The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-22
From Our Owm Correspondence
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Great Wheel ofPrOgress,
and how it turns ut the Cen.
1ers of Traffic and Transit.

"Like apples of gold in pictures of silver
with a framework of shimmering sheen, are
set the first sweet suns of Spring despite the
strange events that have recently shaker the
stronghold of cosmopolitan communities.
The strife between labor and capital still
continuesl
Magnates and m onopolies may compromise,
but this strong and honest protest of the pco.
pie against current coined powers that be, is
an outgrowth destined to endure.
The attempt of a rival Corporation to pro-
scribe a right of way in a country whose
coasts are clear and whose concurrent COM
merce should be free alike to Jew and Gen
tile, bond or free, Christian or Catholic, was
an assumption which even the proud poten-
tates of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for all the
influences brought to bear, could not wholly
venture upon; hence the triumph of the Bal
timore and Ohio people is a matter of person
al graduation to every citizen who rightly in
terprets the law and favors the enterprise by
which progress is promoted.
The superb facilities afforded by this line
of connection are sharply defined. Now that
the building of the road has become an estab-
lished fact, there is no doubt but the work will
be pushed forward with all possible rapidity.
The country is rife for just such results as
cannot fail to accrue from this new avenue of
egress and ingress unlocked by the magic
key of the HI Ton XIII.
Harry Miner has many men at work on his
new theatre in the city of Newark. The struc-
tural proportions of this new temple of Thes-
pis, in a suburb of the city of cities, gives add
ed emphasis to the fact that the day of mo-
nopolies had gone by.
This is an age of progress and its move
ments are signalized by a thorough revolution
of all former methods of doing business. The
great railroads threading the country with
arteries of steel, are rapidly bringing about
an equalization of facilities and forces at COM
mand. Residents remote from the great cen
tres are vitality interested in pending issues.
SPRING STYLES.
Easter hats are an objective point to shop
pers.
Specimens on display present complica-
lions of crown and brim, which put to fight
the prowess of the most dexterous pen.
A curiosity in jet is shell-shaped, with full
trimmings of lace, roses and forget-me-nots.
In cardinal shirred crepe is a little bonnet
with ties of cardinal French net, with bows of
black jet and black and red bow.
Most striking is a hat of rough straw with
a broad brim, slashed, curved and rolled at
the brim on one side, but wide and dropping
in front. 1t is trimmed with black velvet rib
bon and field daisies.
Another odd hat is brown straw, has a
crown IN diamond shape. 1t is trimmed with
stylish loops of ribbon and brown velvet and
flowers in odd wood shades.
The new gauze and MORE ribbons are loves
with lace or picot edges, and supplemented
with sashes, are used for the garnishing of
diapanons, dresses, with parasols and other
accessories en- suite.
Silk plush is largely employed in the con-
struction of many of the magnificent decora-
tive furnishings for Spring.
The popular colors are blue, pink, old-gold
and the new tones of orange figured pushes
in Persian designs are likewise among the
novelties at Lord & Taylor's. Satin damasks
too, are shown in large and small Ancestor
patterns In gorgeous colors and combinations
A delicate all-silk drapery has a gold ground
with blue lace pattern and clusters of pink
flowers over the surface. Superb Gobelin
Tapestries, Sheila and Turcoman materials
show great contrasts in goods and color eff
fects, and entirely different in character are
the pretty Florentine and Seudan curtains,
which drape so exquisitely.
SIDNEY EARLE