The Republican journal., 1871-11-09
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence of the Journal.
ROSTON Nov G 1877
A STREET PAGEANT.

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| A STREET PAGEANT.
Lively. gay, glittering, gorgeous ant
dazzling enough was Washington stree
on all the earlier days of last week. The
two weeks preceding had been filled with
mournful, misty skies, muddy pavements,
and chilling, disagreeable east winds
but on Monday, Old Sol just took matters
into his own hands, resolved to present q
more cheerful aspect upon the face of al
things material, and right royalty he sue
ceeded in his undertaking. Through all
the day a brilliant blue sky, dashed with
clouds of tleecy white, bent above the
towering piles of brick and mortar, and
the leatess trees; whilst round the gilt
tering spires, over the cleaning roofs and
through the lazily swaying branches,
danced gleefully the jubilant sunbeams
flashed round projecting corners; tucked
itself away in all sorts of cozy, comforta-
Bile places; laughed in merriest Joy at
the passers by; crept audaciously over
nodding plumes and brilliant flowers, and
kissed blushing cheeks and pouting lips
in all the warmth and tenderness of pas
sion. And then, the sunbeams went
saucily straying adown the shining. en-
broidered velvet sacks, round and over
pretty, restless feet; next tripped iauntily
across pavements, leaped over the backs
of the sleek, shiny horses, poised them
selves moment on the glittering gold
and silver of the harnesses, wandered
| over the polished tops of the stately car
riages, peeped in through the silken drap-
ed windows at the warm rugs and soft
cushioned seats; thence, as if in utmost
| Impotence Of long delays, dashed through
the cleaning plate glass windows, and
caught up the bright pinks and puppies,
wonderful greens, flaming scarlets and
charming blues, and wove them in a
gossamer-like web of as many blended
colors as Joseph's famous but fatal coat.
And through all the serenity sunny hours
Washington street was a moving pan
Drama. The costly equipages of fortunes
favorites; huge numbering truck teams
hurrying express wagons; rafting coach
es and accommodating horse-cars-
urious splendor and squalid poverty side
by side; and occasionally above the din
of rolling wheels, tramping teet, and
chattaring voices the pitifully appealing
strains Of some unhappy organ grinder
Lying lazily back in the depths of hel
carriage cushions, 'La Marquise," OF
''Maud," perhaps with her face that i:
dead perfection" and nothing more
Just an occasional culver OF the prouc
nostrils, a compression OF the dainty lips
or slow lifting of the long lashes from
the round, pearly cheek, languidly drop
ped in moment more, as if in all the
wide weary world there was not a sound
! or sight worth noting; not a hint or sus
picion of heart anywhere beneath the
perfectly fitting bodice; and crossed idly
in all composure, the iewelled hands
Not far away, Just round the adjacent
! corner, the traditional apple woman
garrulously vending her little stock
1.-TWO cents apiece" announces a small
square of paste board, which you at
forwards learn means the small, gnarlec
apples in the background and not thu
plump and juicy articles which you hav'
selected from the front of the huge heap
| which you are confidently assured can
| be parted with for less than three shining
pieces of nickel. Talk about Yankee
! trioLs. efn. ti,n+ vul,a" this woman :;
merely German, French Dutch, Scotch
Irish or something else, not American o
Yankee. But the face that looks on
from under the thick wadded hood, worr
in hottest summer, as we'll rs coolest win
ter days, is so stupidity unconscious OF an,
| intended deception that one straightwa,
pockets the imposition along with the re
turning change, counted out by the long
bony fingers, and walks away more
amused than indignant Thus the scene
shifted, changed, attracted and repealed
dazzled and panied Sometimes thu
gilded trappings of ease and splendor
anon the CALLING bands of crime and pow
erty; first pride and pomp, and princel,
possessions; then sorrow and sin ant
suffering; a gay lady OF fashion, then thu
meek. merciful sister Of charity; thu
keen, busy, manwuvring politician, ant
by and by the hard worked man OF liter
airy labors; next Shylock, long, lank
lean and avaricious, ana presently SOM
patient, ploddng, honest toiler of tn
masses-such q strange, motley throng
and surgng up and down, up and dowr
the long spacious avenue, all the bus.
day. and far into the hours of night
never stopping, never firing, never dimin
ishing.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
Boston critics have given Mrs. Moultol
a successful place among the prima don
mas.
| Edwin Booth is to remain yet anothe
week at the 'Boston" winning honor
! and money.
Heavy coils, or braids passing around
French twist, with long dropping sid
curls, is now the pronounced style for do
| ing The back hair.
The most fashionable morning dresse
have long plain skirts of silk or wool, am
g much panniered polonaise Of the Bernie
pattern in plain grounds covered witt
brilliant clusters of vines and flowers.
Velvet polonaise cut after the styl
known as Marguerite, is the jauntiest
most desirable and most worn outsid
garment.