The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-28
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

ANtAA Nuh gray 10 n AaNbAAAN
in childreu's dresses.
The new Dengalines for spring are very
soft and light in texture.
Marbled and watered plush is much in
demand for fancy work.
OF the young lady graduates of Vassar
College fifty per cent. never marry.
New braid patterns on spring tailor
gowns are marvels of artistic design.
Plaids and stripes will again be worn,
but more by children than grown people.
Many English ladies of aristocratic
birth have gone into retail trade in Lon
don.
Braided coifTures are again in vogue
especially the braided coronet or dia-
dem.
The most fashionable coitfures still
demand that the hair falls rather low on
the forehead.
Theuse of lace as a dress garniture is
now confined mostly to party costumes
and tea gowns.
The richest materials are this season
arranged very simply, thereby giving the
/ full effect Of color or pattern.
A girl living near Trenton, Tennessee,
/ goes out with her gun and kills more
game than any of the young men.
Some of the newest gloves have pieces
/ between the fingers made of the same
color as the stitching on the back.
Beaded passementeries are now used
more IN separate greots and motifs than
in bands or continuous decorations.
Moire and moire antique are in high
favor for dressy wear, and are combined
with various materials with excellent ef-
feet.
Long-wristed, -colored evening
gloves are stitched on the back in colors
to match the toilet with which they are
worn.
Although fringes are again used as
trimming for dresses, they are applied in
panels rather than to edge the draperies,
as of old.
Hcadbands of tortoise she'll and jet,
that were temporary fashion several
years ago, have been revived by noted
amateur actress.
Black is in great favor with ladies who
wear colors. 1t is oftener used for over
dresses over colored skirts, however, than
for entire costumes.
Blue cloth jackets, covered with gilt
braid aud red or brown jersey, with tin
sci vermicelli wriggling over them, are
equally and gayly hideous.
Deep round collarettcs of lace, sewed
to the upper edge of a ribbon band, fall
low upon the shoulders, and curve up
under loopy bow in front.
A Wellesley girl has almost paid her
way through college by sewing on shoe
buttons for her mates. She charges ten
cents for an hour, aud devotes two hours
a day to her trade.
There is a kind of 'wear-what-yo
place" style in bonnets that must be very
gratifying to the mind of the pretty
woman, who, besides having a regard to
fashion, like to appear in becoming head
gear.
The various shades of tan and reddish.
brown, with the stitching of tie same
shade or slightly darker are the fancy
of the season for street gloves. There
are said to be sixteen shades of each
color.
| In one of the st. Louis cemeteries is a
headstone reared by an appreciative hus-
band over the grave of his wife. 1t bears
this comprehensive inscription; II did
not have to rob my employers to keep you
| in extravaganza.
Checked and striped colored haudker-
chiefs are being received with some de-
/ gree of favor. Ladies of refined tastes,
however prefer white handkerchiefs, or
those with delicate colored embroidery,
. for use upon all occasions.
When the overdress and skirt are of
contrasting colors, the draperies are
made very long, revealing but a small
portion of the skirt. A pleasing variety
is afforded by finishing the lower edge in
square tabs, points or scallops.
There is a ladies' "New Idea Club " in
Stockholm, Sweden, that proposes "to
/ liberate women's dress from French
fashion," by bringing out new designs
for various toilets of their own invention.
Some of these are very pretty, picturesque
and practical.
Miss Kittie G Wilkin, the horse queen
of Idaho, is somewhat tall, with a high
forehead, regular features and rather
light hair, being something of blonde.
Her eyes are dark and her manner very
charming. Altogether she impresses one
as a very intelligent young woman OF
about twenty three. She owns nearly
800 horses.
A woman of fine complexion has adj
mitted that it is due to the milk IN the
cocoanut. Her formula is this: "Take
fresh cocoanut crate it, place it in a
cloth, and squeeze out the milk. Wash
the face and hands with the liquid, rub
bing a great deal, the more the better,
and wipe with a soft cloth. The effect
is wonderful and instantaneous.
Mr.. Lewis Atkinson, London jeweler,
recommends diamond cutting and polish
ing as an employment for women. lie
says: 81 believe that woman or girI
with good education and quick intelli
gence, who took an interest in her work,
would be able to polish diamond very
fairly in six months. The qualities nee
essary in this art are great honesty, gooC
education, quick intelligence, grea
patience and good eyesight."
The present Maharajah Of Darbhang'
CBengah has established, in connection
with Lady Dufferin's Medical Aid fol
Women Fund, hospital for women at
cost of more than $25, 600, and during
the past eight years has expended il
philanthropic works fully 81, 200, 600
including the building and endowmen
Of three hospitals and twenty-five
ScbooIa tho onauinO Of 1h0 miles a