The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-14
1YD NOTES ron wOMEN.

E.a.,aa handkerchiefs row have all
nstterns, instead Of mere borders,a as
srsnsrly.
c.-sls are appearing in great variety
!. paris and London, and will be worn
si season very generally
The daughters of Consul General John
new are at school at Madame Yate-
MI III Neuilly, near Paris.
AL the stock in a mining company re-
,sstlv Incorporated at Webb City, Mo-,
rs subscribed for by women.
new fad in pocket-hahdkerchiefs is
Y. have them embroidered in the fac
amile Of the handwriting Of the owner.
The trousseau of q Princess who was
Sseently married in London comprised
lac garments, besides her cloaks and
gowns.
The humble cottage where Mary Wash
snason, the mother Of George, lived and
disd, Is still standing at Frederick
burg, Va. etserex
Recently imported French tea-gowns
show exquisite new combinations, and
charming details, rather than decided
changes in style.
Florence Hnch-Kelly, the newest
authorsss to bid for popular favor, is a
girl with iet-black hair and eyes SO dark
that they seem black.
Pearls are always beautiful, hence
fashionable. Some Of the priceless neck
laces of one strand have for q clasp a
large rose-cut wine.colored amethyst.
Hiss Emily Faithful, whose life has
been devoted to the service of her
countrywomen, has been placed upon the
pension list of the British Government.
Wide cotton gimps, entirely of white,
have close backgrounds, IN which are
lattice designs Of silky-looking white
cord, which cross it and form scalloped
edges.
When Mrs. Harrison was in England
ahe look lessons in cooking at the school
Of Mrs. Agnes Marshall, who found the
American lady an apt and intelligent
pupil.
The Sheridan Women's Relief Corps
81 Salem. Mass, invited General sheri,
dan's widow to be its guest during the
Grand Army Encampment in Boston next
summer.
All the Czech women's associations are
about to address a monster petition to
xhe Austrian Reichsrath in favor of the
admission Of women students to the
university.
Triple shoulder capes with deeply
pointed velvet or braided yokes are in
vogue. Dark blue tailor-made cloths
are relieved with passementerie of tar,
corn, red, white, or silver.
The Duchess whose novels are SO
well known in America, lives in Cork, Ire
hid. She is a handsome women of
forty although her portraits represent
her as being ten years younger.
a novelty in yelling has large pastille
dots Of black on white u black tulle,
which give the effect of patches. scol-
aonpd net r,eils also have crescents and
rings, very Mrge and very black.
Summer busters win be in the form Of
large, round cIoaks, ~enveloping the entire
figure. The materials to be used are
lustzous mohairs, pongees, twilled silks
mad striped and changeable glorias.
SOME Of the newest shoulder capes of
Faris make consist of q deep fFill which
fornss The garment, at the top of which
Ii d puff Of cloth and q standing frill,
giving d full, broad-shouldered effect.
Mrs. Senator Hawley is n Of the no.
ticeabie figures in Washington society be-
esuseof her pure English ways. She i;
asid To have warmed up, If not thoroughly
Ccaverted, her husband to equal suffrage.
Pale lettuce and celery tints of green
ire ar1cng the vegetable colors OF the sea
son. These shades are boldly used with
veivet ribbons, which are frilled around
lie outer edge of large black chip hats.
Mrs. Phoebe =. Houghton, Of Nortl
xsston, Mass. the daughter Of revolution
M soldier, has recently celebrated ne
hnndredth birthday. She remember
Nth great distinctness the funeral o
President Washington.
Judging By the latest importation 0
french and English gowns, and by tn
toilets and costumes now in the hands 0
asading American modistes, straight un
draped skirts will largely prevail TO
spring and summer dresses.
Mrs. Eta Wilson, who Is described a
i rising authoress of Michigan, is said t.
he almost as well skilled in Woodcraft an
uatercraft as Fenimore Cooper was
Some excellent stories of out-of-door if
ere expected from her pen.