the three women who have
received a degree of doctor OF philcs-
ophy from the University of Zurich.
hmOhB Vic ntW HduukcrC0leIS nrp TO
be seen some very dainty ores made of
hemstitched, Vienna cambria, one corner
having the appearance of being turned
back, and on this piece disk resem-
bling large seal is wrought in white or
colored silk.
About 5000, 900 of women arc en-
gagged In British India in some descrip-
ton of classified work-roughly, n little
less than one-third of the entire female
population, which includes, of course,
an enormous proportion of infants and
young girls.
Ladies who are fond of novelty will
wear cloth coats Of gray blue, light stem
green or the delicate Parma violet shades.
with garnitures of gold, copper or silver
braids, an1 either metal or pearl buttons,
the latter being used TO fasten the gar
ments, instead of serving as mere orna-
mcnts.
A return has just been issued showing
that 4l2, $40 English women are entitled
to vote in county council contests, this
number including IS, 16l women voters
in London alone. In municipal elections
the total number OF females entitled to
vote in the boroughs of England and
Wales is 243, 44S.
Black velvet sleeves are feature of
tan-colored, dove gray or tcrra-cotta
cloth coats. Gray or dark golden brown
velvet sleeves arc sometimes seen on gray
or pale tan coats, but black are more gen
eral, This fashion is positively disfgur-
ing 70 many women, yet it is the fashion,
and they will be worn.
A prominent society lady Of New York
has just returned from Europe with a
beautiful pair of cut-glass one pound
dumb bells in her trunk. This IS said TO
be tho latest within Of aristocratic athletic
English women. They are made in sizes
from four ounces TO two pounds aud arc
as clear as japanese crystal.
Small flowers in groups Of two or three
together, particularly violcts, primroscs
and daisies, are scattered over tho sur
face Of the newest foularls, and the same
idea extends 20 brOcadcs, the blossoms.
however, including common garden flow
ers, wild flowers, the rare productions OF
the hOfhougs and variotte eorfr ~ r,tf,,.,.