The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-06
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

chin.
Clasps and buttons of wood are richly
carved.
LOop-shell pins are much used in dress
ing the hair.
Collars, cuffs and belts are made of
beaded galloon.
Escurial tulle is embroidered with
chenille and beads.
English tailor made suits have panels
and bindings of fur.
Draperies are narrow, one breadth Of
the material sufficing.
There are over 1s, 900 young women at
college in this country.
Bridal cakes are now decorated with
wreaths of natural flowers.
A Washington bridegroom recently
gave the minister 81, 900 note.
Fashionable brides no longer carry
stupendous bouquets during the church
ceremony.
At a recent English wedding the bride
maids carried huge punches OF grapes
instead Of flowers.
Count de Lesseps' daughter is his con-
fidential secretary, and travels with him
wherever he goes.
A friend of the fair sex declares that
raw potato is more effectual in beautify-
ing the complexion than cosmetics. The
face should be rubbed with the vege-
table, then washed, and then a gentle
friction. Ladies are advised to keep a
raw potato on the washstsnd at all
times.
Mrs. Caroline Brooks, whose "butter
bust" of "The Sleeping Iolanthe," was
one of the wonders of the centennial ex-
position, and who has since that time
been pursuing the study of the sculptor's
art diligently, is now in Washington en-
gagged upon portrait bust of Thurlow
Weed.
Lillian Light, of Hayneville, Miss,
child of eight years, has displayed a re.
markable talent for modelling. The
figures are declared to be not childish
limitations but remarkable accurate
likenesses. Her best piece represents a
negro praying, and is considered very
clever.
In Iceland the women have votes as
well as voices in church affairs. The
custom has existed there for ages, and is
kept up by the Iceanders who have emil
grated to this country and settled in Da-
kota. There are in Dakota, Montana and
Manitoba, nearly dozen Icelandic con-
gregations.
For coming wear the hair is dressed
in fluffy curls in front, Pompadour style,
aud the back hair in wavy loops, not too
large, but long, ending in two or three
graceful curls falling on the neck.
Fancy pins in gold and silver, studded
with briliants or Rhine stones, are much
used as ornaments.
Feather trimming of all kinds is to be
worn, and the odder it is the more fash
ionable it is. Some which looks like an
elongated feather duster is to be worn on
wraps. The marabout edge, which was
so pretty until it became the possession
of every woman, is still made and worn
on some expensive dresses and outer
wraps.
The eye is at last relieved from the Sc
verify of tailor made suits by the intro
duction of checked goods and railroad
stripes. The stripes are in white on
black, dark brown or blue ground. These
are more appropriate of course for young
ladies than for older ones. A trimming
of galloon is de rigeur on such cos
tunes.
The queen of Sweden is waited on by
footmen who wear very quaint uni
form, consisting of tunic, petticoat and
breeches edged with gold lace. Their
attire includes q wonderful headdress,
consisting of a kind of embroidered
skull cap from which rise three ostrich
feathers, none of which is less than three
feet high.
Nothing is truer than that there is
nothing new under the sun. Here we
are In the latter half of the nineteenth
century and we are wearing the self-same
styles for evening which were worn in
the time of Marie Antoinette The old
brocades, of which tiny bits are extant,
are being copied in the looms of Lyons,
coloring and design complete.
The queen did not succeed so we'll in
getting her favorite poplins popularized
this season, either in this country or in
England. In England they are being
used for upholstery, and for this purpose
they are really more appropriate than for
dress goods. There is an uncompromIs.
ing stiffness about the fabric which can
hardly be overcome. For children's kits
it does WELL