The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-20
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WoMEN.
The English delight in feathers.

AASuSA4Ch faAuSIDllb mas never
been photographed.
Two more cooking schools are to be
opened In Boston, Mass.
Vice-President Morton's daughters are
accomplished horsewomen.
Blondes are said to be disappearing
both in England and in America.
Queen Victoria is said to entirely lack
consideration for those about her.
Queen Victoria's dinner hour Is not
until nine o'clock in the evening.
A well shod foot is as necessary to
beauty's outfit as a we'll gloved hand.
Outdoor garments for children are
much ornamented with gold braiding.
Kate Field says that the term told
maid" has become obsolete in America.
Gauze is used in warm-weather sleeves
instead of embroidered or velvet sleeves.
Female typewriters abound in Wash
ington, and find their profession very
lucrative.
A Boston woman who invented a shoe
sewing machine sold the patent for
S150, 600.
ACincinnati girl is said to have eaten
twenty-seven dishes of ice cream in one
afternoon.
Tam O'shanter crowns of velvet or
silk are put in ladies' straw hats and con-
sidered very novel.
Refers and blazer jackets are made in
silk, serge or flannel ard are the favor
ties for outdoor wraps.
For girls Of from six TO nine, the
blazer in tartan plaid or fancy checked
cheyiot is much worn
There still remain in Michigan two
women who draw pensions as widows of
Revolutionary soldiers.
Queen Victoria presented Miss Ten,
nant, stanley's f~iancec, with her NINA.
ture and a lock Of her hair.
If you wish something In outdoor
wraps exceptionally pretty get . flannel
REFER with gold or pearl buttons.
Valerie of Austria, Archduchess, etc.,
has renouneed all claim to the throne In
order to marry the man she loves.
In garments for rainy days those Of
striped serge surface, ia Russian circular
and Lonsdaie shape take the lead.
Mrs. Houghton, d real estate dealer ut
Spokane Falls, Washington, Is said 70
have made $3.50, 900 in four years.
White alpaca braid, tho quite narrow
or wide Hercules braid, is a favorite
trimming for children's fancy dresses.
Tho profile on the standard silver dol.
lar ID that of Miss Williams. of philadel.
phia, who appears to be 9 school teacher
Ladies' shirts are In greater variety as
the demand increases. Dotted muslin,
percale and linen are used in neglige ut.
tire.
Jessie Carson, a plucky girl, has fol
several years been driving a stage be.
tween Usage and Park Rapid, In Mime
sofa.
Butterfly bows for hats are made oil
everything-lace, velvet, filigree work,
metallic and bullion gauze, jet, pearl and
tinsel cloth.
Now the swagger girl has adopted ths
dude silk sash, and with her blazer,
shirt and four-in-hand looks too sweet
Tor anything.
aiEFannie Edgar Thomas, whose pet
Ebt ,%atariaI DOR a very handsome income,
says Bnskiag intorking for only 81 0 week
d few years a9saaPersl u ndeayoa
The modern corset wasznsESabaggsAisl
the twelfth nr thirteenth century and
was worn BY men as we'll d by women
until the reign Of Queen Elizabeth.
one Of the newest shadss Of color d
pucy-hlue, which is ~charningly effective
sornbined With gray. Il il said to be the
~lavorite color Of the Empress Eugenle.
One of tho most noted Of Kansas bellies
Is Miss Clark, of Leavenworth. She Ii 4
blonde, with blue eyes, a peach.blov
complexion, and d beautiful Taouth which
reveals pearly teeth.
The only protection for TIP redundant
letter-writer il notepaper, sshres and q
| half By six inches. Onion aid porcelain
blue, robins egg green and shelI-gray
are the tints most admired.
The EMPRESS Of German aresses q
| ,irnply and 80 inconspicuoualF that shs
might easily be mistaken for regime young
rfsSniry mstron IN 4 Afst visit to ths
city rather than the wife Of tkip Emperor.
women have racentlv bee6 admitted
gto Greenwich lIcnrlandl q oservatory
I'd four have iosned the stat of ths
Nstronorner ROYAL. Their dutics win re-
usire attendance at ali hours Of Iii,