St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-02-25
The Russian blouse still reigns.

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thusiastic tisherwoman.
Brocades formT the basis for the even.
ing gowns of the winter.
It is seriously said that chignons and
crlnolnes will again be fashionable.
Extremely pointed toed shoes are
voted bad form at home and abroad.
Large colored glass boats are now the
fashionable thing to hold cut flowers.
A silver shoe buttoner, two feet long,
is among the dressing table novelties.
No woman who values a small hand
will ever wear embroidered kid gloves.
A new button is made of bark sewed
in fancy colors to recall the Indian
ware.
All women declare the new French
ribbons to be the finest they ever ad-
mired
Heavy link bracelets of carved gold
are especially handsome, studded with
jewels.
There is reason to believe that French
fans will have the fashionable call this
season.
Fashionable mourning often causes
the fury and jealousy Of those who are
in colors.
Crowns of new hats and foundations
Of the new bonnets are really "ridie.
ulously SMALL
Plrasols trimmed with fur, an aGecta-
ton Of French women, have reached this
side of the Atlantic.
III Vienna recently guests at a dinner
party were invited to pat their auto
graphs on the table cloth.
Somebody says that the one kind OF
wrap never out of fashion is the "real
-enuine cAnel's hair shawl"
Furs dyed in all sorts of bright colors
are to be trimmed on cloth dresses, &C.
cording to Paris correspondent.
A new gray material for winter walk
ing gowns is Russian army clota. It is
intended to be trimmed with fur.
We are to have Scotch tweeds OF
whatever pattern or color fancy dictates,
ana we are to have them built to fit.
Miss Llella Cool, a leading dentist OF
San Francisco. has been placed in charge
of dentistry at the Stanford University.
It is easy to see, even with defective
vision, that the reign of suspenders on
the backs of women is drawing to a
close.
Miss Kate Drexel, of Philadelphia,
who recently took the veil, has 81, O00,.
900 in her own right and much more to
come.
Necklaces male Of the genuine gold
coins Of all Nations, beautifully sizel,
IRE something new in the jewelers.
stocks.
Shoulder bows Of expensive ribbon are
seen on many Of the new house dresses
made with pleatel instead of pa1ed
sleeves.
The other day lady was discovered
in a mans tie shop in London having
lesson IN tying her c.avat. She meant
to do the thing well.
Belgian telephone girls are required to
pass an examination : four dlfIe5,esp4,i
languages beso. .s,r }Rfth their duties.
Hiss Leila Finuey, Of Fort Valley, Ga,
Who Is not yet twenty Years of age, has
made up to late All quilts, twenty.
seven o. which were made during this
year.
The Innings Of seal aud fur trimmed
2loak5 are unusually gorgeous this sea-
son. Pale brocades, gay tartaas, brill
ant silks AMI high-coiorea satin effects
a. common.
All the chairs in Madame Adelina
PATHS boudoir at Craig-y-Nos, Wales,
Ire draped with ribbons of all colors,
lake rom innumcrab,e bouquets which
have been tbrowD to her.
Mrs. Ecnestine Sclafner, of New
York City, the CANCEL Of the Tombs,"
Or the "prisoners' (riend,' has given bail
bonds during the last five years gyre-.
eating almost 81, 100000.
The swagger girl crimps her hair III
4 very astonishing manner, these days,
rcserving one fiat effective ringlect
which she coaxes to renose picturesquely
1t the central point Of her very classic
head.
At Brussels, Belgium, few days ago
Mile. Marguerite Gon5art was awarded
her degree as doctor of philosophy aud
letters amid great applause. Mile. Com
bart is the first young girl who has OBJ.
tanned this degree.
Miss Sadie Price, OF Bowling Green,
Ky, has devoted nearly four years to
and classifying the wild plants
of Warren County. She has found III
all about cignty-cight different orders
and about $50 species.
Ia the tive Swiss universities Of Basel,
Bcrne, Geneva, Lausanne aud Zurich,
during the past summer, the number OF
women students was 224, of whom 127
was in the medical departments, sixty
two in the philosophical aud five in the
law.
Waiter Satterlce, the artist, says one
Of the greatest difficulties he meets is the
lack of models in this country, whose
hair is 50 black that it has blue or pur-
pie lights in it. He adds that what he
wants is common in Europe, but almost
here.
A high school for girls in Iceland has
been established. The subjects taught
include English literature and Scandi-
NAV ian literature aal history, besides
the regular branches Of study. Cookery
and tailoring are also taught, because