The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-01
EvE-ANaELIcAL CORNER.

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Linen cuffs put inside the sleeves have dis
appeared. .' +s-" t#
Flowers and feathers will be about equally
used upon spring bonnets.
Close-ftting sleeves are becomingto plump
round arms, and to those alone.
Costumes that look we'll on fashion plate
may be dished in their making up.
Uncut velvet in changeable colors will be
used this season as dress trimming.
George Eliot left personal estate valued
at 100000, exclusive ofproperty in her copy
rights. .-....
Cleopatra's asp,after 1000 years of silence,
has reappeared again as an ornament in mil
llnery. r.t.... sa.... -.
A. young lady at ball called her beau an
Indian, because he was on her trail all the
time.--Haryord journal. .sal.
1t is not easy to be widow; one must
resume all the modesty Of girlhood without
being allowed to feign its ignorance.
Bonnet strings are TO be very wide. A
great variety of beautiful ribbons have been
prepared for these, mostly in several shades.
The one-piece gown has been adopted in
numerous instances abroad. The name is
given merely to describe a robe or gown
made of one material used singly and with
out combination. There are as few seams
as possible.
A New York robe and cloak house employs
beautiful girl, the daughter Of saloon
keeper, to act as an animated "dummy."
She has a queenly st lie and shows everything
she wears to the best advantage. Her salary
is $40 per week.
A lady who aims at being the best dressed
woman in Philadelphia appeared lately in q
dress Of white embroidered velvet covered
with crystal trimming and pearl fringe. 1t
was so heavy that she could barely waddle
about, but as 1t was the dress of the evening
she went home happy. ..-
Ida Lewis, of the Lime Rock Lighthouse,
Newport, r. l., whose many heroic and sue
cessful efforts to save human lives are known
throughout the land, was presented, a few
days ago with the silver medal of the Massa-
chusetts Humane 8 nity. ..
A young lady was asked to sing piece the
other evening end this is how she did 1t. She
coquettishly wiggle-waggled to the piano and
sang: ..r. .....s
when the moo hoone is mi hildly be heam-
ing
Der the ca hahn and 81 hilent see-e-e,
| Its raience so hoftly sire heaming,
oh! ther hen, oh, ther hen,
thee hink hof thee hee,
/ thee hink, l thee hee
/ thee he he hehehe hink
Hof thee-e-ew
Magnificent, wasn't it? Ahem!
A lady writes to the London Truth: az
was once deadly enemy to high heels, but,
having been induced to give them afair trial,
have been converted, or perverted, as the
case may be, to believe in them. walk
feet out Of the mud In a way that low heels
could not possibly do, and not only the feet,
but the skirts, too. With thick sole and
the heel an inch and q half high, I do not
think any injury to health or awkwardness
Of gait could result. In dancing, the high
heel Is positively advantageous. One dances
on ones heels i'm the round dances and when
setting the heel ON the ground less exertion
Is involved In doing SO when a high heel les
sens the space between the back Of the shoe
and the ground. The theory put forth in
the very amusing article on the subject, at
tribrting the decadence Of dancing 10 the
prevalence Of high heels, Is ingenious, but
for NV mart th;pk the cauae NAV he found