Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-08
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
seasonable Notes of Fashion-A New En- Eagement Fad, Etc.

gagement Fad, Etc.
 Special Correspondence.l
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The craze in the way of furs this winter is for the animal head scarfs. They come in mink, seal skin, astrakhan, chinchilla and Alaska and Russian sable and cost all the way from $5 up to $500. The expensive ones of course have diamond eyes, a present fad with fin de seicle women. Fox heads are a novelty introduced this year for neck wear, but thus far have been worn only by extremists. The heads are too large to be becoming. All the heads have a spring in the mouth, making a very attractive place to wear bunch of violets.
 In selecting indoor plants for the win ter choose those which have foliage rather than blossoms to recommend them. Nearly all plants can be grown in a moderately warm room. Water at regular intervals and give sufficient water to wet to the bot tom of the pot. Shower the leaves once a week to keep free from dust and insects.
 Certainly the man in the back row has nothing to complain of this year in the women's bonnets at the theater. Never have women worn such tiny bonnets. Many of them are nothing more than lit tie visor shaped pieces of jet or brilliants, fitting closely around the back hair and quite flat on the head, with either loops of ribbon or feathers falling backward. The principal characteristic of this season s bonnet is that it is worn just as far on the back of the head as possible without fall ing of. Rhinestones have never been So much used in hat trimmings as they arc this year. 4 butterfly entirely of rhine stones is one of the favorite ornaments for | the opera bonnet.
 The engaged girl has new fad. In zl, | thin gold chain, little thicker than a strand of silk, and pendent from this is 6 heart shaped locket. Inside, of course, is the admirers miniature. In return fol | this gift she letters her sweetheart with Q heavy chain bracelet that fits tho upper part of his arm and is sufficiently tight not to fall below the elbow. On the locE should be some fitting inscription in blue enamel One we'll known New York | yachtsman wears bracelet on which i: the following: My love is as deep as thu sea and us pure as its foam.'
 This is the season for good apples, anC I there are lots of delicate dishes which car be made from this wholesome fruit. Alp pie soup is a novelty and very good, al though you have probably never tasted it I To ? cups of stewed apples add cups o cold water. Set over the fire until tho ap | spoonfuls of cornstarch in n littlc cold wa ter and add to this 2teaspoonfuls of sugar salt spoonful of ground cinnamon and [ | pinch of salt. Stir into a smooth paste an( add to the apples, stirring all the while Let 1t boil for five minutes, then strain il into hot tureen and serve.
 There is Q decidedly new wrinkle il dresses for fancy fairs and bazaars. At { ! recent fair all the ladies attending tht booths wore dresses of crape tissue paper For the skirts dainty white lawn petit coats, with lace frills around the bottom ! answered as foundations Well fitting cor set covers answered tho same purpose fol the waists The crape paper is tough ana durable and draped with much the sam' result as silk. This very chic idea ha! more than novelty to recommend it. It il inexpensive, the paper selling for 30 cent 8 roll.
 At the woman's exchanges in New Yorf it is possible to engage a woman to do al most any kind of work. They furnisl women to market, to mend and clear gloves and faces at home; visiting house keeper who will come daily, weekly ol semiweekly to care for choice objects or sweeping day and see that they arc rear ranged artistically; a visiting milline who will come to your house by the day o | hour, Q woman 10 QO erranOS anu SnOp 10 you, and one who makes a business O washing fine flannels, so they will no shrink or harden.
 LAURA OLIVIA BooTHE. What 1t Was.
 The Empress Catherine had warn heart for the ladies of her court. Wallis zewski relates in the new volume of hi history that Catherine, noticing tha the beautiful Mile. Potocka, who hal lately come to court, had no pearls, i'm mediately commanded a fancy dres ball, to which the girl was bidden t. come as a milkmaid. Then, while Mile Potocka was dancing, the empress slip ped a superb necklace of pearls into tn pail she carried, and at her exclama tion of wonder said, Tt is only tn