Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-24
AUGUSTUS SATURDAY EVE.
The People Were Out in Large Num-
bers to Take Ii the Sights.
Summer Dresses and Hats Arc Very Stylish
Stray Notes.

BACK and forth, and back again from
early evening until long after the
O'Clock bells sounded, Saturday night
the business section of Augusta wa.
the scene of one continuous promenad,
of men and women and children. TIL.
sidewalks We're crowded and tn
streets were a tangled procession OF
carriages and bicycles. with here and
there horse, with a rider astride him
all down town to see the sights.
AS the summer comes on, the nights
her summary attire comes out to do /;
little shopping and a lot of talking.
And speaking of that sex, it is a fact
the dressmakers say, that August;
women are better dressed this sprin,
than usual, and that is saying much
of course; for, be it taken for granted
they always look well, you know. T,
return to what the dressmakers say
however, the women have been order
ing dresses enough to make the gen
eral male population eschew all lux
uries il not comforts of their own fo1
months to come. The dressmakers still
have more than they can attend to.
Then there are the milliners. The
spring and early summer business
with them has been something to re
mark upon. Women have bought hat
with the utmost abandon. Those, VIII
in times past have been very reticen
in purchasing these expensive poeti,
creations of the hat description, hav
this year approached the milliners Will
recklessness, and many SIS piece OF
head wear has been taken home te
adorn SOME precious head.
And what is there, we wonder, abou
that same head and hair upon it tina
should require fifteen dollars worth
covering, while we poor men, with littl
hair and sometimes none, have t,
satisfy ourselves and the world in gen
tfdl Win STILL cut -dHu-ulleu ioohiHi
articles, price from $3.50 to IS, the lat
ter preferred, and then at that, wea
them until thread-bare decency de
mands US to step forward again, ant
have our faces fitted into new hat.
And the new hats will be straw hats
soon, thankful may We be. Aloni
with straw hats, are the new unlaun-
dered outing shirts, in large and NIGEL.
colored checks. which, the gentlemen
furnishers say. will be just the prope.
thing for summer. They are NOR,
than proper, for they are sensible. TIL
coolest and easiest style that fathel
Fashion has sent for a long time.
When a fellow can wear bicycle pant
about without being stared at by
particular public, and need no longe
fear that rock salt be sent his way Il
put those legs out of sight," the me
will be completely comfortable.
But, to again return to dressmakers
while the tailors say the men are al
to wear brown, the women are dress
ing in green, with red collars and re-
cuffs, and red hats withal. It's pretty
too, and, on last Saturday night, some
handsome combinations could be seer
about. Many of the younger girls, in
their easy bicycle suits have those
same colors in predominance.
Tailor made gowns are being Gu
more than ever for summer. They ar
so convenient and 50 appropriate fol
most occasions; becoming, above al
else, unless it be above sense-so, n
wonder they grow popular.
It's certainly a pleasure to take 6.
walk up and down among this ga.
night crowd.
The dry goods stores were busy
places. on every hand were the clerks
waiting on the shoppers, hunting
all over the store high and low for this
and for that. Many hard-worked cir.
took refuge at last in the nearest drug
store, literally driven to soda.
These Saturday nights are always
welcome when they come around. ano
it is a pleasure to get right out and
look about a little.