The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05
Wills are highly colored.

Big hands looks monstrous In "nIte
gloves.
Hats aud bonnets for spring are things
OF beauty.
Pateut-leather tips arc not the style
any more.
All kinds Of buds aud berries are more
used than flowers.
High heels are not worn on the street
by sensible women.
Strings are the color of the trimming,
aud full two inches wide.
There is a prevalence Of smooth, finely
woven surfaces in the spring woolens.
Fans most seen are Of feathers with
she'll sticks or of antique painted parch'
ment.
Well.dressed women no longer lay in
a stock of boots, for the reason that
styles are variable.
The Princess Of Wales has a new pair
Of gloves. They are long wristed aud
ten buttons. Each button is a diamond.
At a recent wedding breakfast in
Brooklyn, N. Y, the bride made a witty
speech in response to the toast in her
honor.
The fastest typesetter in California is
said to be a young woman who is m
ployed 10 a newspaper office at Sauta
Barbara.
George Du Maurier, the English ''so-
ciety" artist, asserts that women are
growing taller, broader aud generally
healthier.
Colored isle thread gloves are not con.
sidered ''elegant" by the presumptive
critics, but they look nice aud they are
cleaner than black.
Ouida has each of her favorite dogs
cremated upon its death, aud has little
cemetery" for them connected with
her home in Florence.
White an1 gray feather boas are still
worn with decollete dress, but with the
new shawl effects they are superfuous
and must not be used.
Nine. Patti is said to have relinquished
her intention to visit the birthplace of
her father in Sicily, owing to her fear OF
possible capture by brigauds.
Black kid Is the most expensive glove
in trade. Dust-gray dress kid is the
best wearing. Brown is durable and
makes the hand inconspicuous.
The lady managers of the Columbian
Exposition hope to collect for the library
of the woman's building every book
written by an American woman since
1920.
Bands of velvet are being worn round
the neck inside the collar of the gown.
These are of any color to suit the dress,
and are fastened with little %fanciful stick
pins.
Natural flowers are again worn in the
hair with dressy toilets, and very sweet
they look for the adoring Of fair young
girls and women not % mature in
charm.
The severe, but to some faces most CO.
quettisb, Empire poke comes in fine,
colored chip, and is trimmed with vel
vet ribbon in severe lines, and erect oS-
trich feathers.
Hairpins come now in sets of seven,
two large and five small ones, cut from
clear amber shell, with circular tips.
Some of the finest ones are delicately
tipped aud inlaid with gold.
Mrs. Moncure d. Conway knew Mrs.
Thomas Carlyle very intimately, and pays
glowing tribute to ner conversational
abilities, but says that she was wholly
destitute Of h~ousewIfely gifts.
Mrs. Blaine will spend the coming
summer in Europe. Her youngest daugh-
ter, Hattie, will accompany her. The
residence at Augusta will be retained by
the family and not be rented.
Rip up your white China silk aud send
it to a cleaners. II the quality is good
it is certain to clean we'll. Make it up
in empire style, witch sleeves of yellow
velvet and a narrow belt of the same.
The feminine law student in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania is Miss Angelina
Choynski. She Joined the law school
about a week ago, and is already spoken
of as an especially bright student. Her
brother students a!lude to her as their
'~'sister. in-lsw."
Russian female convicts in Siberia are
in future, if a proposal made by tn,
Ministry Of Justice to the Imperial
Council is ratified, to be exempted from
Aogging and wearing irons. Restric,
tons in diet and solitary confinement
are to be substituted.
Among Queen Victoria's most cher
ished possessions are three bracelets. Ii
these ale mounted thirty three NINA
lures of her grandchildren taken in in.
fancy or early youth. Each picture il
set in a narrow frame Of gold aud tn,
settings are adorned with pearls an,
coral.
Women who would retain the beauty
with which they have been endowed
should avoid pePpered soups, stews,
game pates, ragouts, and spicesS Wo
men of nervous and sanguine temper
ament should restrict themselves to a
diet of eggs, milk, breS& fruit, lighI
broths and crustlcea.
Use fine cotton aud a one inch needle
to mend gloves. Regular glove sets,
containing a skein of colored c%ottons, {
paper Of glOver's needles, a c~elluloiC
darner and a wax clover, can be bough
at any notion counter for twenty .livl
cents. 1t will last a family Of girls IN
til they are'sll married.