The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-09-03
NEWS ANp NOrEs FOR WOMEN.

past seasons.
Silk sleeping gowns take the fancy Of
young ladies.
The oolored leather shoe appears to
have come to stay.
Womeu's secret societies are being
doomed in Boston.
An effort will be made TO introduce
colors in the saddle.
The dog-rose is a new pattern for rich
white satin brocades.
Two-toned twilled louisine silk para
soils are the most stylish.
Cricket is becoming popular as
ladies' game in England.
Collars are either cut very high or
very low. There is no medium.
Birds are again making their appear
ance among fashionable garnitures.
Crepe, ruches and picot ribbons are
not much used in the necks of dresses.
Many of the house dresses have a bow
of ribbon pinned under the ear as
finish.
The women's exchanges in this country
have paid out $1,000,00O in twelve
years.
Gold-headed umbrellas are regaining
the popularity extended to the silver
handled ones.
Fashion has new posy-the corn
flower, better known as bachelors but
ton, or blueys.
The fashion of planting large fuchsias
on the grass is popular in lawn decora-
tion in England.
The strongest woman now living in
Nine. Victorine, a Swiss, who lifts $50
pounds with ease.
Refers and blazer jackets are made in
silk, serge or flannel, and are the fa-
vorites for outdoor wraps.
Some of the most practical papers
published of late in leading bee journals
have been written by women.
Ladies' shirts arc in greater variety as
the demand increases. Dotted muslin,
percale and linen are used in negligee at
tire.
Illuminated nets are all the rage. The
square-mashed Greek net, ribbon striped
or with chenille dots, is most fashion
able.
Miss Mary Sharp, Brooklyn On. W
school-teacher, has just returned from an
exploring expedition in the wilds of
Africa.
A noticeable feature of recent bee
keepers conventions is the increased
number of ladies who take part in the
exercises.
Vieux rose broche and forget me not
silk is one of the many beautiful com
bnations displayed on the hotel piazzas
along the beach.
A new style of mourning paper drops
the band Of black all around the sheet,
and has it drawn diagonally across the
left-hand corner only.
A sailor hat is dark blue straw, with
band OF blue ribbon dotted with white,
sets off boating dress of dark blue fan
mel with small white dot.
The Queen of Sweden, who still suf.
fers from shattered nerves, finds ease in
working like house maid, and in weed
ing and digging in her garden.
The leather belts which are worn with
outing dresses are many of them of
plated leather in two shades. They are
fitted with pockets for purse, watch,
etc.
1t is no longer the thing for low
necked dress to be sleeveless, but the
e1aauas ara s1osbad IN s,,ob a ,,,o,r a., a.,
effectively display the prettiest part of
the arm.
Tiny jet bonnets with delicate lace
trimmings are very popular in Paris. A
late novelty in large feather trimmed
hats is soft, fluffy feather ruche inside
the brim.
The Primrose League, of England, has
a membership of 915, 900 persons. This
is the first popular organization for po-
litical purposes which has awarded equal
positions to women and men in its
ranks.
Low-crowned hats have insertions or
edgings of openwork in passementerie OF
embroidery devices at the edge of the
brim, presenting an effect like lace.
These hats have wide, fiat, projecting
brims.
A charming little toque is covered
with a wild-rosevine, with leaves, buds
and foliage, and with full-blown roses
over the forehead, and is finished with
ties of narrow black velvet ribbon COM
ing from the back.
Gray and black form a stylish COM
bination. Dresses for cool days are made
with gray skirts, around the bottom of
which from three to nine rows of black
velvet are placed, and plain gray basques
with black velvet sleeves.
Miss May Rogers, of Dubuque, Iowa,
is the author of Waverly Dictionary, in
which the 1900 or more characters in Sir
Walter Scott's novels are described, with
illustrative extracts from the text; the
book is said to be a complete key to
Scctt's works,