The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-01-23
EvE-ANGELIcAL CORNER.

Vassar college has three Japanese la adies
among its students.
Architecturally speaking, Sara Bernhadt
is the minaret of the stage.
It's wise bird that knows its own feath-
er when tie milhner gets hold of it.
The newest buttons are concave in shape
and painted by hand in artistic designs.
Hope springs eternal In the spinster's
thought, man never is, but always TO be,
caught.
Silk with jet beads, interviewer in the
fabric comes for combining with black satin
and velvet.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has rented
Washington house that for merly belonged
to Senator Sargent. -,-
The widow of Agassiz was the first wo.
man to cast her vote in Boston at the re-
cent municipal election.
Let the Adam monument be erected and
place upon it in letters foot high "He
never growled at his wife's millinery
bills"
Rosa Bonheur recently paid 5000 francs
for lion for the purpose of painting its
portrait in picture for next years Paris
Salon.
The worst case of selfishness on record is
that Of youth who complained because his
mother put a larger mustard plaster on his
younger brother than she did on him.
Susan B. Anthony puts on a 800 silk
dress, dons her cora. jewelry, holds her 81
kid shoes to the fire and howls: Women
demand the comforts of life."
Handsome fichus to brighten up dark
dresses for evening are of silk and brocade
in shield shape, edged with point d'esprit
lace and finished with knot of ribbon.
How is it, in fashionable weddings, that
we always have a catalogue of the brides
wearing apparel, while we never hear of the
groom having so much as a pair of nsw
socks.
Fern mats, made of layer upon layer of
pressed ferns, arranged in circle and hav-
ing little wheelbarrows filed with moss set
upon them, are considered very pretty de-
corations.
Father, did you ever have another wife
besides mothers'' "No. my boy, what
possessed you to ask such a question ?r
Because saw in the old family Bible
that you married Anna Domini, 1886, and
that is not mother, for her name is Mary
Brown"
Gen. Meigs was devoted to his wife, who
died few days ago, and has been greatly
depressed since the affliction. During the
last week Of her life Mrs. Meigs, frequen ntly
said that she ''never felt warm except un-
der furs," and so her husband Insisted her
coffin shoald be wrapped closely in snowy
white bears skin.
Incentives to matrimopy--"Yo ought to
marry" Never" 81 know the very
girl" "Let me alons.' .,She is young" :"
"Then she is sly" Beautiful" "The
more dangerous" ''Of good family"
" Then she is proud." Tender hearted -
Then she is jealous .'She has taIant.p
Then she is conceted." "Aud a fortune
will take her."
Still another cheap lace appears AZ a riva
for Breton, aud 1t calls itself Langu edock,
q name which will DO worse trial to the
salesman than that which they call Bret
toong. The Languedock has its large fig
ures dtrned in with cord and shaded wi tn
fine thread, and is made on imitation VAL
enciennes aud thread grounds in dead
white and several shades of cream.
Small bonnets are as fashionable fc-
young ladies as they we're last winter. A
kind of plush known rs satin anti que is
one OF the favorite materials for bonnets.
and the material Of the dress or it's trim
ming is also used for bonnets: satin, too, is
popular. Too loops for the back hair, some
long puffs on top, and waved front hair
will be becoming to any young lady Of
A breakfast was badly spoiled at Barre,
VT, recently. A man bought what he sup
posed was buckwheat -four. His wife made
cakes and set them on the table, but CON-
planned that the -four did not rise satisfac-
torily. The cakes were gritty aud hard Of
and no wonder, for while the
family were working away on them mes
'enger from the grocer arrived breathless
70 say that the clerk had put up plaster OF
Paris by mistake.