The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
NOBBY, NATTY, NICE
The Newest New Woman and Her At
tractive Boomers.
ALL BUTTE SAW THE SIGHT
Pretty Girls In Antique Costume
Unnoticed While This Meteor OF
Fashion Struts Through the
Streets Of Mud.

Butte leads the West in more ways
than one and in order to keep abreast
with or a little ahead of the times the
great mining camp now has a genuine,
thoroughbred, name blown -in-the-bot-
tie bloomer girl, whose attractive cos
tune is intended not for bicycle rid
ing alone but for general wear and
particularly in rainy and muddy
weather. The young lady and her
boomers were out on dress parade for
the first time on Friday afternoon and
as they walked along Broadway ana
up and down Main street they created
a sensation the equal of which will
probably not be seen again in long
time. The crowds in front of the gam
bling houses and saloons followed them
with admiring glances and loudly
spoken compliments. Storekeepers.
clerks and customers rushed to the
doors and windows to secure glimpse
of the newest new woman and her lat
est toys, while curious crowd follow
ed along behind at a respectable dis
tance to secure a good view of the
loose trousers and plump legs. Open
mouthed establishment was every
where and a great many people forgot
-
Amid all of the evident curiosity and
surprise the bloomer girl pursued the
even tenor of her way and chatted
pleasantly with a companion who was
attired in the old style woman's dress.
She evinced not the slightest interest
dn the admiring crowd or its remarks
about her costume and the only blush
upon her cheeks was the imitation pro-
duced by a powder pun. While her
mir atr lad al
keep her skirts out of the mud the new
girl walked along as serenely as though
she were on a ball room floor.
The costume which created all of the
excitement consisted of black bloom
ers of the bicycle style, but not so
loose as they generally run nor so long.
They fell just over the knee and below
them were a pair of plump limbs which
were encased in n pair of snug-fitting
broadcloth leggings. Perhaps II may
have been on account of the marked
contrast between the bloomer girls
serenity and the struggles of the un-
emancipated woman TO keep her skirts
out of the mud. but the new costume
looked strangely sensible as well as
comfortable and the women who fol-
lowed the dizzy blonde with slightly
upturned noses could not help admit
ting to each other that such was the
there will likely be more bloomers
worn on the streets of Butte as soon
as they can be made.
The front page of this weeks police
Gazette shows a scene which is said
to have been presented in the Com
bination house at Butte, In which a
soubrette in tights is playing faro.
The Gazette has the following story
about the picture:
The three might date which a snap
extravaganza company played in
Butte. Mont, a short time ago. will be
remembered for a long time by some
of the leading citizens of that very en-
derprfsing town. In the first place, the
bunch of girls who came with the show
and who. in fact, were the show were
the tolliest lot that ever smoked ciga-
rettes or knocked the heads off cham
payne bottles.
They had seen something of the
world. they had, and so when a swell
sport of the town invaded the rooms
behind the scenes and said there was
a cold hundred in IL for any girl who
would go around to the Combination
house and play out a deal of faro In
lights, half a dozen of them jumped at
him so quick that he almost lost his
balance. He didn't want them all so
he picked out the one that pleased him
most Nadage De Witt. He engaged a
carriage for her after the show and
after she had wrapped up well to keen
those precious legs of hers warm. she
was bundled in. She made the hit of
her life when she stepped into the
brilliantly lighted faro room, and she
created the biggest sensation Butte has
known for some time. She took a scat
al the layout and was staked to a $50
stack of chips She played out three
boxes. when she got up from the chair
with sl6O TO the good. which with the
500 she earned by her appearance.
made $500 clean. She tells the sto,,,
herself now and is very anxious 10 oct
with any theatrical COMPANIES intend
ang 10 play Butte. Do you blame herr"
The above yarn is news 20 the Butte
people. 1t probably originated in the
fact that last September an English
countess who was touring the West in
company with three lords or dukes or
sons OF dukes visited the Combination
gambling house one night after having
taken in the rest of the town by gas
Ignt she saw faro game for the
nrSt time and evinced such deem in
Terest In the game that one of the
gamblers around the table staked her
70 a dollar. She placed IL on a card
pox. She left her winnings on the ia
ole and ran them up 10 SIG. when she
lost the pile. Long Newt" Vaughn
was dealing, and IL went greatly
against his chivalrous spirit TO take
the money. but he had 10 do IT,
The police Gazette's representation NJ
a faro table is great discredft TO an
old-tlme sport like Richard X. Fox
The artist also pictures the plavers a.
wearing pug hats, which is conclusive
evidence that he has never 49,, a.,
Butte. "
the cold weather has caused an inno-
walton at the city Jail in the shane OF
persons applying for a nights lodgipp
IDLE men who had no place TO eat or
sleep have hitherto always slept I'M the
gambling houses. and it was NOT untiI
recehuy they discovered that they
could secure a bed and warm hrsaL,
last al the Jail for the asking. only
who are in hard luck are