The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-26
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

The divided skirt is again candidate
for popular favor.
In London nearly all the dinner table
decoration with flowers is done by wo-
men.
Pundita Ramabai, the Hindoo lady,
has organized circle of Kings Daugh-
ters in India. -
Novel silk petticoats arc made entire
| ly of shocking, which renders them
very elastic and perfect fitting.
Flat caps without vizors, plain or
trimmed to match the costume, are in
high favor with young ladies and chill
dren.
Small wreathes of gold flligrec foliage,
with tuft of feathers and aigrette in
front, are fashionable with full-dress
coitfures.
The newest handkerchiefs are Of fine,
sheer, handspun linen lawn, embroid-
cred in fine threads with wheat garlands,
lines of drawn work and dainty flower
patterns.
Among the new fans are some very
pretty ones made of the sheerest brown
gauze, mounted upon brown violet wood
sticks, painted with a fight of swallows
Or brown wrens.
Miss Alice Sanger, the Presidents
typewriter and stenographer, is able to
take a short hand dictation at the rate Of
200 words minute. Her spelling is
said to be absolutely perfect.
The habit of asking for samples in
the New York dry goods stores has grown
so common that most of the larger shops
have a special department now, devoted
to satisfying this class of customers.
Parisiennes are carrying very largo
mutfs. When made of material to match
, the bonnet or costume, they are orna-
mcnted with quillings of lace and bows
Of ribbon with long streaming ends.
A garniture for toques and large hats,
which is meeting with considerable IA
vor, is large bow of plated crepe lisse,
which consists of two faring ends
caught in the middle with a tight knot.
Some of the recently imported gloves
for evening wear are elaborately trimmed
with quillings of old lace, and embroid-
cries near the elbow in gold thread and
silk, usually the monogram of the
wearer.
The new shades of heliotrope and
violet are so tempting that many ladies
will be likely to choose them for gowns,
in defiance of the fact that to the average
woman they aIe most trying and generally
unbecoming.
Handsome home toilets are made of
soft camels hair with velvet bars and
stripes of various rich tints. They are in
ciose princesse shapes, and open over long
front breadths of sheer wool or silk, bor-
dered with embroidery or rich Gothic
passementeries.
Some of the winter walking-gowns are
made with the most complicated vests
and iacket-fronts, although severe and
simple enough in other respects. A de-
scription of not a few of these would
sound like an attempted explanation of
Chinese puzzle.
A fancy of the present season is for
fragrant fans, mounted on sticks of san
dal or violet wood, and made of delicate
transparent materials, painted with land
scape designs in subdued neutral tones of
color, or with flowers conventionalized to
faint, delicate hues.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says that she prob
ably knew as little about business at the
time of her husbands s death as any woman
in the world. Her only qualification for
her present position was her faculty for
keeping her personal accounts, which was
done with regularity and exactness.
Mrs. Harrison has been obliged to give
up all reading and china painting. To a
friend she is reported to have said; "The
letters of the people make me the slave
of my pen. 1 meet the mail with budget
of letters. Write as briefly as 1 can, it is
impossible for me to get my writing table
cleared"
Five female sanitary police are now
established in Chicago, under the appoint
ment of the Commissioner of Health, ac-
cording to an ordinance of the City Coun-
Gil. The duty of the new female sanitary
police is to inspect factories and tene-
ments for the protection of the health OF
working women.
The newest belt buckles of gold or sill
yer are eight inches long and curved in
ward to follow the figure. The material
of the bodice is drawn down from the
shoulders and side seams to meet in the
buckle under the bust in most becoming
fashion. This fashion is especially suit
able for soft silken fabrics, crepe and
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