Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-07-17
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Sleeves are very long.


to travellers.
Copper bronze is to be the fashionable
shade of hair this season.
Artificial birds for trimming hats and
dresses are made to cater to people who
are so very humane.
For ladies in mourning, the black
enameled bracelet with pansy having
diamond centre in front, has found favor.
Women are now allowed to become
notaries public in New Jersey in accor-
dance with the privilege granted by the
Senate.
Children's hats have no wire, no fac
ing, no binding, nothing but half
wreath of flowers, crown lining and
rubber.
Queen Victoria of Engmnd delights in
water color slsetching and playing duets
with her favorite daughter, Princess
Beatrice.
A wide field for selection is afforded in
table cutlery, which is now furnished
with handles of china, ivory, pearl,
silver, stag, etc.
Ribbons to hold fans are fastened TO
the shoulders with bow, and are long
enough to fall nearly to the ground, the
fan being carried in the hand.
The first woman honored with equal
position and pay with men professors is
Harriet Cook, of Cornell, who holds the
chair of history in that university.
For dress lining there is no better ma.
terial than linen. 1t is cheap and durable,
does not cling or split and makes bet
ter foundation for a skirt than silk.
The gentle wife of the Crown Prince
of England is fond of fine nccdiework,
dressmaking, playing the zithern, pho
Biography, and has pretty talent for oil
painting.
A woman was recently sumt,r1ed as a
Juror in st. Louis. She took the matter
philosophically and attended court, only.
to receive the apologies of oil concerned
In tho blunder.
Last October nine women were ap-
pointed station agents on the elevated
railways of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have
been so successful that the infringement
will appoint more.
Mrs. Pemberton- lIiucks, Of New Or
leans, is at present the prima donna most
the "rage' in London society. She is
creole of remarkable beauty, as we'll as
the fortunate possessor of magnificent
voice.
The most fashionable garment Of the
season is the long cape or 'camail, per-
fectly square at the bottom, reaching
considerably below the waist, high on
the shoulders, and studded with jet
cabuchons.
1t is but a few years since sewing was
Introduced into the Philadelphia public
schools, but in that time great progress
has been made, and already hundreds of
girls, besides the usual accomplishments,
are qualified to cut and make garments
for themselves, SO that they are practical
dressmakers.
The hangings of Mrs. Andrew Car
negie drawing room, in New York City,
are old rose with gold The hardwood
floor is nearly covered with Persian rugs.
The mantle is of onyx and gold with an
onvx-t tiled hearth. A beautiful Dresden
vase has niche all to itself between the
front windows.
Frankfort, Germany, has a remarkable
snti-matrlmonial ladies' club. Ladies of
between twenty and forty years of age
are alone admissible, and upon election,
with an annual subscription of So, they
take a vow never to marry. Every
member must attire herself in funeral
black and forswear novels.
Countess Aymery de Ia Rochefou-
cauld, of France, is said to be the most
beautiful womer of this century. Her
profile is strikingly like that of Marie
Antoinette, and her hair is OF the real
shade possessed BY the martyr queen.
Mrs. Marianne Stokes, the clever Eng.
lish artist, is said to have begun paint
ing when hardly more than an infant,
and if she was ever without a pencil or o
box of paints she would squeeze flowers
on sheet of paper until they gave up
their colors.
Some of the well-connected nursegirls
who frequent Central Park, New York
City, wear smart little kangaroo bags
slung over she left shoulder, la tourist,
containing a flask of sweet milk and
supply of Graham crackers for the tod
dler's lunch.
The London ''lady florists" Mrs. Ar
thur Wellesley and Mrs. Herbert Smith,
were employed to decorate Lord Bea-
cons6eld's statue for the celebration of
the founding of the Primrose League.
The decorations were said to be particu-
larly successful.
A daughter of Congressman Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky, naving graduated
with honors at Wellesley several years
ago, has now taken up the study of law
in her fathers Office, having in the
meantime taught geometry and algebra
in Washington school.
Annie Louise Carey, at one time con-
sidered among the greatest of coatraltos,
is large blonde woman in whose hand
some countepance beams the benevolence