The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-03-02

A great many buttons appear on all
the new suits.
| Fancy feathers are worn more than
ostrich tips and plumes.
| Coquettish little bows of ribbon and
lace are worn in the hair.
One of the newest fabrics is of camel's
hair, interviewer with feather-down.
Smyrna lace is the fashionable trim
ming of the moment for under-clothing.
Hamburg embroideries are cheaper
and more used than ever for trimming
under-clothing.
Sky blue and myrtle green is fash
ionable combination for evening dresses.
Marine and ink blue, myrtle green.
and seal brown are popular colors for
kid gloves.
An exquisite new shade of blue for
fancy silk stockings is called moon
| light-on-the-air.
Buckles of gold, silver, jet and steel
are used in trimming hats again.
Some of the latest importations of
Paris suites are simply long princess
polonaises, Topped very low down in the
back, and have one deep founce put on
at the bottom in such manner as to
simulate an underskirt.
Some of the handsomest imported
French suits have the underskirt of
cambria of the color of the polonaise,
with deep flounces of wool serge or silk
set on at the bottom. In these suits
there is always finish of velveteen,
silk or serge put around the bottom,
under the lowermost founce. Holbein
green is new shade of this popular
color.
Cardinal-red kid gloves are seen on
some of the glove-counters, and the
statesmen say few ladies call for them.
They are stitched with white or black
on the back of the hand in three triple
rows.
The most fashionable couture at the
moment is catagan loop waterfall of
waved hair, falling on the neck and in
closed in large meshed silk-braid net,
which covers all the back of the head
with puffs and is fastened on the top
with bow of ribbon. Another bow of
ribbon is placed in the .nape of the neck,
just above the catagan loop. The net is
of cardinal red, or blue, green or brown
silk braid, and is called the "Lucca" or
the "Massaniello." The front hair is
crimped, waved, or banged in this style
of couture.
The AMERICAN BABY.-Save your pity
for the unhappy little traveller. Ameri-
can born and white, who is abandoned
to the tender mercies of nurses. He
will be dressed too tightly, perhaps,
drugged with soothing syrup Tor worse),
slapped if he cries, and left alone in
the dark. He will ride in his carriage
with the sun in his eyes, if it is sunny,
and with arms and hands uncovered and
half frozen if it is cold. Flies will be
allowed to tickle his little fat no Sc, and
pins to stick into his tender back. The
strings of his absurd lace cap will choke
him till he is black in the face; and he
will nearly break his neck falling over
the arm of Bridget when she wants to
gossip with crony. His troublesome
clothes will be twiched down and jerked
around; and he will be laid down, set
up, turned over, and arranged any way
most convenient to her. Above all, If
he dares open his mouth to complain
of any of these tortures, his delicate lit
tie body will be trotted on her hard
knees till it will be nothing short of a
miracle if his precious little life is not
worried out of him.
The calm Oriental baby in his tray or
basket; the Chinese baby in his cage;
the baby of Burmah. naked or wrapped
in silks, smoking at two and married at
ten; the baby of the Cradle" and the
Founding Asylum of Paris; the Lima
baby in its hammock, and the stolid
Indian papoose on its boards-each and
every one is happier and better off than
our poor little mother abandoned
American baby left to ignorant and
careless nurses.
The "mother baby"-the happy little
traveller who is not left to the mercies
of nurse, whose throne is his mothers
arms, whose pillow is soft, and whose
needs are wisely met--he is the hap
piest of all. Fair, fat and hearty. the
sorrows of babyhood come not near
him. He truly is the one "born with
silver spoon in his mouth.-.St. Nicholas.
CLEANSING OLD IRON WATER PIPES
AT ELGIN.-A short time ago the Com