Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-08
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The old-fashioned solferino is the
next red to be handed down from ages
ago.
New evening gowns have white
silk skirt with black silk muslin
bodice.
Shoulder-capes are made with double
fronts in Russian style and enormous
ly full plated collars.
In spite of the black and white fed,
black and magenta is having Tin pros
pecD a successful run.
Velvet-dotted moires trimmed with
mirror velvet are already ordered for
matrons' reception gowns.
The fichu cape with long ends fall
ing over the front of the skirt is one
of the features of autumn costumes.
The women of Iceland have had
municipal suffrage for more than
twenty years. They are now eligible
to municipal offices.
New York has five women lighthouse
keepers; New England has two.
Nancy Rose, of Stony Point, n. Y,
has been in the business thirty-five
years.
Knitted corsets are an invention
which comes from England, and are of
service to the weak and nervous who
cannot bear any pressure of tight or
unyielding clothing about them.
Quite the latest idea in lamp shades
is to have series of shades of delicate
heliotrope. They can be either round,
square or octagonal, and made of silk,
chiffon over silk, or mousseline de sole
without any lining.
An observant statistician makes the
amazing assertion that girls with re-
trousse noses marry sooner and are
more fortunate in catching good hus-
bands than young ladies whose fea-
lures are of the Greek or Roman type
All the important cretonnes are now
perfectly initiated in wall paper and
are considered very artistic. For
morning rooms and bed chambers the
cretonne and paper are used together,
and the effect is harmonious and
pleasing.
In plot of ground twenty by thirty
feet Mrs Mary E. Loud, of Chelsea,
Mass, has succeeded in cultivatine
wild flowers to such degree as to win
the commendation of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society. She has Sc
lected the plants SO that some are in
bloom all the year.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, as we'll as
her distinguished husband, is an ar
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are very apt to take the musical form,
so to speak. If kindergarten or a
hospital is in need of piano or organ
an appeal to Mrs. Carnegie is certain
to enlist her sympathy as well as her
substantial aid.
81 used to buy shoes of the best
quality" said young woman. ''but
now | buy shoes at just half the price
that ! formerly paid and get twice as
many pairs The result is that they
are always fresh and fresh looking.
OF course the quality isn't so nice, but
| think the lack in quality is mere than
madeup by the increase in daintiness. "
Near Madison Square. New York
City, in a side street, there may be
found Millinery Institute" in which
young women are instructed in the
magic art of making SIS and $50 hats
ont of II dollar and eleven cents worth
of material. This should be valua-
bic tip for young married women and
others of the fair sex who would prac-
tice economy.
Mrs Sallie Walsh Johnson, who died
a few days ago in Washington, was the
daughter of the late Governor Wilson
Shannon, of Kansas, and a famous
beauty. She is said to have attracted
the attention of the Grand Duke Alex
is, of Russia, at ball in st. Louis,
during his visit to this country several
years ago, when he declared her to be
the handsomest woman in America.
Among the stitched serge, cloth and
camel's hair hats, that with Tam crown
and rolled, stitched brim, is the pretti-
est. The crown is lifted slightly by a
quill or two, pointing forward. This
hat was added to the small variety of
travelling hats last spring by one or
two houses, but, together with the
stitched turban, has waited until
autumn for more general introduc-
ton
The revival of the overskirts is Great
ing some attention in the fashion
world. They are being made to fall
in long points, nearly covering the
skirt beneath, one point extending
down the front and another each side
of the back. Skirts without overskirts
will, however, still remain i'll favor,
and are being worn plain at the front
and sides, with all the fullness at the
back
Composition millinery, as it is
called, is the millinery of the hour. A
fashionable French hat of brown felt.
fawn color, on the underside has ros-
cites of brown satin brocade and fawn
velvet with multicolored cord edging,
green-blue wings, peacock osprey,
and one flaming red quill, completing
n tumble of colors and materials any
thing but artistic, no matter how fash
iOnable.
To carry ones fan in the hand OF
swinging from the arm is no longer de
rigueur. A fan bag is an essential part
of the voguish evening toilet OF satin
brocade or kid, with jewels sprinkled
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