The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-03
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tionery.
Old plated ware relics are sometimes
valuable as copies of designs in solid
old silver.
Nine. Felix Faure, the wife of the
new President of France, is an ao-
complished musician.
The average woman, it is said, is as
proud of the trouble she has with her
hired girl as she is of her bonnet.
An intelligent face and sweet
smile will do more execution at short
range than features of merely physi-
cal beauty.
Mrs. Margaret Deland, author of
'John Ward, Preacher" was born in
Pittsburg and now lives in pretty
home in Boston.
There is n great demand for silver
trays, the smaller the better. These
are used for every purpose, but par
ticularly on the toilet table.
Among the conspicuous novelties
are the long silver chains. Many OF
them are punctured here and there
with turquoise and pearl ornaments.
In the country districts Japanese
women work in the fields like those of
continental Europe. This goes far to
account for their strength and good
health
Several towns in Russia have elected
women for Mayors, on the ground
that they we're best fitted to be in
trusted with the interests of the COM
munity.
The Girton team, of Cambridge,
England, played a match of hockey
with Alexander College, the woman's
college of Dublin University, and the
game was a draw.
A cooking school teacher says that
there is no better. manicure than
kneading bread. 1t develops, whitens
and. strengthens the hands, and goes
far toward identifying them.
Among the novelties recently i'm
ported are ready made accordion
pleated China silk skirts, with gradu-
Rted pleats arranged so as to give very
little fullnees over the tips.
Black lace over white moire or satin,
white lace over black, or white over
white, are favorite trimmings foI black
gowns, but rarely it is that there is
seen lace trimming upon white COS
tune.
During the past year Lady Henry
Somerset attended 115 meetings and
twenty-seven conferences she travelled
upward of 5000 miles, and spoke in
twenty different countries to about
200, 900 people.
In the Pioneer, a woman's club in
London, members are addressed by
their numbers, and this is thought to
be a wise way of obliterating social
distinctions. 1t generally has that
effect among convicts.
The fashion of doing away with bon
net and hat strings, brought about by
the high ohokers the women wear,
renders two hat pins necessary. On
these there is no limit to the richness
of material and workmanship.
One of the most noteworthy con-
tractors of Boston is Mrs. d. Henry
Gram. She is Boston born and bred
and is a young woman of charming
personality. She is a member of the
Professional Woman's League of that
city.
Ribbed, striped, heather-mixed,a and
fancy checked woolens will be shown
in greater variety than ever next sea-
son, and the color-scheme will bring
out new shades in petunia, pinkish
fawns, rosy violets, grays, green's and
browns.
A bracelet "wool holder" in gold or
silver is among tie latest novelties.
1t consists of a chain attached to the
bracelet, on the other end of which is
hook through which ball of wool
is thrust, thereby preventing its roll.
ing away.
No fabric is so popular as crepon,
and this, fortunately, is within reach
of the many at moderate prices in very
good quality. 1t is combined with
velvets and silks and often used entire.
ly for bodices, with accentuations of
silk and velvet.
An accomplished woman whose
stories are popular finds comfort in
the fact that if it were necessary for
her to earn her own living, she could
do so either as a stenographer, type.
writer, photographer, or, best of
all, she says, as cook.
Wellesley girls may add lacrosse to
their list of outdoor sports. Miss
Hills, the director of physical culture
at the college, fnvors the idea, and has
invited the manager of the Harvard
lacrosse team to confer with her on
the advisability of the innovation.
Black satin, silk or moire gowns are
fashionably trimmed with ruches that
are lined with white, amber, tan, fawn,
rose or other colored satin or silk.
One or three ruehes may edge a skirt,
and similar ornamentation may be
applied upon the waist and sleeves.
Mary n Murfree, whose pen name
is Charles Egbert Craddock, is a native
of Tennessee, where the scenes of her
stories of mountain life have been
laid, and has always been a cripple.
Her first story, "Ihe Dancin' Party at
Harrison's Cove, appeared in 1878.
The very latest feather boa is much
shorter than those that have been
worn, reaching only to the waist. 1t
is attached to a collar formed of little
ostrich tips graduated in size and
turning outward from the throat,
where thsy are attached to an invisi-