The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Black dresses have been revived.

Black dresses have been revived.
The Czarina is an expert angler.
Sashos and grdles are again appear
ing.
All white cloth jackets are still in
fashion.
Seal brown cloth is favorito material
for riding habits.
Belts to wear with dressy blouses are
of silk belt ribbon.
The directoiro styles have extended
even TO morning dresses.
Capotes are very small, put bonnets
grow larger for autumn wear.
There are thirteen women physicians
now practicing medicine in Paris.
Isabelle, ex-Qucen of Spain dresses in
costume much like that of nun.
Wolfe in all shades and figured in large
tartan checks is popular material.
The loose sailor or Garabaldi blouses
are good wearing for growing girls.
Princess Letitia Bonaparte is said to be
beautiful performer on the violin.
There is mining company in St.
Louis composed entirely of women.
Palcst baby blue and black is fash
ionable color combination at the mo.
ment.
The Hindu woman is taught that she
can only get to heaven through her hus.
band.
Mourning costumes have q trimming
of lace worked on tullc, with fine jet
beads.
1t is not considered good taste in Paris
for ladies to wear bright coors in the
street.
Kate p. Beaird, of Texas, invented a
hand device for propelling sewing ma.
chimes.
Miss Mary Croel, of Kentucky, is said
to be the most beautiful girl in the
country.
Polonaises may be draped alike on
both sides, or long on one side and short
on the other.
The bodice without any basque is al
most universally favored by fashionable
dressmakers.
The smile. bow and ready words of
Queen Margherita, of Italy, are the per-
fection of royal art.
Margaret, ady Sandhurst, maintains
a home for sick, crippled and lncurable
children in London.
Black and yellow, black and pink, and
beige and red are favorite color combi-
nations in millinery.
Bows of light green ribbon are some.
times combined with While artificial
flowers in lieu Of foliage.
A daughter of w. +. (''BufTalo Bill'')
Cody is presently to be married to a
young doctor in Colorado.
In London dressmalers and others are
| fined heavily for allowing their girls to
work over-hours in the shops.
Hot water is the best cosmetic in the
world, and 1t is one that every body can
have in an unlimited quantity.
Miss f. T. Wragg, of Charleston, S.
c., is gaining a reputation as the leading
woman engraver OF America.
During her visit to America Mrs.
Laura Ormiston Chaunt spoke at 12l
meetings and travelled II, 900 miles.
Mrs. James Brown Potter asserts that
a society girl must not be intense.
Frivolity is the fashion at present
White feathers, either alone or com.
bined with ribbon, are by far the most
elegant trimmings for Leghorn hats.
Shot silk petticoats very much fiounced,
the flounces either pinked, fringed or
edged with woolen lace, are all the rage
in London.
Mrs. Ada VI. Bittenbeader was the au.
thor of the Nebraska law which makes
mothers joint guardians of their children
with the father.
Dressy costumes of silk are often made
with pinked out edges, and a plastrOn
composed of silk scallops in layers COM
pletes the corsage.
Miss A. L. Wilson of Cynthiana, Ky,
is reputed to be the best informed woman
in America on pedigrees and the history
of trotting horses.
Miss Mary A. Rice, graduate of the
Kansas State University, is said to be the
first woman in that State to receive Ii
cense as a pharmacist.
Miss Ella c. Sabin, Professor of
Rhetoric and Elocution in the Uni
versity of Oregon, has been elected
Superintendent of Education in the city
of Portland, Oregon.
l1lhNN Ahlo h4N httONdOlO WIFI uuN
oolored costume, and are more and
more trimmed with green ribbon in
variety, while in Paris they add short,
| green plumes as well.
A curious sight was witnessed the
other night at Debois's Opera House, in
] Elgin, Ill. Forty young ladies, all
dressed in red, white and blue, recited
"Sheridan's Ride" by pantomime.
Bonnets are now worn by the squaws
of the Chienne tribe in Nebraska. This
adoption of the white woman's style of
headgear is due to the thieving of several
of the Indians. They robbed millinery
store at Chadron, Neb.
Lady Georgina Legge made up a
woman g eleven for game of cricket
with the girls of the Birmingham eng.
land) High School, and the match was
played on the Earl of Dartmouths
grounds before a large and select com
pany. One player made thirty.nine
| runs.