Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1893 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

London supports forty vegetarian restaurants m which cereals, fruits and vegetables are the only things sold. Miss May Yates, the Secretary of the London Vegetarian Society, is coming to America to convert us to that sort of nonsense. The Qpeen of the Belgians is reputed to be one of the best living performers on the harp. When recently her chief lady in waiting became a nun the Queen, as sponsor, presented the postulant at the altar and then played a solo on the harp, to the great delight of the sisters who thronged the convent.

Miss Bascom, who has just won her degree of Ph. D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University, has had many offers to teach her specialty in schools, and colleges, and has finally accepted a chair in a college in Columbus, Ohio. She has just returned to Baltimore from a scientific trip to the mountains of Virginia. One of the pretty summer waists is made of a pale green chambray trimmed with narrow white washable ribbon. The upper part is es-

fectively draped with a pelernie arranged in folds. About the waist is a belt of green ribbon laid in folds i>nd fastened with a white-ribbon rosette. The Maharanee of Mysore, who has lately died, was a remarkable woman. At the ago of ten she resolved to obtain the best possible education. She Insisted on joining her brother in his studies, and mastered Sanskrit. Canarese and MarathL She coult also paint and was a fair musician. She was the fourth wife of the Maharajah. and was for some time virtually tne ruler of Mysore. - The women in South Carolins State liquor dispensaries are to re ceive the munificent salary of $2.54 a week, and work from 7 to 6. A pretty Outdoor costume for i little girl is shown in the illustra tion. The bonnet may be made ii muslin, percale, pique or silk. I has a deep cape and the ruffle whicl overarches the brow has shirring be yond it in an effect imitating th< “old-tim” calflsh. The crown is full

The coat has full sleeves and short cuff. The skirt falls in straigh folds from the top and has a deej ruffle of darned jiet above it. Th materials include all the light weigh woolens, as also striped or plai silk, cashmere gt the spotted Indi or China silk. A trailing ribbd decorates the back. The colar flat and square. ,

A BONNET OF THE HOUR.