Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Chantilly lace is revived.
Yellow leads in millinery.
Velvet still holds its own.

ANAtOh iN00o III IlllllIuGTy.
Velvet still holds its own.
The new parasols arc most elaborate.
Flowers continue to rule the toilette.
Everything is trimmed with feathers.
An evening yellow has greenish
East.
There is again rage for trimming
aces.
the brunette is going to have her in
rings.
Dress buckles are made of metal aud
pearl.
Fashion never seems to tire CT the
polka do.
Flowers are worn invariably at the end
Of Il round waist.
The imported gowns aud wraps show
many ribbon bows.
The true cornilower blue has n pur-
plish lavender cast.
In spite of the attractive grenadines,
lace nets are good sellers.
The broche China silks in self tones
make stylish tca-gown fronts.
Diamond buttons on shoes actually
button and are actually diamonds.
Three female physicians are doing II
thriving business i'll Adrian, Mich.
Tea gowns of figured China silk vary
those of black, white and plain color.
A girl in Iowa recently ran away
from home to avoid practicing On the
piano.
The daughters OF the Princess Of
Wales arc reported as having no taste liz
clothes.
Mrs. p. D. Osgood has been post
mistress of Penobscot, Me-, for twenty.
eight years.
A funeral took place the other day at
Hannibal, Mo-, at which six young wo-
men officiated rs pallbearcrs.
An attempt is being made to establish O
library for medical women in London, rs
well rs Il new medical institute.
Lace straw is quite Us transparent n.
the metal laccs aud trcllis-likc founda-
tons one sees everywhere in millinery.
Muguct, or lily of the valley green,
frasier or strawberry leaf, emerald and
Russian arc among the more subducd
greens.
Mrs. John G.. Carlisle, wife of the
Kentucky Senator. has set of spoons
which are very odd. The bowl of each
is an antique coin.
Ministers declare that in nine case.
out of ten brides are much more self.
possessed than bridegrooms during the
marriage ceremony.
A fashion writer says that at least one
third of the handsome hats one sees o,
the fashionable promcnadcs of New Yorl
were made by their wearcrs.
Banana is very pale yellow, Cythcrc
is n shade darker, and Cleopatra is OF a
rich golden hue; paillcte, straw and corn
color are pale evening shade.
Mrs. Langtry, the English actress, is
the owner of II pin cushion made of tbs
silver i'll which vegetables were ono,
served to the Kings OF Ireland
Spanish combs are worn with carriage
costumes of black silk AS compile.
ment to this, black undressed kids arc
worn with all ball gowns by young
misses.
Lady Brooke is said to be not only the
handsomest woman in the British no
bility, but the handsomest woman in
Great Britain. The Prince of VALE:
hath said it.
Quite new blue is hyacinth, which
true to nature, is exactly the color of til,
beautiful spring blossoms. Pervenche
or perewinklc blue is of darker shade,
inclining to lavender.
Lady Humphrey, an Englishwoman, il
making business of training servants
She has places for dozen at time
Why will not some unscltish woman starr
such an enterprise in this country
Blondes are said not to marry in SC
large Il proportion rs brunettes, ant
Worth, the Paris man miliner, is re
ported rs much preferring to desir,
dresses for dark haired women tina,
others.
A short time ago lady, the first O
her sex, graduated in medicine il
Mexico. AS an appropriate compliment
her fellow students of the other sex got
up an amateur bull fight in honor of the
occasion.
Everything has serpentinc head
cloak clasps, hair ornaments, shoe aud
belt buckles, stick-pins brooches, hat
pins, chatelaincs, spoons, button hooks
hair-brushes and even key-rings coil III
tail to tongue.
A few lace wells are worn, and the
are found to be rs becoming now as the
were considered to be hidcous n few wear
ago. Lace handkerchicfs make chat
protectors, rs well rs the antique lac
parasols. Lamp shades, too, are mad
of the latter: and cushions.
The black net dresses that have been
favorites for the past two seasons are
to be worn, but with thick silk or even
cloth waists in place of the lace. Pip
ings or bands OF the silk are placed
around the skirt in rows. For yer,
young girls gilt braid is used, and is re
pclted upon the bodice aud jacket.
The General Committee of til
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