Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-06-29
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Pointed toes are seen on many of
the ltra-fashionable shoes.
The centre of the throat is no longer
an important point in dress.
The common spinach is the only
plant that has emigrated from New
Zealand.
Three hundred is the average num-
Der of gifts received by rich fin de
steele brides.
Babies are cared for in a special
room in the new Congregational
Church at Middleboro, Mass, while
their parents attend the service.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris met Mrs.
Cleveland the other day, for the first
time, and enjoyed a chat and lunch
with the mistress of the White House.
Turned down white linen collars are
very fashionable for young ladies, par
ticularly if they have clear enough
compilations to admit of the severe
plainness.
Girls in Norway sell their long hair
to itinerant dealers, who pay them in
gaudy dress stuffs and paste jewelry.
These Norwegian tresses bring a big
price in the Paris and London mar
kets.
All sorts of ornaments are worn OF
chatelaines, unique and antique ones
being the most chic. Old-fashloned
scent bottles as we'll as old fashioned
seals are hung on the bit of gold cord
called chain.
Women's suffrage is success in
Kansas. At Spring Hill and Morton
vile they swept the town, and filed
every municipal office with women.
These towns now have mayoresses,
alderwomen and judgesses.
"Marriage dramas" are novel and
picturesque entertainments invented
by Boston woman. In series of
tableaux the various ways of perform
ing the marriage services in different
ages and countries are illustrated.
"Ouida' is fifty years old and dresses
in the most outlandish manner. No
color is too pronounced for her, and
whether or not the color suits her
complexion matters little to her. She
still refuses the friendship of Ameri-
cans.
Rose Bonheur, upon whose breast
the Empress Eugene personally fast
ened the cross of the Legion of Honor
in 1865, has just been promoted to the
grade of officer in that order, the first
woman artist upon whom that distinc.
tion has been conferred.
An elegant draped overdress is made
with several circular box pleats. 1t
may be made of the same material of
the dress, or of some other fabric in
harmony with it. Each pleat may
also be lined with silk or satin in the
same shade. The back is plain.
A ladies' drum and fife band is a
fact in London society. A party of
charming girls meet ut each others
houses and play and practice together
under the guidance of Drum Major
from the Guards regiment. The noisy
musicians pronounce the scheme very
diverting.
Blue and violet are the latest mix
lures of colors for bridesmaids cos
tunes. The dresses are of sky-blue
silk, and cream straw hats are trimmed
with aprofusion of violets and a cream
white bow. The combination may be
new and distingue, but it is certainly
irritating to look upon.
Mrs. Humphry Ward says that be.
fore she finished her first novel she
was seized with writer's cramp and
that every word of the novel hadto be
dictated to a shorthand writer. She
has since recovered the use of her
hand. Mrs. Ward often rewrites
page twenty times before she is satis-
fed with the result.
The wedding dress of the unfortu.
nate Queen Marie Antoinette has
lately been discovered in the ancient
church of Kennweg, near Vienna. It
has for many generations been the
custom for Austrian brides to present
their wedding dresses to a church for
the adornment of an image OF the
Holy Virgin, or to be made into vest
ments.
For summer wear nothing looks
prettier than neat dimity dress.
These dimities come this season mostly
in tinted grounds, although white
grounds will be extensively worn.
Satin baby ribbon, narrow velvet rib
bon and ruffies of fine tinted linen
lawn edged with narrow Valenciennes
lace, are some of the materials en-
ployed as trimmings.
Miss Helen Gould, eldest daughter
of the late Jay Gould, is not only
'amiable and charitable, she is also ex-
ceedingly pretty. Her eyes are large
and gray-blue, her mouth has charm.
ing expression, and her complexion is
good. She wears her hair, which has
an auburn tinge, combed back from
her forehead, without the suspicion of
bang. Her teeth are rather large,
but dazzlingly white.
Fourteen women, known as "The
Gray Ladies of London" have dedi-
Gated their lives to working among
the poor of Blackheath. The popula-
tion of this district amounts to over
10000, and the Gray Ladies, so-called
from the habit they wear, visit the
sick and try to educate the we'll. They
have one day week for rest, but with
that excention devota than salvaa on