THE LADIES

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 65, 10 December 1881, Page 200

THE LADIES

Tliorc is a new glove, tlte Medici, with two gathered puffings of kid on the arm, divided by beaded bands, the brick of the hand bring also beaded. These are sold in black and light ■colours. Pearl beads are used on white gloves. The new stockings are of plain colours, richly embroidered. To the Editor : Sir, — Would you oblige several ladies by giving the hirsute beau a polite hint not to stare round at the ladies in such an impertinent manner as he ie in the habit of doing, both at St. Paul's and at other places. By doing this you will oblige many of your readers.- -T am, &c, Viola. Two respectable young ladies were taking a shower bath at the Public Baths, Freeman's Bay, last Saturday afternoon, when one of them observed a man peeping through a hole in the wall from an inner room. They have strong suspicions who the man is, and if such " Pooping Toms" are allowed very few respectable ladies will go to the baths. As it is, they arc not kept very select. Great attention is now being paid to needlework at Home. There are Royal schools for needlework and embroidery, where not only the pupils are taught drawing in order to enable them to form their own patterns, but they -are also taught to cut out and embroider in the most beautiful designs every article of underlinen, from the baby's long shirt to the peigneur of the cluehess. Higher education among women seems to have reached its fullest development. At one of the most severe examinations in the United Kingdom si woman is absolute first in mathematics, and another in human anatomy, out of a gross total of 102 names. The name of one of these most distinguished women, gold medallist and first in honours in anatomy, is Frances Helen Prcdeaux. of the London School of Medicine for Women. Ladies who are so fond of those very tight dresses may like to know that in London skirts are made much- wider, and are all short. Two yards and a half is now the usual width. Fallings take a variety of forms. Flounces cut on the straight and gathered are sometimes used, and at others a series of puffs to the waist two inches wide. Waistcoats sire introduced on many bodices. A novelty is thick, coarse linen waKtooats over summer serge skirls. Evening drears are trimmed with a profusion of lace. A red velvet low-pointed bodice over a. white skirt is fashionable. The jockey basques are giving place to points. Largo (lowers tied with ribbon bows are nsed as trimmings. The novelty in laces is the terra cofta, and other coloured laces to match the costumes. Those arc also used for furniture. Dark red, with a few stitches worked upon it in gold silk, makes a very artistic trimming for a mantelpiece. STKEET DHESSES. Miss O'Connor : pretty dress of navy blue silk, figured silk body, Mother Hubbard sleeves, trimmed with black lace ; black lace hat, and shoes to match.