The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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\, An effort will be made to introduce
colors in the saddle.
The dog-rose is a new pattern for rich
white satin brocades.
Two-toned twilled l~ouisine silk para
soils are the most stylish.
Collars are either cut very high or
very low. There is no medium.
Birds are again making their appear
ance among fashionable garnitures.
Crepe, ruches and picot ribbons are
not much used in the necks of dresses.
Many of the house dresses have a bow
Ct ribbon pinned under the ear as a
finish.
The women's exchanges In this country
have paid out 81, 600, 900 in twelve
years.
Gold-headed umbrellas are regaining
the popularity extended to the silver
handled ones.
Fashion has a new posy-the corn
flower, better known as bachelors but
ton, or blueys.
The fashion of planting large fuchsias
on the grass is popular in lawn decora-
ton in England.
The strongest woman now living in
Nine. Victorine, o Swiss, who lifts $50
pounds with ease.
Refers and blazer Jackets are made in
silk, serge or flannel, and are the ia
yorites for outdoor wraps.
Some Of the most practical papers
published of late in leading bee journals
have been written by women.
Ladies' shirts are in greater variety as
the demand increases. Dotted muslin,
percale and linen are used in negligee at
tire.
Illuminated nets are all the rage. The
square-mashed Greek net, ribbon striped
or with chenille dots, is most fashion,
able.
Miss Mary Sharp, a Brooklyn On. W
school-teacher, has just returned from an
exploring expedition In the wilds of
Africa.
A noticeable feature Of recent bee
keepers conventions is the increased
number of ladies who take part In the
exercises.
Vieux rose broche and forget-me-not
silk is one OF the many beautiful COM
binations displayed on the hotel piazzas
aloag the beach.
A new style of mourning paper drops
the band Of black all around the sheet,
and has it drawn diagonally across the
left-hand corner only.
A sailor hat Is dark blue straw, with
band OF blue ribbon dotted with white,
sets off a boating dress Of dark blue fan
mel with small white dot.
The Queen Of Sweden, who still suf.
fers from shattered nerves, finds ease in
working like a house-maid, and In weei-
ing and digging in her garden.
An autumn hat has appeared above the
horizon of fashion. It is an open steel
braid faced with velvet, and is large aud
round and hasa medium crown.
A Hindoo woman doctor, Miss Jag
annadnam, has been appointed house
surgeon at the Edinburgh (Scotland)
Hospital for women and children.
A woman owning Q small farm 10
Wake County, N. C.,,plows with q goat,
and raised last year thirty bushels Of
corn and seventy-ivetof potatoes.
The decline Of English beauty is as.
serted, Of course, with serious regret.
Bad teeth, short sight and round
shoulders are the increasing faults.
Al West Virginia. girl wanted q gold
watch. She had mo money. but she
trapped musk-rats enough to raise an
amount sufficient to.gratify her desire.
The leather beltstwhich are worn with
outing dresses are many of them of
plaited leather in two shades. They ara
fitted with pockets for purse, watch,
etc.
It is no longer the thing for q low
necked dress to be sleeveless, but the
sleeves are slashed In such d way o. to
effectively display the prcttiest part Of
the arm.
Tiny iet bonnets with delicate laee
trimmings arc very popular in Paris. a
late novelty in large feather trimmed
hats is a soft, fluffy feather ruche inside
The brim.
The primroseL League, of England, hiss
q membership Of OLE, 600 persons. This
Is the first popular organization for po-
~litical purposes whichthas awarded equal
nositions to women and men In its
ranks.
T-ow-crowned hats have insertions 81
edgings Of openwork in p-assennenterIe q
embroidery devices ut the edge OF th'
br;m. presenting an effect ike lace
These hats have wide, fiat, projecting
brims.
A charming little toque j. covered
v;th ! yvild-rosevine, with leaves, bud
and foliage, and with full.blown rose
aver the forehead, and is finished VIII
tses Of narrow black velvet ribbon com
ing from the back.
Gray and black form q stylish com
binat;on. Dresses for cool days are mad
with gray skirts, around the bottom 2
which from three to nine rows Of biaci
velvet are placed, and plain gray basque
with black velvet sleeves.
Miss May Rogers, Of Dubuque, Iowa
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