The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-05
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Shirring is quite popular again.
Large patterned brOcades are much
worn.
Long evening gloves csme with paint
ed backs.
Brown bids fair to be the favorite color
this winter.
Jetted braids appear among the new
dress trimmings.
Lace and small fichus Are worn with
morning dresses
Belts and sashes are tied at the side,
instead of the back.
Gold crowned bonnets are no longer
stylish, and are but little worn.
Crazy patchwork is said to have been
suggested by certain japanese patterns.
Ribbed silk jerseys are the latest form
of this most popular and comfortable
jacket.
Worsted lace is pretty novelty and is
seen in all shades 1t will be much worn
this season.
The teller of the Granite National
bank, of Quincy. Massachusetts,, is Miss
Flora Underwood.
It is predicted that full, gathered
skirts, and boots without heels, will be
the next fashionable caprice.
Bombay husbands cut off their wives
noses tor punishment. In a single week
five such cases were lately reported.
AS late as 1910 there were but seven
vocations into which New England wo
men had entered; in 1874 the number
was 317.
Miss Laura White, sister of Congress
man J. d. White, of Kentucky, has been
admitted to the special school Of archi-
lecture in Paris.
Snakeskin belts are fashionable. The
skin is highly polished and mounted in
gold or silver. The rattlesnake skin is
most highly priced.
The old style English walking hat in
pale brown and gray shades is coming in
fashion, and will be worn in the street
during the coming season.
Turbans made of marabout feathers
are coming in style again. They will be
worn down on the forehead. after the
I'D fashion, and not on the back of the
head, as they have recently been worn.
Bag vests are still worn, especially on
the dresses made of soft clinging ma
terials. On the new imported dresses
the vests are invariably made of velvet
of contrasting shade to the rest of the
dress.
A Troy, N. Y, robin found three
pieces of costly lace lying on lawn
bleaching, and carrying them off built
herself very high-toncd nest of them.
Che xuae ollou,ad fO briucp nm a family in
the nest.
Painted fans are losing their popu-
larity in Europe. At sale in Madrid a
Watteau fan, formerly belonging to the
Princess of Savoy, brought only $740.
In London, fifteen years ago, one of no
greater beauty sold for 81, $50.
The latest novelty in bouquets was
carried by the Princess of Wales at a
ball after the races at Goodwood. 1t
was of roses, and in the middle of it was
concealed miniature electric lamp, the
light from which could be turned on at
will by means of little switch in the
form of lady's brooch.
The hats and bonnets of the coming
season are contradictions of each other.
The hats are large, with tall, tapering
crowns, anu ndrTOW Or mtuluH Wlutn
brims. The bonnets, on the contrary,
are small, and there is a tendency to re-
vive the 'gable roof brim, peak
above the forehead, introduced two years
ago.
Empress Eugenie's long black coat and
black cane, on which she leans con
stantly attract the deepest sympathy
of the gay world at Carlsbad. She
lives at the chateau OF Westminster, near
the Schlossbfunnen, and is accompanied
by the wife of General Bourbaki aud NJ.
Petre, formerly prefect OF the police I'M
der the empire.
Belts can be worn with all waists.
They are narrow or wide, according to
taste. Deep belts are not suitable for
women with short waists. Silver buckles
are much sought after when artistically
chased. Young ladies and misses wear
belts without buckles. These are closed
under rosette or ribbon bow. The same
bows are on the shoulder, and at the
front OF the neck. The directoire sash
is also worn. 1t is wide, of soft fabric,
and is loosely tied on the side.