The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04

ered on table linen.
Hemstitched black surah silks of triple
warp are entirely new.
Velvet sleeves in silk or wool gowns
are still very fashionable.
The style of wearing flowers in the hat
has already become ommon.
The black sailor waterproof hats are
worn by exclusive society girls.
Gold lettering is more often used in
wedding invitations than silver.
Queen Victoria calls a bouquet by the
old fashioned name Of nosegay.
Miss Annie EDWARD of New Orleans is
the richest woman in Louisiana.
Very young girls wear party gowns of
white, pale blue or rosc-colored Grape or
tulle.
The English Queens daughters are
not only good needlewomen but good
S'1 Lavender salt. effectively e pleasant
ly perfume the air of sitting D. reception
rooms.
It costs ST. so a day to care for a sick
| baby according to the best hospital au-
thority.
The prettiest slipper of the season is
of black Suede kid embroidered with
gold beads.
Ecru India muslins, with inserted bor-
ders of lace Stimulating Irish point, make
lovely gowns.
Miss Emily Rowland has been elected
a director of the First National Bank of
Aurora, N. Y.
The rather ancient fashion of wearing
a chain of gold dollars at ones wrist is
being revived.
Lady Brooke, of England, distributes
every year, through her agency, over five
thousand garments.
A demand for miniature paintings has
raised the price of those pins and orna-
ments fifteen per cent. 60
Slight beading or embroidery may
adorn the toes of white slippers, but
bows are not allowable.
Colonial dresses look best on young
girls, a fact that cannot be too strongly
impressed upon stout women.
Think Of paying $50 fora whisk broom
with a handle of embossed silverl Yet
thousands are sold in New York in a sea-
son.
The subscription by female clerks in
b Washington for a monument to General
way.
Delicately perfumed gloves along with
other sweet fancies for feminine wear
have found admission into the best So
ciety.
J There is q revival of the craze for whole
pearls, which precious stones have, of
course, been advanced in price because
of said craze.
There are thirty-three women doctors
] working in India in connection with the
, national association for supplying female
medical aid.
The Grange at Mendon, Mass, had q
nail driving contest the other day in
which a lady won by driving twenty two
nails in two minutes.
Among the titled ladies Of the court in
Rome are stated to nine Americans, each
and every m noted for beauty and more
or less brilliant accomplishment.
Skirts of riding habits come just to
cover the feet and are made of materials
not 10 heavy as broadcfoth. The modi-
fed high hat is preferred to the derby.
DR.. Clara Marshall, Dean Of the phila-
delphia Women's Medical College, is re-
ferred to by professional men as one of
the most earnest and able physicians in
America.
Miss Margaret L. Shepherd, the or
ganizer of the ssLoyal Women of Ameri-
can Liberty now numbering a member
ahip of Is, 1000, is a slight little oma
with clear gray eyes, tinged with brown,
and short curly brown hair.
There are ffty-eight butcher shops in
New York, either owned or managed by
women. These ssladyn butchers, as they
would be called on the other side, are
for the most part widows or daughters
of men who established the business.
The Duchess Of Connaught and her
husband gave the Princess Victoria of
Prussia five rows of pearls, each row hav-
ing a pendant, the first diamonds, the
second sapphires, the third moonstones,
tho fourth emeralds and the fifth rubies.
Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew pays the
penalty Of being the wife of New York 8
most popular dinner guest. It Is a very
rare event for him to dine at his own
table during the season, except when he
Is host himself. $50 rare, :" Mrs. Depev
10 quoted as saying .sthat / have to en-
gage him for it.
Before the Empress of Austria went on
her recent y%acting trip she distributed to
her most intimate friends all her court
costumes and her I~ight-eoiored dresses.
She remarked with pathos that she
would never feel gay enough to wish to
wear eolored dresses, nor did she intend
to 60 to any more court festiYitiesrnoW
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