Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

Mme. Adelina Patti hasestablished a rule not to kiss any but her most intimate friends. Vassar graduated fifty-three yotlng ladies this year, and not one of them appears in print with a pet name. The town council of GeudaSprings, Kas., is composed entirely of married women, and the mayor is also, a woman—Mrs. Emma Barnes. A New York female dermatologist is suing the estate of a New York woman for $250. She claims to have made the deceased while alive look thirty-five instead of - fifty years old. The women of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasanton, Kan., are making a bed quilt to be composed of blocks, on which will be printed advertisements of the local merchants. THE VEIL IS QUEEN. No well-dressed woman is supposed to be seen abroad without her

veil, no matter how imperfect her eyesight or how sincere her desire for “unstrained air.” She will be an exacting young person, too, if she cannot find among the great variety of veils this season something to satisfy her taste. Veiling comes in all colors and in almost all designs. It varies in thickness from the mere film to the thick blue which our grandmothers approved and wore. The dots seen are larger and more numerous; in many instances they have developed into spider-like patterns, which spread grotesquely over the entire surface. - They are worn as milady pleases, but a recent English fashion is shown in the illustration. It is a forced revival of last year's custom, which fell into very prompt and thorough “desuetude.” It is feared that its success will be greater this summer. The Gray Ladies are a society of gentlewomen living together as friends to help in church work south of London. Miss Louise Aldrich Blake. eldest daughter of a Herfordshire (Engl and) clergyman, has achieved the highest distinction as a student of medicine ever won by a woman. Sbehas just taken a “double first” in the examinations at the London University. It is said that she attained excellence not by special cramming, but by steady, persevering, hard work. This gown would look well od many occasions. It is of brocaded silk trimmed with Duchesse lace. The background of the silk is black, over which are scattared fulL-blowm bush roses tied in a graceful waj with bow knots of gilt.

The silk can be bought for SI.OB a yard, and the fashionable skirt will require about nine yards when the material is twenty-two inches wiie. From the hem to the knees the skirt should be lined with a fine quality of haircloth. The tight-fit-ting bodice tucks in under the skirt and is finished about the waist with a band of jetted passementerie. Creamy Duchesse lace envelopes the bodice in front, and just opens a bit co give a glimpse of the brocaded vest beneath. Frills of the lace form graceful epaulettes over the shoulders. The sleeve has a highly puffed-up aopearance as far as the elbow. Then it clings to the arm to the wrist. The front of the lace is caught together by festoons of jet. If one is particular about wearing only what is real then one will pay about $7 a yard for the lace. At this price the lace will be nine inches wide. The bodice and epaulettes together will require at least two yards and a half. The imitation Duchesse in the same width costs bukfl.o& a yard. , summer gown may be made after this model of organdie instead of brocade, substituting fine embroidery for the laMb Mt. tai .M. MM M.