embroidered in feather stitch to the waist. Long tight sleeves with close mancheron, and cuffs trimmed with lace. An embroidered montant descends from the waist, and is trimmed down the centre with nouds of pink ribbon ; the sides and back of the border are embroidered; the hair is disposed in bands; a white tulle calotte is placed at the back of the head; a tuft of roses without foliage at each ear completes the coiffure. EVENING DRESS. No. 4. Organdy robe, spotted in a light pattern; a low corsage descending en V over a lace guimpe; it is made with a pointed lappel cleft on each shoulder. Short tight sleeve, finished with two double biais set on full; the skirt is trimmed high with two very deep flounces; the hair is dressed in a profusion of ringlets at the sides and a full knot at the back of the head. PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS. No. 5. Shaded silk robe; the corsage, high at the back and moderately open on the bosom, is trimmed with a pelerine lappel of two falls, festooned round the edges and forming a cœur ; the sleeve is rather more than a three-quarter length, and partially open at the bottom. Cambric under sleeve and habit shirt. The skirt is trimmed with two festooned flounces; white crape capote, a close shape trimmed with white ribbon, and a half wreath of flowers. No. 6. Plaided gros de naples robe; a high corsage and three-quarter length sleeve over a cambric one. Muslin scarf lined with pink gros de naples, and trimmed with lace so disposed as to form a revers on the bust, and robings in front. Blue poult de soie chapeau trimmed with blue ribbon, and crowned with a full white plume formed of the down of marabouts. EVENING DRESS. No. 7. Tarlatane robe; the corsage high behind, but opening in a long V on the bosom, is made close to the shape, but trimmed in "the lappel style with bouillonné. Short sleeve moderately open, and arched at the bottom, and trimmed to correspond with the corsage. A single but very deep row of bouillonné en circles the skirt. Ceinture af rose ribbon tied in front in long floating ends; the hair is disposed in soft bands at the sides, and the hind hair disposed in platted braids is arranged in the style of a coronet round the summit of the head. Peach-coloured taffeta robe, a high corsage partially open on the bosom, and trimmed with a revers cut in round dents. Long sleeve nearly tight, slashed in the Spanish style down the front of the arm, displaying the cambric under sleeve, finished by two falls of lace. The skirt is decorated by two embroidered flounces, the upper one headed by a ruche. Rose-coloured poult de soie chapeau; the brim, round and moderately open, has the interior trimmed with white flowers and rose-coloured brides; the exterior is decorated with an oiseau corresponding with the hue of the chapeau. |