The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-01
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EVANGELICAL.
A skeleton in the closet-A hoop skirt.

A skeleton in the closet-A hoop skirt.
Vslveteen Is the popular dress Of the En-
glish woman.
Slender chains are now employed TO loop
back window draperies.
Black wool dresses remain the favorites Of
American women for ordinary wear.
Leather bonnets trimmed with leather lace
are the latest freak Of Parisian fancy.
Redingotes and over coats will be trim
med with furs as the season advances.
It is said that the plush jackets now so
much worn will be emily passing fashion.
Leading dressmakers do not make up suits
or costumes to be worn over hoops or bus
ties.
The newest wraps are padded on the shoul-
ders to elevate them In the way sleeves arc
raised.
Children wear Jerseys, and red Is stylish
color for their whole costume, from cap to
slippers.
Some pretty fancy wall pockets come In
the shape Of an old-fashioned bellows for
blowing the fire. ....
Black alpaca dresses, trimmed with velvet,
and with Innings Of satin, are among late fall
importations Of costumes.
An exchange says: "Women seldom stop
| to think" True enough, but you might
have added, "But they never fail to stop and
talk"
The pretty young lady that came to our
Office last week and upset the paste pot over
her new dress has got 30 awfully stuck up
she won't look at US any more.
When they cali at house In Chicago to
ask who 10 the head Of the family the woman
draws herself up with grave aud Icy dignity
and answers 81 am, Of course"
The most stylish carpets and those for
which there 10 the greatest demand are In
dark shades and have small figures, aud the
mere intricate the design the better.
Adjustable trains on new dresses are made
Uf three straight breadths, trimmed all
around and attached under the panier puffon
the back of the short skirt Of street dress.
For useful homo rug, purchase sheep
skin and wash IL thoroughly In boiling soap
suds, and when dry comb carefully, and an
excellent rug is made for the foot of the
stairs, tile fireplace, etc.
Spanish laces are made up into box plated
down the front Of the dress to the waist. The
half moon patterns In Spanish lace are sheer
aud pretty for this purpose.
Bangs have been utterly discarded, and all
the styles are meant to show off natural hair
to the best advantage. Unless . woman's
front hair Is entirely gone or ruined by bangs
there Ii nothing artificial she can put on, the
prevailing styles are 30 severely plain. False
fronts are the only things available.
A St. Louis exchange says striped parasols
have taken the place Of striped stockings.
May be they have In St. Louis, but We have
not noticed anybody here wearing striped
parasols on thsir-at least, where they used
to wear striped stockings. We don't catch
onto the styles very quick here.-Peck's Sun.
Widows wells come two yards long, with
. very deep hem; other Grape wells are about
one yard square, and are fastened to the bon
net by bar pins covered with Grape. For
light mourning the chapeau can be adorned
with dull beads, black satin and purple plush
flowers with Jet centers. Undressed kids are
mourning gloves.
For dressy purposes are mouchoir mufs of
various shapes, composed Of fabrics and
trimmings TO match the costume. Many are
suspended around the neck by silk or gilt
cord. 1t Is usual to insert some very deli
cately scented sachet powder between the
silk lining and the wadding which forms the
inside of the muff.