DESCRIPTION OF FOUR-PAGE ENGRAVING.

FIG. 1.-Bridal toilet of white gros-grains. Very long train skirt. Two broad bands, each composed of four narrow puffings, and framed in small ruffles, cross the front, and are met at the sides by large bows. A similar trimming, heading a gathered and graduating flounce, outlines an open tunic. Close-fitting coat-shaped casaque, trimmed with rich silk fringe and buttons. Ruffles and bows finish the wide sleeves. Collar and undersleeves of point d'Angleterre. Large vail of silk illusion, fastened beneath a cluster of orange flowers. Pearl ornaments. Fig. 2.-Costume of yellowish-brown silk. The gored skirt has a full bouffant, and a deep, scalloped flounce, with but little fullness, falling upon a smaller one of blue silk; this is very full and plain. The heading to the upper flounce is formed by a broad blue band; this is box-plaited and fastened down by a narrow fold of the same. Open corsage, bordered with blue. The under part of the wide sleeve has a pointed revers of the contrasting color. A broad and deep basque falls at each side, and is draped by a blue band descending from the waist, passing under straps of yellowish-brown, and finished with a rich fringe to match. Scalloped edges. Blue bordering and ruffle; this trimming is carried quite across the back of the waist. White | silk vest-fronts, with large buttons. Embroidered muslin collar and undersleeves. White lace bonnet; blue ribbons; white feathers.

Fig. 3.-Dress of lilac failie. The long gored skirt has a very deep flounce, headed by a band of black faille, having at one side a piping of white silk, and at the other a narrow upright frill of white lace. The upper part of the skirt is trimmed at the back by three flounces, each arranged to form a point, and edged by a narrow frill of white lace, above which is a black band, bordered with white. The upper flounce is the deepest, and falls from the waist. The pointed tablier is trimmed in accordance with the other portions of the skirt, and is slightly bouffante at the sides, where it overlaps the flounces. Heartshaped corsage, with a pointed, turned-down collar; the wide sleeve is finished by two pointed revers. The basques in front are small and square; but at the back of the waist, falling upon the upper flounce, is a pointed piece, cut open in the centre, and forming two plaits at each side of the opening. This piece is put on with an upright heading. Trimming of lace and bordered bands. Lace chemisette and undersleeves. Straw hat; black ribbon; crimson roses and leaves. Fig. 4.-Dress à deux jupes of apricot-colored mohair. The lower skirt is cut with a train of moderate length, and is trimmed at the bottom by a broad plaited flounce of white muslin, falling over the top of which is a much narrower flounce of white Brussels lace. Above this is a thick plaiting of white muslin, arranged en bouillon, and edged at each side by a narrow band of scarlet ribbon, covered with Brussels lace insertion; the whole may at pleasure be surmounted by a narrow upright frill of similar lace. The upper skirt is rounded in front, and square at the back, and it is caught up at the sides and fastened by groups of bows of scarlet ribbon, thus causing the back portion | to be slightly bouffante, while the front is draped. The whole of this skirt is edged by a flounce of Brussels lace, headed by a band of scarlet ribbon, slightly broader than that on the lower skirt, and similarly covered, and above it is a narrow upright frill of the lace. The front of the skirt is trimmed by a band of scarlet ribbon, covered by Brussels lace insertion, and edged, at each side by a frill of similar lace, and this trimming starts from the bottom of the skirt, and is carried up to the waist. The corsage has deep square-shaped basques, cut open at the sides and back, and edged with a trimming similar to that on the upper skirt, but rather narrower. The front of the corsage has a square opening, and is closed by a row of scarlet buttons, and the sides are trimmed by bands of ribbon and lace, which, passing under the ceinture, are continued from the basques, and this trimming is also carried around the neck. The square portion in front is edged by an upright frill of white lace only, with a papillon bow of scarlet ribbon in the centre, a similar bow being placed on the front of the ceinture, which is composed of a band of scarlet ribbon covered by the insertion. The sleeves are finished by deep double engageante frills of white

Brussels lace, headed by a trimming like that on the lower skirt. Cap of white lace, and scarlet ribbon.

Fig. 5.-Dress of sea-green silk. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed by a flounce, above which is a plaiting of the silk, having at its lower edge a very narrow frill, and at its upper edge a much wider one. The pardessus is of black poult de soie; it is composed of two distinct parts: the front forms a sort of half tight-fitting vest, while the sides and back are much deeper, are rounded off, and quite loose. The front is closed by black and white buttons, and is trimmed at each side of the opening and round the neck by four narrow bias bands, placed close together; two are of the poult de soie, and two of white silk, an extra band of each kind being added at the bottom edge. The portion of the pardessus forming the sides and back is edged at the bottom by a flounce of black lace, headed by a band of white silk, covered by black lace insertion; and this trimming is carried up the sides of the front (à bretelles), and is continued over the shoulders and across the back, forming the heading for a frill of black lace which starts from the fronts of the armholes, and which is carried across the back. The front corners of the pardessus are turned back so as to form pointed revers, which start just below the chest, and are covered with white silk, and edged by black lace insertion. The sleeves have mousquetaire cuffs, edged at the tops and backs by bands of white silk, covered with black lace insertion. White straw hat, trimmed with black lace and lilac flowers.

Fig. 6.-Costume of blue-gray Summer poplin. The round skirt has two slightly gathered flounces, each headed by three bias bands of silk to match. Close-fitting casaque. The skirt is hollowed-out at the sides to form a shaped tablier and small pointed basque. A fluting of the material fills the opening of the wide sleeve. Silk bands and buttons. Cambric collar and undersleeves. Blue silk cravat. White chip hat, trimmed with ruchings of blue ribbon, a white marabout feather, and a gray gauze vail.

Fig. 7.-Toilet of buff-colored foulard. The long skirt is deeply bordered by a scalloped trimming of black grenadine. The open tunic is almost square in shape, but it is draped in such a manner that the rounded portion at the back appears much shorter than the scalloped fronts. Pompadour corsage. Scalloped ruffles finish the half-long sleeves. Buff-colored ceinture. All the borderings are of black grenadine; the flounce, of rich black lace, is surmounted by a lace ruching. A lace rosette should fasten the ceinture. Chemisette and undersleeves of muslin and lace. Violet silk necktie. Hat of fine straw, trimmed with ruchings of narrow white lace, a gauze scarf, and sprays of roses.

Fig. 8.-Dress of cream-colored faille. At a little distance from the bottom of the skirt is a broad flounce, scalloped at its lower edge, and bound by sky-blue silk. Falling over the top is a much narrower flounce, the bottom of which forms a succession of tabs, pointed at the tops, and marked out by bias bands of sky-blue silk. These two flounces are put on with a bias band of sky-blue silk, having above it a narrow upright frill, the upper edge of which is scalloped and bound by skyblue silk. The whole of this trimming covers the lower half of the skirt. The corsage à la Princesse has very deep basques, round in front and square at the back, and the back basques are caught up at the sides, and fastened by groups of bows of skyblue ribbon, from which start, at the right side, two long floating ends, and at the left side a long loop of similar ribbon. The edge of the front basque is trimmed in accordance with that of the narrow flounce on the skirt, and a little above is a bias band of sky-blue silk, which, on approaching near the centre, is carried up to the front of the waist and continued around the corsage. At the back the basque forms several plaits, and is edged by a flounce headed like the narrow one on the skirt; the ruffles of the straight sleeves are trimmed to correspond. Lace collar and undersleeves. Coiffure of black lace.

Fig. 9.-Costume of pale-green barége, and silk of the same shade. The barége skirt barely escapes the ground, and at a little distance up is a deep flounce of silk, headed by a barège puffing; above this, and slightly everlapping it, is a silk plaiting, surmounted by a narrow bias band. The second flounce is of silk, of the same width as the first, and above it is a round