The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Enameling upon silver and gold ha.
become a veritable Juror.
The Empress of Germany is said never
to wear a gown more than once.
A woman has been appointed rate Cor
iector for the parish of Bedford in Eng.
land.
But there ought TO be swift and sure
mears of killing this idiocy of trailing
street gowns.
The return of the crlnoline some time
in the near future seems to be one of the
accepted facts.
The Boston Boat and Shore Club at its
annual celebration engaged only women
for ~after-dinner speakers.
The University of Edinburgh has
opened its art classes to women students
on the same terms as men.
The Empress of Austria has solved the
servant girl problem. She does her own
cooking, or at least superintends it.
Queen Victoria has her gloves made to
order, but her example is not generally
followed by English women of fashion.
Throatlets and neck scarfs of various
kinds of fur, showing head, eyes, tail,
and paws of the animal, are in high
vogue.
The tailors have preserved the Russian
blouse. It is a short of compromise
they make with the round waist, for it
takes a belt.
Banjo playing has grown to be q fash
ionable fad in New York. Many young
ladies in upper-tendom are diligently
studying this instrument.
Miss Mary A. Ball, of Sioux, Iowa,
has been successfully engaged in the in.
surance business for nearly four years.
She employs several assistants.
An English novelty in the line of ma.
terial is real reindeer. It is said to be
everlasting in wear. It certainly ought
to be warm ii its long arctic service
counts for anything.
In Belgium two young women recently
obtained employment in the Department
of Justice at Brussels, and at Antwerp
two others have secured places under the
Tribunal of Commerce.
Earrings are no longer fashionable,
and the best dressed women appear now
without I've the solitaire, pearl, or tor
quois screw which Yves the gradual
abandoning of these ornar ents.
The fashionable mink.tail trimming
that was so popular at the beginning of
the season is already practically out of
the market, the supply of this little aui.
malls tails being entirely exhausted.
| Mrs. Potter Palmer, Of Chicago, has q
greenhouse from which her table is sup.
piled with fresh fruits eand vegetables,
| mint and mushrooms all winter, and
from which her friends receive numerous
bouquets.
Georgina, Dowager Countess OF
Dudley, having decided to sell her jewels,
Mrs. Aston offered 100000 for a single
string Of pearls, said to be the most per.
feet in Europe, if not in the world.
Lady Dudley wants S11o, 900 for them.
The only Turkish poetess living is sup.
posed to be Osnan Pasha's daughter.
She is a young matron of twenty-eight
and lives in a white marble palace over
looking the blue Bosporous, where she
dimes from a service of gold in q wonder
full conservatory.
The court ladies of Roumania were
taxing and extorting money by scandal.
Gus means in an effort to raise a fund to
buy Princess Marie a wedding Gift, but
the Princess hearing Of it stopped the
levy and directed that the money so
raised be used for charity.
Ada Ellen Bayly, better known as
Edna Lyall, has devoted the proceeds of
"Donovsa" to the purchase Of o peal of
three bells, which have been christened
"Donovan," "Gladvs" and "Dot," and
presented by her to her brotner.in. laws
church, st. Savior's, Eastbourne.
The photograph is put to an excellent
use by the Queen Of Italy, who. while
she often improvises charming little
melodies, is unable afterward to repeat
them. A ~phonograph is therefore placed
on the piano when she plays, and thus
! her impromptus are saved from oblivion.
Many persons who play excellently from
ear will be glad of this hint.
Miss Mary e. Wilkins, the famous New
England author, is extremely fond of
quaint ornaments and rare articles from
far-of countries. Among her treasures
Is a triple necklace of South Sea shells,
in which all the colors Of the rainbow
play at hide and seek. Miss Wilkins is
an orphan and has apartments in a friends
house at Randolph, Mass, near Boston.
Mrs. Alexander Ross, the authoress, is
dead. Some of her works are: "Violet
Keith" "The Wreck of the White
Bear" ssThe Grand Gordons," aud
The Holy Stone" Her latest work,
"The Red," had just been completed.
It was dedicated to Lord and Lady Alb.
erdeen, of whom she was an intimate
friend. She was seventy. eight years OF
age.
From one town comes the report OF a
club of women whose members pledge
themselves to go to the Worlds Fair in q
simple, serviceable gown, easy and COM
portable in ft, and unhampered BY extra
length of skirt. A small, light bag,
which may be carried in the hand, must
hold all the other necessities, aud, with
a minimum expenditure OF nerve force,
this club will enjoy a maximum OF sight
seeing.
Black ia the universal mourning color
in this country, but in Russia pure white
is the symbol Of bereavement, and In