The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-18
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Mrs. Jcnness Miller, the dress rcformer.
says she don't bclieve in women's clubs
or mems clubs either.
Real butterflies from Mexico and Brazil
are put on some Of the new bonncts by
the Partisan milliners.
There are said TO he three or four ladies
well known In London society who are
determined Ia appear at h next meet of
the coaching club on horseback, astride.
Most delicate and beautiful are the new
parasols made of white or colorcd silk
and covered with silk muslin Of the same
shade put ON plated frills over the entire
surface, and finished with a bow at the
top.
Widows are sometimes embarrassed Ia
know what disposition To make of the first
wedding ring. II should he removed as
soon as the lady has plighted her troth,
FOR no man likes To he continually re-
minded of his predecessor.
A bookseller who observes the reading
habits Of young women says that the
young women OF New York seldom read
hack farther than n ear They keep up
famously with the new works Of note in
the lighter fields of literature, but that no
one u them is found reading the older
English writers, with the single exception
Of George Eliot.
The most prominent jewelers. now adj
init that even the diamond solitaire has
almost departed. Many fashionable wo-
men with earrings worth a fortune no
longer wear them, but have the stones re-
set In hair ornaments, brooches or brace
lets. Possibly the fashion will never he
revived. The antiquarian in the 18th CEN
,ury may note ms aldisiinct advance in civ.
ilization the date when women ceased To
borc their flesh 10 insert ornaments.
Ex.Emprcss Eugene occupied the his
torical grandc suite at the Hotel Bellevue
in Brussels for some twelve hours last
week on her way Ia Wiesbadcn. She will
remain at Wiesbadcn three weeks. under
the care of DIR. Mctzgcr. She looked far
from we'll, but spoke hopefully of the
beneficial effects she anticipated from
massage cure ON her rheumatism, which
has of late occasioned such acute suf-
fering.
English ladies are adopting the fashion
of putting their maids who wait at table
in livery. The skirts are plain Of these
livery gowns and of the hcraldic color oi
the house. All the pleats are thrown he
hind. Then the waisicoat and jacket are
trimmed with livery bands. buttons and
crests Of monographs In metal. A high
still white collar. white cuffs and a tiny
white cap, like a topknot, complete this
hybrid livery.
A widow al diyorcce. no matter how
youthful, should never bc married In a
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of original purity. aud twice douned loses
its Significance, as does also the wreath
of orange buds aud the flowers which ere
properly the p~rcrogativc of the girl bride.
A travelling dress is considered good
form: but some widows prefer a rich
gown of heliotrope brocade, pale blue
satin duchessc, or, in fact, anything that
appeals to the individual fancy.
The woman upon whom age, even an
age in the neighborhood of3o,is beginning
To set its seal, is wise To wear ties on her
bonnet, or hat. because they will do much
to make her ook younger, n will OH
zeal from the public that first sign that
she has passed her 18th birthday the
wrinkles that come behind the ears and
frequently extend along the throat. Even
narrow velvet ribbons will hide these, and
the woman who does not take advantage
of their charitable offices announces that
she has no idea Of the practical use of
dress.
Ayoung gentleman. says a Pittsburg
paper, called al the house 81 "A friend to
spend tia" evening. While there he asked
Tor "A glass of water, which was gwen
him. He noticed that his friends wife
was watching him i%utcntly. A. lac fin
ishcd the refreshing draught the lady