Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-05-12
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Lace hats are to be worn.


Femininity has developed black
satin passion.
Artificial flowers should never be
used in decorating rooms
The heavy bang is now equally as
vulgar as blondined hair.
Shelled roasted peanuts have taken
the place of almonds at many of the
seasons dinners.
Three hundred and eleven societies
of women in New York expend 3D.
200, 900 annually.
Mahogany, ox-blood and the medium
and dark browns head the list Of modisb
street shades of gloves.
The diadem of the Russian Empress
Anna contains 1886 large diamonds and
a ruby valued at 100000.
Miss May Moody, a niece of the
evangelist, it is announced intends to
engage in missionary work.
A toast given at meeting Of
woman's club III Springfield, Mo-, was
1.-The Men We Left Behind Us. "
Mrs Pierpont Morgan's correspond.
ence social and benevolent, il 80 large
that she is obliged to employ private
secretary.
Queen Victoria preserves number
Of oil paintings that were executed by
herself and the Prince ConsOrt i'll their
youthful days.
Miss Mary Conant, q school teacher
at Turk Hill, near Rochester, n. Y,
made S400 last year from a two-acre
asparagus bed.
Soft effects are always to be aimed
at in arranging the hair A hard hue is
as abhorent to an artistic dresser as to
portrait painter.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord, of New York, whose
fortune runs into the millions, has ths
details of every piece of property she
owns at her fingers end.
The Empress of Germany has intro
duced new dress material-chame
leon velvet--which gives two colors,
yellow orange and rose-pink.
Miss Mary Hammond, of Nashua, N.
H., completed the thirtieth year of her
continuous service as a teacher in one
building and room the other week.
Dress trimmings in rich Persian
,'olors similar to those worn four years
ago are revived this season in prices
ranging from 81. so to 80 the yard.
The lobster pocket for street gowns
| is the latest fancy. 1t consists of a
lobster of red velvet, claws and all,
| sewed on to the dress, midway the waist
and hem.
Princess Maud, daughter of the Prince
! of Wales, amuses herself by making
! ornamental articles out of the feathers
! that drop from the peacocks at Sand
bingham palace.
All hair at present is completely
waved all over the head. Fortunate is
the woman whose hair waves naturally.
Others must betake themselves to the
curling iron.
In wearing wells woman should be
guided entirely by the color of her hat,
and if this is apt to be unbecoming to
her complexion let her wear simple
! black veil, which is at all times beau
titier.
The following advertisement is from
an Australian paper: Wanted, young
woman the palmer the better to help
small genteel family in their domes
tie matters one without ringlets pre-
ferred.
Lady Gordon, in her search through
! English libraries for books written by
women, has discovered pamphlet on
rights of women published in 1896 by
Mary ASSET. Its title is advice to
Ladies'"
Mrs. Alice NJ Cheney, the only wo-
man express messenger in Boston, be-
gan business four years ago, taking the
transfers for the Adams Express Com
pany between Chelsea and Boston.
She now has five teams at work every
day
Green is at present the most fash
ionable color for interior decorations,
and is very refreshing after the vivid
tints that we have been using. The
newest curtains, carpets and uphol-
stery show various and exquisite shad-
ings of moss green.
A school teacher in Waterville re-
Gently originated a novel contest in
her school. She offered prize for the
best collection of clippings from the
current newspapers. The scheme is to
be applauded, as it at once set the
youngsters to read the clippings.
English girls have new fad They
have taken to setting up their favorite
bits of literature in the "Braille" type
for the amusement of the blind The
work is easy, and is a praiseworthy
form of charity, since the literature for
the blind has hitherto been limited
Mrs. Hicks-Lord, according to hear.
say, pours her tea from Dresden pot
that looks like big bunch of Parma
violets, The handle is lilac ribbon
of china, and each cup of violets rests
in saucer of green violet leaves
That tea service should be at the
Worlds Fair.
A London journal is carrying on a
crusade against tight lacing The arti-
Gle appears in the front pages of the
weekly, and following them are pic
lures of dozens of fashion-plate women
who look rs if they could be snapped of
at the waist line, leaving smooth edges,
so remarkable is the taper of their
bodices
Mrs. j. r. Green, widow of the Eng.
lish historian, is plucky woman. Her
long years of acting as amanuensis for
her husband brought on an attack of
writer's cramp. When, however, her
right hand gave out, she learned to