Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-10-24
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Miniature pins are the rage.


London fad is gold-kid shoes for
evening.
The myrtle blossom is the Austrian,
bridal flower.
Harp playing is very picturesque and
artistic accomplishment.
A combination of black and yellow is
very much in favor now.
An East Boston woman has organized
United Order of Odd Ladies.
Fashionable sunshades for the country
and seaside are of unbleached silk.
Black underwear has come to be con-
sidered an essential to black toilet.
There is q rumor that the hair is
shortly to be worn in nets down the back.
A large, full white veil, dotted with
black, is the fashionable one without
hat.
The Spanish jacket is an excellent de-
vice for remodeling stained or faded
corsages.
Miss Mary Libby is the only woman
chiropodist in London, and she halls
from America.
Little girls dresses are made much
shorter at the waist than they have been
for many years.
The Princess of Wales is considered
to be one of the finest amateur piano
players in England.
Black satin, divided into inch checks
by hairlines of white, is neat for elderly
ladies' house dresses.
Shade hats of colored horse hair are
trimmed with ribbon bows, long pins
and feather pompon.
Mrs. Davis, wife of the Senator from
Mime esota, has made all her own dresses
since she was ten years old.
Female typewriters have appeared in
the Government offices in London and
are said to give satisfaction.
Black velvet necklets are worn, cut en-
the cross from piece velvet and fastened
in front by small jewcled pin.
Mrs. Mary E. Beasely, of Philadelphia,
has an income of $780, year from
her invention of barrel hopping ma
chine.
Round waists are the caprice of the
season with the Parisiennes, but they
are not short, being made as long as the
wearer's figure will permit.
The first application of hair dye to
the head of votary of fashion costs So.
The sretouches," which follow from
time to time, are made for 81.
Hats for autumn are either very small
or very large. AS is usual in the fall,
fruit of different kinds is used as trim
ming; however, clusters of ostrich tips
are much more stylish.
A young Russian lady named Olga
Loubanowski has made bet to ride on
horseback from st. Petersburg to Odessa,
q distance of 1900 kilometers. Numer-
GUS heavy wagers have been made on the
attempt.
One of the pretty California heireses
is Miss Grace McDonough, who will IL
herit a fortune of So, 900, 900 from her
mother. She is tall, stately girl, with
naughty manner but sweet and Ct
tractive face.
Young lady travellers use dark ging-
ham made in tailor fashion. The gowns
are usually cut with double-breasted
basque, small revers collar open at the
throat, and have moderately large nut
ton-leg sleeves.
Buttons are "out," and not only are
bodices closed invisibly, but ere made
without any visible seams, the material
being cut on the bias and so drawn on
the carefully fitted lining that there are
no outside seams save those under the
arm.
The very latest Partisan fad in wraps
Is the marabout cape. The maraboit
feathers are strung on fine silk cord and
woven like fsh-net, the fluffy feathers
filling up the meshes. AS yet there are
only few samples of these capes IN
America.