FOR THE LADIES.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 134, 26 December 1885, Page 3

FOR THE LADIES.

Feminine Brevities. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain finds hot saltwater baths very beneficial. Lady Bufferin is exceedingly popular among the down-trodden women of India. The most acceptable present for a New York society girl is a cigarette case. For a Chicago girl the shoe horn is still the most > acceptable. Mary Anderson is much grieved that the New Yorkers do not applaud her Rosalind, A < Western ~ editor says it is not to be wondered at, as th? man who will pay 10s for a seat is a greenhorn who does not know enough to applaud. You may call a woman "a little duck," or even "a little goose," with perfect impunity, but a Brooklyn court has just decided that a woman who called another " a Shanghai hen " damaged her to the extent of £500. English and American Fashion Notes. Double- face satin ribbons with metal picots are favourites. Striped green and grey velvet is used to trim grey dresses. Dresses with full fronts and sides have straight back draperies. f ! Although walking skirts are plain, the bodies are elaborately trimmed. i Light astrakhan cloth, lined with bright oolours, is used tor demi-saison mantles. Bodices laced down the front have the sleeves laced from the shoulder to the wrist. Buttons constantly increase in size and cost. Those carved of ivory have beautiful designs. Broad cape collars of lace or embroidery are worn by children with cuffs to correspond. I Sleevles* jackets of velvet are worn with every sort of drees, the latest being the "vsste toreador," with a modified bell sleeve. Eider down is used as wadding for hand some mantles, its extreme lightness and warmth being desiderata not to be overlooked. Pearl grey kid gloves with the backs stitched with black silk and tan-coloured suede gloves will be much worn during the early autumn. Wooden beads are in great demand and are made in all sizes. Some are as large as walnuts for cloak trimming ; others for embroidery and bonnet trimming are quite small. i