The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-29
The Woman's Page of The Tnnes-Dispatch
Announceneat Luncheon

to Cupl00 e4Tueot VaSo0AH8 - -
nounce the fact to.her frienAs 'ia-eals
pretty way: Eight Of her nearest 80
dearest girl chums are 70 b he44ea
To a luncheon. The table 10 70 6es4eoe
In pure white. the centrepiecs II 0s4es
roses, the candles white with white
silken shades. At each plate pink
bridesmaid rose. except that Of tAe
hostess. where a pure Bride rosa van
tell you the story. The place cares
are to represent brides. the face being
photograph Of the real bride. The
favors are to be white suede card
cases containing the cards Of the hap
ny girl and the lucky man Can yss
imagine anything sweeter
In the evening the girls mother =
10 issue cards for dance to which al
the gay circle Of young people VIII -
ASKED and tht cotillon Agufes ere %
be symbolic OF the good patron saans
who presides untiringly over "a&aarss
de occur" There will be necklaces
ana fobs Of tiny silver and gilt hearts
Hearts will be represented In 1854
cups. aprons and cushions One -.
ure win be especially attractive: Rs0
fencing hearts for the. girls. bows Ana
arrows for the men. The Ices ana
cakes win all be hearts, with Q pasn4t.
full supply OF gilt cupids-with sxTowA
| oseen's Prayer Dssks FsaaA.
Buried in a provincial town for gso-
| era tfona. a priceless historical 4oldo
| has Just been brought to light ID
France. 1t Is Marie Antoinette's pray.
| ef book, which she took with hsr II.
| 70 prison and in which she wrote her
| last thoughts. The volume vs.
printed in 1851. and was entitled.
| "ofhce of the Divine Providence TOT
the Uses OF the Royal House OF eams
Louis ST. cyr. ana OF All the F1sn-
| foi"
| The book is richly bound in olive
Green morocco and stamped with colo
| Iacework, ffeur-de-lis and cross. BUS
| the binding has suffered severely from
Revolutionary zeal. much OF the COLO
| ornamentation having been roughly az
faced with knife.
| In order to remove any possible
doubt Of its authority Georges Cain.
the well-known Paris antiquarian. nss
had the writing examined by one OF
the principal French handwriting ex
perts. who declares there - nov .ns
slishtest doubt that the Once" con-
tains the last words ever penned by
the unhappy Queen. They are:
| .October 16, 4:3o morning. LAY
cod have pity on me! Ny eyes nav
no more tears to weep Tor you. ny
poor children. Adieu, adfeu.
MARIE ANTOINETTE-
| This memento Of the last OF fas
ala French monarchy belongs TO tns
| ,ihrary of Chalons-sur-A Marine. .
which town 1t was originally oroucnt
bx the daughter Of Citizen Court.e.''
| She deputy who was charged WIN
! W .-..,., ~ r,nhesnierre'S uaueID
after the latter's death.
:+i2Ass.
C>ueerning Lingerie.
Once upon q time-and not 90 very
,onr ago at that-the word lingerie
coniured up in our minds eye dainty
paruents laden with lace and en-
hroidery- trimmed ru1les. The more
rufles and the more material In each
garment the better we were pieaseo.
Necessarily, when skirts changed
| from Eve yards around to two. ana
even one and one-half. the character
~ our undergarments underwent . dis
,inct revision. Every superfluous fncF
| OF material has been done away WIZ
for the present styles allow OF no iuii-
ness to mar the severe simplicity 81
their lines.
have given place to straight panoS u
lace or deem founces. either accoSolon
| plated or put on WIN ScArSeS . 800
| Restion Of fullness.
Likewise the fluffy bows have taken
upon themselves a new form-an Al
most exact imitation Of the nat ooWs
| 70 he found on mems evening pumps
Or there may be q festoon OF tany
bows connected with one another oy
rihbon. or a loop Of twisted ribbon
starting from tw0-pointed endst Al
Of these are OF the necessary 1IatnesA
and are quite new.
rake the matter OF petticoat1.
for example. 1t 10 the proua
Of many women Of fashion tnat
they have some time since dss-
carded such and article. Their areu-
ment is. that with street gown
| pef,iccat Is not needed. that the pref
snt errninx gown looks better with
ont any, and that with their sumnseF
dresses they wear a princess slip.
other women. particularly those N
elined TO stoutness, wear these con-
/, yenient little princess slips upon every
occasion And this IL not such IN ex"
travaRant fashion as IL might seem.
for princess slips may be bought fro1
E, 81 up to almost any price one y WIN.
J ing TO pay.
>! Another device resofseA to by vefy
large women is the wearing Of sllk
tights. These are made OF China sil
black or white. or of crepe de chime
E But for the woman wko stu cnnes
to q silk petticoat for every Gay We.
there are a number Of charming ncvee
ties. The elk jersey top petticcae ~
. come out with a deep accordion piatte
: ing O, ne, about twelve inches In depth
: ara over Il wide SILK fringe Ihss -
in white. Is very charming. but u wiz
principally appeal TO the woman wne
dos no, mind spending SIS for skirt
? Another somewhat similar at the same
l price mas q white silk jersey tep ans
two lace fiounces. one black ana onf
white.
Newer than these snd she"V
expensive. Is SIX Jersey.cp
, With a ,laited ~u1e Of plain fcuDnro
2 .,,. o-i.r nov also and only to b