Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-04
Washington Letter.
Bal Masque-Thc DestitutiOn, Want,
Etc, at the Capital-A Pretty WO.
man-EaIse Hair, All About 1t,
Etc, Etc.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. March IS,


TO the Editor Of the l4rant Courier:
One Of the prettiest entertainments oul
city has seen this winter was bal naasqu,
given just before Lent came in, for ''swee
Charity's sake The costumes were sc
dailty and unique that must mention !;
few. A Daughter of the Regimen was
perhaps the flower of the evening, the i'm
perso"ator being little and fair and tina!
character is always charming from associa.
ton. \ ''Folly'' was also very attractive.
trimmed and ornamhnted most elaborately
with tiny jingling be,s, which gave tleil
wearer music wherever she went. like
Mother Goose's Old woman who wore
'Iings on her fingers aid bells on her toes. -
'Queen OF Heartr'' wore an azure robe
covered with golden hearts, and ''Flower
Girl'' was wreatled and festooned with
blossoms, carrying 4 basket OF the same
slung round her neck bya ribbon. A
Japanese Grip and .'Indian Princess
were appropriately attired, and Monks,
Bo-peeps, Ghosts and Romeos abonnded.
Some amusement was created by the sUg-
gestive sight of a gossamer-winged angel
dancing Will, d ho6fed, horned and fork
tailed Mephistopheles.
Perhaps no city in The. Union has so
many unemployed people rs the national
Capital. | clip the following which is apt
and hardly exaggerated, from Buffalo
journal --e-------z-----
''The city of Washington is full Of half
starved iders. The men are driven into
crime, and courts art crowded with Grim
nal business: the woIlcn are driven to beg
ging or what is wors". 50 that the city this
winter is Il vast colony Of INDECENT people.
and in population of 100000 nearly 10
per cent. die without employment and
without means. One cannot walk three
blocks here at night without meeting 1T
least one, and often several respectable
lookin" white people who ask for a penny.
as they say, to buy bread. They are gen
orally women well-dressed and good look
ing. who have been driven to this pitiable
condition by loss Of employment. You
seldom see white person on the street
begging in the day time, but colored beg
gars are numerous. and Washington is fast
approaching Rome in numbers of its laz-
zaront."
Mrs. Representative Willis has been cali
ed the handsomest society lady here this
winter, and she is really beautiful to look
at, but she is only rs a wax doll is beauti-
full. Her teeth are white, her face is fair,
her features regular and her color good;
but her face lacks expression, and she is
very conscious of admiration. One OF her
attractions to me is the simplicity of the
style Of hsir-dressing she adopts-her own
hair in pain braided loops with front
waves. Speaking OF this reminds me Of
some statistics saw lately regarding false
hair. Paris alone ''cGnsrImes" more than
all Of the available capillary crop of France,
and Marseilles deals Will Spain, the Orient,
and the two Siciies for 40 tons Of dark hair
annually, from which 5000 chignons are
made up. France makes up $50, 600 pieces
every year, England being her best custom
er. but America almost as good. Much
more ..dead hair" is used in these than
slive," but the term so used does not al
ways signify coming from the graves.
though in cities many pauper corpses are
despoiled of their hair before burial and.
besides, as it is a well known fact that hui
man hair frequently grows 20 great length
after death, collins are sometimes rified for
this ghostly growth. But ssdead hair" in
cludes also com',lngs, clippings Of Barber
shops, worn Jut curls, faded switches, Sc.
The rag ,,lckers of every city, both at
home and abroad, value nothing short ofa
g,,id ring or silver spoon, so much as clots
OF combings, however snarled and dirty,
for they always sell readily. They are
washed With bran and potash, carded.
sifted, classetl, sorted and !cClored and
made into the cheap '.ironts,'' pufis, curls
and chignons that abound in the market.
These are all established facts, and aren't
tney enough to make our ladies, if they
only knew them, discard all hair save what
grows On the own devoted pates? st,.5@
E -. ADAMS.