The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-04-01
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NOTABLE FEATURES OF FASHION AND
PROGREsS.

we are fain to enjoy such glimpses
of early flowers as r obtainable
from the show windows of the dry
goods temples of gotham. Shop
ping is a delicious business for the
nonce, and is exciting to compare
notes and draw deductions for those
remote from mercantile centers,
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 go astray, either
in the class of article, or in the fash
ion of its make or trimming.
Yet while they have a class .Ofim-
portations of purest taste and tone,
destined in character and quality to
meet the requirements of the favor
ed few, the needs of the large pub
lie are looked after with a foresight
which is marvellous, and the great
est care and promptness are exer-
cised in filing orders by mail. All
classes of goods are safely and
swiftly transported by post or ex-
press to all parts of the country.
This method Of purchasing by proxy
vouchsafes to residents remote from
great mercantile centerS tie privi-
!eges, without the attendant draw
backs and expenses of life, near the
marts ofthe metropolis, 1t is an in
genious system of equalizing the
diversified facilities o fan age which
tends to the highest possibilities
OF culture and progress to the @s-
thetic as we'll as the material phas-
es of civilization.
Disciples Of Oscar Wilde study
the science of beauty from a facial
and fguratiye standpoint. At the
far.famed Partisan Salon, 81 W,
14th street, may be obtained a
pamphlet catalogue of cosmetics.
said by a lady artist in charge Ia
contain the veritable ingredients
known TO comprehend the secret Of
beauty possessed by the late EN-
/ press of the French. These lotions
are purely compounded, as proven
by strictest chemical test; hence
though absolutely harmless, they
impart a suppleness Of muscle ant
r a delicacy of contour and complex
ION, which effect such wonderful
} transformations, one can but fee
the great English aesthetic has done
5 a good thing for our sex, which
S. Shaw has thus emphasized ant
Disseminated.
: Another pleasing departure o
. progress is the alliance oflileratur'
of high order TO the industries
t which are practical demonstrators
e of art and science. The Fashion
Magazine, published by E. Ride.
and Sons, is replete with excellenc'
in each and all its department.
s The literary portion entities it t
s rank among the best periodicals.
g while the practical side Is SO com
Q prehensively complete that no lad.
at home or abroad will fail to fin,
in its protusely illustrated page
some article desirable Tor persona
use or home adornment.
The Monthly Journal, psblishe,
by Baldwin, the clothier, is an ar
. omaly of inestlmable value from
literary as well as practical stant
Q point. Other New York house
9 have their claims to public recogn
ton, which they spare neither tim
nor money in rendering acceptabl
to patrons OF taste and culture.
Prominent amoHg trade exchanl
es gilmore practicable character
: the Spring circular of Sharpless
! Sons, Of Philadelphia. The stoc
~ thar immnnea establishment