Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

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the colors In vogue.
Large, light. .colored felt hats have
charming effect trimmed with feathers
and shaped to suit the wearer.
The extension of width in shoulders
grows and grows, giving, in some
cases, winged aspect to the wearer.
Triple capes edged with fur are very
becoming to slight figures, but over a
sack back coat we consider them fail.
| ure.
No better or briefer description of
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman eau be given
than the mention of her resemblance to
Patti.
Mary L. Bartlett. Of Cheyenne, Wy
oming, is the first woman to receive
votes in State ballot for United States
Senator.
The fastest typesetter in California is
said to be young woman who is en-
ployed in newspaper office at Santa
J Barbara.
Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage makes her
husbands pastoral and social engage
ments and all his lecturing interests are
! in her hands.
Purple wells are daring innovation.
A clear, good complexion stands the test
we'll; but pale faces look deadly masked
in the royal shade.
Mrs. M. A. Anderson, Assistant Ser.
I geant- alarms of the Arkansas House,
acts as doorkeeper in the absence of the
Sergeant-at-Arms.
Lady Evans, wife of the late Lord
Mayor of London, was a housemaid at
the Oaks Hotel, Seven Oaks, England,
prior to her marriage.
All London Is admiring Jan Van
Beers's portrait of Duchess of Marlbor.
ough in white muslin frock, holding
red sunshake over her head.
Florence Nightingale, the famou>
nurse, is seventy-two years old. She
takes her baptismal name from the Ital-
ian City in which she was born.
Miss Mary Conant, living near Roch,
ester, N. Y, has managed her fathers
farm ever since his death, some four
years ago, and made it pay well.
Electrotype reproductions of rare
museums or valuable art collections, are
among the latest fads of the aristocracy.
One looks with joy upon the arrival in
the domain of fashion of the tight-fttine
velvet pelisses. Nothing could be more
fitting or stylish for the new spring cos
; tunes.
Magenta is very popular color, ano
is combined largely with golden brown
or light gray. Eminence purple is also
peculiar tone which is much used in
millinery.
Annie Louise Cary Raymond sings in a
New York church choir. The purity of
and strength of her vocal chords are as
fully retained as when they did service
in "Faust," "Trovatore" and "Lucre'
tia"
Flower garnitures for party gowns are
beautiful. An especially dainty COM
bination is of narrow stem green ribbon,
at regular intervals of which is fastened
bouquet of lilies of the valley tied With
knot of the ribbon.
A Denver (Col.) housewife has an In,
dian princess doing her housework. The
young woman is the daughter of a
Pawnee chief, aud her name in English
is Rose Howell. She was student fo,
many years at the Carlisle school.
Paris actresses, it is said, wear pape,
lace, which by night looks as delicate as
the best of real lace, while it costs but
a trifle. To wear an expensive lot OF
lace, which may be ruined in one even.
ing, is considered the height of folly.
Plain fine serges have been succeeded
by the wide-ribbed varieties which show
to such advantage in the plain trained
skirts. In tweeds there is distinct feel.
ing for boucle effects, and fluffy curls
break out of unexpected places in the
latest textures.
1t may be observed that as a general
rule, skirts have widened at the top, and
plaits and gathers contribute to this eff
feet. In some very stylish examples
there are as many as six or seven breadths
In bell skirt, while five straight breadths
are seen in round skirts made full.
Tiny girls in white cashmere dresses
and cloaks, with white leggins, large,
white hats with white or bright colored
plumes and snowy gloves, have been
among the most attractive of the many
pleasing sights on the most fashionable
metropolitan promenades.
Bodices which have the stuff cut on
the cross are popular, and the Innings for
them are cut in the usual way. These
bias cut corsages, which have seams un-
der the arms and on the shoulders only,
unless they are fastened in the front, re-
quire good figure in order to be really
effective