The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-04-27
NE1EspApER nEcrs1oNa
EVE-ANGE1IgAL CORNER.

Chenille trimming is now in vogue.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is lecturing
in Ohio.
There are 100000 barmaids in Great
Britain.
Satin ribbon is a .favorite trimming for
bonnets.
Silver buttons are now used vn light
woolen dresses.
Pearl buttons are used on nearly all the
new spring dresses.
Very deep shades of yellow are noticed on
many of the new hats.
Black cashmere wraps are noat and lady
like, though not dressy.
Machine stitching is seen on the hand
somest imported garments.
Hair striped and pin-head checked silks
are seen on tho silk counters.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson will make Char
lotte, II. c., her permanent home.
An Indiana woman is a squaw there
fore an Indian baby is a squawling.
Ladies who prefer light shoes wear side
laced CATERS made Of kid and serge.
| Mystere is the name given to o now wool
dress fabric, shot lengthwise with che
nile
| Nearly all the wool stuGs used for ladies' .
dresses pass under the name Of ''camel's-
hair-cloth.''
"Very short in 'front.'" is the imperative
order given By fashionable women to their .
dressmalzers.
The fashionable stockings for children .
are in solid colors-dark ones for every day
wear, and pale e-blue and pink for dress oc-
easions.
Among the new hats there is occasional
| ly seen one trimmed with cardinal red, but
this color is gradually getting into disfa9or
and will soon be considered too common to
| he endured.
| Now is the time to cut a sprig from q IL
lac bush and plant it in u bottle of warm
water if you want TO enjoy the blossoms
several weeks before they appear in. the
natural order.
Empress Eugenie wanted to see Florence
by moonlight; so one night last month tho
obliging Syndic of that city blew out all the
street lamps, and the imperial party went
shiyering TO view the loneliness Of Florence
under the moonbeams.
Admiral Porter's daughter, when she
marries Lieut., Logan May 10th, win have
12 bridesmaids. With white silk and tulle
dresses, whose only ornaments will be pearl
necklaces. There win be no groomsmen to
support the Lieutenant.
There is q great fHreur at present over
bunting for travelling and seaside wear:
| This material is precisely like that of which
| flags are made, is manufactured in almost
every color and shade, and is soft and plia-
Bile. It varies. in prico from 40 to rs cents
yard.
Very many OF the new polonatses have
but one dact and this extends to the edge
of the garment. All are made to fit tho
hips very snugly, and are looped very low
begin at the shoulders instead of under the
arm, and the dress is often buttonAd down
the side.
A new device in the use of flowers has
just come into use in Paris. 1t is the wear
ing of q small bunch Of natural flowers ON
the shoes in place Of the lace and ribbon
rosettes Of few seasons ago. The favorites
are primroses, yellow. on one shoe, purple
on the other, or mixed on both. Violets
are much worn and daisies are just coming
in.
Madame Anna Bishop, tho English cam
tstricc, linguist and traveller, has returned
to England after Il third successful trip {.
around the world. Nine. Bishop is now
the greatest female traveller living, not
excepting the late Ida Pfeiffer. There is
hardly q town worthy Of note in the whole
civilized world that sho has not visited.
and it has been her good fortune to sing be-
fore a greater number ofpeople during her
professional career than any other artist
living. In notice of her last appearance
in South Africa, the Cape argus of No.
vember 18th says: When it is remembered
that Nine. Bishop has been prominent
figure in the musical world since 1859,
when with Grisi, Garcia, Tamburni and
Lablache she appeared in the Royal italian
Opera House, one is lost in amazement at
the power and sweetness of voice and the
delicate organization which she displayed
last night in Norma. She has travelled in
most all parts of the world i'm Amefica
and Australia her name is as we'll known as
in Europe. She has been shipwrecked ands
ships and dangers she retains her great
power.-BostOn Transcript.