Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — THE LADIES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE LADIES.

The Italian King and Quern have announced that at their comity silver wedding they will not accent gifts front the people, nor will they encourage subscriptions tor useless expenditure, but that they will’ gladly accept as marks of the goo-J will of the dedication di anv in - stitution of charity or the ihiiugifration of any work of benevolence. - The new Century Club of Wilmington, an organization of but four years’ growth, has commenced the ejection of the first distinctively women’s club house in the country. The building is being designed by a woman. Minerva Parker Nichol 5,.4f Philadelphia, and will be owned and controlled entirely by woraM7-;,Pbe-object of the organization is to extend tho sphere of woman’s influence, and to advance her mental growth. Thomas Hardy intends to rewrite his latest novel, now appearing in serial form, before it is put in book form. This*is a case of literary fastidiousness, not without a parallel, but none the less fastidious, for Mr. Hardy is one of those conscientious writers who neglect no touch which will put a polish on his work, while at the same time making it appear spontaneous and unlabored, before it is submitted to the public the first time.

The many admirers of Carmen Sylva in this country will learn with regret that the talented Queen is still in delicate health, amj will be unable to attend the wedding of Prince Ferdinand. It is little more than twenty years ago since the young queen, so active and impetuous that she was known as the “Whirl wind,” rushed down the stairs with her usual velocity, slipped and fell, like the heroines in the hovels, straight into the arms of the man who later became her husband. Fate pursues with unkindly severity the royal women of Europe. There is the Empress of Austria, a recluse, ill with melancholia from the untimely death of her son; the Empress of Germany, wretched from the ill temper and insaue exactions of her sick and irritable husband and the Princess of Wales mourning the death of her son and the open infidelity of her spouseJ 'lndeed, the Czarina of Russia may | be considered the happiest of them ■ all, though there is always the fear . of the assassin, for the ..Czar of all I the Russias is very much in love with his Danish wife, and the home life of the imperial family is one of great domestic happiness. FOR THE HEAD. A semblance of oddity has cr?pt into all the hats this winter. If they are not oddly shaped, they are sure to be trimmed with an odd combination of color. Milliners have had to resort to this in order to keep abreast of the styles shown in the gowns, which, like Joseph’s, coat,are

of many colors. A rather large, graceful hat is of magenta felt. The brim, which has a wavy outline, is edged with a silver cord, Arranged in clusters upon the brim are exquisitely tinted orchids ot changing shades of velvet. The low crown of Xhe hat is made almost invisible by the full loops of sage green velvet which screen it. The brim of the hat is faced with this same shade of velvet.

A Frenchy little evening bonnet much admired ia made of jewelled passementerie, somewhat stiffened and bent into an odd shape which lengthens out in' the back. The prssementerie has a glistening gold surface, upon which are imbedded limitation garnet turquoises. The front of the bonnet consists of loops i of pale yellow, blue and pink ribbon, I which "tower i above the jewelled {crown. In the midst of all this splendor are caught two sombre lace pompons heavily jetted. The pompons are so placed that one falls over the back of the bonnet Narrow black velvet tie-string are used, spangled with gold.

WITH ORCHIDS AND LOODS OF VELVET.

AS DRESSY AS CAN BE.