Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-10-10
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN
Dyed haired women multiply.

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able.
English girls are wearing the blouse
| waist.
Mrs. Philip Sheridan has large faith in
Chicago property.
The Empress of Germany is an accom-.
plished needlewoman.
Plush and velvet are not used any more
for covering sofa pillows.
Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress,
keeps 120 birds in one cage.
Among new thin stuffs are lace-fgured
grenadines and printed bareges.
You can buy silver dollar now with q
Swiss watch set in its circumference.
Silver jewelry of all kinds was never
! quite SO fashionable as at the present
time.
The Queen Dowager of Portugal, an
Italian Princess, married at the age of fif-
teen.
The musical tinkle of silver bells is now
heard above the swish of silken
skirts.
Laundered percale shirt waists are
found easy and slightly and are much
worn.
Imported dorothy blouse vests with
Stanley jacket and sash are already
popular.
Some of the full sleeves are tied al
three places with bands aud bows Of
bright ribbon.
Mrs. William G.. Choate, of New York,
established the first woman's exchange
twelve years ago.
All the beach shoes are dark almond
in color and generally made of suede kid
or ooze goat skin.
Mrs. Mary Logan, widow of General
John A. Logan, has put all her money in
a monthly magazine.
Some of the English frocks are the
strangest combination of colors, as olive
green and dark blue combined with black
grenadine, moss green with chocolate,
pink and shaded green's; white, with
green and purple and pink; gray, with
yellow. eto,
Deep girdles, we'll boned after the
peasant bodice, are put on the new toilets
of white and figured silk.
Mrs. Mackay, wife of the California
millionaire, has made her house one Of
the most popular in London.
Belle Holmes has recently been awarded
q Government contract to carry the mails
over certain route in Texas.
There is an exquisite fabric manufac-
tured in Japan known as moon cloth,
whose silken web is of silvery white.
1t is great mistake of vain women to
think the very high-heeled shoes or slip.
pers add either grace or beauty to the
feet.
The women students have finally con.
quered Basle, which, alone among Swiss
universities, has hitherto refused to admit
them.
The big, billowy sleeve has about run
its course. Autumn styles show re.
diction of shoulder and elbow measure
nents.
There are castor gloves in stock oi
gray castor that button on the side with
single hook and are intended fol
steamer wear.
Cheviot shirts fit in nicely with
romp rig. The woman that wears one
feels at ease, perfectly comfortable, and
Is quite presentable.
Now that the ruby looms up as the
fashionable stone, it is reasonable to sup
pose great many garnets will masque.
rade as such.
One hundred women exchanges are
now in existence in different cities, and
not less than 81, ,000,0 900 has been paid
for work in twelve years.
Miss Helen Gould, the only daughter
of Jay Gould, owns the rarcst privat,
collection of orchids in the country and
is an accomplished botanist.
Checks are very popular. The newer
checks are irregular or broken. The sleeve,
of checked dresses are made in gigo,
style and ended with a small cuff.
Refer coats are very popular. They
are lined with brilliant-hued silk, cut
hip-deep, are double breasted, closed
with eight brass buttons and flushed
with step collar.
Mime. Rosa Kirschbaum. the first lad;
admitted to medical practice in Austria,
has recently been authorized by special
imperial decree to conduct hospital foi
eye diseases at Salzburg.
The new light cashmcres, with em.
broldered borders at the edges and en-.
broidered flowers, quite diminutive,
strewn all over the surface, are among
the prettiest of the woolens.
Fashions latest fancy in hair dressing
is double Grecian or Alsacian bow on
the top of the head. The hair is drawn
up on the crown, tied invisibly and then
knotted in this pretty fashion.
A fresh and charming effect is given
to tailor-made gowns of lightweight
wool goods by narrow stripes of robins.
egg blue, with hair line stripes of amber,
all upon ground Of pinkish cream.
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