The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-03
EvE-ANGELIcAL CORNER,

Queen Victoria has twenty grandchil-
dren. ...- *. s-......,. rf,..,
A Colorado woman beats the bass drum
for brass band. ,ar ,s~
Those flexible glass dresses haven't ap-
peared yet. ss 5B
Where ten men will cheerfully lay down
their lives for enc woman, only one will
carry her scuttle of coal. T
West Troy, New York, has boat club Of
young women, but they usually take young
men along to do the rowing.
Mrs. John G. Breckenridge contemplates
moving from her old home in Lexington,
KY, to Arkansas in the autumn. 9- 4s
Mamma, Til 60 to church to-day,
Although this is a wilter; g 1882
I'll not pin back my dress SO tight -
And go without my tilter."
Ladies wear neck-ties of black tulle, edged
the frills that finish the neck of muslin and
cambrick dresses. ~
When Canada girl loves she loves like
hand-sngine going to fire. In a breach
ofpromise suit the other day it was shown
that young lady wrote to her lover eight
times per day.
Aumonieres, Or outside pockets, worn a
year or two ago, are again in demand, and
are made of the same material and trim
mings as the dress with which they are to
be used.
A SEA SIDE RoMAUNT.
Eugene, apoet to Amelia:
"Come, sit down on the shelly shore,
And hear the mighty ocean roar"
Amelia, fashionable young lady, to Eugene:
& 1 can't sit down you silly goose
Because I'd bust my pull back loose
--Brookiya Argus
Miss Charlotte Cushman celebrated the
fifty-ninth anniversary of her birthday ON
the 25d ult, by giving party at her resi-
dence at Newport, r. /. The famous
actress is suffering from disease, which
promises to prevent her re-appearance be-
fore the public.
" Let me kiss you for your mother"
Said swell to free of speech
To unprotected maiden
Whom he met upon the beach,
Let me thrash you for my father
Was the maidens quick reply,
AS with ready sun umbrella
She chastised him, hip and thigh.
One of the Siamese Ambassadors, on re-
turning home from Europe, gave the fol-
lowing description of a pianaforte, or, as he
"a lIod n &C ~ .
He said, ga woman sits in front of this,
and, tickling sort Of tail it has with her
toes, produces a variety of sounds by beat
ing rapidly with her fingers on number of
little bits of ivory in front of it."
The tickle goddess has smiled benignant-
ly and continuously upon female sport Of
Eureka, (Cal.) for the last three OF four
weeks, during which time she has won
from single faro bank over S., 900. She is
'blooded, the Sentinel says, and plays the
limits every clatter, and, winning or losing,
invariably maintains the same immobility
Of countenance.
The most fashionable shade for the com
ng winter is apparently to be very dark
sreen-that is, for walking dresses and
lemi- toi'ettes. Silver-gray will also be
much worn. Felt is to retain the popular
ty which it acquired for bonnets last VIM
er. The fayorite trimmings will be the
'strich plumes, small bright-tinted birds,
md wings. The tightly tied-back apron
'versklrt is to be discarded in favor of very
ong tunics nearly touching the ground in
ront looped up at the sides, and slightly
lraped behind. Ladies are no longer to
ook like walking umbrella cases, certain
mount of fullness being restored to the
kirts, and there is even talk of introduc-
ng small-sized crinoline for the bottom of
resses merely.