The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-23
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Even the flowery paths of belledom
are said to have their thorns.
Black and white, in all combinations,
will be the style for the coming
season.
The Queen of Greece is President of
sisterhood devoted to the reformation
of criminals.
Jennie June" says, Npropos to
dress reform, ''the dress of the woman
advances rs fast as the woman"
Miss Mildred Howells, daughter of
the novelist, is tall, graceful girl,
with brown hair and eyes and sweet,
unaffected manners
White stockings have never gone
out in Germany; tabooed elsewhere,
they have continued in favor with the
average Teuton housewife.
About fifty of the 15S English
women registered rs qualified medical
practitioners are in practice in India
and other parts of the East.
Very full high collars with very long
wide ends of ribbon or silk falling
from the back of the neck are liked by
young and dressy women.
Queen Victoria has q regular sigma
ture for her letters TO her sons and
daughters-in-law. It is; always
your affectionato mother, v. r. l."
The Empress of Japan is an adept
performer on the koto, kind of large
either. 1t is an instrument which is
much played and very popular in
Japan.
Mrs. U. s. Grant has brooch,
bracelet and earrings made of wood
from the tree under which Lee stood
when he surrendered his sword to
General Grant
There are no less than three dozen
marble burt portraits of beautiful
women put away in the dark closets of
James q. Bennett's Newport (R, L)
house, which is usually rented.
The fashion of short jackets and
chimney pot hats for school girls in
their teens has again appeared. No
one seems to be pleased with it. Why
not dig such unsightly styles an early
grave?
Princess Mary of Teck is very quiet
in her taste in dress, and is inclined to
favor bonnets rather than large hats,
SO authority says hats are to be tabooed
again and bonnets will be in order,
even for young girls.
The Government of Venezuela has
appropriated $15, 900 for the contingent
expenses of the Baroness Wilson, who
has been pursuing historical studies in
that country. The Baroness has
written much in the Spanish language,
and has travelled extensively in Span
ish-speaking countries.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, the
Presidents sister, has returned from q
two-years' soiourn in Palestine, Italy.
Switzerland and England. She stayed
longer in Jerusalem, Rome and Geneva
than is usual even for travellers en-
gagged in the study of customs and
people, and is said to have brought
back a quantity of literary material.
While it is by no means necessary
that the hat should match the costume,
much more thought and care are given
nowadays to select the hat with refer.
ence to the dresses with which it is to
be worn. Even the simplest street
dress receives added distinction when,
for instance, the velvet trimming OF
the hat repeats the color of the access
ories of the dress.
The women of Bulgaria have pre-
sented superb diadem to their future
Queen, Princess Marie Louise of Parma,
now the wife of Crown Prince Ferdi
nand. The Bulgarian colors-red
white and green-are represented il
the diadem by rubies, diamonds ant
emeralds, and five superb clusters oi
diamonds are combined in the shape o
the Bourbon lily.
Queen Victoria is said to know the
names of all her household servants,
although there are great number OF
them. She calls them by their Christian
names and encourages them to speah
freely to her and not stand in awe oI
her. She is a kind though exactinl
mistress and is in great esteem among
the maids, grooms and coachmen o
the royal establishment.
The first woman, so far as known, tc
make descent in diving dress among
the pearl fisheries of the Indian OceaI
was Miss Jessie Ackerman, the World
w. @. L. v. missionary nher recent
trip from Australia to Singapore tn,
vessel she was on stopped for two day
among the pearling fleet, and here Mis-
Ackerman went down sixty feet in tn
oceans depths and returned in safety