The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-10
FEMININE FANCIEs,

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She warned her beau to this effect,
For fear he'd do it harm.
But when they came to part that night
She gave an mighty grab,
And whispered, Hug me awful tight,
And never mind the scab!'
French heels are not stJ lish.
Gold and silver cords lace the new low
shoes,
In Germany the ladies take their knitting
to the beer garden.
An old couple ia Maine have been married
seVenty-iVe years.
Men wear slippers for comfort, women to
show their fancy hosiery.
Sarah Bernhardt is supposed to have got
the idea Of her hair from q japanese UNI
brella.
A French paper says that Lady Dudley is
one of the most beautiful women in Great
Britain.
George Eliot was proficient in Hebrew,
Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian and
Spanish.
Some women are like shotguns. They
would attract no attention if it were not for
their bangs.
The favorite flower bonnet is made of
roses without foliage, mixed with fine jetted
black lace.
Gilt and steel stripes, star and rainbow
stripes, are all to be seen on bonnet ribbons
and scarfs.
Tubular ribbons, woven double, without
evidence Of 8 seam, are a novelty for bon
net strings.
The new style of bonnet may be photo
graphed by slamming a ripe omatoa against
o board fence.
A new collar, called the ministerial, is Of
wide Irish point, fastened at the back with a
knot Of ribbons. 1t is very becoming to
young faces.
tween a vain woman and a confirmed drunk
ard in that neither of them can get enough
Of the glass.
Somebody observes that when six young
ladies sit down to talk about a new dress
pattern, a small boy with a tin horn is a
refuge for the weary.
A sentimental woman in Mayville, Can
ada, has put a strong iron fence around the
tree wherein a sweetheart Of youthful days
once carved her name.
Pocket handkerchiefs for day use have a
narrow hem Of porcelain blue or of dark red
and sometimes the entire center is il small
blocks Of ecru with white.
The hair of the red-haired girl is trans
muted to auburn, or golden, when she be-
comes q young lady the red-headed boy re-
mains red-headed as long as he lives.
A good old lady from the country, on see
Srr cn1o urokor far thu Gro% 4,o. Al-ala 1
that she sscouldn't imagine how they ever
poured it into the bottle 50 IS to make it stay
till they get the cork in"
Maggie Mitchell, the sprightly little ac-
trees, whose handsome cottage is one of the
beauties Of Long Branch, has prevailed upon
John Hoey and wife to drive four finland
from that place to Atlantic City, the last
week in July.
Some one who has taken the trouble to |
count the patents issued to women find that
the number for the year ending July, 1880,
was seventy, or ten more than the average.
Most of the inventions of women have to do
with household appliances.
A Cincinnati girl spent all her leisure time
for three years in learning to box, and then,
when she got married and wanted to fight
her husband, she went at him and pulled
hair and scratched the same as any other
woman would. You can't make over human
nature.
The following note was picked up in the
post office the other day: "Dear Tom ; you
mustn't be mad because [ didn't laf at YOU
the other night at the show when you LATED
az me. I've got q bile under my arm, and
dasn't laff.. Won't you come and see me to-
night and forgive your oWn Julia 2"