Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-08
Taking to a Useful Fad.

One of the fads of the present season,
and one which promises to become more
or less popular among the ladies, is the
manufacture of their own trimmings for
underwear. In England and France dur
ing the last season, at the afternoon teas
and at the meetings of the ladies' clubs
and societies, the making of lace was
distinctly popular. The ladies who Wis
tied abroad have come home, bringing
with them dainty patterns, and the dis
ease is sure to spread The knitting and
crocheting of lace is the most liked of
these occupations. The dainty cobweb
patterns which our grandmothers used
to create with two knitting needles and
spool of fine linen thread are all being
revived, and from them the ingenious
fair ones are evolving new and more in
tricate patterns.
A young society lady who is to become
a bride just after next Easter told with
pride that she is to make all the lace for
her trousseau with her own fingers.
More than this, she is to do much of the
peedlework. for underwear of fine main
sock made entirely by hand. Hens,
tucks and puffs are not now the correct
thing. A waste of time? Well, whyP
These fair ladies have been in the habit
of being busy at nothing. They simply
utilize time which otherwise would go
to waste. Is it not rather to the young
.lady's credit to be able to display beau
tiful specimens of her own handiwork?
Then, too, think how charming she
may appear in the eyes of her devoted
admirers of the other sex-those gentle
men who think strong minded women
are so unwomanly, and that this sort of
thing is much more suited to the dis
play of woman's talents. There is an
other thing to be taken into considera-
ton. Nothing will SO effectually dis
play dainty, jeweled fingers and pink
tinted polished nails as the handling of
the knitting needles.-New York Herald.
A New Woman's College Settlement.
Following the example set by the
women's college settlements on Riving-
ton street in New York, and on St
Mary's street in Philadelphia, and nc
doubt encouraged by the success which
has attended these undertakings, nine
edIueSt young WOluou are dDOut w SudIt
q woman's college settlement here in
Boston. A brick house has already been
rented, and $4,000 will be spent in re-
pairs, plumbing and furnishing. The
workmen have begun on the interior
renovation. Four of the young women
come here from Wellesley Zone holding
a fellowship there), one from Bryn
lMawr, several from the Back Bay Gn-
GLIDING some who are not college grad.
uates) and two from Maine. Miss
Katherine Conan, professor of economics
at Wellesley, is sponsor of the move
ment, and beyond that the young WON
en- desire that no personality shall attach
itself to the settlement. "We are not
an institution" said one of them i'm.
pressively, shut simply ladies who pre-
Ter to live ct the South Cove ''inGtead Of
1t tho Back Bay"
Only young women who can afford to
give their time to the work and to pay
their own general expenses will be
eligible, and those who become residents
of the settlements viii do so on basis
of perfect equality. There will be nc
salaried officers and assistants. but one
of the Young women viii act as honse-
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