The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
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! to have another season OF taVor.
The French women are famous fol
their capacity and experience in bust
ness.
The diadem Of the Russian Empress
Anna contains 2536 large diamond;
and a ruby valued at 5000, 000
The Princess May is to be presented
by the ladies of Canada with a hand
some pair of Canadian-bred horses.
OF the twelve bridesmaids at Queen
Victoria's wedding only three survive
the dowager Duchess of Bedford,
the Duchess of Cleveland and Lady
Jane Ellice.
1t was some time in 1000 that Mary
Astell wrote, importuning women
mot to be content to be in the world
like tulips in garden to make fine
show and be good for nothing"
Miss Brander Matthews, the debu-
tante in literature, allows her father
to "name" the products of her pen
after they are complete, as Matthews
has singular facility that way.
DIR. Mary jacob, whose reputation
as a learned member of her profession
was made long ago, has been elected
Chairman of the section on nervous
diseases by the New York Academy of
Medicine
1t is rumored that the new spring
dress will be built with very long
shoulders, sleeves fiat in the head
but full about the elbow, and the
skirt made heavy and fussy with
rufiies and puffs.
Mrs. Washington Mclean, of Gin.
cinnati, has bought for $102, 900 the
gray stucco house on Connecticut
avenue, Washington, built by Boss
Shepherd, and successfully occupied
by the Chinese and Russian legations.
Miss Nora Nave, of Mercer County,
Kentucky is said to be beautiful,
twenty-five years old, and in form
perfectly symmetrical She is only
three feet ten inches high and weighs
tifty-six pounds. Her father is q
farmer.
Because Queen Victoria with old.
fashioned tastes sill enjoys tableaux
vivants, that unexciting amusement is
almost the national indoor resource of
English homes were young women
still believe in the theory of statuesque
beauty.
Somebody asked Mrs. Paran Stevens,
of New York City, why she had not
entertained any this winter, and her
answer was that there was SO much
poverty existent that she was afraid to
give large parties for fear the starving
poor would dynamite her.
The Ancient Order of Foresters in
England has found the admission of
women into its ranks complete sue
cess. There are already seventeen
courts of female Foresters, and this
number is expected to be doubled by
the end of the present year.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, the
sister of the President, is now visiting
the White House for the first long stav
since her brother came into the Presi-
dency the second time. Miss Cleve-
land abominates public life and tries
to escape from it in every way.
"Plaisance suitings" are among the
novelties of the new season. Many
show handsome Persian effects, and in
most cases the background is worn in
two colors with contrasting tint,
forming an overshot figure. New
crepe weaves appear in shot effects.
Charlotte NJ. Younge is tall and
stately, with large brown eyes, light
hair and IA very strong face Her
house is filed with books, even to the
corridor. Among her treasures are
autograph letters from royalty and
children thanking her for her writings.
Miss Aldrich Blake has the signal
distinction of being the first woman to
receive third .honors, with marks quail
flying for a gold medal, III the recent
bachelor science examination of the
University of London. She is a stu.
dent of the London School of Medicine
for Women.
Watches are worn Mt the side again
and are no longer hung up on the chest.
They ought to be put out of sight. A
watch worn as most women wear them
is simply tempting fate and two-thirdf
of the '1osts" in the newspaper column.
are watches, which vanity puts to a
use never intended by the inventor.
Is the would-be swell female attempt.
ing to match her petunia purple cheeks
and magenta street gown? or is she
trying to live up to the chromos in the
prize package papers? In any event
the giddy colors visible under the
fashionable veil would make nature
blush and an Apache turn green with
jealousy. 1t is simply awful.
Capotes are very fiat, with low
crown, OF no crown at all, the only ex-
ception being the Tonkin shape, with
small, peaked crown. Some shapes
have a plain, narrow brim, but the
most novel are Of very soft, supple
felt, which can be bent about, and al.
most draped according to fancy Tn,
same shapes are made of stiff net
covered with plain or fancy velvet.
Miss Mary Clapier Ritchle, OF Phila.
delphia, recently contributed $40, 600
each to the University aud jefferson
College Hospitals, and $1,000 TO the
Philadelphia Home for Incurables, To
provide bed III each for the treat
ment and maintenance OF INDECENT
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