Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25

Toque bounets are to be the correct
thing in head wear.
Unpunctuated letters are growing to
be fashionable fad.
The blouse is being supplanted by a
smarter kind of bodice.
Two enterprising ladies Of Spain have
published biography of the baby king.
At least dozen tiny jewelled Porte
Bonheur bracelets should be worn on
each arm.
Enormous ruches of black satin will
vie in favor with the feather boa and
the mink collarette.
Frenchwomen are much affecting red
in gowns, bonnets, and even hosiery,
shoes and gloves.
Are not women becoming rather too
mannishf The tailored side pockets are
the latest innovations.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is writing a So
ciety novel, the scene of which will be To-
Gated in Chicago during the Worlds
Fair.
The most prominent shades in mill
inery are the greens, the new purples,
and dahlia shades, and the light neutral
tints.
Margaret F. Herrick, of the Harvard
Annex, wins the Sargent prize of 800
offered each year for the best metrical
translation of Horatian ode.
Madame Patti is credited with oon-
sidering the Princess of Wales the most
beautiful woman of Europe. The great
singer should be competent judge.
Nine. Bertha de Colonne is the young
and beautiful wife of an architect in
Europe. She is both blind and deaf,
but is quite famous as a poet aud author.
Heavy laces like black guipure aud
white Genoa lace are largely used in
millinery and for garniture for the few
French dresses that have 50 far been dis
played.
One of the youngest grandparents
alive is the Duchess of Montpensier, sis
ter of Queen Isabella. She was grand
mother at thirty-three anG greatgrand-
mother at fifty-ive.
The feur-de-lis fancy has attacked
vases. A beautiful jardiniere Standing
two feet high was a massive feur- de-lis
In the plain yellow glaze that is 50 much
use1 for pots and flower holders.
Women are indeed coming to the
front; no longer will they be satis6e]
with the domestic circles, but are estab-
fishing clubs in active rivalry with thos,
hitherto monopolized by the sterner sex.
Queen Victoria rarely sends any tele-
grams to any member of the royal family
or to Her Majesty's intimate friends,
otherwise than in cipher, a system Of
figure ciphers having been carefully ar
ranged for her and their use.
For 1S5 years the membership of the
Philadelphia Baptist Association has
been formed of men only. The other
day the Membership Committee, after a
spirited debate, voted to admit women
as delegates to the annual meetings here
after.
The first woman admitted to the Bar
in America was Arabella Mansfield, of
Iowa, in 1859. Now there are seven
women lawyers practicing before the
United States Supreme Court, and a
large number have been admitted to gen.
eral practice.
A fancy waistcoat gives stylish, dis.
tinctivc touch to dark coat bodices, and
as the front of corsage always wears
before the other parts, the insertion of a
waistcoat of brocade makes 1t as good
as new; cravat of lace adds pretty,
feminine touch.
The only Turkish roetess living is be.
lieved to be Osman Pashas dau shter.
She is young matron of twenty eight
and lives in white marble palace over
looking the Blue Bosphorous. where she
dimes from ser vice of gold in awonder-
full conservatory.
The richest material used in the i'm
ported dresses is the new miroir velvet,
throwing out brilliant iridescent hucs
from its rich, dark surface. This mate.
rial is made into stately recep ton gowns,
in combination with Venetian guipure
or with Genoa lace.
A London woman, being tired of ser.
want maids, hired boy of sixteen to do
the housework. She was Immediately
summoned for unlawfully keeping man
servant without license. She paid q
fine, with testimony to the superiority of
boy servants over girls.
The Vatican slipper is charming to
wear with tea gown. It is of glace
kid to match the costume, and is trimmed
with a rose.te of bright ribbon. The
"Albany' is the title bestowed on a
party slipper of open work kid,
through which glints bright satin
lining.
The girl who regularly entertains her
friends at "ive o'clock tea" will admire
the dainty aprons of silk, trimmed with
puffin2s of pale chiffon, and high cuffs
to correspond. Aprons for similar occa-
sions, of India null, and others of ribbon
cording are made to delight the youthful
hostess.
Woman tea merchants are novelty,
even in London, where there is a firm
which has purchased an estate in Ceylon
and employs women blenders, iasters,
packers and agents. A daintily arranged
tea room is fitted up for the pleasure OF