The Opelousas courier., 1893-12-02
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Syrian velvet IN two tones like shot
silk is made up with hengaline, MORE,
OF heavily repped Victoria silk.
Mrs. Carlisle, wife Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, is said to have one Of
the finest teams i'll Washington.
Miss Jean Ingelov, the poetess, is
eixty-three years old, and lives quietly
in South Kensington, England.
Full waists e4irred down into puffs
by bands OF passementerie embrold-
cry or ribbon are muchliked by young
women.
Black gloves worked with ecru OF
mastiquo are worn and every shade Of
drab, fawn and gray is as fashionable
as ever.
Mrs. Lille Deyereux Blake trea-
sures among her possessions q yellow
brocaded silk dress worn by Theodo-
STA Burr.
In the colony of Victoria, Australia,
women teachers i'll the public schools
are eligible to receive a possible salary
Of $500.
Whenever Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of
New York, gives al entertainment her
favorite flower, the American Beauty
rose, is very much in evidence.
Miss Anna Gould, daughter Of the
late Jay Gould, goes in for physical
culture she is a member OF the Berk-
eley Ladies Athletic Club, New York.
A bauble which hangs i'll Miss Helen
Gould's drawing room, New York, lSa
japanese crystal, which cost some
where in the noighborhool OF 5000.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, Of New York.
is as practical regarding her house.
keeping Affairs andao attentive to them
as If her income were only S50oa year
instead Of $500 q day.
An Oregon Qll,l young woman is
making a crazy quilt of the silk ties
which have been given her by her de-
voted admirers. Her pillows are to be
stuffed with their love letters.
One Of the caprices Of the moment
is a skirt Of silk with very thin mate
rial draped over it. The silk is OF
some very delicate or pronounced
color, and the drarcry material is semi
transparent.
The accordion pleaters still insist
upon keeping their goods before the
public. The fashion is out Of date ex-
cept for trimming on dress waists or
hats. A little Of it goes q long way
with good dressers.
Archery is SO popular among Eng
lish woman that they have a Royal
Texophlite Society. It Is said that
the bow women Of o few years ago
would not be even among the second
class shots Of to-day.
A professional cook teaches her class
in pastry making TO cut the circle OF
pie crust ono way around and the rim
that surrounds the dish the other way.
She says that this simple rule has an
important bearing upon the fakiness
of the result.
In the last year 400 patents have
been applied for in England by women.
Some Of these have reference to textile
manufactures, and electrical and rail
way appliances, and articles tor the
use of the sick have also received con-
siderable attention.
One of the most stylish, simple COS
tunes Of the season is the blue denim,
with trimming of thick blue braid. It
is made with skirt and Jacket, and @
silk blouse or q high-cut vest is worn
over it. It is strictly tailor-made, and
as stylish as it is unusual.
All trustworthy reports from Paris
are to the effect that great and sur
prising changes in fashion may be ex-
pected this autumn and winter, These
are the weeks in which quantities of
grenadines, shot and Powered silks and
beautiful chifons are being worn. The
heavier materials cut in the new styles
arc waiting in the background.
The hollyhock has been promoted
to decorative purposes at Newport DIM
ner parties, and rivals the sweet pea
in favor. Those used are the new dou'
bic varieties, and come in beautifulrose
reds and faint pink and lemon, and
they are said to be extremely effective
for aesthetic purposes.
The Princess Maud, who has always
been the favoritc of her father, the
Prince Of Wales, has blossomed out
into quite a beauty this season, the
foreign correspondents state. The
Princess Victoria is the useful mem
Der of the family and plays the part OF
the p%eacemaker always.
Mrs. Lucy c. Carnegie, Of Pittsburg,
Penn, the widow of Andrew Carnegie'e
brother, has contracted with q Balti-
more ship-building company for q
handsome steel yacht, on which she
expects to cruise in southern waters.
Mrs. Carnegie own an island OFT the
| coast of Georgia which she has made
an attractive summer resort.
That veteran among women Of the
! platform, Susan B. Anthony, declares
that she cannot to this day speak IN
public without her heart rising in her
throat. Which is not greatly encourag'
ing to the woman who is Just abou'
making up her mind that shS will over
| come that foolish bashfulness and make
herself heard at the next meeting 0
the club.
The quaintest of quaint shapes IN hat
for this fall is a close approach to
Quaker bonnet. 1t has a cylinde
crown, one round end forming tn
| back crown, the other merging int
an empire front, Around the crown
in sunbonnet cape arrangement, is