The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-02
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.
The appointment of General Custer
widow to the Pension Agency at Detroit il
being urged by number of Michigan pa
pers.
New York City boasts of not less thar
forty ladies worth 81 100000 or more il
their own right.
| A Tennessee girl, Miss st. Pierre, has
81, 100000 invested in mining business
near Chattanooga.
Miss Garrett, in Baltimore, through he1
father, has lately inherited q snug littl
fortune amounting to $12 100000.
Mrs. Mijatovich, wife of the Servian Min
lister to Great Britain, is an American lady
She is highly educated and accomplished.
Thirty quaint plain ladies in Philadelphia
are each worth more than $1,OOO,OOO
Washington, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago
| St. Louis and Cincinnati are not far be
hind.
The widow Of Mark Hopkins, at Great
Darlington. Mass, displays wonderful
| financial ability in the management of hel
$50, 900, 900 fortune.
Hettie Green, buxom widow, 40 years
old, In New York City, has accumulated
through fortunate specuIations and in.
heritances 100000.
Mrs. Gust er's new book is said to be one
| OF the greatest successes Of the year. She
will soon write a book for children, de
scriptive OF life on the plains.
Several months ago a Connecticut woman
lost her voics. A few days since while clean
ing house she found it on top shelf
whittier it is supposed to have gone to get
rested.
A clothes observer has discovered that
there is as much differsnce between an over
dressed woman and a true lady as there is
between gorgeous suntlower and a modest
pompone chrysanthemum.
When Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
was asked ii women were capable OF receiv-
ing what he called the higher education
equally with men he replied emphatically
''There is no sex in intellect"
In Thibet the women do all the hard
work, leaving the men to do the visiting
and gossipping. 1t is thought that this may
help to explain why so many Americans
who 60 abroad get dissatisfied with their
own country.
A Newport belle has three white rats for
pets. 1t is supposed that when her lady
friends call on her they always stand on
the chairs.
It is said that Nine. Judic is probably
the most remarkable builder in the world,
because whenever she sings off the key she
makes French fiat.
Washington fashion allows ladies to use
perfume about their persons concealed in
sachets, etc., but fOrbids them to saturate
their handkerchiefs with it.
London artists say that women in good
society who will consent to pose for the
head, the bust, the arms, are SO numerous
that professional models often find their
occupation gone.
A womans ruling passion, strong in
death, is exemplifed by a Nebraska. girl,
who for weeks has been as a dead person,
cold, rigid and apparently inanimate, ex-
cept that she wept at frequent intervals.
In flood at Serravezza woman was
swept into the river, but her..skirt caught
upon hook in the wall, dssshe was held
safely thus for three hours, when rescuers
came.
Mrs. Langtry has painted her hair kind
of reddish color, which, it appears, is be-
coming the fashion in Paris. Whenever her
audiences see her they cannot help exclaim-
ing chestnut ~
A Louisville woman asks for a divorce on
the ground that her husband will not allow
her to see the morning paper until he has
first looked it over and cut out all adver-
tisements OF dress goods.
The daughters OF the late Francis A.
Drexel, who are the three richest young
ladies in Philadelphia, are unostentatiouly
religious and charitable, giving away, as
their late mother did, to the poor, five
times as much as they spend on them
selves.
1o <1o1 l. o1,o1<,
den al the White House and will oversee
the work OF removing the old boots from
the bureau drawers, and the cigar stumps
from the center-tables and mantel pieces.
In the absence of a good wife, the public is
glad that the President has a good sister.
Russian women are reported to have es-
pecially dangerous and fascinating eyes,
which show IL Tartar orig gin. They are said
to be extremely heartless and vindictive to-
wards those who yield to the baneful charm
OF their glances.
A London visitor thus describes the re-
ception given guests by Queen Victoria at
a luncheon at Windsor Castle: ''When
the guests assembled there was no Queen in
the room. When the meal was half over
the Queen entered walked the length OF the
table, spoke to each and passed out. Her
manner was described as cold, unsympa-
thetic and naughty"
Courting by flowers is said to be in vogue
among the higher classes in Japan. Ii
lady favors a lover she leaves a vase out
side her window, and in this vase at night
he plants flower. This is a mash. When
the japanese cat beg ins to prowl, it's
masher.
II never again want to have the expert
ence l did while playing Hazel Kirke, -"
said Effie Ellsler the other day. IL played
it for 400 nights in New York, and ever SO
long on the road, and before left the COM
pany thought | should go crazy | won
der how Adonis feels?
The most sensational wedding yet re-
ported was accomplished on the sly in New
York. The bridegroom was in jail, the
bride stood on her brothers shoulders,
reached up to clasp his hand through the
prison bars, while the parson was perched
on the seat OF buggy drawn up beneath
the window. 1t reminds one OF the Ravels.