The New York herald., 1871-09-18
n O NJ e A G AIN.
Homeward Flight Of the Birds Of Fashion-Pretty
Faces and Pretty Costumes on the
Avenue-Autumn Shopping.

Avenue-Autumn Shopping
Life Just now Is a very serious business with our
rashionables, and will be for the next three four
weeks; for TINS Is transition season, and involves
travelling, unpacKing ITO say nothing OF tue pack
ingl getting settled and shopping to an unlimited
extent. Everybody who IL mot at home" Is thinking
OF coming home. aud the pretty heads OF all the
pretty girls fun to overflow ing or the gay season
now so rapidly approaching. A stranger VINO
visits the city during the hot months is generally
surprised TO learn that everybody Is out OF town. for
to his eye the steady stream OF life lows
through the noisy streets In summer as In winter,
but TO the Initiated
the CITY Is A DESERT
irom the lst OF June Till the middle OF september.
To be sure crowds OF men and women OF all grades.
ages ana conditions go hither and thtner working,
schemng, idng they buy and SELL they I'LL the fac
tories and shops they bend over endless tasks they
write, they preach tney go trips during the day,
ana sometimes get blown up; but who are all these
They are nObOdies evidently, for isn't "everybody
out of towns"
or course he Is, and to prove it one has only To
90 to the fashionable uptown streets ana avenues
and ol he shall nnd whole blocks OF houses
with fronts. sOmbre and impenetrable AZ
II they were family vaults, with all the in
mates cOolly ana comfortably shelved inside.
There they stand, these brown stone palaces
silent and alone with their soft, gay carpets and
magnificent drapings aud furnishings, sacred to
darkness, waiting Till their owners shall return
from country haunts or from tours across the seas
and bring to them light and gayety. And then the
Initiated also miss
CERTAIN CHARMING FACES !;
on the promenade, and anybody with the slightess
pretenslon to knowledge of fashionable life knows
of tho OH,
In the eyes Of Mrs. Grundy is ut home IN the SUM-
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What the city loses I'm beauty and fashion Is gained
by the mountain and the seashore and through the
| long bright days there Is much rambling and
| sitting on rocks. and flirting and coolng.
| and quarrelng Tor the sake OF the sweet
! making up, and surf dipping and climbing. and
| many are the strangers who meet at the summer
resorts and are no strangers thereafter, but
find other In the brown stone fronts when the
| season. reOpens and The gay world reassemDieS
for The winters festivities Most Of TINS Is over,
however, and all summer Delights are nearly ut an
end and every train 1t rushes lnpetuousy to The
terminus Of route brings dozens Of tourists from
every part OF the cOuntry-from farm houses nest
ling III the midst OF their meadows; from lakeside
BIC, BLUsrERING, swARMING HOTELS. Y
and quiet, inland boarding houses, all glad TO get
back TO the city that tley wearled OF early III tne
) season, and TO the homes that they know how 10
Al reclate after the mourniul experiences Of h9tel
Indc1b, "dly one OF the best results OF summer
soiourninw I. he zest that 1t gives To home. Tna
tourists VINO len 19ases % s Wa ureaer en
ana the bright ample, hes, apartments Of the city
homo look CHEEKY and invitins indeed contrasyed
wlln the narrow. dlnyy quarlers VI the watering
place hotels ana the low, not rO0ils 0f country
houses. Home never looks 50 inviting as when itS
comforts have been exchanged ior what county,
people and landlords cali comfort winch, by rne
way, is an article aiterent from what its name
implies.
town New York is getting back TO its winter haunts
aud tue streets begin 20 assume the look ol Drll-
lancy and gayety tnat they never wear at midsuni-
mer. All along tue avenues ana Tue streets where
dwell the
classes the grand houses are being opened ono
after another, aud here and there in the bright Sep
my resn and happy ana glad to be In their be-
loved New YORK And wnen does New YORK
nNs rne suitry. sui breatness days are gone, aud
seen through the clear, pure atmosphere every
deIormites are not 50 wearyng to us as during tue
heats OF summer. The stately buildings snow all
| their noDie proportions TO the best advantage
bright faces grow lresn ANA gay III the exhtaratng
air: children iuli oI iroiic ronp IN tue parks anu
along the prOmenades, and lovely iai costumes tue
most bewi.cnng OF costumes. are exhibited To oe-
witch the susceptible hearts oi men and To orive the
less fortunate women TO despair.
And now, too, Is the
or course all the bellies have come home. with sbsO.
luciy nothing To wear positively not 1T ~ 20
into the Streets aud 80 they wander from one dry
goods palace 10 another IN search OF abrcs rare AMI
beautiful, and then they besiege the apartments 0x
the mOdlste, and at last the perfect result appears
the street. over the counters these ialr ones
llnger gazing at bright silks aud exquisite iaces.
solt wOOlens ana picturesque wraps, AT gloves and
boots and ribbons and lingerie TIL the waste places
OF the summer have been repaired ana the ial
wardrobe Is complete.
If you walk up Fifth avenue any OF these charm
ing mornings you Will quickly see tnat somebody is
al home, for some OF the prettest costumes imagin
able are already appearing IN Connection with;
some Ol
THE PRETrIEST FACES.
Black predOminates, as 1t always should for the
street, and Is relieved only by q bright ribbon or
piquant feather In the hat and soft drapings and
lace garnturc the rule We seem ~ be losing
SIGHT OF the Stiffness OF past sun days, ana
the dress Of the tasteful woman Of the
period little more IN acCOrGanc0
with true artistic Ideas than formerly. There
Ii room Tor improvement still, however, and, except
in rare cases, the ideal Is yet far from being at-
tanned. SOlt, heavy SILKS aud cashmeres appear AZ
favUrite materials for autumn wear, ana Jaunty
Enclish turuans. perched the iull heavy braids,
complete the bewiJching t0tM ensemble. On the
whole New York seems glad to be AZ home again.
and quite content To remember summer pleas
ures while IL enjoys metropolitan delights. Many
"A spare hour Will doubtless be spent III living over
the vacation idng, but they Will be spare hours
the present too intense To allow of much remcu
Deriug anticipating While the business OF acCiye
life Is going on.
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