The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-13
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN


Plain yelvctis is now extrei-ely fashion
able.
The box turban hat turns upall around
the crown.
A babys outfit costs anywhere from
$40 to $500
Bonnet crowns, gloves and boots are
made of Suede leather.
The Queen of Greece is fond of read
ing the American magazines.
Plain bodices, Princesse dresses and
polonaises are all in high favor.
The brocades used for cloaks this
season are in very large designs.
The Duchess of Fife princess Louise
of Walcs) is good sll-round gymnast.
Jacket waists and corsages with ex-
tremely elaborate fronts remain with us.
Miss Murfree's (Charles Eglert Grad.
dock) novels yield her about $4,000 a
year
Ribbon trimmings are much sought
after and are put on in an infnity of
ways.
Dresses of camel's hair and velvet have
skirt of velvet.
Much elaboration of embroidery and
trimming is noticeable on the vests of
lately imported dresses.
Lady Colin Campbell, sister-in-law
of the daughter of Queen Victoria, is an
accomplished journalist.
Mrs. Edison, wife of the inventor, has
fine brown eyes and straight face with
delicately aquiline nose.
Empire styles have lost none of their
popularity, and appear prominently
among the autumn designs.
Stuffed rats and mice are said to be
one of the ornaments for hats and bon
nets for the season of 1890.
One ton of toys is the present recently
made by the Dutchess of Portland to the
children of an English village.
The Queen of England's estate in Os-
borne, if sold in small farms, would
fetch it is said, $3.50 an acre.
The colored women of the South are
earning for themselves creditable posi-
tions as teachers among their own race.
Striped silk petticoats, with an adj
iustment of colors to correspond with any
nationality, form a fad for fall and winter.
The Empress of Germany this year has
been taking an "outing" with her hus-
band for the first time since her marriage
Handsome hats of Suede-colored felt
are trimmed with green, to match Eng
lish tailor COWS which combine those
colors.
Many ladies will be pleased 10 learn
that black dresses are again in favor, and
promise to be much worn during tn,
winter
A Western paper gallantly remarks
that "the lady prisoners in our Jail are
about the most desperate lot we have seel
in long time"
Violet is the perfume of the gran,
dame, because it is unobtrusive. 1t j
not an odor that announces itself nor tn
lady who wears it.
Ii appears from the last statistical re
turns that there are about l, 900, 600 NOR
women than men in England, and tha
these are nearly all widows.
Silk crochet trimmings appear thi
season in colors, some of them tone upo
tone, shading from dark to light,
aowers and pointed patterns.
Mrs Rebecca Harding Davis has writ
ten an article advising country girls
stay at home and not attempt to join ii
ranks of shop girls in the cities.
When pointed passementerie is nj
liked for silk trimmings, three bands
passementerie in open designs a
placed about the skirt, above a hem fro
six to eight inches deep.
Among the most beautiful materia
for elegant evening toilets are mahogaI
silks, striped with wide bands of mahol
any velvet the silken intervals brocadt
with copper -colored flowers.
Pretty coverlets are now made OF
kind of Italian stuff, called Como sill
In color tins silk is indescribably soft al
bright. Couches and divans are al
covered with the same material.
The thick, shaggy, heavy camels hi
so popular number of years ago is ]
vived. These goods are especially lik
in russell browns and natural gra.
though they are shown in al colors.
A home for divorced wives has be
established by the Government in S
Lake City at cost of $40, 900. 1t
intended ass refuge for the women VIII
the Edmunds law separates from tn
polygamous husbands.
There promises to be a demand
fancy velvet. Many of the patterns
large; these are thrown on arm
grounds, many on thick satin, and sc
of the patterns are entirely in frise
vet, while others show plain and (
blended.
A valuable collection of autographs
visitors TO Shakespeares birthplace is
the possession of Mrs. Smith, of st
ford. She is the grand daughter of N
Hornby, who was custodian of the Shi
speare cottage many years ago. 1t
the latter female who whitewashed
walls, covered with names and writ
OF distinguished visitors, when she
put out of office.
Stylish Hungarian cloaks, envelol
the wearer from throat 10 skirt hem
made of black bengaline, and lined y
black and white checked silk.