Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-05-12

LOT tne Guy, Out lu"t - VI" so"e'
The factories, stores, biography,
hook, keeping. and kindred arts
which are now almost the exclusive
property of women, gives this class
employment, and New York tami
lies have had to depend upon for
eign importation. The Irish girls
have control of New York houses,
and they have established u d0min'
alton that is very severe. There
are not servants enough who under
stand their business to I'LL the de-
mand, aud the result IL, the Bid.
dies are rs exacting rs they choose.
They insist upon from Sl5 to go
per month, are very particular MS to
their rooms aud the furnishing there
of, they demand u certain portion
of their time out, and also stipulate
rs to what food they have; and IL
their mistresses Object to their
adjoining their persons with their
best clothes, there is certain to lie u
rumpus. In short, 1t is II question
which is the real servant, the mis-
tress or her maid. There is u re-
bellion against Biddy. Enterpris
ing parties have gone South and
picked up II thousand or more col
ored girls, who were house servants
or in training before the war, and
have brought them to the city, and
are placing them. They make ex.
cellent servants, for they are not
only intelligent, but dOcile. They
will do anything that is required OF
them and, as u rule, are honest.
The Biddies are enraged at this
turn OF affairs, and are abating their
pretentiOns, now that competition
in this as in other things has brO'l
them to their senses.
REAL ESTATE.
A test was made of the real estate
market last week. Certain lots OF
ground on Eighty.seventh Street,
which cost five years ago, 10000,
and was considered cheap at that,
were put up by auction to determ
inc what reduction in price and in
rentals should he made. The prop.
erty brought $55,OOO on the usual
terms. AS the sale was made IN
good faith the reduction is accepted
by owners, and prices IRE establish.
ed accordingly. This is terrible
let down, but owners are compelled
to stand it. Rents have fallen more
in proportion than prices. Stores
on Broadway which rented former
" for 10000 only command $1,000
or $4,000, and the hoped.for rise in
May was not obtained. There are
thousands of stores standing empty,
and thousands upon thousands OF
houses. People who formerly Oc-
cupied whole house, now content
themselves with half, and in very
many cases with even less room.
"A great many apartment houses
have been built, in which seven
rooms can be had for from S2j to
! 50 month, and they are taken
10y the people who formerly paid
S25 900 or $50, 600 for whole houses.
The depression in business has done
part of it, and the permanent loss
Of trade to the city has done the
rest.
FASHIONS.
"COmmon as Dolmans," is a say.
ing about some features of dress
which were new two months ago.
Every Biddy on the street has a
DOlman, and every cheap suit has
the back of the bodice in seven
pieces, a style little less than tor,
ture to the eye OF any cultivation.
but, happily, so overdone that it's
popularity promises not to live with
the season. 10 see the back of a
wOman'S dress cut into narrow strips |
is painful waste of goods and IA
deformity. making the figure mean
and stiff looking. The best models
in fine dress eschew this fashion.
aud the basques have almost the
simplicity of the French form with
bold side cores which fit the figure
with the ease and elegance of IA
glove without troublesome and dis |
figuring cross.seams or more than
one dart. The best Breton habits
are fitted in this way. Fine import.
ed toilets show a notable 81 implicitly |
of design, very different from the
fashion plates common among us.
The Breton jacket, or the simplest
fitting French jacket, the same
length all round and just well Gov.
ering the hips, bnttoning diagonal
ly, Or the large tichu ruftled with
lace are the favored wraps in these
costumes. Overskirts are close as
possible, draped easily, or pain in
thick goods, and the trimming in a
mere piping fold, or facing Of silk
three inches wide stitched twice on
the inner edge-a quarter inch apart
for finish. There is an air about
these easy, perfect garments which
at once marks them as the attire OF
a lady, among the Oveltlraped. twist
ed and hedizened dresses called
1.-The STYLE"
PRICES OF GOODS.
"BefOre the war; is not che com.
pariSOn tor cheapness any longer.
With bleached cOttOns down to 5
cents n yard, and silks OF desirable
grade at Sl.5O yard, there is little
more to hope for in the way of
cheap goods. With suits to order,
such as a gentleman can wear, at
$25, and ladies' wear to correspond,
it il evident that the baleful influ.
ence of imitation Is Withdrawn, and
if the Russian war does not hurry
prices up, common people eau get
some good out of their money again.
Silk suits are selling ready made
for s22; and long silk hOuse-dres-
SEES in princesse shape with LOUNGES
and drapery for Sl2 to S17.