The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-07-30
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Plaids are the rage Of the season.
Baby ribbon is much in use this sea-
son.
Victoria taught her daughters to bake
bread
Thin taffeta silk is used for lining nice
dresses.
Silver galloon is much used on gray
bonnets
Torreodor yellow is used to enlivon
black toilets.
Soft caps are worn on sea voyages in
stead of toques.
Lace, tinsel aud silk muslin butterflies
appear everywhere.
Knot rings are still much admired by
school and society girls
White crepe parasols have a vandyko
Of gold braid on each gore.
Wash surahs in gingham effects are
for blouses and children's suits.
Satin-baok velvet ribbon is rage"
for large rosettes called chou.
Castor shads of gloves are worn with
the fashionable striped cheviot.
Straw lace is fragile and costly, but
striking on black silk costumes.
"Frosted" surahs nre in fancy PLAID,
with sheen.like frosting over them.
The garment Miss Fair, of California,
wore at her wedding cost over S100, 600.
Toques of straw braid sewed on a
frame are more stylish than those of solid
straw.
There are fifty-eight schools for women
In Toxic, Japan, attended by 1926
pupils.
No first class modiste will fit dress
over corset-coycr and warrant it to give
satisfaction.
Belva Lockwood is said to make at least
$4,000 year from her practice of lew in
Washington.
Indoors many satin slips are seen with
a long princess of lace, net or crepe open
to the waist
The silk blazer is an exceedingly CO.
quettish and comfortable neglige to wear
over gauze or lace bodice.
A young woman carried off the highest
honors at the June examinations at Cam
bridge (EnglandD University.
The Alexandra orchid is the favorite
flower of the Princess of Wales. Queen
Victoria likes best Neapolitan violets.
A dry goods concern down in Birm-
inghem, Ala, offers ITS lady patrons free
street car tickets to return to their homes.
America boasts of the only woman traf-
fic manager IN the person of Mrs. Charles
llaines, recently appointed on the Medina
Valley IN. " Road.
The Episcopal Convention of Ohio has
decided TO remove all restrictions upon
women voting at parish meetings and
holding Office in the church.
Some of the Partisan night robes arc
decorated with colored trimmings, thin
bands being used for collar, cuffs and
straight strip down the front.
a very handy sash has Just been intro
duced, which combines sash and belt.
1t adjusts the blouse securely and at the
same time supports the skirt.
One of the incongruities Of fashion is
lace or silk k-gauze dress with high
collarette oe seal, sable or monkey fur
tightly buttoned about the neck.
Streamers of ribbon velvet are now
used to tie up bouquets. Green is q ia
vorite and the loops are often run up
among the roses, daisies and peonies.
The gauntlet cuff has reappeared On
travelling and sporting gloves. 1t is
made of wash leather which does not
shrink by contact with soap and water.
The tea gown of the Oriental beauty
has been adopted by the Gotham belle.
The material used is a crinkle cloth woven
with gold threads and worn with silk
petticoat
Miss Juliet Corson is now the professor
of cooking and household economy in
Rutgers Female College, New York, and
her lectures are said to be very popular
among the students.
Queen Victoria's lameness has now be-
come so pronounced that she has given
up her habit of standing after dinner in
the gallery at Windsor, and as soon as
she gets into the drawing room a chair is
brought and she sits down.
White summer gowns are made up
with white draperies shot with balls of
chenille or pearl. The white China silks,
thickly dotted with petit pois spots and
trimmed with Venetian point lace, makes
dress that an Empress might wear in
State
Miss Ida II. Bowser, who has Just
graduated from the department of music
in-the University OF Pennsylvania, Phila-
delphia, is the first colored female gradu-
ate of that department. She is an ac-
complisLed violinist and has composed
some excellent music.