The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-09
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN

the styles of dress now in vogue.
They say that Astrakan is going out of
favor in Paris. But it is not in New
York.
Heliotropc is one of the most fashion
able colors for tea gowns and evening
dresses,
Nearly one-half the iS7 doctors of
medicine of Boston University are
women.
The Figaro jacket is thing of the
past. The Celtic and the Moorish jackets
have taken its place.
Queen Victoria has number of uu-
published manuscripts which may see
print after her death.
For young girls evening dresses, crepes,
gauzes and soft Indian silks are the ma
terials principally used.
Silver pieces are extremely popular for
holiday gifts. There are many useful and
pleasing novelties shown.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Hall, of Godey's Lody's
Book fame, was the first woman to sup
port herself by journalistic work.
Muffs are not made round as formerly,
but are fatter and curved in form, some
thing in the shape Of half-circle.
Amelia Bloomer rises to remark that
she didn't invent the ''Bloomer" costume,
and hasn't worn it for thirty years.
Muffs, whether of fur or velvet, are
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profusely with ribbon and passementerie.
The most perfect evening bonnet for
the theatre is 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 equestrienne.
The newest style in pen-wipers is a
brush mounted in silver. Silver
court-plaster cases and fancy trays are ac-
ceptable for small gifts.
Mrs. Richard Proctor, widow of the
astronomer, who was carried off by yellow
fever, is gaining a livelihood by deliver
ing her husbands lectures.
Five hundred women in Toxic and
Yokohama have subscribed to 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 hunt habit made up of scarlet coat,
a dark skirt, and corduroy waistcoat.
Both high and low coiffures are worn,
but the most fashionable girls dress their
locks low and band them with fillets of
ribbon, or silver or gold, la Grecque.
The red hunting coat opening over a
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 Vermont lady.
She was married to Judge Brewer in
1861.
Among French importations are many
fancy gloves variously embroidered, and
some in from sixteen to twenty button
lengths are ornamented with topaz OIL
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 /, 900, 900 roubles presented to
her by the Car of Russia as wedding
present among the needy inhabitants Of
Montenegro.
| A law school for the purpose Of giving
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 severa
times tried to diet, in hope of reducing
her weight, but is too fond of good liv.
ing to persevere in such course.
Minerver or fine gray squirrel fur j:
again worn fashionably in Paris. But thu
gray hairs are all slightly tipped will
rudy brown which makes this old favoritt
of forty years ago very becoming fur
At recent wedding in Philadelphia
che room was festooned in red, white and
blue, in honor of the patriotism of thu
bride, who had declined many European
offers and decided to give her hand to al
American.
Blacklist net makes an excellent un
derskirt for black tulle gown, composed
of many skirts of black tllle falling
one over the other, the topmost ont
Illuminated with silver or steel tinsel, o.
with gold or copper tinsel if the weare
is dark brunette.
Two of the daughters of Sir Henri,
Aaron Isaacs, the Lord Mayor of London
are deaf and dumb, but they have been 81
admirably educated on the oral system il
Holland that they can by lip-reading evel
understand what goes on at a theater
They have such bright, intelligent face
that no one could possibly imagine then
to be deprived of two of the best senses