The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-08
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
New clOver-lesf lace pins are encircled

garniture for dress skirts.
The study of astronomy is becoming
! fashionable among French ladies.
An odd bacelet is composed of twelv,
small gold enameled flags of as many
nations.
The newest departure in bangle rings
is tiny vinsigrette pendant, attached
by a slender chain.
When two fabrics are used on very
rich princesse dresses the fronts of the
corsage are different.
The most popular black silk dress at
the present time is combination OF
falle Franchise and watered silk.
Some of the newest large hats on chill
dren have the sides tied down over the
ears by a ribbon which passes over the
crown.
A new principle has been devised for
cutting dresses of checked materials,
thereby minimizing the number of
seams.
Wide flichu collars of plush, that
cover the shoulders and are pointed in
front, are used upon short cloth cloaks
with pleasing effect.
A joint stock company, composed en-
tirely of women, has been incorporated
in Stockton, Cal, for the purpose Of
dealing in real estate.
Some of the newest embroidered wool
ems are wrought in self cOlors, the en-
broidery being edged with sort of
Open-work wooden lace.
When passementerie is used upon
black dresses, apple green, cherry red or
white silk is often inserted beneath the
gimp, with excellent effect.
Some new black jackets of English
manufacture have heavy cord epaulettes,
and show narrow waistcoat of red
cloth, bordered with small gold but
tons.
/ White cloth with Turkish embroidery
Of gold is a fayorite material for dreSsy
bonnets. 1t is generally used for the
soft crown with dark velvet edging on
the front
A new braid is silk soutache, edged
with gold or silver A charming dress
of gray striped wooden was decorated
with gray braid edged with silver, laid
upon gray poult de sole.
inexpensive combination dress pat
terms are partly of plain wool aud patty
of velvet, striped or barred, either match
ing or contrasting with the wool, and
come in all the fashionable dark shades.
New cloths having border woven on
one edge are used for long cloaks, the
border being placed in two rows upon
the front. These borders are of con
trasting colors, sometimes showing
cashmere designs.
Dressy black costumes have the skirts
composed of lenthwise rows of cord pas
sementerie and black velvet sash ribbon.
The ribbon, which is seven or eight
inches wide, has inch-wide stripes of
velvet and repped silk.
Overdresses of black ladies cloth or
Henrietta cloth, above lower skirts of
plush or cloth in tan color green terra
Gotta or the lighter tints, chamois and
pearls gray, are favored by both young
and middle aged ladies.
A tailor made costume of fine red
serge had the entire bodice, from the
throat to the edge of the basque,
covered with inch-wide black braid,
tapering at the waist, very effective
and becoming arrangement.
A lady living in Rappahannock, coun-
ty, Va, had twelve stands of bees, which
were very valuable until distillery was
in the neighborhood Since it was
started, however, the bees pay frequent
visits to the still, get very drunk, and
are of little profit.
Braiding is, as everyone knows, very
fashionable, in both wide and narrow
braids, and in every conceivable design.
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intricate patterns with smooth rat-tail
chenille, like that so popular in fringe
two or three seasons ago.
Garabaldi waists, with pointed yoke
and belt, are popular for house wear.
Cashmere Jersey cloth, lightweight
faced cloth and fine striped hannels are
all utilized for these waists, and the
yoke, collar, cuffs and belt are generally
braided in black or a darker shade OF
the same color.
A stylish costume of black and tan
color was made with polopaise of black
cashmere, tan .colored silk being used
for the lower skirt and vest. The skirt
was edged with slender leaf points, over
fold of velvet, and the fronts of the
black bodice were cut in similar points
next the tan-colored vest.
Now that plain skirts are preferred TO
all others, much depends upon the per
fection with which they are hung and
the arrangement of their draperies. The
highest skill Of the dressmaker is often
taxed to make the skirt of heavy cloth
costume stand ont stylishly at the back
without visible support from beneath.
Dresses of green wool, combined with
green and red velvet, are in high favor
with the young ladies. The skirts of
these dresses are perfectly plain,
and are nearly covered with a
long, full oversk.rt. The velvet is set
on the lower skirt as a wide border,
sither at the edge or three or four inches
above it, and is also used as a vest, plas.
tron or revers upon the basque,
The Queen of Portugal wears the
Paris life-savers' medals because, in 1874,
while bathing at Cascase with her sons,
Charles and Alfonso, eleven and nine
respectively, she swan out to save her
children from drowning. A large wave
suddenly swept the children off theiI
( feet, and their mother, in trying to
rescue them, came near drowning also,
but they were seen by the lighthouse.
keeper, who dashed in and succeeded in
getting them safely to land.
WhOOping- Cough Cure.