The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-31
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Stockings are fadtsstIc.

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Stylish gloves wllkbe embroidered on
the backs to match suits.
A good sewing machine is supposed tt
do the work of twelve women.
The study of astronomy is the newest
fad adopted by English women.
Among the choicest fabrics arc the
fine repped, light weight velours.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley, although an
artist, has absolutely no taste in dress.
Women not only buy comfortable
boots for their children, but wear them
themselves.
Queen Anne detested the smell of
roses, and became sick when they were
in the room.
A laundry in England, owned by wo.
men and employing only females, earned
$25, QUO last year.
Mrs. Reginald dc, Kovcn, wife of the
musical composer, - her husbands chief
adviser aud critic.
Mrs. Ameiia BJrr is said 70 make
from $4,000 to t$15, 900 year from
her literary work.
Mary, Queen of Scots, hal lap dog
that followed her to the scaffoTd and soon
after died of grief.
italian women aad Oriental women
bring with then to this country the arts
Of knitting and embroidery.
Miss Wanamaker is heiress to at least
81, 100000. She is so pretty that she
would be n catch If she hadn't cent.
"Choppcd Chat" is the name given to
series cf evening talks to be given by
Philadelphia society lady during Lent.
AT recent luncheon the ices were
served in china cups of rose-lesf design,
each cup encircled with wreath of
roses.
Walter Besant's sister, Msbel, is au
enthusiastic tricyclist aud regards q
"spiu" of thirty or forty miles as a mere
bayatellc. s.A-
There are believedSto be a score of
women in New Yor City whose collec-
tions Of lace vary in value from $2) 900
to $50, ,0Oo.
George Eliot wrote for eight years
with the same pcn, aud when she lost it
bcwaile1 her misfortune as almost too
hari to bear.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt gives so
mucl in charity, that she has less money
to spend on her own adornment than
many Of her relatives.
Hats have wide brims aud low clowns,
arc bent and pinched into many shapes,
aud trimmed in front, at the side, or
back, as is most becoming.
A New York dealer is making an ef-
fort to intro luce them under the name
of dress extenders. a hoop skirt by any
other name would waste space.
The Daughters of tho American Revo.
luton arc raising a futd d-tc< secure life
size portrait Of Mrs. Caroline Scott Har-
risou, late President OF the society.
A new hair ornament is of filigree sill
YER in the shape of a butterfly, with tue
delicate wings studded with pearls. Tho
butterfly is so mounted that its wings
lutter.
The Empress of Austria has made so
much progress in the study Of modern
Greek that she is about to translate two
of Shakespeare's plays into that Ian.
guage.
One of the oldest war pensioners Of
the United States is Mes. Semons, OF
Sodaville, Oregon, who draws pension
from the war fund of 1912. She is over
100 years old.
Lady Haberton in her zeal for dres,
reform is organizing league, every
member Of which will he pledged to
wear skirts clearing tho ground by at
least five inches.
Ohio's capital rejoites iu the posses.
sion of the only fourfold string quartet
in the world played by women. Four
first violins, four seconl violins, four
violes aud four 'cellos complete the Gu.
, scmble.
NJ. Felix, tho woll known Partisan
man .millincr, has always condemned
crinoliucs in any stape. He takes some
credit to himself for having brought iu.
to vogue the infinitely more graceful
style that has rcigncd of late.
Miss Eleanor Hewitt, daughter Of New
York's ex-Mayor, eau play tho piano,
violin aud blnjo, driv, four.in-hand
or tandem, ride thoroighbrel aad row
and sail boat, and speaks Frencl, Gee
man a1d ItalI0a like a native.
Black stockings are, like black kid
gloves, very expensive. Chetp goo ls
are abomina5le, as the dye soils
the under wear aud the shoe lining: a
fast black stocking warranted is lux
ury that the rich woman alone can af-
ford.
The newest Paris gowns are being
made with the new full skirt, aud the
silk under petticoat is quite separate
from the outer skirt. This Is return
to the style of three or four years ago,
and is much less clumsy anl more com.
Portable.
A fashionable welding gift just nov
~ a slowing cup" Of silver or gold,
beautifully engraved, and with its four
handles in graceful attachment. Or
one side is the united mono gram Of the
Letters of the family names of the bride
aud groom.
A new deep crimson shade has ap
peared among handsome London made
house gowns. It is style Virginit
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