West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


In London nearly all the dinner table
decoration with flowers is done by wo-
men.
Pundita Ramabai, the Hindoo lady,
has organized a circle of Kings Daugh-
tiers in India.
Novel silk petticoats arc made entire
ly of shocking, which renders them
very elastic and perfect fitting.
Flat caps without %vizors, plain or
trimmed to match the costume, arc in
high favor with young ladies and chill
dren.
Small wreathes of gold fligree foliage,
with a tuft of feathers and aigrette in
front, arc fashionable with full. dress
c~oifTures.
The newest handkerchiefs are of fine.
sheer, handspun linen lawn, cmbroid-
cred in fine threads with wheat Qarlands.
lines of drawn work and dainty flower
patterns.
Among the new fans arc some very
pretty ones made Of the sheerest brown
gauze, mounted upon brown violet wood
sticks, painted with a flight Of swallows
or brown wrens.
Miss Alice Sanger, the Presidents
typewriter and stenographcr, is able to
take a short hand dictation at the rate of
q words a minute. Her spelling is
said to toe absolutely perfect.
The habit Of asking for samples in
the New York dry goods stores has grown
so common that most of the larger shops
have a special department now, devoted
to satisfying this class of customers.
P~arlsiennes are carrying very large
muffs. When made of material TO match
the bonnet or costume, they are orna
mented with quillings of lace and bows
OF ribbon with long streaming ends.
A garnituro for toques and large hats,
which is meeting with considerable ia.
vor, is a large bow of plated crepe lisse,
which consists of two flaring ends
caught in the middle with "A tight knot
Some of the recently imported gloves
for evening wear are deliberately trimmed
with quillings of old lace, and embroid.
cries near the elbow in gold thread and
silk, usually the monogram of the
wearer.
The new shades of heliotrope and
violet are so tempting that many ladies
will be likely to choose them for gowns,
in defiance of the fact hat to the average
woman they are mosttrying and generally
unbecoming.
There are on the rolls of the Pension
Office at Washington the names of
twenty-seven widows of Revolutionary
soldiers who are regularly paid pensions.
Three OF them are ninety-seven years of
age and two ninety-six.
One Of the best trained nurses in New
York city was, a few years ago, a popu
lar and prominent society woman in
Baltimore, with a devoted husband and
almost unlimited wealth. Her husband
died, and the riches vanished.
Mrs. Chauncey Depew, wife of the
railroad President, has already begun to
lay plans for collecting a loan exhibition
OF fans, miniatures, laces and bric-a-
brac, to be displayed in the Woman's
Exchange at the Worlds Fair.
Miss Hunt, daughter of ex-Ministe,
Hunt and Mrs. Morton's private secretary,
attends to all that lady's correspondence,
much of it being from abroad and in
French or Spanish, with both of which
languages the Vice-President's wife il
familiar.
Handsome home toilets are made OF
soft camel's hair with velvet bars and
stripes of various rich tints. They are i'm
close princcssc shapes, and open over lone
front breGdths of sheer wool or silk, Dor.
dered with embroidery or rich Gothic
passementeries.
Some of the winter walking-gowns are
made with the most complicated vests
and jacket-fronts, although severe and
simple enough in other respects. A de-
scription of not a few Of these would
sound like an attempted explanation of a
Chinese puzzle.
A fancy of the present season is for
fragrant fans, mounted on sticks of san.
dal or violet wood, and made of delicate
transparent materials, painted with land
scape designs III subdued neutral tones of
color, or with flowers cOnventionalized TO
faint, delicate hues.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says that she prob.
ably knew as little about business at the
time Of her husbands death as any woman
IN the world. Her only qualification for
ner present position was her faculty for
keeping her personal accounts, which was
done with regularity and exactness.
Mrs. Harrison has been Obliged TO give
mp all reading and china painting. To a
friend she is reported 10 have said .'The
letters Of the people make me the slave
of my pen. ] meet the mail with BUDGET
Of letters. Write as briefly as I can, it is
impossible for me TO get my writing table
cleared "
Five female sanitary police are now
established in Chicago. under the apr oint-
ment Of the Commissioner Of Health, ac-
cordinc 20 an ordinance Of the City Coun-
ell. The duty OF the new female sanitary
police is TO inspect factories and tene-
mcnts for the protection Of tho health OF
working women.
The newest belt buckles Of oold or Sill
yer arc eight inches long and curved in
ward TO follow the figure. The material
%. tIc bodice Sc drawn down from the
shoulder and side seams to meet i'm the
buckle under the bust Foo n most becoming
fashion. This fashion f. especially suit
able Tor soft siikru f4Irtrs rrars and