The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-30
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
The divided skirt IS again a candid!

PundltN ltamabal, the Ilndoo lady,
has organized circle of Kings Daugh-
tiers in India,
Novel silk petticoats are made entire
ly of shocking, which renders them
very elastic and perfect fitting,
Flat caps without vizors, plain or
trimmed TO match the costume, are in
high favor with young ladies and chill.
dren,
Small wreathes of gold iiligree foliage,
with tuft of feathers and aigrette in
front, are fashionable with full-dress
coitlures.
The newest handkerchefs are of fine,
sheer, handspuu linen lawn, embroid-
cred in fine threads with wheat garlands,
lines of drawn work and dainty flower
patterns,
Among the new fans are some very
pretty ones made of the sheerest brown
gauze, mounted upon brown violet wood
sticks, painted with a flight of swallows
OF brown wrens
Miss Alice Sanger, the Presidents
typewriter and stenographer, is able to
take short hand dictation at the rate of
200 words minute. Her spelling is
said to be 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 special department now, devoted
to satisfying this class of customers.
Parisiennes are carrying very large
muffs. When made of material to match
the bonnet or costume, they are orna-
monted with quillings of lace and bows
of ribbon with long streaming ends.
a garniture for toques and large hats,
which is meeting with considerable ia
vor, is a large bow of plated crepe lisse,
which consists of two haring ends
caught in the middle with 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 that to the average
woman they are most trying and generally
unbecoming.
There are on the rolls OF the Pension
Office at Washington the names of
twenty 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, few years ago, popu-
lar and prominent society woman in
Baltimore, with 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 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-Minister
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 Presidents wife is
familiar
Handsome home toilets are made OF
soft camel's hair with velvet bars and
stripes of various rich tints. They are in
close prncesse shapes, and open over long
front breadths of sheer wool or silk, Dor
dered with embroidery or rich Gothic
passementeries.
Some of the winter walking gowns arc
made with the most complicated vests
and jacket-fronts, although severe and
simple enough in other respects. A de-
scription of not 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 in subdued neutral tones Of
color, or with flowers conventionalized tc
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 foI
her present position was her faculty fol
keeping her personal accounts, which was
done with regularity and exactness.
Mrs Harrison has been obliged to give
up all reading and china painting. To 8
friend she is reported to have said: 'sThe
letters of the people make me the slave
of my pen. meet the mail with budget
of letters. Write as briefly as 1 can, it is
impossible for me to get my writing table
cleared"
Five female sanitary police are now
established in Chicago, under the app oint-
ment of the Commissioner of Health, &C.
cording to an ordinance of the City Coun-
Gil. The duty of the new female sanitary
police is to inspect factories and tene-
ments for the protection Of the health OF
working women.
The newest belt buckles of gold or sill
yer are eight inches long and curved in
ward to follow the figure. The material
of the bodice is drawn down from the
shoulders and side seams to meet in the
buckle under the bust in most becoming
fashion. This fashion is especially suit
able for soft silken fabrics, crepe ano
net.
Editor Grady's BOyishness.