The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-25
Bengal fur is all the stvle.

The newest wraps are made with
sleeves. -. -.
= There is a new fur collar with muf
attached.
Mrs Lease, the Kansas political
leader, writes poetry.
Several women in Holland earn a live
ihood as practicing chemists.
The Woman's College of Baltimore
has over 500 students this season.
The year 1892 was remarkable for the
number of international marriages.
When a member of the Prussian Roya,
Family is married the 'soutft"i is paid by
the State.
Mrs. Talmage, wife of the famous
divine, wears aRussian sable cloak down
to her feet.
The ex.Empress Eugene, Of. France,
devotes two or three hours of each day
to writing her memoirs.
The first term of the Woman's- Col
lege connected with the Brown Uni
verslty has been a success.
Both Greek and Roman LADIES' painted
their faces, for white using white lead,
for red the juice of an unknown herb.
The Duchess of Portland il the only
woman who ever had a dress made and
sewed on her person while she stood up
right.
Miss Coralie Quay, daughter OF the
Pennsylvania Senator, is n Of the
bright young women of Washington
society. >
Miss Parker, Of New Mexico, runs a
telegraph Office, two express companies,
q railroad Office, a ranch, and keeps her
hair combed neatly.
Five Of Vassar's alumna are taking
postgraduate courses at Yale, two at the
University of Chicago, one at Ann
Arbor and one at Leipsic.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will soon be the
possessor of one of the largest diamonds
in the world. 1t is now being cut for
her by a famous Dutch lapidary.
Miss Sadie Boyd, of Cheyenne,
Wyoming, and a student at the Denver
(Col.) University, travelled 10 miles at
the recent election to'Sast her first bal
lot.
Mrs. Cleveland has a wonderful old
Puritan rag carpet of white and blue,
which is over 100 years old. She
always has it with her; it Is used in her
boudoir.
Among the debutantes in Washington
this season will BA daughters of Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Brewer, Senator
| Brice and the Brazilian Minister, Ssnor
Mendonca.
Mrs. Mary Sheldon Barnes, wife of
Professor Earl Barnes, of the chair Of
education in the Leland University, is
assistant professor Of modern history in
the same Institution.
Mime. Ye, wife Of the Corean Minister
at Washington, undertook to learn
French for conversational purposes, but
has given it up, being unable to pro-
nounce the nasal sounds.
Mrs. Depew is, in some respects, the
opposite of her witty husband. She
has a serious face, big black eyes, long,
straight features and a low, sweet voice.
Her favorite colors are garnet and
mauve.
The Queen of the Belgians has just
ordered two or three Photographs, the
purpose of which is to record her
majesty's extempore compositions on the
piano. She is a very good hand at this
sort of work.
Miss Foster, daughter of the Secretary
of the Treasury, has great ability as a
decorator of china, in which branch of
art she has attained such proficiency as
to warrant the building of a kiln at her
own house in Ohio.
The New York City Chapter of the
Daughters of the Revolution are getting
up a fund for the statue of Washington
for France. The act is in recognition
Of Frances gift to us of the Liberty
Statue and the statue of Lafayette.
The Archduchess Marie Theresa, sis
ter.ln.law of the Emperor of Austria, is
about to found at Meran an ophthalmic
hospital, where the patients will be
treated by her brother-in-law, Duke
Charles Theodore Of Bavaria, during his
spring residence there.
At the last meeting e the Board OF
Trustees of Colgate U~aavgmity, Utica,
N. 2, held in New York City, it was
decided to admit women as students in
that institution. It was also decided to
build a gymnasium modelled after that
of Cornell University.
Nine. Mendonca, wife of the Brazilian
Minister, is one of the most agreeable
hostesses in the diplomatic corps al
Washington, and is ably supplemented
in her duties by her daughters. Nine,
Mendonea hes the typical Spanish type
Of beauty strongly developed.
Among silken fabrics bengalines arr
al. much admired as ever, among The
newest being the ondule bengalines
having a crinkled horizontal cord, and
the iridesceDt bengalines. which have a
gIace effect and hairline stripes Of eolors
contrasting prettily with the ground
work.
: At the recent reception at the Mansion
House in London the Lady Mayoress wore
a very becoming gown of pearly white
satin, with a folded berthe and shor
pulled sleeves of lizard green velvet
which appeared again as a narrow Dor
der round the hem of the skirt, and sht
carried a bouquet of white flowers.
The Duchess of Teck has contributed