The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
NEWS AND NOTES FOR 2 WOMEN.

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aires wife, possesses a rubyFivalued at
$40, 900.
Mrs. Cleveland expects tosdeNotej much
Of this winter to a careful study'of oil
painting.
Mrs. Lydia Bacon ,Aof Sudbury, Mass,
has celebrated her one bundled audtsecond
, birthday.
A dainty lace pin is a clustertof sweet
peas in pink and white enamel, sprinkled
with diamond dewdrops,
A Christian lady who wishes to. become
a member of the Hebrew Church must
first of all learn Hebrew.
Accordion plated skirts of cream net
v e colored silks are very pretty, and
much liked for evening wear.
Cowboy hats for misses areA of gray,
ecru or bright red felt, with!wide un-
wired brims edged with fur felt.
A new galloon is made of silk cord,
united by crochet stitches, the effect
being similar to that'of point'lace.
Sir Julian Paunceforte's four daugh-
tiers have brilliant compilations and dress
in the extreme of English fashion.
Ruches of silk braid of different widths,
intermixed with obioug,drops and aiguil-
lettes, are used to trim the new nantes.
Moonstones continued receive a large
share of popular favor. The fancy just
now is for large stones \encircled with
brilliants.
Serviceable school hats are Tam O.
Shanters of plaid cloth, and plain felt
caps in the same shape maybe procured
in all colors.
Miss Cordelia Meyers, of MELVILLE,
Penn, is the proud possessor of a piano
once owned by the wife of President
John Quincy Adams.
Female students are now admitted to
Wesleyan University, and there are six
; of them in its classes along with the
young men this year. ,
Fur-lined dolman wraps are less fav-'
ored than in previous seasons, but are
still occasionally made to order, to suit
the taste of purchasers. !
Gray astrachan, chinchilIa and light,
beaver are the furs most favored for
misses and children's wear, and they are
] most appropriate and becoming.
! Muffs and boas of both red and blue
fox will be worn by young ladies. The
red fox is a very beautiful fur, and espe-,
cially becoming to a certain type of
blondaraa
Nine. Nlbani, who sings before Queen
Victoria every year, had the pleasure of
singing to her Majesty a few weeks ago.
She was accompanied by her sister, Miss
Lajeunesse.
A handsome corsage ornament is in the
form of a spray of three rosebuds, COM
posed respectively of a black, a pink and
a white pearl, with the stems and leaves.
Of diamonds.
Fur trimmings are mostly of the long.
haired varieties, bear, black marten, lynx,
mink, fox, etc. Persiana, although, a
fiat fur is very stylish, but otter, beaver,
etc., are passee.
Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt, who was born
in Philadelphia, was one of the three
ladies who received honorable mention
for oil painting in the British section of
the Paris Exhibition.
As O rule, women need about nine
tenths of the nourishment requisite for
men, boys of sixteen about the same as,
y nen, and childeen of ten half the
quantity needed for adults.
The bell sleeve appears upon a few of
the new seal jackets, but is not generally
favored. When used an inner close sleeve
is attached near the elbow, afording the
necessary protection to the m
Princess Marie Theresa of Bavaria, who
has a mania for pets, travels throughout,
Europe with fourteen animals of one sort
and another, including several dogs, two
magpies, an enormous rat and a diminu-i
tive bear.
ThetEmpress and members of the aris-t
tocracy of Japan have given up the idea
of adopting the western styles of dress
for women. The Partisan models did not
| please the people in general, and the his-i
toric costumes will again be worn exc1u~,
sively.
Queen Victoria doesn't wear a great,
deal Of fur. She has an odd cloak, how
ever, in which she. comfortably incases
herself when travelling in the cold
weather. 1t is made entirely of ermine,
and the ermine is outside. The cloak
gives her a very regal appearance.
Warm bonnets for little girls are made
of cashmere, the soft fronts gathered in
front to a high frill above the forehead,
and with accordion plated capes six to
eight inches deep. Loops of ribbon are
set in the frill abeEe the face, and a ro-
settle outside. vita full cap trimming
resting upon the banged hair.
Mrs. Harrison is the first mistress of
the White House since Mrs. Hayes's time
who really supervises the entire domestic
machinery. She has the whole of it in
hand, from the cellars to the attic. She
goes over the most Of it every day. Both
the President and Mrs. Harrison are early
risers, and the days work gets started by
s o'clock.
Fashionable bonnets in Paris this au-
tumn suggest the great topic of the day.
There is tina ss1789 bonnet in black
felt, with a tiny tricolor ribbon knot;
the ttelection capote," ornamented with
white feathers Of bouquets Of immor-
telles; and the provincial voters bon
net, Z simply made like the caps worn by
old country women.
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