Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-30
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
Interesting Fashion Gossip for the Ladies'.
"A Worthy Benevolence.
Boston, April 81, 1886

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made the beginning, ending or chief cen
TIE of so many newspaper squibs nowadays
that dare not venture the remark that
with them the average female turns to
the subject of styles.
Neither the pouring rains or the steady
gloomy weather OF the past week have
prevented the crowds of ladies, who usu-
ally visit the popular stores on their an
nual opening days, from being on hand to
inspect the new styles which have been
displayed with lavish profusion. The
| Hussar stripe, u French importation, is Il
wide stripe of two shaded material, to be
used rs panels or plaitngs for costume
Of plain goods. Everything in the shape
of Il dress has one or more panels. These
may be of striped, plain material, of silk,
plush, or wooden, only panel you must
have. A plated front to a skirt with side
panels and vest of darker or contrasting
material is a very desirable combinations
| The new Irvine borders-which are woven
in bright colors on the fine cashmere suit
ing, and look like inter woven coarse
Irvine, are very popular also. Then there
are the fine cashmeres, with lengthwise
stripes of embroidery, to be used in plat
ngs, plain panels or edge-trmmings
which are both new and favorably receiv-
ed new canvass material embroidery
in self-colored soft chenille comes put up
in neat paper boxes, each containing
enough for Il robe aud a silk vest to match.
These are particularly desirable as they
will be less apt to be duplicated. 1t is
said that this is to be silk summer in
Paris, but from the new and stylish cloth
suits sent over here from that fashionable
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through with soft wool goods. The
shades of brown in tebac and beige are
very much in demand for dress goods,
and cardinal, yellow and blue enter large
~ into the gayer materials for trimming.
Everything is to be gay this summer.
Diet us hope hearts may be us light and
gay as the apparel of the fair wearer Will
be) Bayadere stripes appear in all sorts
of material, and when judiciously used
are wonderfully effective. Japanese goods
in fancy collars with gold and silver
threads intermingled appear and are ORR
entail and rich i'll the extreme. For this
let us thank the Mikado.
The numerous openings of the past
week have been enough to keep one in
chronic utterance of long drawn "Ohs'
and "Ahs ~ Daintiness. lightness airi-
ness, these are the qualities that vie with
each other and make the new bonnets
look like the thistle-down that may he
blown away by the slightest breath. The
| little embroidered lisse or crepe affairs
with here and there gay blossom peep
| ing carelessly out from the pillows of lace,
| seem fragile enough to crush with the
finger. But in reality they are substantial
enough to wear all summer and not look
| "mussed." The favored individuals who
have been to ''parlor openings" the past
week, have had new revelation as to the
capabilities of the summer-bonnet A gar
| den-hat which will set off "A certain face
! at lpUhOrn
straw, bent jauntily up in front and be-
| hind, and down at the sides Under the
| brim III front was placed an artistic ar
rangement of full gauze ribbons in cream
tnts, and the same tints repeated them
selves on the outside i'll luxurious ostrich
tips and ribbon. This might truly be
called "a ravishing hat" a forgetme-
not bonnet was entirely covered with
those fine, sweet flowers, the brim faced
with olive velvet, and high loops of 1.-THE
same velvet were placed at the top of the
| crown and secured bya rhine stone buckle.
The ties of olive velvet ribbon seXact-
ly matched the tender green in the flowers.
| A mignOnette bonnet was another novel
ty, beautiful and modest as its name
suggests. The crown was covered with
mignonette i'll the brownish shades 50
natural to it. These shades were re-
peated III the velvet facing, and the -four
shades Of ribbon used upon the bonnet.
The result would please the most fastid-
lous and artistic taste.
While the great stores contain an i'm
menae variety OF all kinds OF millinery
goods, the taste displayed Ill the parlol
millinery is the most artistic and elegant
available in this country. BY the way
these milliuers do not keep Il great stock
of hats to suit the feminine Tom, Dick
and Harrys" who may come and 20. In
stead they have novelties direct from
Paris Many of their customers merely
send in samples OF their different suits
and order ''Donnets to match" Trusting
as they do to the superior taste OF eXper
fenced artists the result is most satistac
tory, and their bonnets are enough n
themselves to suggest "a dream of fail
women ~ And hear, . men prices oil
all this luxury are lower this spring than
for several years past Nellow-lemot
yellow, canary yellow, maize, corn color
ecru, straw color, orange, chrome yellow
and even "greenery gallery yellow l.
to be used in everything this summer
For people who can wear 1t this Is Il wei
come change but unless you are sure yOt
can venture it with perfect safety, consul'
an artist.
: The Thackery entertainment, which is
set for the 2,tlI and 10Th of this month, l.
not, as some people seem to suppose, al
affair gotten up for the benefit OF the New
England Conservatory of Music, although
indirectly, that institution Will, sometime
reap Il small profit from it. The Beneii
cent Society is composed OF a guild o.
ladies who propose TO aid talented young
ladies in obtaining musical education
At the head of this society are such well
known people as Mrs. Joseph Cook, Mrs
Ole Bull, Mrs. Micah Dryer, Miss Anna
Duryea and others,-fo the society is al
ready large one though not organized
until last year. Mrs. Dyer, the president
of the society, stated in II few words tn,
other day, the object of the coming Thack
cry Carnival, as well rs that of the society
Every woman, she said, is better anc
stronger and more faithful for heipinl
: some other woman. None of us can do /
= kindness to any woman of less advan
r tages without a warm glow of interest ant
kindness and charity at our hearts, thai
: calls us out of ourselves, and leads us t
something higher. Now if one woman
has been more favored in worldly posses
p siSns than her sister. ought she not,-doe'
2 she not if Il true woman-wish to hell
a some struggling sister And so the chair
= OF sympathy and assistance stretches ant
, wdens TIL it untes all wumakind. Many
r n young girl of our land possesses mark
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