The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
NEWS AND NOTEs FOR wOMEN.

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The Princess of Wales has adopted al
paca.
Children's frocks are made with waists
again.
The tailor-made suit is the popular
fall frock.
Jackets with hoods are again coming
| in fashion.
Olive and reseda shades of green are ex
tremely popular.
There is adisposition to restore dressed
kid gloves to favor.
Worth, the Paiisian drcssmaker, loses
$40. 600 a year through bad debts.
Deep crimson and moss green are fire.
quently combined in sash ribbons.
A woman who smiles at forty is more
attractive than one who frowns at twenty.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eaglesford is the first
woman admitted to the bar in Indiana.
Forty women law reporters are en-
ployed in the city court house in Chi
cago.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Is one of the
greatest travellers among women suffra-
gists.
Long redingotes of dark wooen ma
terial are lined with bright-colored silk
or satin.
Green in various subdued shades are
leading color in fall and early winter
fashions.
Braid and fine fancy galloons are in
favor, and will probably continue so for
another season.
Curled mohair and Astrachan borders
appear on wood novelties for fall and
early winter wear.
Rusty fatirons may be greatly i'm
proved by rubbing over, while hot, with
! beeswax and lard.
False hair was worn ages ago. 1t was
preached against by the fathers of the
church, but to no purpose.
A new insurance company in Hungary
pays to its policy-holders from 100 to 500
tlorins if their wives elope.
Black and white lace scarfs are again
in vogue for neck wear, and are tied
usually at the side or in the back.
1t has been said of England that her
three proudest reigns were women's-
Elizabeth, Queen Anne, Victoria.
The Japanese government proposes to
decorate ladies who have distinguished
themselves for the benefit Of the country.
Mrs. Isabella Law, an old lady Of
Pittsburg, says she cooked the dinner
for Lafayette when he visited that city in
1925.
Very wide collars of lace or embroid-
cry, worn over ribbon arranged high in
the neck, are among the features in fall
styles.
A woman made the first orange box
used in California, and she now runs a
factory which turns out so, 900 of them
year.
A brown canvas costume has the front
draped with canvas with red chenille
stripes; the sides are finished with revers
of the striped canvas.
Miss Madeline A. GARNER, niece Of
Joaquin Miller,i is translatiug clerk in the
office of the first assistant postmaster
general. She speaks five languages, paints
and writes we'll.
Miss Leona Call has filled Greek pro-
fessorship in the Iowa State university
so acceptably since her brothers death
that it is likely she will be formally
elected his successor.
Fancy ribbons of great width covered
with flowers, or having alternate stripes
of watered silk and faille and etamine,
interviewer with metallic thread, have
superseded MORE antique sashes.
Leghorn hats are trimmed with wide
etamine ribbon with large bow in front,
and also with white muslin and apeline,
with ostrich tips and clusters of flowers.
The brim Is usually without facing,
Women at the theatre in Paris use fans
in the handle of which there are holes
filed with small lenses of the finest crys-
tai. The wearer covers her eyes with
the fan, and uses the sticks as an opers
glass.
stories about high priced dresses are all
myths. "You hear he says, col
dresses that cost 81, 500 to 81, 900. ]
venture to say that not four dressmakers
in Paris ever made any at such prices.
Plain skirts are in favor, and are likely
to remain so, rs they are found to be ex.
ceedingly convenient ana most econom.
ical. Beside, their lightness is a great
argument in their favor. That jackets
will continue to be short in the basque
throughout the autumn is fair inference
to be drawn from the general aspect OF
the present style. Another point to be
noticed is the sensible length of the dress
sleeves, which fairly reach to the wrist.
1t is little the sign of a wise or good
man to suffer temperance to be trans
gressed in order to purchase the repute