The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-25
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

The chateiaine bouquet Is quite the
rage.
The reign of the large hat will CON
tlnue.
sealskin and Astrakan are being COM
bined.
The strap wrist watches are no longer
good style.
There are about thirty women lecturers
in this country.
Black pearl necklaces draw attention
to a pretty neck.
There is a library exclusively for wo-
men in Turin, Italy.
Bowling is extremely popular for
ladies In some cities.
Roman stripe couch covers have been
and still are very effective and popular.
Jackets still show a tendency to be
very snug in the body and very large Of
sleeve.
One old fashion has been revived on
the skirts of evening ~gowns-that is,
founces.
1t is becoming quite customary for a
widow to retain her husbands name on
her calling cards.
Two furs are much combined in win
ter jackets. Astrakhan and mink is a
fayorite mixture.
Fancy feathers made of lace with .
little sizing to hold them upright are q
novelty in millinery.
Turquois blue is much worn, and the
jewels, OF rather their limitations, still re-
main favoritos with millions.
In fashionable marriage notices in
some newspapers the name of the bride
precedes that of the bridegroom.
Combinations in dress are used, mot
only for day toilets, but to an even
greater extent for evening dresses,
Some of the newest party dresses are
made 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 brunsttes in the
lead.
Fashion report has it that next sum-
mer's feminine styles are to be more mas
culine than ever, and ever more 'srak.
ish."
The tea gown has yielded to what is
known as the art gown, which is merely
its predecessors oyer again in a modified
form.
Black velvet hats can be frightened
by adding a few Jacqueminot roses and
a full ruehing of black lace around the
brim.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt supports and
maintains a country home for orphans
and half orphan girls on 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
Princess of Wales is credited with
the possession of half a dozen different
kinds of fur cloaks and wraps, tall of
fabulous value"
Very l~ight-colored felt hats, much
trimmed with pink roses or other pale
blossoms and ostrich tips, are
much worn by very t'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 a long letter to
the foundress, the Duchess Ravaschieri.
A tall, gaunt, angular, awkward
woman will appear less SO in something
and floating, some soft, clingfng
material that will follow every move
nent, multiply lines and obliterated
Mrs. William Morris, wife of the Lon
Ion, England, artist, poet and Socialist.
S said TO be the most beautiful woman
the world. She goes out but little,
md 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 a fortnight and
Jour became engaged.
When a widow marries she never
wears white, nor would she wear orange
blossoms. She does not have brides
maids. It is not usual to remove the
ing of her first marriage; tho second
ing is put on above it.
Two Of the best-dressed women in
are literary women-Mrs.
Jampbell-Praed and Mrs. Stannard.
Their gowns are tailor-made and cut in
he simplest style. In evening wear Mrs.
oraed affects rich, delicate brocades. /,
An organization in Rome, Italy, which !
itself the Roman Arts and Crafts
has been established to enable
women to dispose Of their needIework.
I includes English, American and Italian
who work harmoniously to-
Velvet calf is exceedingly popular for
aides handbags and purses. The former
re now being made oblong like the
,urses. Iheystill have the useful out
ide pocket, but the handles are of vel
let calf, for the steel rings have gone out
if fashion