People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1896 — A Stylish Dress. [ARTICLE]

A Stylish Dress.

A stylish dress is made of blaok satin. The skirt has a front breadth of striped and brocaded silk and an Eton jacket of satin embroidered in beads and spangles. The front of the waist and sleeves are of material to match the front breadth of the skirt. The front is in surplice fashion, and there is a wide beR of velvet with a large and elaborate bookie. Tbe sleeves are almost as large as the leg o’ mutton in its palmiest days.— New York Ledger.

On Viotorian railways “station mistresses” are rapidly replacing station masters. Over 200 women are now holding the post, and they do their work as well as men. Their average annual salary is SIOO, whereas the station masters received $650. There was a prize of $l5O offered not long ago by John Wedderburn & Co. for the best and simplest invention. This prize was carried off by a Mrs. Lottie Cox of Bine Springs, Neb. The invention was a work table. Some of tbe new bread trays have the bottoms of polished ebony or tnlip wood, with the sides of pierced silver. A rack is fastened to tbe tray that holds the slices of bread upright and separate. Women prompters are taking the place of men in Coveut Garden, v London, as it has been found that their voices cany better across the stage and are lees audible in the auditorium. Don’t attempt a taffeta petticoat if yon cant keep it In good oanditfcn. Silken tatters are as tawdry as part* diamonds.