The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-17
Day weddings are all thestyle.

in front.
Queen Victoria is reported to be as
accurate typewriter.
In ancient days nearly all Grecias
maidens dressed in white.
Dinner parties in honor OF engaged
couples arc quito the thing.
! The lily of the valley is tho favoritq
flower of tho Princess Of Wales.
That dear little poke bonnet that drove
our grandfathers crazy is coming back.
The latest fad among Chicago young
women is said to DO collecting souvenir
coins.
OF hll tho personal ornaments, silver
bangles continue the longest In popular
fashion.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that the
first pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth
Rock was q woman.
There is not the charming mystery
there used to be about -wh6re the hon y.
moon will be passed.
Fashionable assemblies in the French
capital sometimes include as many as
thirty titled American women.
Mrs. 8. G. Grubb is Superintendent o:
the Salem (Oregon) Public Schools Mt
salary of $1,000 year. Oit Of Il forca
Of thirty -four teachers all but five ar0
women.
II Mrs. Thomas A. Edison wants her
husband to take lun chcou with her sho
has to drive down to his electrical labor.
atory for him, for unless reminded Mr..
Edison seldom thinks of his meals.
The Himalaya woolcus that arc plaid
on one side aud plain on the other arc
and pliablc. They arc very largely inn
ported for travelling cloaks aul for winter
costumes.
A dainty Bonnet for evening wcW is
Of white guipurc lace, vcry tiny, as arc
all fashionable bounets, trimmel with
peach orchids, aud has the crown sur.
rounded by petunia velvet secure 1 by
diamond buckle.
Make your velvet dress with q rouni
waist, with seamless bac'e aud jacket
front, with large reverse opening on a
vest Of gathered blue peau dc sue. Have
gigot sleeves aud rathor full skirt,
gored In front aud straight in the back.
Tho memorial to Trinity College,
Dublin, praying that the degrees aud
teaching of the university may be opened
to women, has been signed by upward oil
10, 900 Irlshwomen aud presented to the
Provost aud senior fellows Of tho coi'
lege.
Evening capcs of fine ladies' cloth, 10
delicate, csthetlc hues like terracotta,
Nile green, old pink or vieux blue, arc
being made up in Henri Deux shape,
aud lined with STRIPED hnwcred broca1c
In delicate patterns ani faint "fade"
colors.
A gown Of dark rcd flannel las a
shoulder cape some seven inches dee;,
and Russian sleeve caps, both borderetl
with beaver. Fur edge, the neck aud
the belt. Fawn colored flannel or satin
ribbon would givo the same color con.
trast and cost less.
An evening gown with Russian ef.
feet is Of dull, crinkled white crepe, tho
low bodice edged with the narro west and
waist, the head and claws of the animal
forming the girdle. Violets give an ex.
quisite finish lying against the fur.
The new feather boas, of the softes
| plumes Of the owl and in tawny natural
colors, cost $50, and measure two yards.
Boas of cured ostrich feathers in the
same length cost $35. Little round
collars of marabout feathers in gray and
white cost $3.50; in clipped Ostrich
plumes, $3.50.
| In several OF the womcn's college.
there is now provided practical training
In political details as q means of propara
tion for the responsibilities of life.
Campaigns are organized, platforms are
framed and discussed, registration In &C
cordance with the statute Is required
and ballots are polled according to tn,
Australian system.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, wife Of the
California Senator, has q passion fol
shoes, and she has probably more paira
at time than Queen Elizabeth eve
dreamed of possessing. When sh
married Mr.. Stanford, then poor man
one of her fathers wedding presents t.
her was any number of shoes-he feare;
that Mr.. Stanford could not afford u
crafty his wife's whims in this direc
tion.
Mrs. Oliphant does all her work a
night. Her whole life Is organiaet will
view to this habit, and she declares
that it is the only way in which mis-.
tress of house can work quietly an
without interruption. Though her ha
Is snow white, she is powerful, young
looking woman for her years, an
accomplishes moro actual writing tina
any other feminine author in Gre,
Britain.
"Costuma Dominican" is the latei
thing from Paris. IL Is nlade on the iint
of the Dominican monks robes, of whit
serge. Round tho lower part of th
skirt are three black mohair stripes an
loops of black satin ribbon here an
there. The bodice Is kind of whit
surah chemisette, with falling jabot @
black crepon. The cachet Of this som,
what startling. though very effective
gown is the white Dominican cape. line
throughout with black satin and orn
| nented all round with Louis XIII. bo