The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
FEMININE ODDITIES.

The use OF tobacco among women II
on the increase in France, and even In
London 1t is not unusual to see lady
produce her silver OF e1ameled cigar case
in the drawing-room. Cigarettes are
giving place to cigars in Paris, and some
fears are entertained OF the smoking
habit among women becoming hheon;
trol1able.
THE female bookmaker is the latest
departure. She made her first appear.
ance at Kempton Park, clad in d fash
Costume; and gave or took the odds as
fonchalantly as a man, shouting in mu-
steal tones what her prices were, and
cashing up promptly when each race was
over. The next in order will be, nc
doubt, the woman horse jockey, and with
them in the pool room and Oh the horse.
racing will have more fascination thar
ever.
A MOST peculiar will made by de-
ceased duchess in Paris sets forth her
desire to be buried without any floral
decorations about her coffin, but to have
at the funeral ceremony some good mu-
sic, for sit e1evates tho soul and in
spires one to pray better" and concludes
with the strange request that her body
may be buried by the side Of her hus
band, and her heart taken out and con
veyed in an urn to be buried In the cot.
fin with her mother.
THERE is great flutter among the Ger
man girls on account of recent order
which excludes candidates from being
confirmed If not dressed entirely in
has been tho color for confirmation, as
well as for wedding gowns. The new
regulation emanates partly from Ger
man thrift, which considers that poor
people can not afford the expense OF
white confirmation dresses for which
they have no other use, and partly &c
clesiastical authority based upon his
torical supposition that true Protestant
ism is always connected with black.
Some girls who presented themselves In
white and were refused have aroused a
great deal OF bitter feeling between the
clergy ana the people.
LONDON women do not seem to be
what Jennie Juno calls ''clubable'
women, for, Notwithstanding tho in
creasingly prominent place they occupy
In sport and recreation, their amuse.
ments arc as rule unorganized. The
Row is each season crowded with eques
triennes, and in the winter, too, wheI
the riding is something besides 'gen.
teel cantering." All manner Of smart
ponies and carts and jaunting cars &C
the pace continually, and last season q
lady "tooted" a four-in-hand each day
around the drive, her horses held SPLEEN
didly in hand. The prejudice against
the cycle for ladies is fast dying out.
and though at present not so general in
Lennon as among tho provinces, one
may expect soon to 500 it command the
situation in London streets.
LADIES fire brigades have been or
ganized at Girton College, ST. Michaers
House. and other large institutions for
women in England They are said to
understand and perform their duties
well, and to find their greatest difficult
ties come from a lack of suitable dress
The Xew ladies' fire drill dress is to con.
sist in the future of waterproof over.
skirt, with belt three inches wide and
two buttons, just tight enough to keep
1t from slipping down over the hips.
This overskirt will reach just below the
knees, and cover an all-wool divided
underskirt, fastening around each leg at
the top of the boots, which it overhangs
a little to carry the water outside. A
Norfolk jacket of fine waterproof cloth
and a fireman's hat complete the Dress
beneath which corsets must not be
worn.