The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-20
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Orange -colored sashes Of China silk are
to have long fashionable run this sum-
mer.
Eight out of ten woman who have
coaching sunshades seem content to
walk
One of the new colors is brick red,
with green cast, very striking, but
hard to wear.
Sleeves are worn so long that two-but-
ton gloves are permissible for all but
evening toilets.
There are new designs in night-robes
which rival the comfort of the Mother
Hubbard yoked gowns.
Diamanine, or diamond cloth, is new
fabric woven in brown OF gray wool,
with a silver line forming diamond pat
ern.
Forty tucks in a space of ten inches
was the trimming of an azalia red poul
lie sole robe for evening. The tucks were
band made.
Mushroom is the fashionable shade for
gloves, low shoes and leather goods such
as side-bags, coin-purses and field glass
case and belt.
Some of the beaded bonnets are made
Of horse hair. Lined with some bright
silk to throw out the design, the effect is
gayety materialized.
Fine corkscrew cloth is fashionable
again for jacket material, and long trav-
cling ulsters of this material prove ser.
| yiceable and durable.
The Swedish glove is sassafras kid of
Suede finish and elbow length intended
to tuck under the bishop sleeve just be-
low the bend of the arm.
The best shot Of her sex must be the
Countess Maria Won Kensky, of Bohemia,
who on one day last winter on her estate
Of Chlamce shot 13S hares.
Yellow in its mellow richness is the
color that prevails in natural flowers for
table, window, and all other decoration.
except for bridal ceremonies.
Swedish embroidery is the rage. The
stitches are long and easily mastered and
the use of colored silk and white canvas,
or linen, makes the work interesting.
Shot silks are coming out in rather
sensational effects. For instance, pink
dots on a maroon ground, ecru on yell
low field and almond against coffee
brown.
Checks are very popular this season.
The newer checks are irregular OF
broken. The sleeves of checked dresses
are made in gigot style and ended with
small puff.
The three most popular women in
England, according to vote taken re-
Gently, are the Princess of Wales, the
ry, the actress.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, of New York city,
has cottage at Newport worth $3.50, ,000
and an annual income of $4,000 She
is handsome, fair-haired woman, not
yet thirty years old.
White gloves, either in suede or kid,
are worn with white and light dresses in
the evening, and are also coming into use
for day wear with dressy summer cos
TUNES, being finished for such occasions
with fine small stripes on the back of the
hand.
Mrs. Shaw, the whistler, is stopping at
Hastings, England. In order to persuade
her to come TO London, England, and
whistle at his ball, Colonel North provided
her with a special rain from Hastings and
anew Paris gown to change en- route, and
check for $780,
Fashion is cultivating the glide walk, a
species of locomotion that keeps the feet
! an tba mound rTka hal is h,,tl lffNlo ,,ca1
the weight of the body being sustained by
the ball of the foot. 1t goes without saying
that high-hceled shoes are not conducive
to this serpent-li like tread.
To relieve the monotony of dark cos
tunes, Partisan ladies are wearing scarlet
and marigold-yellow blouse vests beneath
their jackets, with open fronts. These
vests have high collars, like gentle
mans stock, or are worn with cravat
of the same silk, tied in a huge bow.
This year, while all the essential parts
of costume are supposed to harmonize,
it is not at all necessary that they should
match. Hats and bonnets are no longer
considered in good taste made of piece
Of the dress, and one bonnet in a neutral
lihb 10 hA,hdS w wv Nutg W bhO SNbAOhiA-
cal with half dozen gowns.
washington women are adopting di-
vided skirts" said dealer in such femi-
nine equipments to Washington Star
reporter. "Only the other week two
ladies of Cabinet families bought them
here. l will venture to say that 500
women in this city are wearing them to-
day, and within year there will be
5000"
The black Grape veil has been pro-
nounced nuisance, as it weakens the
eyes and Injuries the skin. Rubbing
against the nose and forehead, it often
produces abrasions, and, the dye being
absorbed, poisons the fesh. To the eye
enfeebled by weeping, it is most danger
Gus, and occulists have protested against
its use.
A number of women at Washington,
at the suggestion of Susan B. Anthony,
have formed an organization called the
Wimodaughsis, with capital stock of
S25, 900 in 50 shares. Its object is the
education of women in political science,
in art, literature and physical culture. A
building is to be procured for the use OF
the association.