The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
Sam has 600 female clere

mon sense WOmen wear q common
sense shoe.
Bow knot rings of goldare the latest,
and are intended to be worn on the
little finger.
She is a tribe III arrears of the pro-
i cession who has not a sunshade for
every costume.
Society girls are wearing the ring
with the precious stone for the month
they were born.
Gossip bags carried by the ladies are
now made of the richest and most ex-
pensive materials.
Colored kid slippers are worn with
afternoon gowns this season as they
never were before.
No girlof the periods summer ward.
robe is complete without at least one
pink gingham dress.
Marquise fans, recalling a kind in
fashion long years ago, have come
among this seasons revivals.
Lace of every kind plays a part this
season in the trimming of gowns that
is almost as ~extravagant as it is beau
tiful.
The fashion of wearing flowers at
the corsage with afternoon and evening
toilet has been revived at the watering
places.
The women on the Saratoga piazas
are carrying q single flower with a
long stem, oftenest an American
Beauty rose.
To exhibit the now fashionable 'Na.
poleon curl over the forehead, the
girl of the period must needs tilt back
her sailor hat.
Novel French skirts are shaped with
many cores, then gathered front and
back, but left with o plain smooth
gore at the sides.
Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt has inherited
Peter Cooper's old Dutch Bible, which,
with its data of family history, makes
very curious reading.
Black chiffon edged with white lace
is partially successful as q fashionable
material for the fchus are try.
ing to wear this season.
Not every girl who does not believe
in sleeves below the elbow has either
o pretty wrist or hand, albeit one CLOCKS
for both with that fashion.
Several years ago, when Miss Carrie
Aston, of New York City, became Mrs.
Orme Wilson, SO, 900 worth of roses
were distributed at sick beds the next
morning.
The Delsarte methods turn out
esthetic young ladies, who hang their
arms and hands and heads and who
are monochromatic instead of poly
chrome even to their finger rings.
White muslin is worn by young girls
for ball dresses, with MORE or satin
Empire sleeves and a sash deep in
front, narrow toward the back, and
finished off with a small bow and long
ends.
There is a sudden revival of all the
rich and pale shades of brown, from
auburn, chestnut, Vandyke, ETC.,
through the many handsome half
tones, to beige, fawn and pale amber
brown.
Miss Jeanette Glider is said to be
the author of the remark that New
York men divide all m into two
classes-fools and rogues; aud that
they prefer the rogues, although they
marry the fools.
The day is fast approaching when
every one in the feminine world above
seventeen years of age will again have
a ''best black silk" which this fall
will be of satin, bengaline or satin
figured gros grain.
"Novelty" ~hop-sackings and dainty
mountain suitings are set forth by
leading Broadway importers this week.
These two fabrics are excellent in
quality and especially well adapted
for travelling, beach and mountain cos
tunes. They are fifty inches wide and
cost sixty-fve cents a yard.
The Pratt Institute, of Brooklyn,
teaches twenty-five different branches
to women, among which are dress"
making, millinery, cooking, laundry
work, sewing, typewriting, bookkeep-
ing, normal training in art education,
designing, art n~eedlework, photog-
raphy, wood carving, architectural
drawing and library training.
Miss Harriet Eliza Green, who died
recently at Oakland, Cal, was nj OF
the leading authorities on library
cataloguing. For many years she had
been employed in the Boston Public
Library and the Boston Atheneum.
She was also connected with the Co.
lumbus College Library, where she
gave instructions to students in her
department.
The size and color of hat has a
marked effect on the apparent stature
Of a woman. A black hat takes inches
off a tall woman, while a bonnet lighter
in color than the dress will make 9
short woman appear taller than she is.
A bunch Of flowers under the brim Of
e hat is a commendabie style for those
who wish to add to their appearance
Of height
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