Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-09
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Pointed toes are seen on many Of
the nltra- -fasnionnble shoes.

an important point in dress.
Three hundred is the average num-
her of gifts received by rich fin de
steele brides.
Babies are cared for in special
room in the new Congregational
Church ut Middleboro, Mass, while
their parents attend the service.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris met Mrs.
Cleveland the other day, for the first
time, and enjoyed 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
complexions 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 big
price in the Paris and London mar
kets.
All sorts of ornaments are worn Oh
chatelaines, unique and antique ones
being the most chic Old-fashloned
scent bottles as well rs old-fashioned
seals are hung on the bit of gold cord
called chain.
Womens suffrage is success in
Kansas. AT Spring Hill and Morton
vile they swept the town, and filled
every municipal Office with women.
These towns now have mayoresses,
alderwomen and iudgesses.
Marriage dramas are novel and
picturesque entertainments invented
by n 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 tho
grade of officer in that order, the first
woman artist upon whom that distinc-
ton has been conferred.
An elegant draped oyerdress 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 n
fact in London society. A party of
charming girls meet at 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
divertine.
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 profusion of violets and cream
white bow. The combination may bo
new and distin2ue, 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 ana
that every word of the novel had to he
dictated to a shorthand writer. She
has since recovered the use of her
hand Mrs. Ward often rewrites u
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. 1t
has for many generations been the
custom for Austrian brides to present
their wedding dresses to church for
the adornment of an image of tho
Holy Virgin, or to be made into vest
ments.
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 q 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
a bang. Her teeth are rather large,
but dazzlingly white.
Fourteen women, known as "Tho
Gray Ladies of London" have dedi-
Gated their lives to working among
the poor of Backheath. The popula-
ton of this district amounts to over
20, GOO, 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 exception devote themselves en-
tirely to the people around them.
Miss Matt Grim, the young Georgia
girl, whose short stories and character
sketches have attracted much atten-
tion in the leading magazines, is a
thin, pale slip of girl, with gray
eyes and blonde hair, and not at all TO
be suspected of evolving such power
full and passionate characters even in
her Imagination. She has passed
several winters in New York, and this
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