WOMAN'S WORLD.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 57, 18 January 1890, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

Fashion Notes, Social Gossip, Etc.

>, ' -f-A woman weighing 5001bs recently died in New York. '

•> r : —There are three female detectives in the New .South Wales police force.

; „ '. — How to make.aJTidy. — A simple arrangement ' for a tidy is to tie a large silk handkerchief in the ■centre with a bow. of ribbon and finish the ends ' with chenille ornaments.

—It is being said that old port wine maken a >■ splendid polish for Eussian leather shoes, but unless in the hands of amateurs, the polish is ,iever likely to be used in the way directed.

— Matchsafe and keyboard.— Cover a piece of inn board with plush — 9 x 4 inches is a nice size. Attach hooks for keys at bottom and two small gilded wooden shoes in the centre. Hangs by cord or ribbon.

— A' new brocatelle resembles a large patterned ,matelasse covered with a design outlined with a : golden thread, the texture being most beautiful. We may add in passing that delicate gilt embellishments are still quite de rigueur.

j —Fashionable colours for children are greys, '-\ blue greens, bright red browns, which look ex- ,: tremely pretty made up with ivory vest and trimmings, and fawn, which is more or less worn , every spring and summer.

— The prettiest overmantels have spaces for cabinet photographs with bevelled glass mirrors arranged either above or below. Others have spaces for different sized photographs, with mbre or less mirrors, and all have shelves at the top for pieces of pottery and other ware.

'\ : i-.'- — Charming Widow: "And what are you //■ doing nowadays ?" 1--/:; He : " Oh, amusing myself ; looking out for : y number one. And you ?" •i ' Charming Widow : "Looking out for number ><■'■ jwo.»'

f\ . -r-At a fancy dress ball held recently iv Paris £':,.-a lady appeared with' a miniature Eiffel tower on S^i-her head, a yard high. Next some enemy of (.man. will introduce an Eiffel tower bonnet for Vj; the opera and theatre, and then the male amuse?irjj .ment-goer will tower with rage higher than old f?f-Eiffel ever dreamed of.

i — r ßich white silks, with deep contrasting velvet patterns, or appliques outlined with mock

fry jewels or cut metallic beads, are beautifully Ij! blended with plain failles, silks and velvets with £,f ravishing effect. "White blending seems to be as fir popular as black for evening wear, but for day s'use the latter has the advantage.

!&;•,:• —White embroidered muslin and cambric r' dresses have been almost entirely superseded by ■$ 'mousseline de lame and voile, in cream and pale A;: shades of green, pink and other delicate tints.

j;.;';,The bordered mousseline de lames are exceedsingly stylish, and capitally adapted to the pre- '>'"! sent fashion.

— " What is it that keeps you busy writing so late in your study every night ?" asked Mrs . Pollywog of her husband. "I am writing the

v histpry of my life." " I suppose you mention ;.'V me in it." " Oh, yes, I call you the sunshine of '■y',' my existence." "Do I really throw so much sun-

::>, shine into your daily life?" "I refer to you as i .•>. the sunshine of my existence because you make yit hot for me. 1 ' Arise in the thermometer oc- /, 'curred immediately.

— Medici in beaver or seal are amongst the newest and prettiest adjuncts to the short smart coats, so favoured by the brightest section of the fashionable world. These coats are mostly rcade of velvet in black or rich dark shades, and their out , must denote the highest art of exclusive modistes or tailors. They are generally loose fronted, lined with delicate coloured silk and fitted with tight undervests of chamois or perforated leather.

• n — A very pretty table scarf is of peacock blue p. or. bronze green felt, the required length, worked ? in tinsel embroidery. The tinsel is sewed on ;.; .and is quite as pretty as much more elaborate , .work. . A spider web design on one end, with a /^.Greek border on the other, is very simple. On a ;>soarf sixteen inches wide 'the web should be inches the lowest way. The Greek j£.- border can be of any width ; the tinsel is sewed SQpn after measuring and drawing the design. A Sf taple cover of bronze green plush, cut to fit the £jable, lined and then trimmed with gold frin ge is iij.very handsome.