The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-14

Inc evening cape = the latest peak 81
fashion.
The glove with the high cuff is sdn
In vogue.
Tho newest thing in jewelry Is LoAsn-
grin's swan.
A Cornell On. ~ girl is said to be
studying veterinary surgery.
Women used to wear nightgowns.
Now it is ssdream robes" that they wear.
Tho only wells that are becoming to
women are Of plain, thin mesh without
figure 81 border.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie is one Of the
host OF people who make amateur pho
Biography fad.
After all, there are few better fabrics
for children than navy blue flannel and
blue and white gingham.
PulImau's daughter, Julia, gets $1,000
per annum for selecting the names for
the Pullman sleeping cars.
The Queen Of Greece is the best royal
needle-woman in Europe. She cuts out
and makes most Of her own undercloth-
ing.
How Chinese women were expected to
behave themselves 1000 years ago is set
birth in an ancient Chinese work in 314
thapters.
Rustling dress skirts have rustled too
long. say the Paris dressmakers, aud soft
materials are now used to line their new
est skirts.
There are said to be over nine hun
dred women preachers in this country.
The most of them belong to the Univer-
salist Church.
Miss Ellen Omerod is one Of the lead
ing entomologists OF England. She was
led to the study by the weevil in her
fathers wheat.
The Presidents wife, Mrs. Harrison's
right hand is SO lame that she does not
use it, except on rare occasions, for pub
lie hand shaking.
A woman is investigating the Patent
Office, in Washington, to obtain copies
of oil the patents secured by women
siace the days of its establishment.
Plans are now completed for the erec-
ton in Washington of hotel for wo-
men, which viii be different from any
other which has ever been projected.
Miss Viola Griswold, the only woman
in class Of forty eight men at the Col
lege of Pharmacy, Northwest University,
Chicago, ILL.,, carried off the first prize.
Mrs. Hattie Day, of East Bucksport,
Me-, has sold $50 worth of braids made
from her own hair, and yet she has
abundant black tresses, three feet in
length.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the English
novelist, is strong unionist and a bitter
opponent to woman's rights, so-called.
She takes middle-ground on the labor
question.
Don't wear your silk lined dress too
often. II you do you will find that you
are the owner Of a gown without any
lining, the latter having worn out ere
the dress shows crack or seam.
Parnell's widow is said to be very fond
of birds. Her house in ,Walsingham
Terrace, Brighton, England, is full of
songsters. Even in her boudoir she
keeps breeding cages for canaries.
The latest thing in jewelers. novelties
is the futed enameled ribbon, which
comes in all the delicate tints, and is tied
up in all manner Of knots and bows for
the hair, for the watch or for the neck.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton, wife of the Vice.
President, is said to be one of the most
charming and entertaining hostesses in
Washington. One correspondent says of
her: "She has all the graces imaginable
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Mrs. Cunningham Graham, the Span
ish wife of the Socialist Member of the
British Parliament, is remarkable
woman. She spends half the year in
Spain following the track Of Saint
Theresa, whose life she is engaged in
writing.
The last idea in dress skirts is to leave
the corner which has been ordinarily cut
off to form the bias seam up the back in
the bell, and let it cascade itself in jabob
folds down the back. The effect pro-
duced is excellent, and needs no partIcu-
lar experience to arrange.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, who was
recently offered $4,000 by the new Chi
cago University, is a Western woman.
She studied in Michigan at the schools Of
Saginaw and Bay City, and afterwards,
at the age of eighteen, graduated from
Ann Arbor. Within few years she be-
came President OF Wellesley College. J.
The newest powder puffs are Of much
larger size than of yore and look like
enormous snowballs, as big as ordinary
sugar bowls. The handles are made to
represent figures Of well known celeb
rites and are done in both ivory and
silver. Nine. Recamier and the Empress
Josephine are the women most frequently
represented.
The rage for bizarre effects in dress
trimming has led manufacturers to bring
out the Moorish bangle in various sizes
of crystal, porcelain, jet, steel, fire and
French gilt and white metal Of silver.