St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-21
Corduroy is again in favor.

Passementere trimming are more than
ever in vogue.
There are 1000 men to every 70t' wo.
men in Greece.
queen Vlctoria's new dining room At
Osborne cost 500 0l.
There are seven women in the phar-
macy department Of the Kansas. Lniver
slty.
Free drawing schools for girls were
first organized i'll France by Rosa K,l~
heur.
The co5tlest dresses II the world are
said to be worn by the women Of Su,
matra.
Miss Braddoo, the English novelist,
has enc hobby--the collection of old
| china.
Bret Harte's young daughter, Jessamy,
is taking after her father i'll the literary
calling.
Mrs. G. T. Huntington, OF San Fran
cisco, CAL, has the costliest ruby in this
country.
At forty -eight, the Princess Of Wales
is said to look like woman Of half
those years.
o. the public school tea@hers IN tae
United States more than sixty-tiv. per
cent are women.
A beautiful bare foot is almost W.
known. We have to thank the fashion
able boot for this
The women of to-day average two
inches more i'll height than they did
twenty five years age.
Some rici new silks are woven witt
steel or other metals glittering through
out, aud wonderfully effective.
Mrs. Z. BIrd Grubb has been elected
ensign of her husbands old regiment,
the Twenty. third New Jersey.
Miss Maude stoae. of Cincinnati, is to
be married. This is the young lady
after whom Maud s. was named.
The Gar of Russia hos granted $780,
900 for the establishment OF 2 medical
school fer women near St. Petersburg.
An American physician, Mrs. Darr, is
named as havin "DuiIt u? Il large and
proitabIe Practice in Dresden, Germany,
The Western Michigan Diocese has
decided that hereafter, at al vcstry
meetings, women may vote for yestry-
men.
Miss Elizabeth Deering Hanscom was
among the first VIC nen to eateI yale's
open door. S.,e IS going 10 stu y to,
the Pa. D. degree.
Miss Anna uaydn Webster, the aivo-
cate OF Greek art in molern dress and
manner, VIII 20 abroad this mouth to
spend year i'll Greece.
The .e3Acic3 left by tue late Mrs.
L nily 7. L kerr, g. phiIa icipAia, to
charitable All religion; organic atoms Of
that city amount to S6ii,oll.
Rose .colorci wells are sig stel AZ be,
co ming for winter wear, aiding on"
more to the long list Of coiors permissi
bic nowadays in face coverings.
Women will do we'll TO substitute some
other nec,swc1r than feather boas to
wear in high winds. A strong breeze
makes them ".nouit' disastrousIy.
Mrs. Mary Cowden Clgrf<e, is eighty
two years Of age, lives in her own vill.
at Genoa. Italy, and still often does soma
literary work with all her early enthusi,
assn.
Miss Harriet M,nroe, TIE author of
the Worlds Fail ode, e1nOoldane1 By
the success Of her first poetic venture, Is
going to write Whole volume OF |
rhymes.
The most highly valued gift a, the
Queen of Dennark's golden wedding
WAS crown of golden wheat ears and
clover, bought with the pennies Of 49,
600 school children.
Mahala Buckwalter, f Ia N. Dealing,
Clara NJ. Hicks, Sarah E. Pike aud Gen
eVlcve Bates were recently ordained
leaconcsseSs Of the Mesho list Church at
Calvary Church, New York City.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Brown Davis
IS young Southern won.n who has
won distinction at Washington as an
tccompIishe | Mathematician. she IS
among the first in this coun-
rv.
The most novel, artistic and strikiu.
fleets are produced in the CO animation
lpon handsome evening dresses of the
most delicate creamy laces or cmbroid
red ganzcs, with dark garnet, mulberry,
I'D maroon, golden olive or black vel
'ets.
The Brooklyn On. " Hospital for
Women and Children has board of sixty
women managers and a hospital staff of
twenty-five women physicians. It is the
My hospital in Brooklyn where women
re permitted to practise. 1t has in con
ectlo0 u training school for nurses.
In honor of Queen Isabella appear
ats, wraps, ippcT*, an jewels ar t
anged il antique patterns. and among I
he most elegant of autumn bJnnrtS OF t,
lack vclvc. are those clFic Toe queen, /
-imme with ;bc sofc,' all most deli f
ate Of yellow Isabella rosc' an! JET ri l.
rettcs, i
Miss Ruth Gentry, who won the fe. |
'wship in higher mathematics OF the :
ssociatel Colleges, is pursuing her |
losen study at the University OF Berlin, /
hich no German women las ever sue II
,eded in entering. Miss Gentry is :
retty Western girl, pale and quiet, and l.
the most unassuming presence. 81
The French Minister Of Public Instruc, .
Oh has decided to preserve the home o. ~
Jan of Arc in Domrc1ni as a museum in :"
hich to illustrat" her history. 1t will
'ntain models Of the various statues
ised t. her memory. copies Of the
N clt y1fif, her