The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-31
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Queen vietos earins her youth,
was fond Of asoh<
Stylish gloves n l,be embroidered on
the backs to match suits.
A good sewing machine Is supposed tt
do the work Of twelve women.
The study of astronomy Is the newest
fad adopted by English women.
Among the choicest fabrics aro the
fine rcpped, light weight vclours.
Mrs. Henry N. Stanley, although an
artist, has absolutely no taste in dress.
Women not only buy comfortable
boots for their children, but wear them
themselves.
QIccn Anne detcstcd the smell Of
roses, and became sick when they were
in the room.
A laundry In England, owned by wo.
men and employing only females, earned
S25, 900 last year.
Mrs. Reginald dc Kovcn, wife Of the
musical composer, is her husbands chief
adviser aud critic.
Mrs. Amelia BJcr Is said to make
from 5000 to t$15, 900 year from
her literary work.
Mary, Queen OF scots, hal a lap dog
that followed her to tho scafford aud suon
after died OF grief.
Italian women and Oriental women
bring with them to this country the arts
of knittin, and embroidery.
Miss Wananaker is heire5s to at least
S2,0OO,O0O. She Is so pretty that she
would be catch IL she hadn't cent.
"Choppcd Chat" is the namo given to
series tf evening talks to be given by
n Philadelphia society lady during Lort.
At recent luncheon the ices were
served in china cups of rose-lcaf design,
each cup cncircled with wreath OF
roses.
Walter Bcsants sister, M,bel, is ou
"spiu" Of thirty or forty miles as mere
bayatellc.
There are believedsko be score Of
women in New YorxSCity whose collec-
items Of lace vary in Value from 80 900
to $4,000.
George Eliot wrote for eight years
with the same pcn, aud whca she lost it
harl to bear.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt gives so
mUc i in charity, that she has less money
to spend on her own adornment than
many of her relatives.
Hats have wide bruins aud low clowns,
are bent and pinched into many shapes,
aud trimmed in front, at the side, or
back, as is most becoming.
A Now York dealer is making an cf-
fort to intro luce them under tho name
of dress cxtcndcrs. A hoop skirt by any
other name would waste space.
The Daughters of tho American Revo.
luton arc raising a fuhdetc> secure life
size portrait Of Mrs. Catolinc Scott Har-
risop, late President Of the society.
A new hair ornament is of filigroe sill
ver in the shape of butterfly, with the
delicate wings studded with pearls. Tho
butterfly is SO mounted that its wings
lutter.
The empress of Austria has made so
much progress in the study Of modern
Greek that she is about to translate two
of Shakespeare's plays into that lau.
guagc.
One Of tho oldest war pensioners Of
the United States is Mrs. Somons, OF
Sodavillc, Orc ron, who draws u pea sion
from the war fund Of 1912. She is over
100 years old.
Lady Haberton in her zeal for dress
reform is organizing n league, every
member Of which will he pledged to
wear skirts clearing tho ground by at
least two inches.
Ohio's capital rojoiccs in the posses.
sion of the only fourfold string Iuertot
in the world played by women. Four
first violins, four sec )nl violins, four
violrs and four 'cellos complete the Gu.
scmblc.
Nj. Felix, the we'll known Parisiar
mau .milliner, has always condemned
crinolincs in any stapc. lie takes som,
credit to himself for having brought iu
to vogue the infinitely more graceful
style that has rcigncd of late.
Miss Eleanor Hewitt, daughter of New
York's cx-Mayor, can play tho piano,
violin and ban !, dc!"1 four'in-hand
or tandem, ride thoro ighbrc aad row
and sail boat, and spc,Ss Frencl, Gee
man ii Italian like u native.
Black stockings are, like black kid
gloves, very expensive. Chelp goo Il
are abominaolc, rs the dye soils
the under wear and the shoe lining: q
fast black stocking warranted is lux
ury that the rich womaa alone can at-
ford.
Tho newest Paris gowns are being
made with the new full skirt, and the
silk under petticoat is quite separate
from the outer skirt. This Is q return
to the style of three or four years ago,
and is much less clumsy an more COM
Portable.
A fashionable wedding gift just nov
I. a Glowing cup" OF silver or gold,
beautifully engraved, ald with its four
handles in graceful attachment. On
one side is the united mono. gram Of the
letters OF the family names of the bride