The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
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head.
A new dress goods for ladies is
called swivel silk"
Tho lace frills on the shoulders are
very essential feature of every kind of
dressy indoor garment.
Miss Ammo Whitney has completed
fine portrait bust of Miss Francis Il.
Willard, the temperance advocate.
Bicycling for women is not popular
| in Paris. There are only twenty six
wheelwomen in that city of boule-
wards.
Butter-colored and deep ecru laces
outrivsl the pure white laces in popu-
lsrity as trimmings for dressy summer
gowns.
Princess May arranged that her we'd
ding troussesu should represent
nothing but the handicrsft of tho
British realm.
Beige -colored crepon trimmed with
guipuro lace and girdle of two or
three bands of satin ribbon is fa.
vorite dress this summer
The students Of v"ssar College pro.
duced Sophooles's tragedy, "Anti-
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Keepse, N. Y, the other evening.
The Princess Eulalia is blond with
golden hair and blue eyes, as she may
we'll be, since nearly eleven-four.
teenths of her ancestry are Saxon.
Though women in France are nova,
days permitted to become doctors,
lawyers, architects, etc, they are not
allowed by the law to sign legal
document ~ witnesses.
1t is D novelty, and shows the rapid
strides females arc making, that the
Odeon Theatre, in Paris, has nominated
lady, Nine. jacques Bcrtillon, as The
doctor of that establishment.
The English Horticulture College
has lately received several applica
tions for women head gardeners and
one for II woman to take entire charge
OF the conservatories and grccnhouscs.
There is said to bo young girl in
Kentucky who has the power Of charm
ing animals She lives near Frank
fort, and the widest animals are said
to become gentle ut the sound Of htr
voice.
Cobwcbby crepe rsses are figured
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in natural colors, and even the stamped
, Swiss and organdie muslins arc rs
beautiful in effect as some of the
, treasured pompadour patterns in silks
s once worn by the beautiful MaIle
g Antoinctte.
$ The Boston girls complete de-
pendenco upon glasses Is cheerfully
, illustrated by one who has just begun
t to wear them and who lays everything
D to them, even the "ft' Of her new
u cape and the bad behavior of their
friends when she is not looking at them
v through these glasses.
The Empress Frederick has recently
! founded in Berlin home for English
govcrnesses, which is open to American
: eovernesses az well. It IL pretty,
cheerful house, where the young women
can live comfortably and chcaply whilo
;. ga. III situation, and where aid, adj.
n VICE "n' s"ooestion are always to be
had.
L. The Mcndocino County (Cal.) gi /
q who has gone into tho business of trap.
t ping shows that the field of womcn's
? occupations III widening, but it ii very
J., doubtful whether many of her sex will
t follow her example and engage in tho
!. healthy occupation that nets this
Northern California girlso good rev.
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. millincr in certain city who has
? the reputation of doing over old bon.
3 nets and their trimmings so that they
look "as good as new" restores tho
= howers that have lost their bloom ny
touching up the coiors. Her secret oi
/ making expensive roses and other
1 blossoms bloom again is well worth
, knowing.
, Philadelphia has woman architect
I who has given great satisfaction to
] large number of persons for whom she
, has designed houses Her work has
, included club hoases, factories. stores,
seaside cottages and handsome city
, dwellings. She nieo supcrintends
every detail III The erection vi tilv
I buildings she plans.
1 Nine. Patti, the diva, possesses n
, queer fad, which she has kept quite !.
l secret for many years from the public.
} 1t Is only few months since this pc
/ culiar fad or hobby became known. 1t
J is the passion she has for daggcrs and
similar pointed weapons; they nro
very small in size and many of them
are quite historical. Some of the very
smallest she uses for hairpins
Mrs. Emma p. Ewing declares that
she has cured more cases of dyspepsia
than any ten doctors in America She
has won wide reputation in her re-
lentless warfare against "heavy" cakes
and bad bread Her husband was u
lawyer with fair practice in Il south.
ern city before his health broke down.
This led Mrs. Ewing tc become :; pro-
fessor of the culinary art Now she is
the money-maker of the family.
Miss Jerusha Lusk, who is Il char
coal burner in Middlesex County, Con-
necticut, affords beautiful example
of the feminine home making instinct.
Like her male compeers, she lives in II
sod hut. Inside, however, she has
cretonne hangings on the walls,
bright, neat ''rag" carpet ON the floor
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