Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-05-20

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Bright green is the latest fashionable
color.
The evening cape is the latest freak of
fashion.
The glove with the high cuff is still
in vogue.
The newest thing in jewelry is Lohen-
grin's swan.
A Cornell On. " girl is said to be
studying veterinary surgery.
Women used to wear nightgowns.
Now it is ''dream robes" that they wear.
The only wells that are becoming to
women are of plain, thin mesh without
figure or 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 aud
blue and white glngham.
Pullman's daughter, julia, gets 81 600
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
forth in an ancient Chinese work in 314
chapters.
Rustling dress skirts have rustled too
long, say the Faris 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
sl1ce the days of its establishment.
Plans are now completed for the erec-
ton in Washington of hotel for wo-
men, which will be different from any
other which has ever been projected.
The latest thing in jewelers. novelties
is the huted enameled ribbon, which
comes in all the delicate tints, and is tied
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the hair, for the watch or for the neck.
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.
The newest powder pufs 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 we'll known celeb
rites and are done in both ivory aud
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,
gold, copper and bronze finish. These
fashy little ornaments are sewed all over
the laces, gauzes and ribbons used in
dress and millinery work.
Nail embroidery ia considerably used,
fancy nails being offered to carry out the
designs. The pattern Is traced on the
wood of picture or screen frame, and the
nails are simply put IN like any nails, to
follow the outlined pattern. The only
skill required is degree of that COM
mcdity in grouping and selecting TO be