The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-06-19
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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The peacock's feathers are no longer in
vogue.
There is a society of lady artists in
London.
Spring willow is a lovely'shade of gold.
en- green.
Seven ex-mistresses of theTWhite House
are living.
Morning toilets show many varieties Of
Directoire redingotes,
The favorite rose for white rose tulle
bonnets is the eglantine.
The Lady Guide Association in London
is proving to be a success.
Pompeiian blue looks royal and beauti-
full in velvets and plushes.
Black NULL drawn hats and bonnets
are in fashion for country wear.
The yellow mimosa is n favorite trim
ming flower on black hats and bonnets.
Round waists and belts are gradually
displacing pointed bodices and basques.
Princess Christian and Princess Louise
often drive about London in hanson cabs.
Mrs. Mona Caird has organized a
scheme of neighbors' clubs in England.
Miss Morstock, an English painter, had
five pictures in the Royal Academy this
year.
Chicago has home for self supporting
women where board is to be had for 50. 25
week.
Nine. Rukmabai, a prominent woman
of India, has gone to London to study
medicine.
Dresses of pale green crepe de chine
are now fashionable with black gloves
and ribbons.
Dainty petticoats of nainsook and cam
brio are finished with tiny tucks and in
sertion of point d'esprit.
Mrs Sarah Oates, of Kansas City, has
made a fortune of 81, 900, 900 from a real
estate investment of $4,000.
Children may wear sun hats of pale
rose, blue and white chambery, shirred
upon extremely heavy cords.
L Rich brocades, antique in color and de-
sign, are used in various ways to brighten
up dresses of black surah or faille.
The organization known as "The
Kings Daughters" is only six years old,
but it has forty thousand members.
Worth has returned to the use of plain
grenadine and the old-fashioned Hermann
for handsome black summer gowns.
Mrs. Celia E. Wentworth is said to be
the only lady pupil Cabanel, the famous
French artist, ever received into his studio
For occasions of ceremony the Queen
Regent of Spain sometimes puts aside her
black garments and wears a lilac gown.
Mrs. Spurgeon, wife of the celebrated
London preacher, sends books to poor
country clergymen and bonnets to their
wives.
Turned-downed plated frills of en-
broidered muslin are the favored finish
for the neck and frills of little girls
frocks.
New glove buttoners are in the form of
large gold initials. Others have attached
to them tiny knives with blue enameled
handles.
Short waists are no longer popular for
little girls, the embroidered band or rib
bon sash being used to give the short
wasted effect.
The accordion- plated skirt, notwith-
standing its Objectionable features and
the difficulty it requires in managing it,
is very popular.
Corded silks are still retained for even
ing wear. The favorite shades are golden
willow, apricot, Parma violet, golden
tan and dove gray.
Black trimmings, especially black
moire or satin ribbons, more than hold
their own against all the colors of Paris
and Persia combined.
Soft ow-crowned toques are the most
popular head covering of the season.
They are worn en- suite with costumes Of
nearly every description.
Oskaloosa, Kansas, under its women Of
fcials, has got ten clear of debt, and
now has a balance in the treasury for the
first time since the war.
Brussels has distinguished herself by a
bonnet show. The first prize was given
to fiat, oyster-shell sort of contrivance,
decorated with raspberries."
Silk gloves, fne, clinging and long
wristed, come in all the new shades, and
will more than divide honors with kid
when warm weather comes.
Among the recent importations are
toques of lace and straw lace is nearly
fiat shapes, the trimmings being small,
soft rosettes of comete ribbons.
Shot stuffs, either silk satin or silk
and wool mixed, are made up into
Directoire coats for wear over skirts of
piece lace, either white or black.
Mrs. Evelyn o. Tome has been elected
President of the Tome Seminary for Girls
at Deposit, Nd, recently founded by a
! gift of 81 900, 900 from Jacob Tome.
Wraps are small and extremely varied,
including jackets, pelerines, visites and
mantles of all forms and Breton, Able
Gallant and Pyrennean peasant capes.
Delicate mask wells are worn on all the
stringless bonnets. The Hading veil ap.
pears on Princesses bonnets, English tur.
bans, Directoire hats and English-walking
hats.
A novelty for nerSonaI odornuent is thf