Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
Summer Styles.

A New York correspondent of an Iowa
paper, "a LADY,, gives an entertaining &C
count of the fashions for the season in
that stirring metropolis. Speaking OF
the wearing Of ornaments, she says there
is a tendency ON the part Of the fair sex
to discontinue the wearing ofjewelry, ex-
cept on special occasions. Ladies most
influential in fashionable circles are dis
posing of of their trlnkets, and
investing in other ways. This CORES
pondent discusses the new styles Of bon
nets, parasols, travelling suits, &C., as
follows:
The pretty gypsies of English and Ital-
ian starw are almost universally worn and
almost as universally becoming. The on.
ly fault is that they are too much trim.
med. Lace, ribbon, flowers, feathers are
all piled on one small foundation, and the
result is that the shape is lost in con-
fused mass of decoration and drapery.
BOnnets worn by elegant matrons are
made of chip, ornamented with black lace
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grain ribbon, white lace and a soft white
ostrich plume in the heart Of which nest
les satin passion flower, the color of the
ribbons shaded into brown. But the
prettiest hats for young girls retain some
thing of the toque shape in English straw
and are simply trimmed with a binding
of blue velvet, scarf of blue gaze dc
chsns fastened with pearl horse shoe
and sprig of English hedge roses.
There are three distinct styles Of the
new wide,rimmed Leghorn hats, one of
which was high crown, another low
crown, while the third reproduces the
large old fashioned English gypsey bon
net Quite a number have already been
seen upon Broadway. but they are bet
ter adapted to the morning attire Of a Ia
dy in the country than the sober and
somewhat conventional character of a
city street toilette.
New summer parasols display great va
riety and some novelty. Very pretty silk
ones are lined with white or colors, and
have small scant bodies with perfnmed
gilt top fitted in the handles. In addition
to this there is q chain attached for hold
ing the handkerchief Light pink, blue
and other fancy colored silk parasols are
covered with ruffled white muslin which
has an odd sort of over skirty appear
ance and deprives them OF the possibility
of doing anything but sun duty.
New travelling suits are made ofwhite lin
en- lawn, with pointed collar, low cuffs,
and handkerchief of buff grass linen en-
broi,lcred in black and crimson or scarlet
wool These must be suited for the Adj
rondacks or Rocky Mountains but no
where else.
A gentleman of well known literary
talent, who resides among us, is the au-
thor of the following beautiful song, writ
ten on the occasion of his silver wedding:
SONG.
wooden and Tin and '.Sivcr''
And Gold are the Wedding Days
For love becomes ever more precious,
Like good wine, the longer it stays
And that which to-day we cherish,
A quarter-century old,
Has gained in our hearts value
More costly than silver and Gold.
Little of gold or silver
Has crowed toilsome years:
But q measurelcss wealth OF affection
The lcnsthenns journey cheers.
And the circle, thank God. is nnbroken.
That hallowed orr bridal morn
While heart gems have clustered around II,
The mystic band to adorn
Hinged in our hair with silver
The bloom OF the Autumn of life,
As welcome as that of the Springtme
Which gladdencd our youth. sweet wife
For love knows nothing of seasons;
Its ripeness-renewal Of bloom:
And it fills the Summer and Winter
of life with a vernal perfume.
Over our heads the silver
Ola changeless sky appears
type of orr cOnstancy, dearest,
That dates from our earliest years.
And the love that first tinged 1t with glory
Will shine evening rest
Az the sun that painted the morning
Is the same that gl0ws in the west.