The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-07-25
IDAHO CITY. THURSDAY. JULY %, 1879.
THE NAUGHTY DEARs.

Fannie Howell writes in the July number
Of "Scribners Monthly" an entertaining
story about those of her own sex who become
smugglers. She says:
Women are frequently smugglers of fine
iaces, but rarely of jewels. On the arrival
at New York of the Italy, however, some val
liable jewels were recently seized, having been
found in quilted underskirt. A quiet-looking
frau, recently landed from Bremen, had a
double-quilted petticoat filed with Shetland
shawls, caps and stockings. Another on the
WeStphaliG had quantity of the finest silk
bindings, two silk dress patterns, two dozen
silver spoons, dozen silver forks, and eight
pieces of silk galloon quilted into skirt of
serge. A companion On the same steamer had
seventy three bundles of sewing silk and twenty
nine pairs of kid gloves secreted on her person
-scarcely concealed, however, as the foolish
Fraulein had tied strong cords about her hips,
and the snugged articles were suspended in
such way that she was scarcely able to reach
the dock
The muf is a very desirable cover for
smuggling laces. An English woman recent
ly landing from one of the Inman steamers,
had the cotton moved from her mutf, and its
place filled with valuable laces. The muf
was strapped to her person, where it stood tor
cmb0np0int In one petticoat of this lady were
found gloves in quantity; in the facings of her
Dress CIGARS and in the voluminous gathers
of Il second petticoat were meerschaum pipes in
sections.
A French woman extravagantly dressed,
and moving suspiciously, was invited into the
room of the inspectress recently Her petit
coat proved to be nine yards of superior black
velvet, one selvedge being gathered into a
hon nd ,rh, h,Is hnl nf
Pontos silk The facing of the velvet petit.
coat, which was put on with the incest care-
was well padded with Chantiy laces, cunning
ly run together; and the ruffie on the bottom
of this imperial under-garment consisted of
five rows of rich Chantilly fiouncing, caught to-
gether, quite likely, in the hope that it would
be taken torsone piece. An immense seizure
of English en-faced watches has recently
been made upon the person of well-appear
ing American woman, who had them neatly
encased in the tucks of heavy flannel petit
coat.
Sometimes the German women seek to eVade
the tariff dues IN tie most awkward manner;
as witness the stupidity of hanging nine watch
chains around ones neck, with n valuable
watch at the end of each chain. Frau Stumpf
said she had been told that watches were worn
by the passengers and the officers did not take
them.
A desperate looking woman coming on one
of the English steamers lately, on being exam
ined. presented an amusing spectacle, with n
silver cake.basket lashed to each hip, and two
large dress-patterns festooned as filling"
there and thereabouts. On being detected
this woman. in terrible rage, drew knife on
the Iuspectrcss.
Some of the expedients are of course, very
amusing A spiritual little French woman had
on her husbands red flannel drawers, and
these were tied in pufs here and there. On
being "unpacked" there came forth a Bohe
mian glass toilet set, two dozen salt-cellars,
three dozen silver spoons. three dozen silver
forks, several little articles of bijouterie in
bronze and crystal and some fine Swiss wood
carvings; all of which were put up in the
softest tissue paper and paper shavings, that
they might not strike against each other.
When the little body was unloaded no one
laughed more heartily than she.