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 over a pink slip, and bordered with roses; embroidered silk stockings.

ROSES, QUEEN OF. White tulle skirt with bouquets of every coloured rose dispersed about it; over-skirt powdered with pink rose-leaves, also the veil, as if a shower of rose-leaves had fallen on them; a wreath of coloured roses; earrings, necklet, and bracelets formed of pink rosebuds.

ROSIÈRE. White muslin dress, made high and plain; a wreath of full-blown roses on the head, and a bouquet of the same at the waist.

ROSIÈRE D'ISSY, LA. Short red woollen skirt; a linen apron, tied at the back; a red woollen bodice, opening over an e'cru-coloured chemisette; a red woollen fichu fastened beneath the chignon, and a large straw hat, ornamented with poppies, and worn quite at the back of the head; blue stockings and plain shoes.

ROSINA (Barbiere de Seville). Spanish dress of cerise satin and black lace; black velvet senorita jacket; black lace mantilla.

ROSINE (Heroine of Whyte Melville's novel, Rosine). Striped cambric short skirt of bright colours; square bodice and elbow-sleeves; muslin apron with bib and shoulder-straps, the word "Rosine" worked in red letters on the pockets and corners of the apron; muslin kerchief and mob cap; silk stockings; black high-heeled shoes; old silver ornaments.

ROUGE-ET-NOIR. Skirt, sleeves, and low bodice of black and red striped satin, with dice embroidered on the front; sleeveless bodice, and diagonally draped tunic of red crape or gauze, forming ends tied at the back, with a bow of black lace and four small toy cards tied in with them; these same cards, alternately red and black, in a slanting position, are laid round the edge of the tunic and bodice with a trimming of black lace and gold braid and fringe; a bow on the shoulders with four cards tied together, the same in front of bodice; ornaments, enamel cards and dice; on the head a cornucopia-shaped cap, half-black, half-red, like that worn by Folly, with an aigrette formed of a gilt hand holding cards, or a pointed coronet. Or, French cashmere bodice, tunic, and skirt; head-dress and necklace trimmed with cards, alternate black and red; gloves, stockings, and shoes one