St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-02-18
Velvet is much Worn.

Bright red is the favorite color.
The green stocking is the latest.
! Black lace wings are veine1 wi tn jet
Lace is employed conspicuously in
millinery.
A Japanese pianist has just male her
debut in San Francisco, Cal.
Two ladies of the Rothschild family
own pearls worth O million dollars.
It is quite the proper thing for foolish
women to wear q ring on the thumb.
Ono thing which makes Wyoming dis
| tiuctive is the fact that women vote
there.
The tallest woman in Idaho lives at
,, Boise City. She stauds six feet fire
inches.
Some of the New York hotels provide
chaperons for female guests unacaulinted
with the city.
Earrings are not worn at all. Mothers
no longer permit their daughters to have
the ears pierced.
During the Norman pe,iod in Eagland
LADIES' sleeves were worn long enough to
reach the ground.
Fringes ere largely imported in jet,
gold, lined crystal, iridescent, garnet,
and bronze beads.
More than onc-ffth of the work done
in agriculture and in small industries in
France is performed By women.
A Kaasas City (Mo) farming nipple.
ment house intends sending out young
woman rs drum Ter next season.
Perpendicular ondule stripes of yellow
silk, on dark green blue shaded back
ground of satin, make effective gowns.
II your figure is slender do not hest
tate to arrange about It a broad sash
With very large rosette close to the
front.
There are 5000 dcaconesses in Ger.
many who nurse the sick poor, work in
the public nurseries aud do more or less
teaching.
Miss Eschard, OF OHIO, real estate
agent AMI Ianiholder, is said to pay toe
la.ges: taxes OF any woman in the United
States or in the world.
Every woman wears her watc'l pinned
fast to her breast, and some OF the new
ones hanging from exquisite brooches
ore WORKS of the jewelers. art.
In Sitka, Alaska, when al n liam wife
has lost her husband By death she goes
into mourning by painting tho upper
half of her face L deep black.
Persian silks ara shown in the most
elegant combinations of color. These
ere used for evening dresses with plain
velvet, silk or OTTER suitable material.
Trimmings arc shown in enormous
variety, Jet, fur, leather, ribbon, silk
and combinations of two { more OF
these materials are shown by i'll )ortcrs.
Children are wearing cider down coats
with fur trimmings, very comfortable
and agreeable for gentlemen who have
occasion to take their little dar.ings up.
Three ladies have taken the degree of
Doctor OF Laws. O1c Of them, Nine.
BoucicauEt, has been for fifteen years the
Chief manager of one of the largest
millinery shops in Paris.
"Ballater" is an effective tweed, with
small check either in b!ae aud brown,
black and gray, green aud tan, or brown
and electric blue. This tweed is particu
larly suited for teilo.-:nade gowns.
High bodies fastened behind, and
long, very full! Directoi7o sleeves With
rich lace frilIs dropping over the hands,
are feature of soma of tho very chic
and charming dc'ni dress creations o: the
moment.
Mrs. z. B. Graunis, etttor OF the New
York Church Union, is probably the Only
woman who has successfully clrriei for
nearly twenty years the whole burden,
financial and editorial, OF a large rolig.
ious journal.
Agnes Repplie,. whose Allisooian
essays in the Atlantic show vir;lity OF
thought and style, lives in Philadelphia.
She is quiet and denure little woman,
who talks in the same smooth aud we'll
balanced sentences that cleracSeri13 her
essays. Her favorite pets are cats.
Embossed leather bands trim new wool
gowns. They are an inch wide, with
tancolored ground on which are rajscl
stars or very small flowers in gilt or of
several colors-3reen, eminence, blue
and red together.
Mahogany brown Of a rich rcd shade
is Just at present a popular color for the
haadsomest dresses for dinners aud re-
ceptions. Striped velvet, beaglliae,
Russian volours, canels hair, plain vel
vet and circ!ed silk come in this dark,
brilliant tint.
The popular novelty is the velvet,
finished fabric in all its endless variety.
Some are quantity figured, others arc
notified, striped, dotted and cross
barred. The blending of low-toao1 bat
rich colocs in these materials is very ar
tistic and novel.
The boz-plsite'} coronet and gathered
skirt are all popu,4c. The trimming of
each gored seam from the belt to the
hem on the front and the sides is fash
and although it is not artistic
it certainly does give q stout figure a
much more slender appearance.
Three different materials are made use
of in most Of the dressy cold-weather
wraps; tde backs and fronts Of cloth and
velours, or velvet Ell applique, toe cape
collar Of plain velvet, the lining OF heavy
arnure silk with dark fur edgings for the
collar and fronts Of the wrap.
Iaoa and rihhnns ara s1litei tn all