Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1894 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

HEADGEAR. Those wide Leghorn hats which admit of a great deal of bending and puckering are in the dead among summer headgear. They correspond somewhat to' the soft felt hats which has such a run last winter. I There are not many faces that will bear the severe outline of a stiff round brim. Of course everybody wears a sailor, because other people do. and if the crown is not too lafge or too high it will do very well for knockabout wear. But girls who really want to look pretty would do well to select a hat with an undulating briiri, and something in the shape

of ribbon or lace to soften the effect near the face. Those who have discovered this secret are wont to poke a little bow of ribbon, or tuft of lace, or a bunch of flowers under of a large hat. Many carry this idea to an extreme, and allow the lace, which perhaps covers the top of a hat, to fall over the. brim in a sort of flounce like that in the picture. Leghorns are usually puckered up in two or three places at the back, and trimmed with knots of velvet and tufts of lace and feathers. One very pretty girl, whom I saw in church recently, wore a heliotrope nun's veiling gown, and a Leghorn hat trimmed with heliotrope velvet and feathers to match her gown. The hat shown above is a white rice straw with a fall of white lace around the brim. The only other trimming is a bow of changeable turquoise' blue and rose ribbon. The gown is turquoise foulard brocaded with large sprays, and blue iriousseline de soie. The skirt, of foulard, is raised at one side and shirred. The bodice is shirred back and front to resemble a corselet, and at the waist is a satin belt which fastens with a chou at the back. The sleeves are shirred_ to correspond to the waist. PRETTY GQWN*S. ’ It seems rather heartless, in these troublous times, to be found giving so much attention to follies and fripperies of fashion. But, selfish as it may seem, the best social system yet tried is that

in which each man pursues his own course and looks after his own gains, without infringing upon the rights of his neighbor. So, perhaps, even a fashion writer may contribute her share_toward an adjustment of the difficulties which surround us all, by simply continuing to chronicle the news of the fashionable world,and forgetting her neighbors’ woes —for the time being. And you frail women, who are powerless to helpYbur suffering fel-low-men, might just as well cast off the burden and go quietly away to the country, where you may rest your nerves and make ready to be a comfort and not a trial to your.families. Wear your pretty clothes and your brightest smile, and take the wrinkles out of your face. There is nothing like a smile to keep the face young—not one of those stereotyped set smiles that look as though they would break— but a nice, limber, pliable smile. There is a good deal that might be said on the subject of smiles, but I’ll have to say it somewhere else, for I want to tell you about a prettyodress which can be made out of an old one so easily. A princess dress, or a plain,tightfitting basque and skirt will <do to start with. Then you must get some white mull and guipure lace. The guipure will make large sleeve puffs and the figaro drapery which you see in the picture. The drapery is knotted in front, and here the mull begins. It hangs in long ends down the front, and is trimmed at the bottom with wide lace. This, with a light straw bonnet trimmed with feathers, and a white lace trimmed parasol, makes a cos-

tume pretty enough to take the wrinkles out of any feminine* brow. 1 English papers say that Mrs. Humphry Ward has made SBO,OOO from “David Grieve,”_sßo.ooo from “Marcella,,’ and $40,000 from “Robert Elsmere.” . An English woman, Mrs. Fawcett,' has taken a novel way to prove her theory that higher education of women does not unfit them for the better discharge of their duties of motherhood, Mrs. Fawcett has recently presented to Newham college, England. a large collection of photographs of babies whose mothers have received a university education. The healthy, vigorous appearance of the babies, Mrs: Fawcett says, testifies to the truth of her theory. Prince Francis Joseph,' of Battenberg is said to be paying marked attention to Miss Anna Gould, daughter of Jay Gould, who is in Paris.! Perhaps it would be more correct td say the Battenberg princeling isl looking with loving eyes upon the! Gould millions. J Miss Agnes Irwin, who has justl been appointed dean of Radcliff college, is a great-grand-daughter of] Benjamin Franklin and the daughter of a former United States minister to! Denmark. Miss Irwin is not a col-! lege graduate, but has gained her! great erudition from home study. : Fashionable hostesses who wish toj do things a little out of the ordinary] occasionally serve potatoes in theii; jackets, on antique-looking wooden! plates beautifully carved, which arej sac similes of the wooden trenchers of feudal times.

It is little known that the Queen of England has not only been an archer of considerable dexterity inlier time, but holds office as dean of one of the oldest guilds of bowmen in Europe. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church, Sauth, has 2,058 auxiliaries, with 39,141 members, and 1,185 young people’s and juvenile societies, with 28,996 members, a total of 68,297. The Countess Alesio, of Turin, Italy, who has celebrated her onehundredth birthday, accompanied her husband through all the hardships of the Moscow campaign, while she was a bride of eighteen. She is in full possession of all her faculties, and spends several hours a day in piano practice. Joan Ingelow spends her winters in the south of France, where she has a cottage overlooking the Mediterranean. Her London house is in Kensington, and stands with its crown of ivy in the midst of a spa- . cious garden, hidden among trees.

RENOVATED.

DOTTED ORGANDIE AND LACE: