Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
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Black tulle over black satin IL one
of the favorite toilettes Of the mo-
ment.
The Queen Of England always
sleeps with her bedroom windows
wide open.
Camel's hair wool and mohair is the
material of which many enhancing
patterns are made.
The fashionable women OF London
are not as enthusiastic over bicyling
rs French and American women are.
Miss Kipling, who is writing arti-
cles for various magazines. is sister
of Rudpard Kipling. She is now Mrs.
Fleming.
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts pos
sesses the finest and the most care-
fully preserved copy OF the first folio
of Shakespeare, 1923.
The zabelines, cheviots and plaids
are more pleasing than ever, but all
are in the same dark colors and
rougher than usual.
The most adventurous journey ever
made by a woman has Just been COM
pleted by Mrs. Littledale, who, with
her husband, started from CONSTANT
nople and crossed Asia, coming out at
Shanghai.
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, originator of
the famous bloomer costume, still
lives with her husband at Council
Bluffs, Iowa. She began wearing the
garment that bears her name in 1851,
while editing a temperance paper
at Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Agra-linens are one of the most
popular coverings for couch pillows
that are in daily use. They are very
durable, shed dust easily, come in a
great variety of colors, and the cost is
only seventy-five cents yard for ma
terial forty-four inches wide.
What is called the rational cycling
costume for women is in danger OF
going out of existence in Paris, for the
Prefect has caused letters to be written
to some we'll known women cyclists,
cautioning them that they are infring-
ing the law in wearing mems clothes.
Every year Hebrew girl in Frank
furt, Germany, receives a dowry OF
$25OO, the income of bequest by
Baron Rothschild. Any respectable
Jewish girl not younger than seven
teen or older than thirty-six may ap-
ply, and lots are drawn for the prize.
During her travels in Africa Mrs.
Sheldon, the exploring lady, was ex-
ceedingly embarrassed by receiving q
present of 600 husbands from local
sultan. 1t was with much difficulty
that she succeeded in refusing his
splendid gift without giving serious
offense.
Mrs. George w. Childs is at the
Louella, Wayne, Penn. Meanwhile,
the drawings for her palatial mansion,
to be built at Washington, are waiting
her final approval. The house will be
decided ornament to that city of
splendid houses and magnificent
thoroughfares.
Nine. Demont Breton, the painter,
was recently enrolled in the Legion Of
Honor. The only other French
woman SO honored is Rosa Bonheur.
The new member OF the Legion is the
daughter of the famous painter, Jules
Breton, and the wife of the painter,
Adrian Demont.
In dress goods, new styles are the
crepons of wool and mohair, which are
rougher and more crispy than they
ever have been before. The figures
stand out further and the colors are
darker and more subdued, green and
blue perhaps predominating, but with
some black in every pattern.
Mrs. Belinda L. Randall, of Rox-
bury, Mass, descendent of Samuel
Adams, of Revolutionary fame, has
presented to the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts a china apunchbowla and salver
once the property of the Marquis de
Lafayette, and by him presented to
Adams. 1t was made in China and has
the arms of Lafayette upon it, de-
signed according to the ideas of the
Chinese artist.
Miss Lille J. Martin, vice principal
of girls high school in San Fran
cisco, has resigned her place there to
enter Gottingen University as a stu
dent. Only three or four women have
hitherto been admitted to this Ger
man university's privileges. Miss Mar
tin is graduate of Vassar College,
and relinquishes q salary of $4,000 a
year to continue her studies in Ger
many, which will be in the line of ex.
perimental psychology.