The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-03
THE RIVER f S.
FRIPPERY AND FOLLY.

She read all the books Of science.
Her fingers were covered with ink.
She hooted at marriage alliance,
She talked Of the missing link.
She quoted savants and preachers
OF greater or less renown-
PIatonic in all her features,
She got mashed on a circus clown.
Some one inquiries 'Where have all the
ladies' belts gone ~ Gone to waist long ago.
White serge and cricketing flannel dresses,
trimmed with black or ark-colored cashmere
or velvet, are q great deal worn.
Knit hoods are hand made and of coarse
silk, or embroidery silk of light colors, and
lined with silk of the same shade, generally
pale blue.
Religion is not a dark lantern arrange
ment, sending out an occasional flicker, only
to confuse and beWilder the one sitting in
darkness.
The fashionable ladies Of New York are
now puzzling their ingenious brains for some
novelty in entertainments to grace the COM
ing season.
Portugal and Russia are about to be con-
nected by a tender tie. The heir to the For
tuguese throne is engaged to marry one of
the Cars nieces.
The fashion of tying a length Of gauze veil
around the neck with a large bow in front is
becoming popular. The length is usually
one yard and a half.
An exchange tells of an old lady in Ken
lucky, ninety-fve years of age, who walked
| five miles to a circus and then saved so cents
by crawling under the canvass.
The woman in Persia are obliged to ride IN
a railroad car alone, and pass their fare out
through q hole il the roof. There isn't a
living soul to firt with except the driver.
The latest case of display in New York is
an $8, 900 bonnet. It is described as "a mo-
del Of quiet taste, being Of dark, rich, ma
roon plush, with little other trimmings than
diamonds"
For ball and evening party dresses q novel
ty in gold and silver tinsel brocade, has a
shaded white ground and surface figures rep
resenting ferns, cat-tail flags and palm
branches.
A Galveston woman, just married, wishing
to impress her husband with her ability as a
housekeeper. bawled out to the servant as she
entered the door: "Matildy, bring me the
washboard, I want to wash the potatoes for
dinner"
The first hat of q new fashion for ladies
is not the result of any particular design.
One is finished plain and then sat down upon
by the head milliner. Whatever shape it may
take under the pressure is adopted as the
style and becomes the pattern for others.
Finger rings have sometimes several bars
caught with a small mouse. Moonstones,
cats eyes and engraved colored stones are al
very fashionable, either set alone or sur
rounded with diamonds. Turquoise, butter.
fly and horseshoe designs, with pearls, are
very pretty, and may be had from So 5 up.
The Princess Della Rocca, Heine's niece,
who will soon publish a book about the pub
lie life Of the poet, has had a romantic life
Her father was a broker in Hamburg. She
was beautiful and accomplished, and at {
very early age married a Dutch merchan
who failed in business, and soon after died
She tried keeping q small shop, but after
wards engaged as companion to an arisio
cratic foreign lady sojourning in Hamburg
She accompanied her to London, and soor
obtained a like situation in the family of tht
Duchess Of Sutherland, where her grace ant
musical accomplishments gave her social pc.
sition, and where the Prince Della Rocco
saw her, loved her and won her.
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