The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-10-25

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This was the most dressy and fuss,
, affair ever witnessed in this country
Il AS specimen, take the following des
Icription of some Of the dresses.
? A very rich dress was ofwhite velvet
ornamented with brilliant bouquets Of
flowers, embroidered in gold and colors
which seemed thrown upon the surface.
Garniture ofpoint lace, jewels, complete
set superb diamonds A robe OF Ma
genta MORE antiques was nearly COW
cred with rich lace tunic, overskirt
Topped up with bunch Of white roses,
white lace berthe with bouquet of roses
for the corsage, and diamond neclace
and breach. Head dress, roses and
lace barbe fastned with pins.
Two sisters wore charming dresses of
tulle, the skirts made in three deep
doubled pufs, caught up with field
flowers and grass Head dress, bouquet
de corsage, and shoulder ornaments to
match necklace and bracelets of pearls
A dress Of white tarletan, spotted
with gold, attracted attention-the low
corsage draped with ascarf, fastened on
the shoulder and under the arms with
gold stars.
This was one of the finest dresses /:
A lavender colored water silk, with two
deep Honiton lace founces, and rich
Honiton lace shawI-one of the hands
soonest in the room-fowers down the
front; a neclace and cross Of pearl, and
diamond earrings bracelet and hairpins.
A very striking dress was of white red
silk trimed with black velvet, edged
with gold and the black guipure lace.
The belt was fastned with an elegant
gold buckle and had long ends attached
of wide white ribbons, edged with vel
vet gold and lace. The head dress was, "a
handsome torsade OF black velvet, twist
ed with gold and festooned with double
strings of gold balls.
One Of the most tasteful dresses was
of violet glace, nearly covered by al
tunic Of point applique Topped up with
bow and ends Of white ribbon, dotted
with silver in the center of The bow, |
was a little cluster of white flowers. A |
lace scarf was gracefully disposed over
the corsage, and fastned under the arms
with land ends Of ribbon, matching
the garniture of the skirt; short full caps
of silk, ever lace pug, trimmed with
ribbon and flowers; gloves ornamented
with lace and flowers; pearl bracelets
and pearl headdress completed the
toilet.
One of the costliest dresses was of
MORE antique Splendid barbes ofreal
point lace, ornamented the skirt, each
finished at the end with white opera
rose. Upon the back was worn Marie
cape of point lace, with DO
quets of roses in the center of the cor
sage. A euperb set OF diamonds was
worn with this DIRE and the head dress
consisted Of diamonds and lace barbe,
with white roses set in the folds on each
side
The following attracted much atten-
ton it was dress of white silk, the
skirt having a series of founces in pyr-
amids, and looped, with boquets placed
around it at intervals. The overskrt,
which was of white illusion, was looped
up with little knots of blue and silver
flowers, while a handsome chatolatine
was suspended in front. The berthe,
also of white illusion, was trimed with
flowers and silver.
Fabulous stories are told of the i'm
mense sums paid to dressmakers and
milliners on this occasion-$I5O for the
simple making Of dress, the material
of which cost $500; $4,000 for the
lace founces and garniture of single
dress $4,000 for robe of gold tissue
imported direct from Paris; $500 for a
white silk, embroidered with silver, de-
signed to represent the spray of fount-
ain.
What time of it these rich dresses
had there, the reader may well imagine
from the following description of the
Ball by the New York Times
1t was preceded by very splendid,
crowded ,georgeous and glittering le0ee,
which may well take rank with the most
'jams" of history,
Of our own days it may hereafter be
said, that the finest thing which " four
hundred select committee men' Of New
Y ork could do to entertain the Prince
of Wales, was to invite to the Academy
of Music exactly five hundred more peo>
pie than the house could hold, amuse
them by opening pitfall in the floor,
aud crush their toilettes into one undis-
mass of splendor.