The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-05-03
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EvE-ANaELIcAI CORNER.


Russian lace will be favorite trimming
for summer dresses.
I The Wellington is a jaunty, new, short
skirted walking dress.
I There are now seventy two postmistress-
es in the United States.
Some of the handsomest summer dresses
are made with kilt skirts. .-H) bass
In the spring woman's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of hats. aff
Many new dresses have large collars en-
tirely covering the shoulders.
White will be more generally worn this
summer than for long time.
Instead Of clasps, flowers are used to
fasten necklaces and bracelets.
Inmates of the Stewart Hotel for Wom-
en- are not allowed to have pets.
Croquetting and coquettiug will soon
occupy the spare time of the tender sex.
Dressy polonaises, with jacket fronts and
tight-fitting backs have been introduced.
An English girl says that men given to
brutal pleasures are not those who dance.
Miss Braddon is struggling through her
forty-second year and her thrty-second
novel.
'sA good resolution is like good um-
brella." You generally put it up when
yol are dry. ....z ,.- -.....
The latest novelty is bracelet that Ats
any arm, and when passed over the hand
instantly adjusts itself to the wrist.
Gail Hamilton thinks 1T no impeachment
of ones sagacity to be a daughter, sister or
friend, but says it is a dreadful iudorse-
ment for one to marry man. =.
The new short costume which the Bazaar
hopes TO make popular, consists of four
pieces, the cutaway jacket, TIE waistcoat,
the scarf and plated skirt with hip yoke.
The wife of Colonel Polk. just removed
from the Office of Doorkeeper of the House, .
was the largest slave holder in Missouri
when the war broke out. Emancipation
made the family poor ;1s .ssaFl
A gossiping woman intent on slander
went into a neighbor's and.cxclaimed, as
she threw herself into chair: -s One-halfL
the world don't know how the other half
lives.''1 "That isn't your fault" quietly
responded the neighbor. s 'sT eo.
Charles Harak Of Rushville, Ind. is 70
years old, but he wooed girl of IS with so
much vigor that, after long hesitation, she
promised TO marry him. They were to
meet on q certain day in the County
Clerks Office and have the ceremony per-
formed. In the meantime Harak's son,
aged 81, took fancy to the girl and had
no difficulty in winning her away from
his father. The young couple went to the
county clerks Office at an earlier hour than
The appointed one, and when the old man
arrived they were already married They
asked his blessing, but didn't get it.
Miss Sarah H. Leggett proposes to open
in New York rival, in a small way, to
Stewards Women's Hotel. Miss Leggett
will supply board and the usual hotel ac
commodations to women for $4 a week, be-
sides providing for the free use of her
guests sewing machines and choice IL
brary. This comes nearer to what is re-
quired by working women. Ladies who
receive an ordinary salary can afford TO
pay 81 week 70: a home, and there is no
reason why it should cost them more than
that sum.
The lady who attacted the most atten-
tion at a recent fancy dress ball IN London
Young America. She wore
blue satin boots @ith silver buttons,
short white satin skirt over which was
gracefully draped silk American flag,
caught up on one side by metal eagle!
The bodice was blue silk covered with
silver stars, over which was very effect
i've metal cuirass, on the front of which was
the American shield with prominent .ea-
gle. For ornaments she wore bracelets
and a necklace of gold dollars, very neatly
made. On her head she wore a crown, of
thirteen stars in. brilliants, her hair hang
ing down her back. The lady was Miss
Kate Field. The costume was designed by
herself rat= ~ tess +. .se -.-,s,,
A good story is told of a, Washington
belle who il noted for her wit. She is the
daughter of a distinguished Judge, and at
q recent dinner party was seated next 10
gentleman who had recently lost a case be-
fore her father, and who took, occasion to
refer to him in terms any ything but cOmpli-
mentary. An awful pause in the conver-
sation indicated that something was
wrong, when he turned to the lady at his
side and expressed hope that the judge
was. no relation of hers. To the great
OF those present she replied
"Oh, no; only a connection of rny moth
er's by marriage" A laugh could not be
and the gentleman came slowly
to the conclusion that the judges family
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