Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
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Antelope skin is the newest novelty
for tailor-made waistcoats.
Chicago has thirty police matrons,
with head matron over all.
Women gardeners are in great de-
mand in England and Germany.
There are 43, 900 more women than
male inhabitants in New York State.
Small fruits appear among the hat
and bonnet garnitures of the season.
Capes and iacket-fronts are made OF
perforated cloth, which is one of the
caprices of the day.
Miss Lorane Mattice has been elect
ed n Trustee of the Iowa Industrial
Home for the Blind.
The big-bowed cravat is in the last
stages of desuetude and nobody seems
to feel very sorry about it.
More women are employed in Gov
ernment positions in England than
anywhere else in the world.
The present season is popular one
for ostrich feathers, the number worn
on stylish hats being very great.
Maiwatchin, in Mongolia is the only
city in the world where no woman
lives. 1t is Chinese traders city.
Mrs. Vance is busily engaged on a
biography of her husband, the late
Senator Vance, of North Carolina.
Mrs. Caroline Haskill has given
$40, 900 to found chair of compare
tive religion in the Chicago University.
In Morocco the face of bride is
painted white and red, and her hands
and feet are dyed yellow with henna.
Black plumes are arranged among
colored trimmings of every sort on
fashionable hats, whatever the shape
may be.
1t has come to light through statis-
tical investigation that more than fifty
per cent. of the Vassar graduates never
marry.
Mrs. e. Lynn Lyntons new novel is
dedicated "to the sweet girls still left
among us who have no part in the new
revolt"
New Zealand women, having been
accorded the right to vote, now de-
mand the privilege of serving in Par
lament.
There is said to be revival in fa-
vor of the old-iashioned names for
girls, such as Sarah, Ann, Martha,
Jane, etc.
The Princess of Wales and Miss An
ME Paterson, of Dublin, are the only
honorary musical doctors in the United
Kingdom.
Nine ladies were successful in pass
ing tho recent examination of the
London Sanitary Institute for inspec-
tors of nuisances.
In Europe during the early years
of the middle ages no woman was al
lowed to appear in church unless her
face was covered with veil.
Mrs Hoke Smith, wife Of the Sec
retary of the Interior, is said to be an
indefatigable caller. She recently
made 1000 calls in two weeks.
Among washable wool fabrics for
day gowns are Kanka and Yaury
Oukee crepes in delicate stripes of
ivory or cream white AMI color.
A new Norwegian law makes girls
ineligible for matrimony unless they
can produce certificates of proficiency
in knitting, baking and spinning.
Miss Margaret Nc Bride, of Nevada,
Mo-, has been commissioned a notary
public. She is the first woman to
hold the Office in Vernon County.
Among summer tints for evening
pale rose colora and honeysuckle yellow
vie with each other, and often appear
together in shot fabrics or trimmings.
Shepherd's-check fabrics in silk ap-
pear not only in black and white,
cream and brown, etc, but in every
variety of color on light-hued grounds.
The Railway Commissioners of Vic
toria claim that they have effected
saving OF fully $50, 900 by placing
women in charge of railway stations.
DIR. Maud J. Frye, of Buffalo, N. Y,
has class of young women whom she
is training to become skilled aud sat
isfactory attendants for convalescents
and children.
One of the remarkable manifesto
tions of the year is the activity of the
woman suffrage movement in New
York State, particularly among wo-
men of fashion.
The fancy linen duck suits are es-
pecially suitable for morning wear,
and the blue duck costumes, dotted
with white, black, or red, are Just the
thing for warm-weather shopping or
seaside wear.
Miss Nellie c. Robinson is the first
female lawyer to appear before a Gin
cinnati court. She appeared on be.
half of a burglar, and despite her elo-
quence and charms, an unfecling jury
sent the fellow up.
The eight unmarried ladies who
hold Office as the Queens maids of
honor have some privileges They
are given the prefix of Honorable,
and on marrying receive from the
Queen the gift of $4,000.
The girls of the graduating class of
the Attica IN. " Free Academy de.
cided to dress in calico this year.
This innovation caused much talk in
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