The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-20
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


The Woman's Press Club, of Cincin-
natl, has thirteen members.
Tea chewing is the new fashionable
and dangerous feminine habit
Lebanon, KY, claims the oldest |
woman; she is said to be 1871.
Tan of different shades is still the
reigning color for evening gloves.
Long scarfs of colored lace are worn
around the throat in place of aboa.
Syrian velvet in two tones, like shot
silk, is made up with faille and Victoria
silk.
One of the leading art clubs in Vienna
shelters twenty-five American lady stu
dents.
A Jacket lined with squirrel fur is one
of the late inventions Of the London
tailors.
Some of the very newest umbrellas
have handles of Mexican onyx in various
designs.
Mrs. Belle NJ. Spur has been reelected
School Superintendent of Barnes County,
| Dakota.
Pink lining for carriages is the latest
"fad." 1t gives the occupants a rosy
complexion.
The latest hats have low, flat crowns,
though they are trimmed so as to give an
effect of height.
Mrs. Zoe Dana, Underhill, the story
writer is daughter of the editor ofthe
! New York Sun.
One of the hotels for winter visitors in
Southern California has a spacious la
dies billiard parlor."
Winifrcd Frulick, schoolmistress in
Amador County, Cal, recently killed
eight quail at one shot.
The plain coat sleeve is not much
worn, and then only with bands of vel.
vet diagonally across it.
Macrame lace is almost as easily made
as old time knitting, and, fortunately, is
coming into favor again.
The Woman's Industrial Exchange at
Leadvile, Col, paid over $500 to needy
women during the past year.
English serge gowns of Roman-red are
half concealed by elaborate braid en-
broideries in black and gold.
The halr is worn dressed little lower
than it was last season. In some cases it
quite covers the nape of the neck.
Halo hats, which encirclc the face like
an aureole, are of dark, rich velvet aud
are likely to be quite popular this win
ter.
Mandolin music is now preferred for
fashionable private entertainments in
New York, aud expert players get high
prices.
The fronts of French bodices are now
extremely short, pointed an inch or so
below the waist-line, and covered by a
girdle
Figaro Jackets, made of braid and
beads aud lined with bright silk to
match the accessories of the costume, are
now worn.
The women of Hartford, Conn, have
organized dressmaking and arithmetic
school for young ladies who want to
learn trade.
The half-length sleeves now so much
worn for evening have ribbon epaulets
or long strings of beads pendent from
, their lower edges.
One of the New York workingwo'
mems unions has employed the services
of a physician to look after its sick oi
unhealthy members.
Queen Victoria is said to have set the
example of dispensing with the bonnet
during the marriage ceremony when she
was married in 1910.
There are over 1000 patients in the in
sane asylum at Norristown, Penn, anc
half of them are women, under TIE sole
charge of DR.. Alice Bennett.
Miss Julia Rhinelander is the lates
competitor for the honor of being tn,
richest American spinster. She possesses
millions in New York real estate.
The Woman's Club, of Chicago, ha
appeared before the City Council of tha
Z city, petitoning an ordinance forcing
> vagrant children to attend school.
! Light-colored veilings and Frencl
5 cashmeres are extremely pretty for even
: ing wear, and are embellished witt
! bands of galloons in preference to lace.
: One of the curious advertisement
a published in recent issue of Londo
a daily is written by an elderly lady VIII
|, wishes to take "lessons in whist play
4 ing"
$ Mrs. Nathan Appleton, of Boston,
: at the head of a movement to present
a statue of Washington to the Frenc
n Governmen as the gift of the women Q
S America.
+ Mrs. Mary Teller, a pretty woman liv
l. ing at Spokane Falls, Washington Terr
/ tory, has been tried three times for mul
1t der, although she is only twenty-ou
% % years old.
t; Cn some of the drectoire coats, e'
e; pecially in blue, stylish effect is
le have the cuffs, the revers in front, an
\. the wide hip pocket flaps made of blac
k silk watered ribbon.
m A back velvet jacket in Spanish sty
ds is has shirred blouse of white surah. Al
d. other Jacket shows a plain, full, III
plated blouse of red surah, figured wit
very large black polka-dots.
s iona Maria de Andreda is considere
d to be the most cultivated woman
r Brazil. She spent four years in Nc
IS York studying the American school sy
% TEN, which she is introducing with su
d cess in her own country.
$ Mrs. G. w. Floyd, OF Memphis, Tenn
4. claims to be the original lady whistle
5, Her husband was Captain of riv
ID steamboat, and she used often in form
,d H.. 20 antartoiu the nassenOarq