Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-09-22
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Muskegon, Mich, to Chlcago.
Miss ssDick" Irwin is called the
great high almoner of New York So
ciety.
Queen Victoria has about forty pet
dogs. Her greatest favorites are
collies.
Violet is one of the fashionable
colors in Paris among women who set
the styles.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New
York, is tall, queenly and distinguished
in appearance
One of the most original gifts for
Princess May at her wedding was a
solid gold mouse trap.
Returns from school elections in
Kansas show an increase of nearly 100
per cent. in the vote cast by women.
Princess Louise, in the studies that
have resulted in the production of the
Queens statue at Kensington, had the
assistance of Miss Henrietta Montalba,
talented Canadian woman.
Lady Amherst, of Hackney, Lon.
don, has just been presented with the
honorary freedom of the Worshipful
Company of Turner's. She has some
fine carving on view at Chicago.
The Henry Bergh Circle" of Kings
Daughters, composed of eight mem.
bers, reports that last year it chloro-
formed 40S9 cats, seventy-one dogs,
six wounded sparrows, one rabbit and
one 'possum.
Miss M. inertia Mitchell. of Salem,
Ind, was admitted to the bar the day
after the Indiana Supreme Court de-
cided that women might practise law.
That gives her the distinction of being
the first woman lawyer in the State.
Mrs. Albert Barker, an English elo-
cutionist, is said to know as many
pieces as there are days in the year.
She initiates many voices of nature,
from the trill of the canary to the
"awe-inspiring howlof the hurricane :"
The legend runs that the fruiting of
the almond tree beside the house
whence IL bride-elect departs is a hap
py omen. Princess May was probably
glad to see that the almond tree at
White Lodge was in full bloom when
she said good-by to her old home.
g Mrs. Sarah b. Cooper, who organ
lied the first kindergarten in San
Francisco in 1890, has received more
than $500, 900 to enable her to carry
on the work. There are now sixty five
kindergartens in the city, and more
than 10, 900 children have been trained
in them.
Although the rich, dark dyes seem
to be in the majority here this season,
the paler shades seem to lead in pop
ularity on the other side. Fawn color,
dove gray and many of the fade or half
tints are worn at receptions, teas and
similar entertainments, both in Paris
and London.
Miss Edith Darlington has written
book called workers Without Wage"
dealing with all kinds of animals, in
cluding the earwig. She has been
asked by the English Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to
write another book, which the society
will publish officially.
At arecent wedding the dress of the
bride was of rich brocade, fashioned
directly from an old Florentine por-
trait of the time of the Medicis. The
wrap which she wore in the carriage
was of Canton crepe embroidered in
the most exquisite manner with de-
sign of the mystic bamboo tree.
prominent feature of the lingerie
counters in the leading shops at pres
ent is the tulle frill. 1t is frequently
wide and full in the extreme, muffiing
the throat up to the ears. 1t is made
of several layers of black tulle pleated
through the center, and is edged with
picot ribbon in back or pale colors.
Since the State University of Ten
nessee opened its doors to women the
women,s clubs of the State have been
raising money for n building on the
university grounds. The Knoxville
ladies are also preparing gold and sill
yer souvenir medals in commemoration
of the admission of women students.
Miss Charlotte May Christopher, who
is at Indian Harbor, enjoys the repu-
tation of possessing the longest HAIR of
any belle Mt the numerous sumfoer re-
suftS HlDH9 Iuc SOHnu. her locks are
over forty-two inches in length and
trail far below her knees, her height
being above that of the average wo-
man.
Miss Dudley, an English bicyclist.
holds the record for long distance rid.
ing by women She made the distance
of 100 miles. between Hitchin and Lin.
coin, in little more than seven hours.
or at an average speed of nearly four.
teen miles an hour. This, too, in
regulation petticoats, now the new
style OF bloomers.
The Princess May seems to have
been not only n marvel of eheerfulness
and philanthrophy during her won.
derfully busy girlhood, but it now
leaks ont that she had some slight blue.
stocking tendencies. She took uni
yersity Extension course III English,
attending n series of lectures on Eliz-
abethan literature with great regular.
ity,
4 pretty story is told of the widow
of the great Sehumann. Whenever
she is going g. play any OF her hus.
bands music ia public she reads over
some of the old love letters that he
wrote her during the days of their