Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1893 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

“The Rev; - Mrs. Emily Woodruff was brdained as pastor of a Congre national chureh. aL Jainestowh, N. Y., on a recent Sunday. Miss Benfrey, a Chicago elocutionist, memorizes an entire novel or play and assumes each character in her readings. i 1 A scientific authority has just'* given out that.a woman’s beautjr arrives at its maximum only after* she has passed her thirtieth year. Miss Herbert, the daughter of theSecretary of the Navy, who presides oyer her father’s home, is the youngest lady in the Cabinet circle. A LITTLE GIRL'S COAT. The fashionable small girl's coat mav be a thing of beauty both inside and out. A coat recently seen was of bengaline, with a full pelerine of white Angora fttr. H was made .rather full, with large sleeves finished with a cuff. The bengaline was of a creamy white tint, the cuffsand ribbon bow in light blue. It was-JlnedjffiitlL-asoft blue brocaded silk, with a design of white daisies.

■ The buttons which fastened the coat in front were of light blu# enamel, encased in silver rims. The hat was of cream white felt. The flaring brim was outlined with a band of Angora fur and the crown was smothered with loops of pals blue ribbon. When the weather ber comes too warm for the fur pelerine, then it is to be replaced by four graduated capes of blue bengaline, each one finished with a tiny ruffle of rare old lace. The , Association of “Colonial Dames” has been in existence for some time in one or two of the. Middle Slates and in Rhode Island, and has recently been organized in Massachusetts. Among the conditions of membership is ability to give names in full of six ancestors in America for six generations back respectively (mentioning incidentally any acts of public benefit one or more of them have performed.) The Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs has 1100 members. Mrs. Sarah Kipple, of Scranton, Pa..has enjoyed her pipe for seventynine years, and thinks it soothes many of the ills of life. She is in her ninety-ninth year. ■ Marshy N. Lyles, a colored woman of Sylvania, Ga., has begun the pursuit of learning at the local school. She is seventy years old. Boston, always advanced, has discovered still another profession for women. Mrs. Julia Brown has opened an undertaking establishment there. The “Golden Rose” of virtue will be bestowed this year by the Pope upon the Archduchess Margaret of Austria, niece of the Emperor and abbess of a convent near Prague. The magnificent vestments worn by Mr. Irving as the Archbishop in “Becket” were designed by Mrs. Cornyns Carr. They are said to be the most splendid ever worn by him.

COAT OF CREAM-WHITE BENGALINE.