Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-11-17
Ivory white moire is immensely pop.

ular.
Stylish hats are still in plateau
shape.
The bell skirt still maintains its
vogue.
Hard times have notably affected the
attendance ut Vassar College.
Epaulettes appear to be quite as
much feature of fashion as ever.
Lady Isabel Morgesson has devised
n woman's pocket that, she says, can
not be picked.
The English Queens Scoth jour,
neys cost her $50, 900 year for tray
cling expenses.
Five men and woman recently ran
a foot race of 200 yards in Henderson
County, North Carolina. Tho woman
won easily.
Edward Terry, an English musical
editor, says that women compose some
of the finest dance music and some of
the best songs.
The number of unmarried women in
England and Wales exceeds the mum
ber of unmarried men by the majority
of nearly 200, 900.
AT Ferncliffe, Mrs, John Jacob AS
tors place at Rhinebeck, N. Y, the
fair chatelaine is often seen riding
about her grounds ON tricycle..
When Queen Elizabeth of Austria
entered Paris in 1851 she dragged
after her train seventy feet in length.
1t was borne by thirty-fve pages.
1t was after Miss Martha Lumpkin,
now Mrs. Campton, that Atlanta, Ga,
was first named "Marthasville, in
1S43. Her father was Governor of the
State.
Birds of paradise will be worn on
the most costly and fashionable hats,
and ostrich plumes will still be regard
ed as one of the most effective trim
mings.
Velvet is to be much used as trim
ming for hats. Black jetted wings will
also be popular. In combination with
black, sapphire and peacock will
be seen.
Queen Victoria is n skilful and in
defatigablo knitter, She and her
ladies in waiting have knitted many
quilts for tho use of soldiers in the
hospitals,
For autumn hats and bonnets the
prevailing colors will be black and
white. Eminence shading from the
darkest to the palest shade of lavender
will also be proper.
The new winter coats are thirty
three inches long, made with n very
tight waist, and tremendous sleeves.
Nearly all have cape effects about the
collar and shoulders,
The most beautiful silk which has
appeared to tempt womankind this
season is of heavy satin, with Baya-
dere stripe in velvet. The combina-
tions of colors are simply exquisite.
Soft, rich tartans off all wool, finished
with corded silk blouse waist, com
pleted by bretelles, sleeve-puifs, and
collar of velvet, are among the pretty
dresses designed for misses best wear.
The autumn tints in dress take their
hues from the dying woods. Browns,
reds and yellows, with notifications of
sea greens, are the tints of fall. Such
are seen in the gowns, such in the
hats.
An old-time-looking dress has the
skirt finished with seven ruiiies, the
lower one about five inches deep, and
each one growing narrower, the upper
very slightly overlapping the lower
ones.
George Pullman's daughters give
the names to the palace ears which
their father has built--very pretty
names they are, too-and the very
pretty little sum of 500 is the fee for
the name.
Nine. Scalchi, the operate singer,
has n collection of eleven parrots in
her home at Turin, Italy. The par
rots are accomplished birds, and among
them speak all the languages of mod
ern Europe.
The Albanian girl puts all her for
tune into gold and silver coins and
mounts these ON her high cap, that
not only the groom but all the assem-
bled company can discern her value
ut u glance.
There seems to be reaction in
favor of high cut dresses for dinner
and evening wear, Some of the most
exquisite importations of the year have
been dresses with square necks or those
slightly cut away i'll V shane,
The will of Esther Pomeroy, which
has been filed for probate at Spring
field, Mass, is peculiar document.
II specifics with great detail how each
article of personal property is be.
queathed, and even gives direction %
the executor to finish quilting bed
quilt, that il may be i'll good condition
TO give 10 n relative.
Tight.htting velvet coats are to be
worn in black, dark green also in
plum color, The skirts, OF hasques,
longer than short, but certainly not
reaching 10 the knees the new basque
is elose-fitting round the waist, but
being cut out of material folded cross