The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-21

Red stockings are to be all the rage in
Paris.
Soft, flimsy silk scarfs gre fashion
of the hour.
veil-pins are now quite necessary to
women's toilets.
The Queen q England never goes 70
bed before midnight.
In these days Of many kinds OF gloves
the women who wear 'sreai French kidn
are the exception.
Handkerchiefs are very much to the
front, and women are spending their IN
comes upon them as Of yore.
The average age at which women
marry is 25.5. Married women live two
years longer than single women.
Miss Moody, daughter Of the well
known evangelist, IS travelling in the
Orient. She writes wildly Of the scenes
and scenery Of Egypt. /.
The little turbans with one inch
crowns are intended for the tall girl.
The short girl is provided for in the
high-brimmed poke bonnet.
Women's .scounciIs" are now the FASH
ion in Southern cities. The ladies'
gather to discuss points of philanthropy,
education and politics in which they are
interested.
The Queen Regent of Spain has again
shown her generosity by donating $780,
900 out Of her own private resources for
the relief Of the impoverished inhabitants
of the flooded districts.
Fancy combs for the hair are growing
smaller and narrower. Those of gold
are noted with emeralds, sapphires or
diamonds SET in them; these, of course,
are only intended for evening wear.
An English governess who asks 5000
for her services can teach common-school
branches, at least one foreign language,
music and fine needle work. Thsn, too,
she sings, goes in for field sports and is
4sgood form.
Miss Amelia Edwards, the late
Psychologist, was accustomed to walk
half mile before and after breakfast
every day and a mile every afternoon.
It was her invariable practice, regardless
of the weather.
The American bride, initiating her
French sister, has her wedding gown
made high in the throat and long in the
sleeves, and she carries, instead of
bouquet, white kid prayer book elab-
,orately mounted in silver.
Caroline Eschard pays more taxes than
any other woman in her county in Ohio,
Is director of bank and is connected
with several other enterprises. She is
one Of the leaders of the movement for
school suffrage in her State.
The Princess Misel Of Schwarzenberg
has entered the Convent Of the Sacred
Heart in Riedenberg, Austria, as novice.
The aristocratic circles of Vienna are
wondering why so young, beautiful and
popular lady should have renowned
the world.
Miss Louise Mcdonald is only thirty.
three, but she has already won grand
record as a classical scholar, and, better
still, she has had that record acknowl-
edged by being elected Principal of the
University College for Women at Sydney,
South Australia.
Exquisite invalids are partial to pink
and blue printed silk nightgowns, elab-
orately trimmed with lace and ribbon,
and insertion interthreaded with ribbon,
intended to be worn over the ordinary
nightgown for sitting up. They are
pretty and light.
It was in the Congregational Church
that women were first permitted to
preach. One Of the pioneer women
preachers in America was Antoinette
Louise Brown, who, in 1853, was or
lained pastor of the Congregational
Church of South Butler, N. ].
AS this will be the year of Russian
blouses, 80 will it be the season when the
summer girl may make collection Of
belts and girdles accordingly. The
woman who, large of girth, looks like a
bed tick with string tied about the
middle, will wish she had never been
born.
Some Of the French pattern bonnets
have the strings fastened on the back
with small rose, dahlia, chrysanthemum
Or closely made ribbon rosette. This
will do weli enough for the women with
the slender, long head, but it is
dangerous fancy for the girl with the
big head to indulge.
In Hungary and Britanny the young
girls assemble on certain fete days, wear
ing red petticoats with white or yellow
borders round them. The number Of
borders denotes the portion the father is
willing to give his daughter. Each white
band, representing silver. denotes $50
per annum, and each yellow band de-
notes gold, betokening 5000 year.
A prominent lady novelist asserts that
she receives many sad letters from hus-
bands, who claim that their domestic
happiness is being undermined because
their wives devote their attention to study
instead of to homework. It win be in
teresting to classify and arrange these
complaining husbands. It y highly