The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN,
Soft colors prevail.
Metal belts are a novelty.

Prune Is one OF the tavor1te colorSs
Decorated china is having its innings
Orange spoons are made quite small
The turquoise is again becoming popu
lar.
The new woolens look very spring
like. :,
A Turkish fez in very dark red il
worn.
The bell shaped sleeve is restricted Il
coats.
Cravats have suddenly become popular
again.
Plaid cheviots vie with plain or striped
patterns.
Necklaces are growing in popularity
and size.
It's a French fad for a belle to have an
assortment of fans.
The success of a hostess is mainly de-
pendent upon her tact.
The principal dentists in Australia
have women assistants. ,
This is the season for replenishing the
supplies OF house linen.
The pointed bang is disappearing from
the forehead of fashion.
Bracelets are appearing formed of gold
beads of successive size.
Beaded chatelaine bags and purses still
appeal to feminine favor.
Velvet sleeves in silk or wool gowns
are still very fashionable.
Colored lingerie is not so fashionable
as it was a little while ago.
Very few Spanish women ever even
dream Of speaking in public.
"Aunt Fanny" Barrow has written
forty-ive books for children.
ALI the "coming out" fans are made
of white gauze or ostrich plumes.
A simple manner is tho distinguishing
trait of a well born man or Woman
Trained skirts for the street Is o fash
ion that can be made popular.
The prettiest and newest tailor-mads
suits are in somewhat glazing colors.
Boas and neck ruchings of partridge
feathers are light and graceful in effect.
Parlor carpets come in light and
medium grounds with scroll in floral
patterns.
a pair ORNAMENTAL letter scales is an
appropriate gift for any woman who pos
sesses a desk.
Fur is used as borders even upon even
ing dresses-around the low bodice and
short sleeves.
The sealskin is now made Sc soft and
pliable that it is RULED and plllted like
A woman may be attired most stylishly
without wearing a single ~fashionably
made garment.
The smallest French bonnets-and
they are all little more than medium sized
pancakes-are crownless.
Mrs. Hetty Green, who had SIS, Ooo,-
600 left her some time ago, has increased
her inheritance to $50, 000, 900.
The New York Presbytery, a majority
of that body at least, is opposed to insti.
tuting the Order of the Deaconesses.
Dress skirts for street wear are length
ening in spite of all protests. But ex-
tremely tidy women do not adopt them.
Very youthful t~srosebuds' band their
locks with velvet ribbon, which is tied
on the top of the head in a saucy little
bow.
Sleeves are made with deep gauntlet
cuffs opening on the outside of the arm,
and paniers are very surely makingneir
way.
Many women are employed in the tea
trade. They do all the packing and
weighing for the different tea COM
Mrs. Alexander, the novelist, has for
her pet an Persian tabby cat
which lies by the side of her when she
Very beautiful and stylish are the new
Paris challies just introduced. The pat.
tens run to the buds and blossoms of all
the flowers. :
The china most in use for luncheon
is pure white. With this any
ornamental and floral decorations may
be employed.
The complaint from London is that
dresses are growing longer and more
lnconyenient and the dress suspender ID
into use.
Young ladies with oval faces MAJ part
their tresses in the middle and comb
them in well-deined curves on either
;ide of the brow.
A Gotham bride stood in the vestibule
If church the other day before she
entered to be married and had her sspic-.
lure taken' by a friend.
Ladies who are blessed with an ade-i
luate supply of hair arrange it In loose,
style with q Jew to efecting
classical contour! ],
The careful manner with which Queen
Victoria complies and corrects the Court
Circular entities her to be, termed the
eading editor in all her realms. !
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge says that she
efuses enough clever and charming !.
natter every month to fill a magazine !. !:
'ery nearly the equal of So. Nicholas. !
Mrs. NJ. e. B. Thompson, superin- !
endent of the New York Bureau Of I
Deafness. is n of the few women in )
he world who has made q reputation as d
n artist. r
The aNeedle Work Guild is one o. !.
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