Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-12-30
FASHION NOTES,

The latest idea Is to have the lnstcp OF
the ladies' boots padded, 50 as to give the
high arched appearance which is so very
much admired.
Ladies will dress very plainly this win
ter. Black will be the customary wear
for the street. The reaction from shoddy.
ism in s'ciety has been so great that there
is danger Of absuriity in the other extreme.
Remember IN medias res, ladies'.
Tortoise shell jewclry will be worn by
gentlemen with business suits this winter.
1t is neat, pretty and una>suming. For
full dress, plain dead gold is the proper
thing.
The handsome India shawls are being
worn made into a clo.c fitting sack or
double cape. which can be done without
cutting or injuriny the shawl. Liiics
prefer this way oi wearing them. as u
shawl folded in the old style can hardly be
worn gracefully with the present style Of
large panlers aud looped skirts.
Egyptian women are to be unveiled,
hereafter. saysthe Khe live.
Among the neS ia hionable colors arc
prune, putty, paS,ilc, drab aud apricot
A LADY rRlNrER--The following is
from the Seymour (Inii,nD I'mrS:-
Miss Lulie A. Monroe, the pet dau ,h,er
Of the wrctchcl hciitor, of this paper,
becoming disguised with the trnop Of gen
tlemanly rowing and unstable printers
whom we have cmploycd during the past
few months, swapping one for another.
every few days or weeks, cleared the last
one out last week, and ndlc,ermned to do all
the work herself. Every type in this
issue was set by her nimble fingers. includ-
ing the new advertisements, since our last
issue, and sho has three columns over for
tho paper next week. Aud besides all this,
she did big washing, read about fifty
newspapers, and took two days recreation
at the Mitchell Fair; aud this active and
spunky little printeress, declares her in.
tention to set the whole paper herself
hereafter" An indianapolis paper won-
ders what the appreciativc father was doing
while all this work was being performed
1t seems fair, at least, that he should as
sumo the weeks washing himself in future.
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AN honest back woodsman, unacquainted
with the elegant phrases of the day, re.
Gently went into store at Columbia, s. c.,
to purchase bill of groceries. Stepping
up to the keeper Of the store, he began
with:
Have you got any sugar?"
"We hain't got anything else," was the
reply; ;,
fifty pounds, AMI make out your bill, I'll
call and settle and get the sugar in an hour
or so."
In on hour or two after this, the gen.
tlemau called, paid his bill and got the su-
gar. As usual, the shopkcepcr said:
want anything else ?"
did want three or four bags of coffee,
some rice, spices, oils, ETC., but I got them
at another store. You told me you didn't
have anything else"
Nor FOR KAIsER-The German Lib.
erals Of Chicago recently held an indigna.
tion meeting at which they refused to
accept the miserable pittance of 1900
thalers thrown them by Kaiser William
OF Germany as n return for their ma.nan.
imous a subscription towards the soldiers
wounded and families bereaved during the
Franco Prussian war These men, more
over, started subscription in aid Of the
maimed and crippled soldiers Of Germany.
some subscribing literally, and Intend
sending the funds with the l 500 thalers
to Germany. at once.
H@r a Salt Lake dispatch says q num-
ber Of well.knowu poly are making
arrangements to send away their plural
wives, should the forthcoming trials go
against them. Nobody believes that any
Of weIl-to.do Mormons think of abani.
on'"g their present homes and property
because Of the enforcement Of the law