Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-25
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Surah is the latest material for capes.

cheap as now.
Yachting costumes for women are
far more stylish than nautical.
Eulalia has made the red,sailor hat
the fashion with one bound,again.
The Isabella ring continues to be the
most popular in the line of silver.
There does not seem to be any de-
crease of the shirt waists popularity.
A new and unique bracelet is made
of two strands of tiny gold and silver
shells.
Denison, Texas, has female dentist
"a graduate of Philadelphia dental
college.
Feminine penmanship now is more
of q fashionable characteristic than
ever before.
Sometimes gowns of the cheapest
material are trimmed in the most ex-
pensive way.
AS many women wear the russell
shoes as men and appear to glory in
the footwear.
1t is stated that women hold 156, ,0S1
shares in Philadelphia Building and
Loan Associations.
The linen gowns of all colors and
kinds are in favor just now, and they
certainly are very stylish.
The anomaly of sealskin worn with
Grape may often be seen, but it very
properly evokes criticism.
Observers note that the society
woman's display OF jewelry now is al
most entirely confined to finger rings
Well may women both old and young
, fairly rave over the beauty and effec-
tiveness of this summers dress goods.
In both London and Paris, at pres
ent, many women of fashion carry
walking stick on the fashionable prom
enade.
The monument to Ann Thomas, the
''Maid of Cefn Ydfa," in the church
yard of Llangnoyd, Wales, has been
completed.
Shoulder ruffles seem to suffer no
decrease in popularity as the season
advances. They are used on almost
all dresses of all material.
There are still perfectly plain skirts,
and these are much liked by the best
dressed women. They are usually of
handsome material that need no garni-
ture.
Miss Revere, q great at-granddaughter
of the Revolutionary patriot, lives in
Somerville, Mass. She is fifty years
old, rather small of physique and gray
haired.
Mrs. Alice LIE Plongeon, who is at
present residing in Brooklyn, is the
only woman who has lived among the
deserted old cities in the forests of
Yucatan.
The latest edition of the sailor hat is
in coarse, mottled straw, pale green
and white. The brim is unusually
wide and the crown is encircled by u
white ribbon.
White kid and suede sailor hats are
new this season, but straw takes the
lead, with quilts for trimming, while
more fancy sailor has roses around the
crown and under the brim.
Some of the beautiful summer toilets
of lowered muslin, sprigged or dotted
organdie, or shot crepon, are made
with folded Empire girdle and Queen
Anne sleeve puffs of pale tinted French
surah.
The executors of the estate of the
late Mrs. Theresa Fair, of San Fran
cisco, intend to erect to her memory in
Holy Cross Cemetery, San Mateo
County, a mausoleum to cost not less
than $50, 900.
Swedish women often work as farm
laborers. Those who have babies
carry them on their backs in Il leather
bag, as squaws carry their young.
This plan permits the mother to use
both hands at her farm work.
A novelty of the season is the double
fan. This is made in paper, with one
part covered with gauze. The triple
fan is another variety of the same idea.
This gives the effect of three fans over
tapping each other and united to form
one.
A new idea in hair dressing is to
wave the hair all over the head, twist
few curls into knot at the crown
and leave the ends of the curls to fly
and futter as they will The effect is
very much like that of half fedged
barnyard fowl.
A very pretty hat for girl was re-
Gently exhibited in New York win
dow. It was wide brimmed affair
(all the girls hats must be wide
brimmed this season) and one crimson
splash of chiffon all over, with wide
strings of the same.
When an Armenian maiden attains
her seventeenth year, and is not en-
gagged to be married, she must undergo
strange punishment She is forced
to fast three days; then, for twenty
four hours, her food is salt fish, and
she is not permitted to quench her
thirst.
The Maharanee of Mysore, who has
lately died, was a remarkable woman.
At the age of ten she resolved to OBJ
tain the best possible education. She
insisted on joining her brother in his
studies, and mastered Sanskrit, Cana
rese, and Marathi. She could also
paint, and was fair musician. She
was the fourth wife of the Maharajah,
and was for some time virtually the
ruler of Mysore.