The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-17
Dsv veddines are all the,style.

in front.
Queen Victoria Is reported to DO AZ
accurate typewriter.
In ancient days nearly all GreciaS
maidens dressed in white.
Dinner parties in honor OF engaged
couples arc quite tho thing.
The lily OF the valley is tho favorit9
flower OF tho Princess Of Wales.
That dear little poke bonnet that drove
our grandfathers crazy 10 coming bacs.
The latest fad among Chicago young
women is said TO DO collecting souvenir
coins.
OF nll tho personal ornaments, silver
bangle, continue tho longest In popular
fashion.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that tho
first pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth
Rock was woman.
There is not the charming mystery
there used to DO about whore The hon y.
moon will be passed.
Fashionable assemblies in tho French
capital sometimes include as many as
thirty titled American women.
Mrs. s. G. Grubb is Superintendent o:
the Salem (Orcgon) Public Schools Mt a
salary of $1,000 ycar. 0it Of fore,
Of thirty four teachers all but five arc
women.
II Mrs. Thomas A. Edison wants her
husband to take luncheon with her sho
has to drive down to his electrical labor-
f. 4, ,l,,o Inl Mr
Edison seldom thinks Of his meats.
Tho IIimalaya woolcns that arc plaid
on one side and plain on the other arc
exceedingly thick and warm, yet are soft
aud plablc. Thcy arc very largely I'M
ported for travelling cloaks AMI for winter
costumes.
A dainty bonnet for evening wc,r is
OF white guipurc lace, vory tiny, as arc
all fashionable bonncts, trimmc with
peach orchids, aud has the cr'Sn sur.
rounded by petunia velvet SECURE by
diamond buckle.
Make your velvet dress with rouni
waist, with seamless bac'1 aud jacket
front, with large reverse opening on n
vest Of gathered blue peau dc soc. lIsvo
gigot sleeves anl u rathor full skirt,
gorcd In front aud straight in the back.
Tho memorial to Trinity College,
Dublin, praying that the degrees anil
teaching of the university may be opened
to women, has been signed by upward oil
10, 900 1rlshwomen aul presented to the
Provost aud senior fellows Of tho COLI
logo.
Evening capcs of fine ladies' cloth, In
delicate, csthctlc hues like tcrracotta,
Nile green, old pink or vcuN blue, arc
being made UP in Henri Deux shape,
and lined with STRIPED lowered brocalc
In delicate patterns aul faint "fadc"
colors.
A gown Of dark red flannel las n
shoulder cape some seven inches deep
and Russian sleeve caps, both bordcrcd
with beaver. Fur edge, the mock and
the belt. Fawn colorod flannel or satin
ribbon would give the same color con.
trast and cost less.
An evening gown with Russian ct-
feet is Of dull, crinklcd white crepe, tho
low bodice edged with the narro west and
darkest mink bands for trimming the
waist, the head and claws Of the animal
forming the girdlc. Violcts give an ex.
quisitc finish lying against the fur.
Tho now feather boas, of the softcsl
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 S35. 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 colleges.
there is now provided practical training
In political details rs u means of propara
ton for the responsibilities of lifo.
Campaigns are orgauzcd, platforms are
framed and discussed, registration II &C
cordance with the statute is required,
and ballots are pollcd according to the
Australian system.
Mrs. LELAND Stanford, wife Of tho
California Senator, has passion for
shoes, and she has probably more pairs
at time than Queen Elizabeth ever
dreamed of possessing. When shi
married Mr.. Stanford, then a poor man,
one of her fathers wedding presents t
her was any number of shoes-he fearci
that Mr.. Stanford could not afford tc
crafty his wife's whims in this direc
tion.
Mrs. Oliphant does all her work at
night. Her whole life is organiast with
view to this habit, and she declares
that it is the only way in which a mis-
tress of q house can work quietly ant
without interruption. Though her hal
is snow white, she is powerful, young
looking woman for her years, and
accomplishes moro actual writing thar
any other feminine author in Grea
Britain.
"Costuma Dominican" is the lates
thing from Paris. 1t is made on the line
of the Dominican monks robes, Of white
serge. Round tho lower part of th'
skirt are three black mohair stripes ant
loops of black satin ribbon here aut
there. The bodice is a kind of white
surah chcmisettc, with falling jabot o.
black crepon. The cachct Of this some
what startling. though very effective
gown is the white Dominican cape, line
throughout with black satin and orna
,,>ontn1 oil wound with I,cuis XIII bOl