Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
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vile performance and furnish the |
amusement of Japanese tea garden; |
the Century Study club will fill a
booth with attractively dressed dolls;
the New York city mothers club will
have an interesting exhibit; the Col
lege woman's club will show all sorts
OF neckwear and handkerchiefs; the
Rainy Day club will prove that
rainy day may be made pleasant: the
Republican association will furnish
supplies for men," the Ideal club
lemonade, and the Vassar students
aid association CONNECTIONS of all
kinds; the Looking Forward club will
take the decorations in hand; so that
it is believed that this festival will
outshine all others.
English Orders for Women.
What a proud thing it must be to be
Mrs. Cornwallis-West and have the
enviable consciousness of having had
more honors conferred on her than
any ether woman; that is, than any
other American woman, for these pref
! ty little decorations have only lately
been offered. 1t is the boast Of her
| friends that Mrs. Cornwallis-West is
entitled to wear the order of the
Crown of India, the Royal Red Cross
| and the order of ST. John of Jerusa-
| lem (the latter seems inappropriate to
woman). The only American wom-
en- to wear the Imperial order of the
! Grown of India is Lady Curzon. The
! queen is the head of this order, and it
! is very select indeed, and also quite
beautiful. The insignia consists of
| VlctOria's cipher in diamonds, pearls
and turquoises, encircled by a border
/ of pearls and headed by a very small
! jeweled and enameled crown, fastened
to bow of light blue watered ribbon
with a narrow white edge. The I'M
| perial order of the Grown Of India
! celebrated Victoria's adoption of the
title of empress. The Royal order of
Victoria and Albert was founded by
! Victoria in 1862, and the Royal Red
! Cross, given as a recognition Of the
services of those who nursed the sick
in the army corps in 1888. The dec
Grafton of the order of Victoria and
Albert Git has four classes) consists
for the first. and second classes of a
medallion Of Victoria and Albert ct in
diamonds and surmounted by a
jeweled crown, the whole depending
from a white MORE ribbon. The third
class had the medallion bordered by
| Ivy
the initials V and A, encIrcled in
pearls. The expresses of Germany
and Russia belong to this order, as do
the queens Of Rumania and the Meth.
erlands, and many noble women. The
i order of st. John is the oldest OF
| these decorations dating back to the
18th century. 1t is a great thing to be
decorated, and is generally as little
deserved as the degrees so literally
bestowed on socalled great men.
Helps for Dressmakers.
From McCalI's Bazar.-SIeeves and
| trimmings are now the two most i'm
pOrtant points in the making OF cos
tunes, and We are seeing daily new
creations in these lines. In the cut of
the skirt there is but little difference
from that Of last year, except that the
flare at the foot is gradually diminish
| ing.
Among the latest importations is a
black and white silk gown with a
skirt tucked four times at the hem
and a row Of black lace medallions
| above, then another group of three
tucks, q row Of smaller medallions
and so on for the entire length of the
skirt, the lace alternating with groups
Of five tucks. The same idea is car
ried out in the bodice in continuous
line, The vest is white chiffon en-
broidered in colors, and there is a
habit back of lace and silk.
The yelling OF the silk foundation
with skirt Of chiffon, over which is
draped another material, is fashion
important for dressmakers to note.
The crude black and white effect of a
! black spangled net over white satin is
thus much softened by interposing a
pale blue chiffon yelling between the
two. This color scheme can be worked
out in an infinite number of ways and
with many different materials, but the
yelled effect must not be too heavy,
or the charm will be lost, for it is
| this suspicion of coloring that adds
! piquancy to the costume.