Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-03-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Corduroy mas come in again.

.age.
TIE reign of the large hat will con-.
niue
sealskin and Astrakan are being com
oined.
The strap wrist watches are no longer
good style.
There are about thirty women lecturers
Il this country.
Black pearl necklaces draw attention
% pretty neck.
There is library exclusively for wo-
men in Turin, Italy.
Bowling is extremely popular for
aides in some cities.
Roman stripe couch covers have been
md still are very effective and popular.
Jackets still show tendency to be
rery snug in the body and very large of
| sleeve.
One old fashion has been revived on
he skirts of evening gowns-that is,
LOUNGES.
1t is becoming quite customary for a
widow to retain her husbands name on
ler calling cards.
Two furs are much combined in win
,er jackets. Astrakhan and mink is a
tayorite mixture
Fancy feathers made of lace with
little sizing to hold them upright are
novelty in millinery.
Turquois blue is much worn, and the
Jewels, OF rather their limitations, still re-
main iavorites with millions.
In fashionable marriage notices in
some newspapers the name of the bride
precedes that of tae bridegroom.
Combinations in dress are used, not
only for day toilets, but to an even
greater extent for evening dresses.
Some of the newest party dresses are
nude of cloth, but they are nearly COW
cred with gold and silver embroidery.
As far as the fashion in heads go,
blondes are said to be considerably be-
hind the procession with bruuettes in the
lead.
Fashion report has it that next sum-
mer's feminine styles are to be more mas
culine than ever, and even more "rak-
ish."
The tea gown has yielded to what is
known as the art gown, which is merely
its predecessors over again in a modified
form.
Black velvet hats can be frightened
! T. oh fa-u Nd
a full ruching of black lace around the
brim.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt supports and
maintains a country home for orphans
and half orphan girls Oh Staten Island,
N. Y.
No girl of the periods wardrobe
would seem to be complete in these days
without at least one ''real tailor made
coat"
Princess of Wales is credited with
the possession OF half dozen different
kinds of fur cloaks and wraps, "all of
fabulous value"
Very light-colored felt hats, much
trimmed with pink roses or other pale
tinted blossoms aud ostrich tips, are
muca worn by very ''swell" maidens.
A movement is on foot to have young
women admitted as pupils to the depart
ment of tailoring in the New York
Trades School for boys and young men.
Black ages any woman past thirty by
deepening the lines in her face. Certain
lines come with time, and time forms
character, but a woman is not obliged to
advertise her age.
The Empress Frederick, of Germany,
has sent two glass tubes with Koch's
lymph to the Lima Hospital in Naples,
Italy, accompanied by long letter to
the foundress, the Duchess Rayaschieri.
A tall, gaunt, angular, awkward
woman will appear less so in something
light and floating, some soft, clingng
material that will follow every move
ment, multiply lines and obliterate
angles.
Mrs William Morris, wife of the Lon
don, England, artist, poet and Socialist,
is said to be the most beautiful woman
in the world. She goes out but little,
and is rarely seen by the multitude who
visit her husband
The scheme to employ good looking
women as bill collectors, adopted by
some of the business houses of New York
City, works almost too we'll. Several
women married within fortnight and
four became engaged.
When widow marries she never
wears white, nor would she wear orange
blossoms. She does not have brides
maids. 1t is not usual to remove the
ring of her first marriage; the second
ring is put on above it.
Two of the best-dressed women in
England are literary women-Nrs.
Campbell Pracd AMI Mrs. Stannarj.
Their gowns are tailor made aud cut in
the simplest style. In evening wear Mrs.
Praed affects rich, delicate brocades.
An organization in Rome, Italy, which
calls itself the Roman Arts and Crafts
Society, has been established to enable
women to dispose of their needework
1t includes English, American and Italian
ladies', who WORK tremendously to-
gether.
Velvet calf is exceedingly popular for
ladies' handbags and purses. The former
are now being made oblong like the
purses. They still have the useful out
side pocket, but the handles are of vel
vet calf, for the steel rings have gone out
of fashion.