Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1892 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

Mrs. Huggins, the wife of the Eng tish astronomer, is a most able assistant to her husband In his astronomical, labors, and keeps a record for herself of her observations. Astronomers at the Hick Observatory have been exchanging data of late, and the Lick man has assured Mrs. Huggins that she has accomplished better results with her inferior instruments than he and his assistants achieve with the finest instruments in the world. Although German women have hot as yet succeeded in getting admitted to the German universities, a bright American girl* Mis 3 Gentry, has eoaxed from the surly authorities permission to attend lectures in the Berlin University. This is the first time on record that the favor has been granted to a woman, -;; • . , “BSSool Ton,ET=“3 The exquisite indoor toilet shown in the picture is in pompadour foulard, made princess, The bottom of the skirt has a flounce of the material box pleated and covered with lace

headed by a narrow pleated si’k band with bows set as indicated, they being trimmed with the lace. The bod ice is covered with lace which forms very small basques. There is a draped effect in foulard on the corsage and ribboD braces.

The woman inventor who would derive fame and pelf, and the affections of her g ratefnl coo u try - women as well, should set her wits to work in devising some simple and portable contrivance that would be to the woman's skirt what the man's trousers stretcher is to the man’s gar meats. The tightly fitting skirt, owing to the necessity which the wearer feels of occasionally sitting down, will occasionally get baggy at ihe knees, and as yet no one has keen .bright enough to evolve the skirt stretcher. If this iavention ever materializes it is safe to wager that a man will be Its originator. Tho woman inventor will- concern herself only with more important matters. ,-'—i

A NOVEL WAIST. Tho “Housemaid” waist is a favorite choice for gingham, ebambrey and batiste dresses. It is gathered at the neck and at the waist line, and is made up without a lining, which a Ids much to its possibil corn-fortrand to the”probability of its launUerimr-satisfactorUy. The, pninted belt, cuffs ami. collar at e of open Swiss cm broidery, and the skirt has row of scalloped embroidery la d in between each tuck, so that only the wrought edges are visible. If the gingham is in fine stripes of color the skirt should be bias and cut in the bell order. If plain material is used it is made up

in the usual way, with a gored back, but gathered instead of fitted with darts in front. Other simple gingham gowns have yoke waists, with belts and ru es of embrodery, while for more dresy affairs the mode is stolen from the small boys’ fashion book, and a s uare cornered jacket of gingham reaching not ouite to the wuist line, is worn over fine white waists, gathered to full over and conceal the belt. The cuffs of these waists turn back over the gingham sleeves, und Ihe skrts of the dresses are trimmed with ruffles of embroidery.' There is an utopian country cn the footstool where divorce condtioua are even less exacting than in Chicago and Dclawure. In the Island of Madagascar the dissatisfied hfis - band has only to give his wifea piece of money and to say, “Madam. I thant vou, " in order to be divorced. What a gay place for Mona Caird l: V- -r-js-a