The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-08-25
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

OIthdulHtb nave ucSlgnS emnIOlue1eO
by hand in floss silk.
Silk mitts are shown with delicate de.
signs of the finest work.
Parasols now correspond to the bon.
net in color and trimming.
Silk gloves have chenille figures in
bright colors embroidered on the arm.
Cashmere, camers hair, serge and
surah are used for travelling costumes.
Invisible net, point d'esprit and halines
gauze arc used for wells with bonnets and
hats.
Mrs. Rosella Scroggins, of GAINESVILLE,
Ga, claims to be the oldest woman in
that State. She is 107.
The young Princesses of Wales are ex.
pert tricycle. riders, doing sometimes
forty or fifty miles day.
The Princess of Wales numbers among
her other attributes of royalty eighty
dogs of various breeds and sizes.
Panels, collars and cuffs of velvet are
used for camels hair costumes, the gath.
cred plastron being of twilled silk.
Collars with plastrons, cpaulets and
cuffs to correspond are made of cut
beads in jet, amber, garnet and opal.
Fashion has decreed that a solitaire
pearl set in dark blue enamel ring is
the proper thing for an engagement ring.
'The Mrs Cleveland Galaxinia, " is the
name the gardener at the White House
has given new flower at the conserva-
tory there.
Grenadines with plush stripes have
the plush so cut that it resembles over
tapping shells. Others with wide meshcs
have plush dots.
Grandma Jordan, the oldest WON an in
Iowa, died recently at the residence of
her eighty yesr-old son ut Viola. She
was III years old.
Chicago boasts fifty women lawyers,
500 women physicians, several women
ministers, Al, $50 women and $50 girls
employed in industrial pursuits.
Travelling dresses for young persons
are made with postillion bodice kilt
plated skirt, short apron drapery in
front, and long straight drapery at the
back.
High colors with full plastron are OF
crepe and are ornamented with bows and
ends of ribbon in some harmonizing
color. Pale blue and pale pink are ia
vorite combination.
Low-crowned sailor hats with wild
brims made of speckled straw are simply
trimmed with broad band of dotted
foulard corresponding to the color of the
straw or in contrast
Ludwig, the erratic King, who drowned
himself, had "a love affair, but fell out
with his sweetheart because a bandker-
chief he happened to see her take from
her pocket was not eXquisitely neat
Mrs. Buckingham, the richest woman
fruit farmer in California, has an orchard
a mile long, with row after row of pear
cherry, peach and apricot trees. She
has been very successful in the business
of fruit-growing, and manages her busi-
with good judgment
OF Mrs Cleveland a member of the
Diplomatic Corps is reported as saying:
''She is a charming woman, beautiful
and commanding in appearance. All the
Diplomatic Corps are much pleased and
fascinated with her. But more than
that, the women are also charmed with
her."
II JOuu5 WOludn VI ASuIOu, OdhS mas
farm which she works all alone. She
has three horses and last year she raised
200 bushels of grain, and now has sew
enty-five acres of wheat, fifteen of corn,
aud is breaking up more land. She
averages about one offer of marriage a
month.
Fans are in great variety and are equal
ly favored whether they be of heavy
looking feathers or of the lightest gauze.
One recently noted was made of green
parrot feathers with white tulips made of
feathers arranged on the concave side.
The effect was not to be commended, as
it was rather heavy.
A Louisville lady says that milliner.
are the sharpest dealers on earth, and
suit their prices to their customers pock-
etbooks. She knows, for, after trying
vainly to buy bonnet for less than the
$25 asked, she went home and described
the bonnet to her servant, who went to
the shop and bought it for $12.
The most striking novelty of the year
in children's dresses is the new style of
sleeves. This may be made either of
different pattern and material from the
bodice or the upper portion, like the
bodice, comes to the elbow and the lower
to the wrist; the latter matches the trim
ming, as in the case Of a boucle striped
canvas of string color, with a fun red
satin vest and red satin puff to the
sleeve from the elbow.