The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-11
Corporation Counsel in Chica.

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At Munich, Bavaria, the clerks ant
bookkeepers in the banks are nearly al
young and handsome girls.
A woman's journal has been started
in Constantinople, Turkey, in which thu
doctrine of the equality of the sexes il
vigorously advocated.
Hannah Brewer, the old postwoma1
of Bitton, England, has been on duty
for sixty years, during which time she
has walked $50, 900 miles.
Miss Ellen Z. Girard, of Wayne
Penn, q grand-niece Of the Philadel
phia philanthropist, is said to be the
only member of that family now living
A woman having passed an examina
ton in veterinary surgery in England,
the Royal College of Veterinary Sur.
geons refuses to grant her a certificate
until the courts have decided that it is
legal for women to be horse doctors.
It is said hat the visit of Princess
Henry of B%attenberg to the Riviera has
recalled to her face a little of the ole
happiness, but she still feels so deeply
the death of her young husband thai
she refuses to remain in London dur
ing the jubilee ceremonies.
The Society of Colonial Danes has
taken up the Prussian Won Steuben
who made the American patriot mali
tia into an army, as an object of specia
honor. The society proposes to make
a Steuben anniversary and to procure
the raising of a monument.
Miss Hocart, a daughter of the IVES
leyan minister residing in Paris, has
been awarded the second of the prizes
annually presented by the French
Academy for ''noble living" The
award is in appreciation of her work il
the slums of Paris and the value OF
the!prize is $500.
Mrs. Hackett, the mother of James
K. Hackett, the actor, always travels
with her son. The tie between then
is n of unusual strength and tender,
ness, for rs the devoted mother says,
they have had only one another since
he was two years old; and the hand.
some young actor appreciates an at.
tention paid to his mother more than
one conferred upon himself.
Miss Emma Ray, of Edwardsburg,
Mich, the founder of the Bachelor
Girls Association, has been commits.
stoned by the society to organize
branches in Indiana. The object Of
the society is ''to fit women for indie.
pendence, SO they will not be driven
by drudgery into matrimony." It is
said that the members take a pledge
not to marry before the age Of twenty
five.
There are three sisters living in
Salem, Mass, direct descendants OF
John Endicott, the first Governor Of
Massachusetts, Bay Colony, whose ages
aggregate 273 years. They are Miss
Susan Gray, Mrs. Caroline M. New
hall and Mrs. r. G. Abbott. All are
natives Of Salem, their births having
been ON the follow dates: Mrs. Abbott,
December G., 1903; Mrs. Newhall, Sep
TENDER %, 1906, and Miss Gray, No
vember %, 1907. Their mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth (Endicott) Gray, lived to be
100 years and twenty-seven days old.
Fashion Notes.
Bodices are of white glace silk draped
with black net decorated with motifs
of cut steel.
/ Skirts of organdie are made in three
sections, each being edged with lace
and insertion.
Black satin bodices are decorated
with alternate frills of black and red
Liberty gauze.
Gowns of black m~ousseline, the skirt
composed of wide scant rufles edged
with white lace, are seen.
A combination of transparent white
over pale yellow, with girdle and col
lar Of cerise is fashionable.
Little capes for visiting are made in
fancy %colors, such as sapphire silk
trimmed with fine black lace, etc.
Draped belts and sashes of mousse
line de sole, the latter finished with
narrow tucks and frills, are stylish.
Plain gold studs with monograms
engraved in tiny letters are among the
small belongings of dress hat have
caught the tailor-made girls fancy.
All the new ruches in the necks are
much higher in the back than front.
Net is now more used for the purpose
than mousseline or chiffon. In a dark
blue gown a yellow ruche Of net at
neck and sleeves.
: Checks in either blue, brown, green
or black with white in wool materials
are very desirable this season, and
with rows Of braid to match the dark
check on the. skirt and e plain cloth
jacket in the same color. the effect is
very pretty, and the gown a mo- use
full one.
Plain colored organd: slips, pinA,
yellow, light green OF blue, will be
worn under all desert 'tions of thin
dresses this summer "a welcome
fashion to those who cannot afford
BoOu taneta iluInBs. 1Aere Is uobuIuB
more useful in summe. than a black
dress of some thin material. Grena-
dine, perhaps, is the best, as chiffon
loses its freshness SO easily.
Accordion-plaited founces promise
to have a decided vogue. A charming
model which would do as a suggestion
for a black grenadine has four accor-
dion-plaited lounces, which complete
ly cover the skirt from the waist to the
hem. The bodice consists of a success
sion of tucKs and rufles, three tucks