Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-05-11
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Shot velvet capes are largely woan.

Shot velvet capes are largely woan.
Ornaments for the hair are not clabos-
ate this season, but are very choice.
Kentucky has more women School
Commissioners than any other Southern
State.
Isabella rings, of which SO much is now
heard, are made of silver and have the
Spanish crest.
Long lace cloaks worn over silk
waists are to be among the 4'elegant
wraps for summer"
A very rich shade of tomato-red cam.
els hair serge is used in gay gowns for
very young women.
If Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poetess,
can be said TO have fad it is for the
Empire style of dress.
At the last state function in Berlin one
woman tainted and another fell into
fountain of perfumery.
The new fancy handk erchiefs, said to
be French, are not likely to obtain
among women of refined taste.
An electrical expert says that it would
be dangerous for woman wearing Grim
oline to cross electric car tracks.
Women in the employ of the Govern
ment at Washington receive salaries
ranging from 5000 to $500 year.
The high shell combs OF our grand
mothers are again in vogue, with the
Empire gown and Josephine couture.
The very fine habit cloth which adapts
itaelf SO admirably to the figure is much
worn in all its new exquisite shading.
The newest fancy is to make round
waist with yoke and enormous sleeves Of
black or very dark bottle-green velvet.
When the military cape is made top
heavy with embroidery and ribbons it i
bald to sIose its distinctive character"
A large number of the best boarding
houses in Paris are conducted by Amer
icUh women, some the wives of French
men.
Three of the titled ladies. in waiting
to the Queen of Italy are Americans, and
all are celebrated for their beauty AMI
accomplishments.
Mrs. French Sheldon, the intrepid At
rican traveller, has applied for space for
exhibiting at the Worlds Fair the fine
collection of curios and trophies she has
gathered.
In the nursery of the w. X. Wander
bilt house, in New York City, Mother
Goose melodies, with other quaint quo
tations, are inscribed on the walls all
over the room.
Mrs. Bradley Martin, of New York
City, has q diamond tiara which has
thirty six points and is as large as the
Inside of saucer. 1t is worth a cool
quarter of million.
A custom of French origin, now being
revived for fashionable weddings, is for
the nearest friend to present the br{S
with tiny silk stocking, in the toe Y
which is hidden gold coin. This is to
typify the iirst instaliment OF pin money.
Mrs. Daniel Lamont, wife of the Sec
rotary of War, is an amateur photog-
rapher. She not only takes pictures,
but develops them herself with more
than common success. She is the only
woman who has taken Baby Ruth's pho
tographs.
The Worlds Fair National Council Of
Women, of which Mrs. May Wright Sc
wall Is President, consists of thirteen
National associations aud represe nts l.
0OO, 900 women. OF this number 250,-
600 belong to the w. G. T. U. and 20O,-
900 to the National Woman's Suffrage.
Nine. Allen andi, who died a few days
ago in Paris, eft $4,000 to the Swiss
Government, $20,0OO to the city Of
Basel, $4,000 to the Canton Basel and
$4,000 to the Canton Solothurn. The
interest of the money is to be used in
paying for tue wedding outfits of the
daughters of poor Swiss laborers
Amazon cloth has been objected to,
and very reasonably, on account of the
liability of its smooth, rich surface to
spot-both in weather and indoor wear.
But some important change in its manu-
facture has taken place, and the fabric
now justly deserves all the compliment
airy things that can be said about it.
Notwithstanding the fact that the pop,
ular gloves for the season are in novel
shades of green, violet, blue and other
ugly heavy colors matching costumes for
the promenade, very many women cling
to the Suede and glace gloves OF tan,
almond and light brown, for the reason
that they can be appropriately worn with
a costume of any color and always look
well.
At one of New York's swell hotels
there is lady guide whose business It'll
to show strangers around the city. She
is splendid shopper, knows something
OF art and the drama and excellantly
educated. speaking 7r-as.
She was at one time q
but gave up her n. s.:
guide. Her prices