The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-10-21
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

| spring OF 1917 is now talked OF.
Little soft white felt hats have their
brims lined with soft silk in red, blue or
yellow.
The Empress Of Austris's latest fads
are climbing mountains and learning
Greek.
Manufacturers of printed silks are
again pinning their faith on black
grounds.
The Continental tie, with its large flap
tongue and paste buckles, is very neat for
house wear.
Princess Clemeutine, daughter Of the
King of the Belgians, is about to be.
come nun.
Canvass shoes, in white, tan aud gray,
arc largely purchased for country aud
seaside wear.
One inch of piece velvet sewed along
the edge of "A walking skirt will out wear
twenty braids.
Collars on the newest gowns look like
exaggerated neck bands extending almost
up under the ears.
Vassar's most popular instructor Is
Miss Mary w. Whitney, who is the
Professor of Astronomy.
In Antwerp a woman has taken prize
in Flemish literature, which is offered by
the State once in five years.
Black kid, embroidered with gold
stars and having two gold buckles on
the toe and single strap, is novel.
Around the foot of skirts lace aud
foulard ruches may be wldcned at inter-
walls to give the effect of festoons.
a white batiste blouse has collar of
dark blue passementerie and is
belted with a sash of blue watered rib
bon.
Bronze ties are worn again, and, in
spite of all talk to the contrary, the high
Louis XIV. heels aud pointed toes are in
vogue.
Collars are going up, especially in the
back, and before the year is over
the heights of EIizabeth's ruff will be
passed.
The best way for ladies to kill
time is to play at work. Spinning is
coming into tlshion as drawing-room
pastimc,
Lady snake charmers are getting
scarce and the wages paid them by Amer
lean museum managers have risen to 500
a week.
A woman with short, fat neck may
wear, becomingly, the black velvet
band. Let the thin, long necked woman
leave it alone.
Alice B. Wilcs has been selected to
act as the President of the Illinois Board
of Women Managers of the Colum-
bian Exhibition.
Black lace is rapidly taking prece-
dence of every other dress trimming,
even the popular tinsel braids and bull
lion embroideries.
Medici aud Henry II. collars, after
dwindling in size until they lost all char.
acter, have been set aside, at least for
this summer, in Paris.
Mrs. Julia Grant, widow of the Gen.
eral, has an intense love for diamonds.
The stones in her ears are as large as
gooseberries and very fiery.
The Versailles Olarion's woman's col
umn complains that of the 1910 Offices
in Kentucky, only one, that of State
Librarian, is filed by a woman.
Emma Abbott's magnificent stage
wardrobe, which cost her nearly 5000, 600
was sold in New York at auction on
Tuesday and brought only $1954.05.
A Hindoo Princess, the Begun Alma
don ic Nrip 1nppo h. -,
to be great beauty and to possess a
voice of marvellous quality and power.
Women in Kansas at any rate seems to
be availing themselves of the privilege of
voting. At the last election in Cawker
City thirteen more women than men
voted.
Amelia Arnold has issued an appeal to
the women of London to use all
their influence to prevent the bar
bsgous system of docking the tails Of
horses.
The society editor of a leading news
paper in Boston is bright young col
ored woman who is commended in the
highest manner by her associates and
employers.
Nine. Albani, despite her talent, at
tends we'll to the ways of her household
enjoys to the full her home life, and is a
most devoted mother to her only child
boy about ten years of age.
A daughter of General Neal Dow il
so exceedingly enthusiastic in her de-
votion to Volapuk that she is striving to
propagate it by translating English
books into that idiotic idiom.
Church statistics show that there art
now 800 women either occupying pulpit
, or licensed to do so. The Universalis
denomination leads the list of churche
in the number of women it has ordained
I Bishop Ellicott, of Gloucester and
Bristol, England, has a daughter who II
possessed of decided musical genius.
Miss Ellicott has taken the contract Il
write cantata for the next Glouceste
festival.
7 There has been seven marriages among
: the female clerks of New York weekl,
paper in seven years, and they each oo
cupied the same desk, which has becom
a greatly priced one among the remain
ing clerks.
The pages who waited upon the mem
bers of the Legislature of Oklahomi
during its first session were Carrie Me
lone Maud MYERS and Florence Had