The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

bouffant effects in the drapery of dresses.
The trains of recently made French
dresses measure nearly two yards and a
half.
Suits for the spring are made with the
peplum, each point being finished with a
tassel
OF all the things that man Possesses
woman alone takes pleasure in being pos
sessed.
French patterns imported for the
spring trade appear in artistic English
designs.
The small bonnet is still in high favor,
and each dress should have one to go
with it.
A female cowboy-that is to say, a
cowgirl-has been discovered in New
Mexico.
A woman's heart, like the moon, is al
ways changing; but there is always a
man in It.
A Paris novelty is wrap of silk or
cloth with border of fox tails arranged
as fringe.
Partisan women are powdering their
hair and arranging it la Mary Stuart in
the evening.
Sleeves expand above the armsize at
the shoulder, and puffs are added on top
of the sleeve.
Mantles and dolmans made of camels-
hair shawls have gone out of fashion and
are now seldom seen.
Chenille trimmings in all shades and
styles are the most popular trimmings for
dress goods and wraps.
The newest handkerchiefs have Just
the faintest suggestion of hem, and are
made of plain white linen.
Bonnet strings are now never tied I'M
der the hair and the back. They are
tied in bow directly under the chin.
Sometimes fellow feels lonely, and
would like to have some nice young wo-
man to tell him how lonely he feels.
Susan B. Anthony is writing a book
containing her observations on the
position of woman in European coun-
tries.
Servant girls in Germany who remain
in the constant service of one family for
forty years receive medal from the en-
press when the case is made known to
! her.
The empress of Austria's health has
failed very much of late, and she has
been suffering severely from rheumatism
and sciatica-the penalty of rough out
door exercise.
All female medical students in Russia
are compelled to reside in a house pro-
vided by the authorities, and to be at
home before nine o'clock in the evening,
because they are suspected to have Nihil-
ist proclivities
The most fashionable gloves are those
made of tan and grey undressed kid, in
mousquetaire style. Lace or button
gloves are now seldom worn. Glcves are
now never drawn up over the sleeve, but
arranged at the wrist in wrinkles.
Polonaises made very long and fitting
perfectly will be as much worn this sea-
son as they have been during the past
They will be worn over chamois skin
waists. Bands of feathers will be the
trimming most used on these polonsises.
Miss Nina Bachelor, of Kentucky.
who, besides being the most beautiful
woman in Paris, where her red gold hair
and dark eyes make a wonderful social
sensation, is proclaimed by her professor,
III. Saintpieyre, as future star of the
first magnitude in oil-painting.
A recruit enlisted as Elisha Barton at
a Chicago recruiting Office, and all was
well till he came to the medical eXamina.
tion. Then he objected, and it came out
that the lusty chap was Mrs. Lizzie Bur
ton, who had taken that method of ac-
companying her husband, who had that
day enlisted, to the tented fiebd.
A woman has been tending a switch al
a railroad junction near Macon, Ga,
since 1862, having succeeded her hus.
band, who was switchman for ten years
previous. She is at her post from six in
the morning till in the evening, and
during the whole long period of her SER
vice has never misplaced switch. She
is sixty-two years old.
Princess polonaises of plain velvet are
made with full pleats in the back and a
pointed basque in front. This displays
advantageously the front of a skirt OF
broche velvet, or a satin skirt that has
rows of sable fur down the front When
worn in the street sable collarette and
large cuffs are added, and band of sable
trims the velvet bonnet.
Mrs. Sheridan, wife of General Sheri-
dan, is great favorite in Washington.
She lives on Sixteenth street, near Scott
Circle, in house which vas presented
to her husband by the Chicago club, of
which he was member. Her afternoon
receptions are always well attended, and,
unlike the majority of people, she has
plenty of sunshine in her pretty parlor
She is very affable. making strangers feel
com Portable, at the same time being
rather dignifed.