Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-10-04
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Catharine Parr Trail is yet writing
books, although she is ninety-twc
years of age.
Men no longer offer their arm to
ladies in handing them from dining to
drawing room.
An active agitation is carried on at
Vienna, Austria. in favor Of the higher
education of women.
A new fad of society girls is to col
lect the little bows from the hatbands
OF their gentlemen friends.
Susan B. Anthony is not radical in
appearance. She dresses very quietly
and has very motherly ways.
Tweeds in varied qualities and new
styIish color schemes occupy promi-
nent place among autumn dress goods.
Violet and lavender hold their own
remarkably we'll as fashionable col.
ors. The former continues to lead in
Paris.
The Princess of Wales has tea SER
vice set of sixty pieces. and each piece
is decorated with photograph which
she took herself in Scotland.
New waists are made with very
short basque skirts that turn out
abruptly from the waist.line and are
slightly ruffied around the edge.
Among the Colonial danes and
maidens embroide,ing the family coat.
of-arms or crest is what may be called
fashionable fancy work in public.
Mile. Jeanne Benaken, licentiate OF
philosophy at Paris, took her bache.
lor's degree at the age of sixteen-al-
most an unprecedented feat in Euro
pean universities.
Artificial flowers are much the vogue
on dancing gowns. A Partisan frock
recently seen was of violet glace silk
with the short puffed sleeves made en-.
tirely of pink rosebuds.
Princess Stephanie, the widow of
Rudolph of Austria, is ono of the most
daring woman mountaineers in Eu.
rope, and has made several extremely
perilous Alpine ascents.
The eightieth birthday of Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton will be appro.
priately celebrated by the National
Council of Women at the metropolitan
Opera House, New York City.
Medium and lightweight crepons,
plain and with colored stripes and
dots, will remain in fashionable favor,
but they will not reach the universal
popularity they enjoyed this season.
1t is not correct to have pockets in
the up.to-date dress skirt. Therefore,
the pocket handkerchief is something
produced from the most unexpected
places on the person of the young wo.
man.
The mother of Mrs. Jack Gardner,
the famous Boston society leader, is
the second wife of Bierstadt, the ar
tist Her first husband left her for
tune, which he made in the candy
trade.
1t is said that Mary L. Wilkins has
an extremely immature, girlish hand
writing, which was great drawback
to getting her manuscripts accepted
when she first began to write for the
press.
A hat ina modified sailor shape is
trimmed with loops of very wide rib
bon that stand upright on either side
of the crown. The entire front is
covered by wreath of roses with
foliage.
Radical changes in tho style OF
coiffure are predicted for the autumn
by Paris papers that have space for
such important announcements. And,
it is further stated, "false hair is com.
ing back"
Fans are much smaller than hereto
fore, and the most fashionable are the
pretty Empire air. -givers mounted on
tortoise-shell sticks of yellow. Others
are embroidered very finely with baby
ribbon, in Louis XIV. styles, and il.
Illuminated with spangles.
Very charming waists are developed
OF the gorgeous silks in which are com.
mingled the French and Roman col.
ors, but they are not intended for
women Of forid complexion. The
Oriental silk crepons Of Eastern de.
signs produce very much softer and
prettier harmonies.
Pale green is popular color this
season. Gowns and hats, cloaks and
toques, evening frocks and street suits
share the craze. Tho tint never ap.
pears to better advantage, though,
than when used as foundation color
for the open work linens and lawns
that enjoy favor equal to its own.
New waterproof cloaks OF red, black
and mixed colors are piped with white,
giving an extremely smart effect. One
quito perfect in it's way is OF fawu
color, piped with white. It is of ul
ster pattern, with enormous armholes
to its sleeves, and boasts velvet COL
lar and mammoth mother .of-pearl
buttons.
Of thirty applicants examined for
the position OF library cataloguer aud
clerk for the Agricultural Department..
Washington, ID. O.. all the men failed
to pass while only Ave of the sixteen
women failed. Secretary Morton has
appointed Miss e. B. Wales, OF Chi
cago, clerk, and Miss G. +. Leonard,
of the Albany State Library, cata
loguer.
The first woman in America to de.
mand naturalization papers was Mrs.
Elizabeth Cryer, who showed q cer-
tifcate dated at Omaha, Nebraska
Territory, February IA, 1856. She is
also believed to be tho first woman to