The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-27
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
The English delipht In fenthers.


Queen Victoria is said to entirely lack
consideration for those about her.
Queen Victoria's dinner hour is not
until nine o'clock in the evening.
A well shod foot is as necessary to
beauty's outfit as a well gloved hand.
Outdoor garments for children are
much ornamented with gold braiding.
Kate Field says that the term ''old
maid" has become obsolete in America.
Gauzc is used In warm weather sleeves
instead of embroidered or velvet sleeves.
Female typewriters abound in Wash
ington, and find their profession very
lucrative.
A Boston woman who invented shoe
sewing machine sold the patent for
$3.50, 1000.
A ACincinnati girl is said to have eaten
twenty-seven dishes of ice cream in one
afternoon.
Tam O'Shauter crowns Of velvet or
silk are put in ladies straw hats and con-
sidered very novel.
Refers and blazer jackets are made in
silk, serge or flannel and are the favor
ties for outdoor wraps.
For girls of from six to nine, the
blazer in tartan plaid or fancy checked
cheviot is much worn.
There still remain in Michigan two
women who draw pensions as widows of
Revolutionary soldiers.
Queen Victoria presented Miss Ten g.
nant, Stanley's iancee, with her minia-
ture and a lock of her hair.
If you wish something in outdoor
wraps exceptionally pretty get flannel
REFER with gold or pearl buttons.
Valerie of Austria, Archduchess, etc,
has renounced all claim to the throne IN
order to marry the man she loves.
In garments for rainy days those of
striped serge surface, in Russian circular
and Lonsdale shape take the lead.
Mrs. Houghton, real estate dealer at
Spokane Falls, Washington, is said to
have made $3.50, 900 in four years.
White alpaca braid, the quite narrow
or wide Hercules braid, is favorite
trimming for children's fancy dresses.
The profile on the standard silver dol
lar is that of Miss Williams, of Philadsl-
phia, who appears to be school teacher
Ladies' shirts are in greater variety as
the demand increases. Dotted muslin,
percale and linen are used in neglige at
tire.
Jessie Carson, plucky girl, has for
several years been driving stage be-
tween Usage and Park Rapid, in Mime
sofa.
Butterfly bows for hats are made Of
everything-lace, velvet, filigree work,
metallic and bullion gauze, jet, pearl and
tinsel cloth.
Now the swagger girl has adopted the
dude silk sash, and with her blazer,
shirt and four-in=hand- looks too sweet
for anything.
Miss Fannie Edgar Thomas, whose pen
now earns her very handsome income,
says she was working for only 81 week
few years ago.
The modern corset was introduced in
the twelfth or thirteenth century and
was worn by men as we'll as by women
until the reign Of Queen Elizabeth.
One of the newest shades of color is
pucy-blue, which is charmingly effective
combined with gray. 1t is said to be the
favorite color of the Empress Eugenie.
One of the most noted of Kansas bellies
is Miss Clark, of Leavenworth. She is
blonde, with blue eyes, a peach blow
complexion, and beautiful mouth, which
reveals pearly teeth.
The only protection for the redundant
letter-writer is notepaper, three and
half by six inches. Onion and porcelain
blue, robins egg green and shell-gray
are the tints most admired.
The Empress of Germany dresses so
simply and so inconspicuously that she
might easily be mistaken for some young
country matron on first visit to the
city rather than the wife OF the Emperor.
Women have recently been admitted
into Greenwich England) Observatory,
and four have joined the staff of the
AotlOuuilOt INOgals 1htlI uulltS Will re-
quire attendance at all hours of the
night.
The delicate, soft shade of brown called
blondine with ivory white is one of the
newest and prettiest combination, both
for gowns and millinery. The color is
also combined with the popular pumpkin
yellow.
Measures are on foot to open female
medical colleges next fall in St. Peters
burgh and Moscow, and plan of estab-
fishing commercial colleges for women
in various large cities of the empire is in
preparation.
Oxford College, England, has thrown
open its medical examinations to women.
This, to be sure, does not give to women
the certified right to practice under
English law, but it is one more STEP
toward opening educational advantages
to women.