The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-24

Mrs. George Gould's new diamond
tiara cost $50, 900.
Elize Lamay is n successful shoe
maker, in Lewiston, Me.
Lady Randolph Churchill is still
the best lady skater in London.
1t is said that Madame Zola will not
read a word of her husbands books
Papantala, town in the State of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, has an orchestra
composed entirely of women, under a
woman leader.
Cora May Carroll, of independence,
Mo-, will be the first woman to grad.
uate from the Law School of the Mis-
souri, State University.
The Austrian Empress Elizabeth
amused herself while in Naples re-
Gently by buying up the entire stock
of toy store and distributing it
among a crowd of delighted children.
Mrs. Mary E. G.. Dow, of Dover, N.
H., has proved her ability to manage
a street railway, and, to the satisfac-
tion of stockholders, has turned over
to them very acceptable and most sur
prising dividends.
Lieutenant Andre, tho Swedish Off
Ger who is to attempt to go the North
Pole in q balloon, has received appli-
cations from more than score of
Swedish women who wish to join him
m his perilous trip.
Mrs. Martha Beers, clever stem
ographer in Boston, has invented a
collapsible theatre hat, which can be
folded into a small and almost invis-
ible compass while on the head by
simply pulling a string.
Miss Helen Holmes, of Kingston,
Mass, was recently elected Superin-
tendent of Schools In that town by the
School Committee. This is snid to be
the first town in Massachusetts, to put
woman into this Office.
The City Council of Augusta, Ga,
has elected DR.. Sophia Z. Davis a..city
physician. Miss Davis is of a good
North Carolina family, has thorough
medical education, and has been prac-
ticing in Augusta for some years.
The first woman member of the bar
of West Virginia has been licensed in
the Circuit Court. She is Mrs. Agnes
]. Morris, wife of a practicing at
torney, eud Is graduate of the law
department of the West Virginia Uni
versity.
Two young women, Christian En-
deavorers, in q Maine city have gone
to live in the slums of the city, earn
ing their own living and by precept
and example inculcating lessons of
thrift, economy and religion among
their neighbors.
Mrs. Cadwalader Guild, On Ameri-
can sculptress in Berlin, has received
! from the German Government an order
for two statues to adorn the new post
office at Magdeburg, and the German
sculptors protest against the order be-
ing given to q foreigner.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts is very
fond of all kinds of animals and birdie,
and at her Highgate home she has an
extraordinary collection of them.
Goats, llamas, ponies, donkeys, night
ingales, parrots, robins and variety
of others are among her pets, and all
share her favor.
At most large country places, like
those of Miss Gould, Mrs. Astor, and
Mrs. Levi P. Morton, where house.
parties are held all the summer, a room
for the accommodation of bicycles,
with servants to clean and burnish
them, is as much a matter of necessity
as stables and 8rooms.
Antonio de Navarro, husband of
"MarY Anderson" has an interesting
collection of photographs of his wife
in room in their home at TunbridgC
Wells. They represent her in all the
parts she has played, and Mr.. dc
Navarro has arranged them to make q
frieze around the entire room.