The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-10-09
Letter fr ON Boston.
Correspondence of the journal.

BOSTON. Oct. s.
We have been blessed with most delight
full weather the past week, and the ladies
have improved their opportunity and made
the city to rival the country in its autumnal
Splendors by the beauty and elegance Of
their toilettes The new styles in hats are
something "stunning"; and one variety,
having its sides turned up and looking like
u sort OF cross between Il chapeau and the
paper hat OF bovhood's soldei-pla1ino'
days. when snrmountetl With the inevitable
tioWer-plot supplemented bv two or three
sable ostrich plumes, taken in conjunction
with the redingote plentiiully besprinhlcd
with buttons as large as saucers, the
chatelaine with it, formidable armament
OF umbrella, fan, Satchel, etc, etc. tine
Elizabethan ruff, and the -treamcrs Of
bright ribbon depending from the throat
and reaching 10 within a foot of the
ground,-produce an effect that would put
to the blush a brigadier-@eneral in nll the
glory Of lield-day parade
The ladies have at last Given over putting
OF their hair from the back of their heads.
and it now falls in two ropv hrails down
the back.-a great Improvement in appear
ance, and q delight to the Washerw oman'e
heart for whatever can be SAID AGAINST the
departing fashion, it had the one redeem
mo quality of cleanliness and then again
with the hair pnl ed away from the neck
and pinned like 4 tomato ON tom Of the
head and il heat little collar turned IN the
opposite direction why Vhat place more
appropriate than The snowy ppnjn~ular.
But now alas. with the hair hanging down
where You arc sure to ',mu-@ H. and the
cruel ruti encrtin@ the cit,lcl like an IN
Surmomtahle chrraug-da-JlT~. WHY. a
fellow hasn't i lnir chance youl nd
the Girls are real mean. il they only
knew it,
Bat did not intend writing OF the lndie~
but of something, however, THAI may pos
sihly have Iel me- mto The domain eli
fashion, VIZ:
NEW ~l'Alil;>
The Boston Herald undouhlcdly stand,
al the head OF the Boston press in the item
Of circulation, it's daily issues averaging
some 80 GOO copies, and the Sunday paper
is lar in advance OF any Sheet printed ON
that day in tine number dispensed HE
paper has improved in tome during tho
| last haIt-do2en Years, and though it,
| srrptnal plainncSS greve~ some. and its
light manner If treating criminal intrli-
gence many more. yet it il Il great mn
provemrnt on the Herald under it. former
management
The journal, HAY ing !; circulation Of
! = ne $4,000, is now i'll 4 prosperou, con-
dition, having fully recovered from the
| downward course which eliminated i'll
the spring of 1872, when it was at the
lowest point ii hal reached for many
years. the Globe having drawn many sub
,cribers from the journal during the first
few months OF its career. The Advertiser.
Post and Traveller whose daily sales foot
up to about 10000 each. are papers Who'll
~ unlike, but each is we'll supported hy
its peculiar constituency The Post is Il
Democratic and the Advertiser 4 EclHhII-
can commercial sheet nnd both Hrr ~,
| conservative and Respectable as the pill
| ar3 ot the state The Traveller j. nomi-
| nally 4 Temp republican or@an. hut
in fact is ready 10 champion almost amy
thing that turns up
The Globe is moi firmly established, and
| is 10 one thing constant neyrr but il has
many warm friends ami admirers, ana
will no doubt eventually succeed If it
| would make fewer changes in it, editorial