West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-01-16
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

favor in Paris. But it is not in New
York.
Heliotrope is ono of the most fashion
able colors for tea gowns and evening
dresses.
Nearly onc-half the 4S7 doctors of
medicine Of Boston University are
women.
The Figaro jacket is a thing OF the
past. The Celtic and the Moorish jackets
have taken its place.
Queen Victoria has n number of un-
published manuscripts which may see
print after her death.
For young girls evening dresses, crepes,
gauzes and soft Indian silks are the ma
t@erials principally used.
Silver pieces are extremely popular for
holiday gifts. There are many useful and
pleasing novelties shown.
Mrs. Sarah j. Hall, of Godey's Lpay's
Book fame, was the first woman to sup
port herself by journalistic work.
MufTs are not made round ms formerly,
but are ilatter and curved in form, some
thing in the shape IF "A half-circlc.
Amelia Bloomcr rises to remark that
she didn'tinvcut the ''Bloomer" costume,
and hasn't worn il for thirty years.
M1fTs, whether of fur or velvet, are
much larger this season and are trimmed
profusely with ribbon and passementerie.
The most perfect evening bonnet for
the theatre is a toque composed Of flow
ers and lace. Some of these are exceed
ingly pretty.
Miss Maud, the eldest daughter of Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister,
is skilled in sketching and painting, and
is "A fine equestrieane.
The newest style in pen wipers is "a
pen-brush mounted in silver. Silver
court plaster cases and fancy trays are ac-
ccptable for small gifts.
Mrs. Richard Proctor, widow of the
astronomer, who was carried ofTby yellow
fever, is gaining a livelihood by deliver
ing her husbands lectures.
Five hundred women in Toxic and
Yokohama have subscribed to n fund for
the purchase of handsome Bible. to be
presented to the Empress of Japan.
The red jockey cap is the correct head
gear for the girl who follows the hounds
in a hunt habit made up of "A scarlet coat,
a dark skirt, and a corduroy waistcoat.
Both high and low coifTures are worn,
but tho most fashionable girls dress their
locks low and band them with fillcts of
ribbon, or silver or gold, a la Grecque.
The red hunting coat opening over II
white or gray corduroy waistcoat, and
worn with any kind of skirt, blue, gray,
green, or black, is the correct hunt habit.
The wife of Judge Brewer, the new
appointed Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, is a Vermont lady.
She was married to Judge Brewer in
1861.
Among French importations are many
fancy gloves variously embroidered, and
some III from sixteen to twenty button
lengths arc ornamented with topaz OF
garnets.
The tinsel-shot gauzes for the ball
gowns of this season come in all the
loveliest medium shades of evening colors.
as well as in pure red pinks, blues, greens
and yellows.
Princess Militia, of Montenegro, di.
vided the l 900, 600 roubles presented &c
her by the Gar of Russia as a wedding
present among the needy inhabitants of
Montenegro.
a law school for the purpose Of piyinp
TO the ladies of New York and others
the opportunity to study law and to
qualify themselves for the management OF
their own affairs has been started.
The Queen of Italy is growing stout.
to her great distress. She has several
times tried to diet, in hope Of reducing
her weight, but is too fond of good liy-
ing to persevcre in such "A course.
Mincrver or fine gray squirrel fur is
again worn f%ashionably in Paris. But the
gray hairs are all slightly tipped with
rudy brown which makes this old @favoritc
of forty years ago a very becoming fur.
At a recent wedding in PHILADELPHIA
the room was festooned in red, white and
blue, in honor Of the patriotism of the
bride, who had declined many European
offers and decided to give her hand to an
American.
Blacktish net makes AN excellent TN.
derskirt for a black tulle gown, composed
OF many skirts Of black tulle falling
one over the other, the topmost one
illuminated with silver or steel tinsel. or
with gold or copper tinsel if the wearer
IS a dark brunette.
Two of the daughters Of Sir Henry
Aaron ]lsaacs, the Lord Mayor of London,
are deaf and dumb, but they have been so
admirably educated ON the oral system in
Holland that they can by li~p-rcading even
understand what goes on At a thcatcr.
They have such bright, intelligent faces
that no onc could possibly imagine them
70 be deprived Of two OF the best senses
Some Learned Titles.