NOTES FOR THE LADIES.

Evening Star, Issue 3463, 28 March 1874, Page 3

NOTES FOR THE LADIES.

The fashion of wearing gems mounted in r a _ velvet as necklaces and bracelels is becoming very general’in London, especially among blondes, on whose fair Skin the black shbwffwell, -

The ‘Liverpool Mercury Isays';—“Female ourglars seem coming into fashion. One has been fortunately secured at Birkenhead; who is said t‘> be quite an adept at the art. She was furnished with; all the necessary ap pliances, and appears to have done well ; at least, in addition to the case for which she has been committed for trial, ten others are laid to her account.” The Rev. Celia Burleigh made a new and telling point against the style of feimnine attire in the New York Congress. Woman was originally Created a biped, she said; the Creator doubtless intended her to remain a biped. Bat at present, thanks to her s winging, trailing, cumbrous dress, womian was forced to, in ake use of her iiands in “ loop motirig” through', any' iiarrpw passage way up or doyvn stairs, and so was virtually re* duced to-a quadruped.. The Creek Ohurchdirects that the weddingring should be placed on the right hand of the bride, and in former 1 times the samecustdip 5 ' was'in- vogue-in Em land. Kartell, in’'his counter challenge-to Biehop JoWhi, ■ mentioris it 'as-; a novelty- of the Reformation,' ‘-that 1 the inan should l put the 'wedding ring 'on ' the fourth finger of the left baud of the' woman;' the right hand; as hath been many hundreds of years continued.” 1 "d ■ >-• ■' # The * Chicago Tribune* says —“ The establishment pf ; a woman’s community yyithia the limits of the town of -Woburn, a6oub 12 nijljes from Boston, wap .begun yesterday, by Ithe first btulding.' In this community allthie. hm|l is t°,,be r -owned by women, and so faras’i&e affairs of'the village are concerned, wonian suffrage is to be realised to the extent' of the utter political disqualification of, the sterner sex. The members of the community a e obliged to absent to’ a constitution which is to govern- it. But further than this, they Are umrestrainCd, -except', however, that they are expected to attend at'least once a week upon ’ the nnsectarian services- to be The»-occupation' of- the residents : in A urora village -will' be varied; and industrial schoolsare provided to fit persons for the different lands of work' to.be dohe ; including a'dbinestio School-fer instruction in 11 vale duties Each homestead is to be accompanied with gardTaning' aua'frUif'TaiSinij’ will be a favorite occupation. Co-operative schemesnro also planned.. One these, and that which has bVen pushed nearer to realisation ( |han any other ponnected ; with the ebterprise,, is,. the establishment of a laundry where full facilities are to be afforded for doing work‘on a large scale, ar-dbriuging money*into~"tlua - tbii-i far’"decidedly~iieedy' village by oompetingi'with famous Troy laundries. About 1,000 persons are committed to the 1 though' they ate, not ali women,-hud; toot ! to be' residents. ( ; The* 'site of thb village isawddetnessj and it’offers all manner of obstacles; ' The comiriumty is called ;* The.; Women’s- Economical: Garden; Homestead League,’- and it is established.;byAct .of; the State Legislature. ” :, . : In a batch of “ curious wills” lately pub, lishid ;is one that.exhibit® conjugal affection; in a very interesting fight.;.lt is. the will' MR, who, with regard, to a ladyj then, apd now, a,leader of the beau Wt f? H de,; wrote ;—;!‘, r lhe unspeakable interest with whioh l constantly regard Lady i —’s findices m# tp advise her earnestly ta unite herseif again with , soma- one who may deserve to enjoy the blessing of her society during the many-,.years,of her ; probable, survival after pay death, , I am grate* fpl to, Providence for the great happiness enjoy in, h or ; singularaffection, ; and I pray, and,confidently- hope that she may Tong con-, tinue to .possess..the, same, esteem, a,nd; friendship.of those.who intimate ;witb her-and can appreciate her admi.abje quali, ties, and,,the,respect of all ; with whom in any. reiatiop- of.lif.efho fa Jhq wish in,this,.caae has. boeny eryhappily fulfilled.-