The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-02
NIP YORK LETTER.
NOTABLE FEATURES OF FASHION AND
tt l4tt,L PROGRESS.

tides and lustres Of Spring. Nature,
throughout the length and breadth of
the land, puts on her fower.garnished
robes of green, while for us in the
great city, the u showers fall upon
echoing by-paths of granite and ash
phalt and we are fain to enjoy such
glimpses of early flowers as are OBJ
tainable from the show windows Of
the dry goods temples of Gotham.
Shopping is delicious business for the
nonce, and is exciting to compare
notes and draw deductions for the
benefit of those remote from mercan-
tile centres.
At Lord & Taylor's-they have the
~loveliest things, and the styles are
simply perfect.
Dress goods cover the entire
ground of possibility in the matter of
color, texture and combination. Hats
run a gamut of grades and sizes from
one extreme to the other. One can
scarcely 60 astray, either in the class
of article, or in the fashion of its
make or trimming.
Yet while they have a class of i'm
portations of purest taste and tone,
destined in character and quality to
meet the requirements Of the favored
few, the needs of the large public are
looked after with a foresight which is
marvellous, and the greatest care and
promptness are exercised in filling
orders by mail. All classes of goods
are safely and swiftly transported by
post or express to all parts of the
country. This method of purchasing
by proxy vouchsafes to residents re-
mote from great mercantile centres
the privileges, without the attendant
drawbacks and expenses of life, near
the marts of the metropolis. 1t is an
ingenious system Of equalizing the d.
versifed facilities of an age which
tends to the highest possibilities
of culture and progress to the aesthetic
as we'll as the material phases of civ
ilization.
Disciples of Oscar Wilde study the
science of beauty from a facial and
igurative standpoint. AT the far.
famed Partisan Salon, 81 w. l4th
street, may be obtained a pamphlet
catalogue of cosmetics, said by a lady
artist in charge to contain the VERT
able ingredients, known to compre-
bend the secret of beauty possessed
by the late Empress Of the French.
These lotions are purely compounded,
as proven by strictest chemical test,
hence, though absolutely harmless,
they impart a suppleness of muscle
and a delicacy Of contour and COM
plexion, which effect such wonderful
transformations, one can but feel the
great English aesthetic has done agood
thing for our sex, which S. Shaw has
thus emphasized and Disseminated.
Another pleasing departure of prog
ress is the alliance of literature OF
high order to the industries, which
are practical demonstrators of art and
science. The Fashion Magazine pub
lished by E. Ridley & Sons is replete
with excellence in each and all its de-
partments! The literary portion en-
titles it to rank among the best peri
odicals, while the practical side is so
Complementary complete that no
lady at home or abroad will fail 10
find in its profusely illustrated pages
some article desirable for personal
use or home adornment.
The Monthly Journal, published by
Baldwin the clothier, is an anomaly
of inestimable value from a literary
as we'll as practical stand point.
Other New York houses have their
special claims to public recognition,
which they spare neither time nor
money in rendering acceptable to
patrons of taste and culture.
Prominent among trade exchanges
of more practicable character is the
Spring circular of Sharpless & Sons,
of Philadelphia. The stock of their
immense establishment is so catalog-
ued as to make the way clear to
country purchasers. The prices are
marked in plain figures, SO that mis-
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