Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-31
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The ingenious housewife will devise
some sort of boot cupboard to store
the family footwear.
Miss Frances Willard, President OF
the w. g. T. u, thinks that women
have more backbone than men.
McAllister's daughter started the
fashion at Newport, r. l., of riding a
bicycle followed by q groom on q
wheel.
Cleopatra was of Greek descent, not
Egyptian, aud, it is alleged, had the
red-gold hair so popular with the
Hellenic poets.
In Paris, the mothers keep their
children indoors. and, as Dickens has
noted in his "Tale of Two Cities"
themselves sit out in the open air.
"Jennie June" says: 81 am
woman. I love women. I live to
help women, and I am always ready
to assist in any work that benefits
women"
A novelty in jewelry is a pin in the
form of q pitcher of gold, the base
being formed of one large pearl and
the lip and handle encrusted with
diamonds.
Heart-shaped purses of red leather
are new conceit across the Atlantic.
They are very diminutive, and have
the owners monogram in silver placed
on one side.
One of the great manufactures of
household furniture in Grand Rapids,
Mich, employs u woman as chief de-
signer of artistic furniture, and pays
her handsome salary.
There are now ten residents in the
university women's settlement in
Southwark, London. An adjoining
house has been taken to provide better
accommodation for the workers.
There is greater latitude for in
dividual opinion in the matter of
bangs than at any time heretofore
and every woman is practically per-
mitted to work out her own saliva
ton.
Miss Elizabeth Polhemus, bright
California woman, about twenty years
of age, is qualifying herself as pilot
of ocean vessels entering the harbor
of San Diego. In eight months she
expects to pass the required examina-
tion.
Cobalt and powder blue are ia
vorlte shades. A warm pelisse for
girl of twelve is of frieze cloth IN q
deep powder blue shade, with trim
ming of black braid and waistband
of black satin, forming sash at one
side.
A Chicago woman who is engaged
i'll carrying on a successful and paying
laundry makes q speciality of doing
fine table-linen in the best manner.
She provides place where the women
and girls that she employs can get
themselves warm lunch, if they wish
it, and sends them to their homes each
day at $50 o'clock.
A New Jersey woman has patented
an improvement in safety envelopes.
Her plan is to stamp upon the gum on
the flap figure of any shape with
fluid which, having once been dried,
will run on the application of mois-
ture. 1t is thus made possible for the
recipient to ascertain whether the en-
velope has been tampered with or not.
Mrs. Levi p. Morton, who was Miss
Street, inherited large fortune from
her father. She is o fine musician
and an accomplished linguist as we'll
as being beautiful woman with
charming manners. Her flock of
young daughters are equally interest
ing, and promise to be ornaments to
society when they are drought out.
If pointed bodice is worn the
skirt is fitted to rest above it, with a
smooth or folded bias belt Of the goods
or trimming fastened permanently to
the top. 1t fastens ut the back under
a short, square bow, without ends.
One of the latest fads is to use Jet,
steel, silver or paste buckle in every
bow on gown, be it of ribbon or the
material.
Nine. Couvreur, who has Just sue
ceeded her late husband as the Lon
don Times representative in the Bel
gian capital, is best known to the
public as "Tasma," the novelist. OF
Dutch family, she was born in High
gate and was brought up in Tasmania
thence her nom de plume. She first
made her name in Europe as lec-
turer on emigration in the principal
towns of France.
Mrs. George Gregory is a very
handsome brunette who rides a bi.
cycle. On the road she wears q yery
becoming cycling suit of gray cloth,
the skirt reaching to the shoe tops,
over which are grey suede leggings
The jacket is blazer in effect and opens
over n white silk shirt waist. A styl.
ish alpine hat of gray and white straw
has stiff white feather stuck coquet-
tishly in the side.
Eccentric no doubt, but a woman