The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
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In Asia women are yoked with oxen.

all her wardrobe from Paris.
Stylish suits for women are those OF
white duck, made in Elton style.
Mrs. Joseph W. Drexel, of Phila-
delphia, has some fine emeralds.
Bamboo furniture for country houses
is evidently at the height of fashion.
Sailor hats for women have higher
crowns and wider brims than last year.
Fewer colors are introduced into
one costume than were used last sea-
son.
The masculine girl is becoming more
and more in evidence as summer adj
vances
Glove trees, which do for gloves
what boot trees do for boots, are being
widely used.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston wears beauti-
full slippers, and she buys a great many
pairs of them.
It is said of the Leghorn hat and
plumes that their effect depends upon
who wears them.
The Infenta and Eulalia fashions
and styles increase in a way compli"
mentary. to the Spanish Princess.
A young English woman has been
appointed lecturer on fruit growing
before the Derbyshire County Council.
Old-fashioned cake should surely
come back with the revival of the
silver cake basket of our grandmother's
time.
Queen Margherita, of Italy, on the
occasion of her silver wedding day re
ceived among other things over ~, OOC
begging letters.
Mrs. Theodore Sutro was the vale
dictorian for the first grade gradual
ing class of the University of New
York Law School.
Mrs. NJ. T. Van Rensselaer,, of New
York City, well known as a writer
upon architectural subjects, is a tall,
| slender blonde, with an interesting
face.
An obnoxious mole, too prominen'
for a beauty spot, may be covered
with wax and powdered owe high
yelling may be draped over scars o.
bruises. a
Mrs. Magnusson, the ve5-Presiden'
for Iceland of the World'snS. G. 7. U.
has founded a girls school in Iceland
It is the only n among ~, 0OO IN
habitants. n
The first public appointment held b.
a woman ih1 Ireland was bestowed re
Gently on Miss Fleury, M. D.. Sht
was made clinical assistant to tn
! Richmond Asylum.
Mrs. Henry Willard, wife of the Ne7
York fnancier, and her daughter
speak German as well as English. Til
home life of the family is very happy
very simple and very charming.
One of J. D. Rockefeller's daughter
was educated at Vassar College, an
instead of spending her allowance o
herself, the daughter of the Standar'
oil king, paid the tuition of a countr
girl.
In stationery fashion tends to tn
use of oblong envelopes, instead c
square ones. The paper folds BIT
once. Extraordinary c%olors, such 6
deep orange, willow green and mauy
are in vogue.
The wealthy dame sometimes carrie
o fan worth $500 ofpale amber tortois
shell, mounted with Venetian poiu
lace and spangled with diamonds, wit
most likely q slender monogram O
the outside stick.
Mrs. Judson, the widow of "Ne
Buntline," a once popular author,
an inmate of an New York State aim
house. The poor old lady is a paralyti
and so far superior to her surround
ings that her life there is doubly marc
Of fifteen physicians recently e.
amined in Baltimore by the Sta
Board of Medical Examiners. in whic
is vested the authority to grantlicens
to practice, Miss Ida Pollock took Il
highest rank, making an average
923.
The Queen Regent of Spain is a fl
swimmer. Every day in the season
San Sebastian the seashore is throng'
with spectators to witness her remar
able feats. She is always accompani'
by two men in a boat, who watch h
closely for fear Of accident.
Miss Mary E. Culver, senior partn
in the frln of Culver & Edward
Peoria, ILL, is a well-known and su
cessful business woman. For the Ia
ten years she has been in business #
herself. For fifteen years she h
been a Notary Public.
Mrs. H. Ell. A. Beach, of Bosto
who composed a jubilate for the c
lumbar celebration, is authority
the statement that between the yet
1916 and 1885 women composed l
musical words, including ffty-f
serious operas, six cantatas and tit
three comic operas.
The Queen of England in reoe
years has found the singing of t
yello w-coated birds too strenuous, a
at present her canaries have Civ
place to q bulltinch and a lime
These follow her everywhere, the
being special provision for their co:
fort in the royal train, just as there
for the three pet dogs.
Russian ladies are going in for
cycling at st. Petersburg. I
! amusement is now decidedly fashi'
able. Fair riders may be met liz
the streets of S.. Petersburg. I
newest fad there is for girls to ca
Louis XIV. canes, which are six