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 two colours; maize and blue, or black; white and blue, or pink; gold cross and earrings.

BETTINA (La Mascotte, Piedmontese Peasant), Short blue skirt, brown tunic, white under bodice with elbow sleeves and turnback cuffs; low brown over-bodice laced in front; straw hat and flowers. 2nd costume: a Princess dress of silk with brocade intermixed, puffs at the top of the sleeves; bodice low, square; with pointed cap having gold trimming.

BETTY, MY LADY. Quilted petticoat; tunic of velvet or brocade; long, pointed, low bodice; powdered hair with pearls and rosebuds; mittens; high-heeled shoes.

BIRDS. Representation of birds are very popular at the present day. (See, , , , , , , , , , , , , &c.) They are mostly carried out with feather bodices and wings, over tulle or satin skirts; a cap like the head of the bird.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Short full skirt of blue serge or blue linen or unbleached linen; full-banded bodice, with blue sailor collar and cuffs; black silk handkerchief tied in sailor's knot in front; black tarpaulin sailor's hat, with a bunch of white flowers. It is also rendered by a short chintz dress, white muslin cap and apron, coloured kerchief knotted over the shoulders.

BLACK FOREST, PEASANTS OF. A red skirt, with bands of green curiously plaited at the waist; a long white apron, white under-bodice and sleeves; low square black velvet bodice, laced with silver over scarlet plastron; tall black or straw hat; hair in long plaits, black silk head-dress with pendent black ribbons, and ends at the back. Near Kintzig and elsewhere the black velvet bodice is supplemented by a yoke-piece of black velvet on the shoulders, with silver embroidery. The head-dresses differ in different parts. Some are round, placed at the back of the head, bordered with lace and full; some have a black bow, like the Alsatians.

BLANCHISSEUSE. (See .)

BLANCHE REINE (LA). Dress à la Marie Stuart, made in white silk or satin and pearls; the Marie Stuart cap and veil. (See Plate VIII., Fig. 29.)

BLANCHE OF CASTILLE. A white satin skirt and bodice, embroidered with crescents, lilies of the valley, and