The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-28
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


All shades Of green are fashionable.
Houston, Texas, has woman dentist.
Gobolin blue remains avery fashionable
color.
Brick red or Venetian red shades are
IN favor.
Tiny silver acorns are the newest in
bonnet pins.
Mrs. Cleveland is five feet five inches
md slender.
Lady dentists are rapidly increasing in
number in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Cleveland is rapidly becoming
very expert with the rifle.
The Queen of Portugal has sent to
America for a cabinet organ.
The Queen Regent Of Spain is notably
strong and graceful swimmer.
Miss Minnie Lippincott, of Phila-
delphia, is an expert pool player.
Queen Victoria never gives bat one
wedding present, an Indian shawl.
A prominent feature of thencw brocades
is the application OF black on color.
Dressy autumn bonnets are of white
cloth covered with interlaced gold braid.
Novel white parasols are composed of
large petals of muslin ovcrhanging each
other.
A new shade of green rather dark. is
extensively used in combination with
white.
New black woolens intended for mourn
ing wear have crinkled stripes like
Grape.
Evansville, Ind, girls had meeting a
few days ago and agreed to discard the
hustle.
Soft finished antique brocadcs arc
used in combination, and also for entire
dresses.
The Queen of Italy. whose teeth are
fine, keeps an American dentist always
at court.
The rcdingote style is we'll adapted to
display the richness of the new brocadcs
and velvets
Several titled and aristocratic ladies of
England have taken to teetotalism and
wear the blue ribbon.
The lKmdh's Journal says that over
25, 600 women in Boston have tried to
have their votes accepted.
Elderly ladies now choose plain or
striped cashmeres in black or dark colors
for their everyday costumes.
The newest English walking hat has
straight still brim, and lower, broader
crown than those Of last season.
New camel's hair shows shaded stripes
of dull red, green and brown, or have
indistinct figures in Persian coloring.
Dressy corsages for very young ladies
are now laced or buttoned at the back,
the fronts being elaborately trimmed
Oscar Wilde is of the opinion that the
twentieth century will see intellectual
development all in the hands of women.
Among the new grays are the powder
gray aud thunder-cloud, dark and sea.
gull, orange-gray dove aud pearl, light.
There are seventy members of the |
Washington Bicycle Club for Women,
of which Mrs. Harriet Mills is President. !
Gloves of white undressed kid are the |
correct thing for brides, and they iii
smother over the arm than those of last
year.
Birds wings and tails, aud Quill fea- !
theirs are much used in millinery, but
whole birds are no longer seen ON hats
or bonnets.
Steel blue is a popular shade for cloth |
costumes. This hue is much grayer,
however, than that known by the same
title year ago.
. The new turbRn. hats are much modi. !
fed as to height, and are shown in
various styles, with crowned square,
round or conical.
The Japanese Government has estab.
lished college for women under Eng
lish auspices 1t is to be ruled by
committee of English women for six
years.
There are 436O women teachers in the
board schools of London. The average
salary of the mass of teachers is little
over $i00, or the lowest New York
salary.
The Indian women of Cheyenne
Agency have asked the Government for
bonnets, claiming they have as much
need of them as the men have of hats
and caps.