The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19
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f'9S LE0LN!EN.

The Princesses Victoria and Maude
OF Wales have developed into bicycle
riders.
Female bootblacks are reported to
be multiplying in Paris and other
French cities.
Miss Helen II. Benedict, of New
York City, is said to be the best whip
among women in America.
Amelie Rives Chanler is pronounced
by the London Literary World "tho
most beautiful woman in literature. "
At Flemingsburg, Ky, woman had
to pay $40 damages to another woman
for placing a bent pin in her church
pew.
Mrs. Mary z. Lease, of Kansas, is
said to be fond of practicing hypno-
tism, at which gentle art she is an
adept.
Lady Margaret Scott is again the
English golf champion, winning the
championship at the recent contest at
Llttlestone.
Women smoke almost as much as
men in Russia, and all the railways
run smoking cars for ladies, which are
well patronized.
r. d. Mehta and his wife have Just
started from Calcutta for England,
Mrs. Mehta being the first Parsee lady
to take the trip.
Mrs. Miles, wife of the coming head
of the United States Army, is sister
of Mrs. Don Cameron, and is Senator
Sherman's favorite niece.
In Persia the women of fashion paint
black circles around each eye and or
nament the cheeks with figures OF
various small animals, bugs, etc.
The Princess of Wales has a tea
service consisting of sixty pieces, and
every piece has upon it photograph
taken by the Princess in Scotland
A lady doctor, Miss Hamilton, of In
diana, has been engaged by the Ameer
of Afghanistan to take charge of the
health of the ladies of his household.
For boating and tennis, blouses are
made in flannel or fannette, shaped in
various ways. They are prettily
trimmed with feather stitching in silk.
Octave Thanet is greatly interested
in photography. She is going to use
number of the photographs she has
taken as illustrations in one of her
stories.
Mrs. Benjamin l.. Beall, of Balti-
more, enjoys the distinction of having
been kissed by General Lafayette,
when he was making a tour of this
country in 1924.
New York dealers in the photo
graphs of celebrities say that the pic
ture of Mrs. Ballington Booth, of the
Salvation Army, is among the most
popular in the market.
This is how the Empress Eugenie
describes herself: 'Marie Eugene,
Countess de Pierrefond, widow; aged
sixty-seven ;born at Granada, in Spain
naturalized French"
A fund is being raised in England
for the education of the child-widows
of India, who are condemned by caste
to solitary and proftless lives. A
school is to be opened in Bombay.
Mr.. Howells's only living daughter,
Mildred, is quite an artist. She has
done an occasional illustration for
poems of her fathers and is said to be
giving art very serious attention.
Hesba Stretton, author of 'Jessica's s
First Prayer" is said to be one of the
best paid writer's in Europe. She re-
Gently received a royalty of $4,000 for
a short story, copies of which sold at
shilling each.
Miss Agnes Repplier, who is now
visiting London, has become a liter
ary lioness in that city. Andrew Lang
has given a dinner in her honor,
among the guests being Professor Max
Muller, the philologist.
Lady Londonderry remains in bed
a whole day every fortnight. No
friends are admitted, and she permits
nothing to disturb her. Her ladyship
says that this custom enables her to
retain her youthful appearance.
Nine. Carnot, widow of the mur-
dered French President, is not only
given to deeds of philanthropy, but
she is a model housewife. There is no
WOTh III ncf uOlllG WHICH bue Is not as
competent as any Of her own servants
to do.
Edmund Russell says some things to
women that are very good. For in
stance, he advises them to choose for
evening dress tints as nearly as possi-
BILE like flesh tints, ''for," he says,
"hesh has the most beautiful tints in
the world"
The sanitary corps of New York City
now embraces three female physi-
clans, who are under the same rule,
and are required to do the same
amount of work, as their male associ-
ates. They are Drs. Alice Mitchell,
Helen Knight and Frances G. Deane.
All the private correspondence of
the Empress of Russia, or, rather, all
those letters which she writes with
her own hand, are on delicate, pink
colored paper, just family perfumed
with altar of rose. The envelopes arc
long and narrow, and entirely free
from any heraldic emblazonment what
ever.
A Strange "StOry."
There is a strange story of how Sin