The Republican journal., 1871-10-12
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence of the Journal.
BOSTON, Oct. 9, 1871.
THE GOLDEN DAY

have come. From some far off 's1sland
of the Blessed" and over the Detachable
Mountains they have wandered in their
mysterious flight. The traces of their
magical footsteps arc everywhere to be
seen. Beneath their passionate kisses
each twig, leaf, bud, and blossom has
blushed into bright and brilliant beauty.
AT the dainty touch Of their perfect fingers
the sky has grown into marvels of blue,
gold, pink, and white. But all too soon
will follow the pitiless destroyer, and
twirl down in dead brown mass the now
rare and radiant loneliness.
The rust will be over the red of the clover
The green be under the gray"
Already our parks and avenu es are
lined with the falling leaves, and treading
| remorselessly upon their faded beauty,
gaily dressed ladies go, in the Astounding
sunny mornings, to pull over, compare,
admire, price and buy the warm, bright
dresses, sacks and hats prepared for the
coming cold and dreariness of winter.
WHAT THEY BUY
Hats that assume lofty proportions, and
bonnets of the close cottage shapes The
hats have high, broad crowns with rolled
| turban brms, or else pointed back and
front with only the sides rolled The
straw hats are faced, and heavily trim
med with velvet and ribbon. The most
dressy affairs, however, are soft crowned
| turbans OF velvet, trimmed with ostrich
| plumes, real lace, and flowers or ostrich
feathers and ribbon. Feathers are indis-
| pensable. 1t is quite the fashion to have
two or three placed well in the back of
the crown where they nod in the most de
| iiant manner. 1t is a law of Dame Fashion
| this season that hats and bonnets shall
match the dress in color. OF else black
velvet substituted with feathers and taj7le
! trimmings of the shade OF the dress. Two
or three shades of the same color is de-
cidcd fashion, though in direct opposition
| TO this are hats and bonnets trimmed with
contrasting colors. For instance, one of
| the loveliest hats shown at the late OPEN
ing of Jordan, Marsh & Co., was of
| turquoise blue velvet W iii loops and ends
of dark blue ribbon, and dark blue plume
fastened about the back of the crown
with q beautiful pink rose and autumn
| leaves. A light brown hat had ribbons
| ,,lpn,a., Of flash A Mia
was mixed with blue and costly black
velvet bonnet had loops of pale pink with
scarf Of real lace Brown is found in
contrast with most every color. For
dresses, silks and caslmeres take prefer
encc for most occasions, vet the poplins,
| empress cloth, mcrinO yelours and al
paccas hold their Of / iavorite positions,
and have brisk sales. The darker shades
for street and church wear are more uni
versally seen this season than for some
time previous. The waist is still of the
basque style the newer ones being made
with 4 seam in the back, and postillion
plaits to give added fullness. One of the
prettiest of the new varieties has q point
ed vest front, with the basque rounding
from the side to the throat The undo /
skirt may be worn plain or trimmed to
suit the taste of the wearer If trimmed
at all they are, in most eases, very elabor-
ately 50. 4 wide gathered tlounce, either
braided, or orna nented with fringe is Il
prevailing style, and to give this its proper
effect the upper skirt is necessarily short
| cr Deep knotted fringe is much used
| alone. Some of the most bea utiful dresses
made for the coming opera and party sea-
son We're trimmed with several rows OF
deep creped fringe. combination of
silk and cashmere is perhaps the most
| stylish dress for all occasions. A very
pretty one that we have seen had plain
black silk underskirt cut demi train and
| plain gray cashmere overskirt ornament
ed with narrow rows Of black velvet
| The turban worn with it was OF black
velvet with gray fjttNe loops and gray
| ostrich plumes. Another pretty suit was
| Of French blue cashmere braided in
| black, with blue velvet turban Silks for
evening wear have an overdress OF mus
| lin, lace. tulle OF Grape This latter ma
terial is considered quite distinguished,
and is to be found in all colors. Gloves
to he in good taste must match the dress,
though 4 gaudy fashion admits of their
| being embroidered or stitched in colors.
| NEWS IN ERfEF.
Nilsson, Annie Louise Cary and other
members OF the Italian Opera Troupe are
stopping at the Revere House The sea-
| SON opens ut the Boston Theatre to-mor-
row night with the magnificent opera of
Faust, and Nilsson as Maugerite. The
tickets have been placed at $40 ior the
season, consisting Of twelve nights and
two matinecs; or 81 single admission.
Two sacred concerts are to be given in
the new Catholic Cathedral, now so near
| " completed, in aid of the grand fair TO
be opened October Goth. Miss Adelaide
Phillips, Mrs. Julia Houston West and
other distinguished singers have been en-
gagged.
| President Grant will be present at the
laying of the corner stone of the Boston
Post Olice, Oct. 10th. PERCIE.
Professor Agassiz is about setting out
from Boston on deep sea survey of the
ocean bordering America. lie has at his
orders a new United States coast survey
steamer, fitted for the purpose. She will
carry y dredging apparatus capable o.
working at depth of 5000 fathoms, anC
the Professor intends making a zigzae
course between the eastern coast of Amer
ica and the deepest part of the Atlantic
as far as Cape Horn, and so up the west
ern coast to San Francisco. dredging al
the way. He anticipates . new revela
ton of the condition of animal life iron