The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Natural clerry CnamDef SlltS arc WcH
liked by lovers Of cheerful furniture.
All sorts and conditions of skins unite
in formulating fur garments this season.
Annie Besant is said to be the most
eloquent woman living to-day il al! Eng
land.
1t is said that Spanish women are th
only ones who eat olives without grim
aces.
Pretty party bags, used for carrying
the slippers, fan, ETC., are made Of bro
cale.
Some washstands are surmounted by
mirrors and are as elaborate as dressing
stands.
SQUIRRELS tails are used on felt hats
and vultures' feathers on mutfs and
toques.
Head rests of lowered plush lined
with surah and trimmed with ribbon are
very pretty.
The handsomest woman in Germanyis
said to be the Countess Elizabeth
Koenigsmarck.
The question of the higher schools foc
girls in Sweden has recently been attract
ing much attention.
Miss Laura Jean Libby, of Brooklyn,
is said to have made $40, 900 with her
pen in the last FIVE years.
Face wells are very thin and very
slightly dotted, which is Il welcome
fashion to eyes not very strong.
Black camers hair tufted with real
camel's hair threads of white makes an
effective robe for half mourning.
Robes of pale gray serge with gradu-
! a.ei bands of raised velvet in bronze.
gray and black effects are novelty.
Some of the new large hats are literally
covered with feather tips, three dozen
not being an unusual number to find on
one.
The medical school of John Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Nd, will, when
opened, admit women on the same term:
as men.
Seamless corsages-which, however,
are made to fit like glove by some fine,
subtle magic of the modiste-are in high
fashion.
Sleeves for young girls evening dresse:
are made with an opening on the outside
of the arm to show the point of tn
shoulder.
Women are becoming more convinced
that it is as cheap aud much more salts
factory in many respects. to buy ready
made clothing.
Blue serge coats are made in imitation
of mems mess coats, with high-snaped
collar and Austrian knots in the corners
aud on the cuffs.
Half dozen New York ladies' are sale
to earn handsome living by holding
Conversation classes and giving private
lessons in that art.
Women doctors can now practise il
all parts of the Russian Empire. The,
are obliged to wear q certain decoration
to denote their profession.
There is not one woman in a THOUSAND
who can cook oaten meal. At least tha
is the opinion of $4,000 chef in Madi
son Square, New York City.
Leather color is to the front for dress
material, millinery goods, traTeling-bags
and odds and ends of 61ery in the line
fans, card cases. and bclt-bags.
Miss Louise Lawson, of New York
has been awarded the commission TO
the statute of the late S. $. Cox, to b
erected by the New York letter carriers
Winnie and Ella BAN arc professiona
umbrella makers in New York City, Flo
some time they have manufactured canes
parasols and umbrellas on Blocker street
and made money.
Many capricious New Workers are hs'
ing souvenirs, such as ladies' slippers an
locks of hair, covered with thin d.
post of silver and displayed in toe
homes as mementos.