The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-08-08
EVE-ANGELICAL.
Camel's hair Is growing In favor.
Very tight sleeves are going out Of fashio


Nasturtiums have the lead for toilet deco
rations.
Plain hemstitched lines handkerchiefs are
fashionable again.
Ribbon trimmings are worn with great
profusion this summer.
'Idealized strawberry" or "bloom color"
Is the latest London craze.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart is SO years old and the
richest widow In the world.
The first Mother Hubbard dress was made
by Worth and was an accident.
Dark mauve-biue suits trimmed with many
rows Of narrow silver braid, are pretty.
Esther Greeley Cleveland, sister of Horace
Greeley, has settled for the summer at the
Kensington, Saratoga.
Worth Is now making costumes with double
sleeves, one Of which represents puffed un-
dersleeve, with wristband.
A great deal Of China Grape Is worn this
season for outdoor toilets. II Is frail and ex-
pensive, but exceedingly graceful.
1t is persistently asserted In Catholic cir
cles that there IS great likelihood of Mary
Anderson Joining the Carmelite nuns.
Necklaces of unset stones Of many colors
are among the odd things now In favor with
those who can afford costly eccentricities.
Maud Major, aged 10, has started paper
in Dakota. Heaven help the woman In her
town who dresses better than Miss Major.
Slashng is decided feature of the season.
Some Of the midsummer dresses are slashed
two inches, others two feet above the hem.
Brettelles of lace and net, wide at the
shoulders and tapering to point at the belt,
both back and front, are again very fashion,
able.
High heels are not worn by girls, and all
heels are dispensed with by fasblonably
dressed children until they are eight or nine
years old.
Young ladies with standing collars wear
yard and halt Of satin ribbon folded passed
around the collar In front and tied In jaunty
bow behind.
1t Is not correct to make the entire cos.
tune Of taffets glace, or shot silk; to be In
good form, dresses must be composed of two
kinds ofstuff.
Serge costumes are seen with Jersey
shaped jackets, cut away In front, revealing
vest Of white pique with braided flap pock-
cts at the sides.
Belts will soon be universally worn again.
Many were seen at the Grand Prix, wore
both with round waists and polonaises, and
even with pointed waists.
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ribbons of two colors are used for fat bows,
draping tunics and trimming the entire front
ofstylish mourning costumes.
The velvety softness of the new water.
proofs makes them very becoming and both
in London and Paris they have been gener-
ally adopted and greatly liked.
A Georgia damsel has applied to the courts
to have her first name changed. Her name
Is Quinine, and the young men all Insist on
shaking her before taking her anywhere.
A would-be wit once said, speaking Of the
fair sex: "Ah it's woman's mission to make
fools of men," "And how vexed We are"
ssid bright-eyed feminine present, "to find
that nature has 50 often forestalled u.s."
Bette Crsbtres Of East Carmi, Ills, at
tempted suicide by jumping thirty feet from
the bridge into the Little Wabash. She
alighted On her feet In shallow water, and
was rescued, without serious injuries, by .
bystander.
Ribbons are much worn this year In bows
innumerable or for trimming. A cream nuns
yelling has lounce trimmed with five rows
Of cream colored satin ribbon and five rows
Of the ribbon on the bottom of the plated
front of the basque.
Fashionable society has now . smelling
bottle craze. The vinaigrettes are gold
mounted, set with jewels, and cost from $40
TO 500 apiece. 1t Is needless to add, that in
high life faintipg has been revived with all
the old-time abandon.
Jerseys are In great demand at present,
and are elaborated with crystal, jet, or en-
broidery. Some Of white silk, incrusted
with cut crystal, diamonds, or clocks, are
exceedingly pretty under gaslight, especially
when reflected from colored globes.
One Of the costumes at the Caledonian
Ball, recently given in London, must have
excited some amusement, II the following
description, from the Queen, is to be relied
upon: "Miss Gellibrand, bottle Of cham
pagne, bodice and short skirt of bottle-green
satin; square Of white satin arranged across
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