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of a valuable tarletane, The sléeves are still being ‘worn very short, the prettiest style being those trimmed with two folds gathered and placed one at the top of the other, forming flat bouillions.

Boxxxre.—Paillee de Riz. ‘These bonnetsare great favorites for afternoon toiletics. Some are lined with silk glaeé, pink’ or blue; the interior of the brim sur- rounded with pale pink or blue ¢udle réiche, the garniture composed of velvet ribbons, dignés aul shaded. Others are lined with colored gauzes, the brides formed af a very light small Gower, and the outside decoruted with white lace and splendid drooping feathers, mostly shaded in the same color, Fancy straws are much worn for morning costuines; the most fashionable being deco- rated with the Josephine crowns, which arc simply a wreath of bluets or roses, which form the centre of the crown, and gradually diminishing n cach aide, We htave soon one or two trimmed with a light style of gauze ribbon and sbuded maraboute, which are also very pretty. A most charming style of bonnct are those made in white erépe, the form raised, and trimmed on one side with a bouguct of roses, and on the other with two small roseates in ribhon, composed of white taffetas, approaching close to each other; also'those made in siraw-colored poult de sate, the form elightly raised, ani trimmed with a bavolet very deop, in order to avoid the head being too uncovered at the back; shallow in the centre of the front, and low on the checks, ornamented with a long white plume, nuce, straw color; 2 smell garland of roses decorating the inside. Others in pink poult de oie, tho form raised, and trimmed round the front with three folds of erépe rose, and threo sianting feathers of the aaine color placed upon the left side of the bonnet, In Parts the elegantés have udopted the style of bonnet in blond, and ornamented with emall tufts of the Myosotis, which retains coquettishly over the crown a trimming of lace, Also those in mauné crépe, omamented round the erown with a garland of pensées, and trimmed with mauvé taffotas ribbon, the brides of Jonguilles. Those wnade in poult de soie are also very fashionable, when lined with @ tich English lace, and decorated with a long plain couchée. Also those made in a pale color, and trimmed with folds of erépe lisse, of w darker shade, and decorated with a garlind of yellow hawthorn and ribbon. Capotes, dla nillageoise are in gront request, the crown drawn, and ornamented with a garland of lilac, composed of deni tnunches of different shades, with very few leaves attached, Les voillettes are still the rage, and give a great degree of elegance to the eapol

Cars.—Estelle, ‘This pretty cap is made of gauze, light as a puff of summer air, und is intermixed with nurnds of ganze ribbon, blue glace: white, with long float ing ends attache:

Many other new atyles of caps are

worn; they are composed entirely of luce, which ia !

THE Lapy's

placed s0 08 in some measure to cover the front part of the head, the lappets on each side being made perfectly straight, and the crown of a moderate size. Tt is now considered bad taste to wear the cap too much et the back of the bead: for instance, a little papillion a la villageoise, plain in the form, but embroidered and encircled with 2 Brussels edging, or, instoad of its being plain, with large folds, Some have the eure wufficiontly Tong to admait of their forming on each side too small barbes, sometinies relieved with 2 naud of ribbon, or a ‘small cluster of ‘rose-buds. A favorite style of morning vap are those in mustin; they are called fe Pot au lait, forming a wing on euch side, composed of two barber ot embroidered mustin, raised and turned back on cither side by a simple gold pin, somewhat in the Flemish style; they are very becoming,

Waraine Darssrs are still worn made in silks, sating, &e. For instanee, a dress of poult de avie, vere dant green shaded violet, trimmed en tublicg in eunbroi- derics of green gympe work; the corsage tight; the waist a rounded point; close fitting sleeves ; cardinal polerine, embroidered afl round in a wreath, to match the dress; also a dress in gros de Naples of a bevutifut pearl grey, the jupe embroidered all round the bottom, with a double garland of laurel leaves; tight body; rounded point; and a facing of the seme covering the bust and forming a point in the centre; tight sleeves, over which.is worn a double short sleeve; manchettes in Ince, falling over the hands. Lastly a dress of satin @ Affrique, green glace groxeitle, the skirt trimmed en tablicr, with ribbon, placed in a festoon, each notch of the festoons ornamented with a hutton-hele formed of the ribbon, in the contre of which ie placed a gold button; high and close fiting body, opening in a point in the front; tight sleeves stomacher of lace inlet is worn underneath the body, fastened ly two gold buttons. We may here remark, that the skirts are still being made extremely Jong and ample, particularly when composed of rich materials, the most favorite trimming being fancy
 * shaded frinyes and open work gyinpe.

Evarixe Dnssses—Novelly in this style of dress is now being much sought after. We have lately scen some very pretty ones made in Pekin raies marron and black, reflecting the color of fire; the skirt made open and trimmed with broad facings of marron dati omamented with eroall roseattes in ribbon, diminishing progressively to the point of the waists the akirt uoder- neath composed of the same inuterial. ‘The body mado ight end with a point, trimmed carelessly with small roxeaites of ribbon, placed upon the seams of the body and widening from the edge of the waist upward; the sleeves justes, and having twe broad folls forming Jockeys; olhere were made in blue taflotas glucée rove, utid (rimmed on each wide of the skirt with live rows of narrow black ribhon velvet, placed at regular distances,

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