The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-21
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THURSDAY.....FEBRUARY 81, 1857.



Many ball-dress materials are Of great
elegance. One Of the principal, Of Q fancy
description, is the embroidered silk tulle,
the patterns of which are bouquets Of .
lively shade Of silk on white satin, pro-
ducing q very rich effect. Satin is, par
excellence, the material for full toilet, either
for ceremonial visits or evening dress.
Striped velvets are much in favor. Am
ber is q very favorite color for full dress,
but of course it cannot be worn by ladies
Of fair complexion. For walking cos
tune, black is still the favorite, though
many toilets Of green or blue cloth, or Of
violet or brown English velvet, are seen.
Although the short dress is still worn for
morning promenade, it is principally con-
fined to quite young girls, and is scarcely
admissible for visiting dress. A very few
have been seen for full dress, but we may
say the trained skirt is almost indisDensa-
BILE. The make Of dresses tend more and
more to the empire style, the bodies being
so short that the skirt is nearly close up to
the arm.
The bonnets worn for visiting dress have
not altered in shape since the commence
ment of the year, the artistic arrangements
of the trimmings forming the principal
charm. Take, for example, some of the
newest models. A bonnet of light green
velvet, rounded in front. Flat crown and
small curtain, the whole embroidered with
beads, and trimmed with feather fringe.
The inside is ornamented with magnolia
in white velvet, with gold centre. Over
the curtain wide guides of green satin
worked with beads. Another Of blue satin,
embroidered in small pearl and crystal
beads, trimmed with wreath Of small
roses. Strings Of moire. A white satin
bonnet, the same shape, was trimmed with
uigrette of feathers and small wreath of
tinted leaves and jet ornaments strings
of white moires with others Of lace worked
with beads falling over them. The new
model known as the "Anne de Bretagne,"
is rather pointed in front, and back at the
sides, rather in the "Mary Stuart" style.
1t is made Of velvet or satin in light shades.
The crown is fiat, and the front bouillonnee,
trimmed with wreath Of feathers, and at
the side small bouquet Of feathers or
velvet flowers. Very wide strings, to
match the bonnet.
An empire bonnet in blue velvet: the
crown and front in plaits, fastened by q
narrow pdSSementerie of white silk and
beads. The edge is trimmed with fringe
of white feathers and lace. Blue satin
strings.
A Graciosa, with fiat crown of ponceaa
velvet, and narrow straight curtain en-
broidered with beads, with fringe of the
same all round. The front is trimmed
with q pouf Of black marabouts, spotted
with jet. Strings Of ponceau velvet and
lace.
Another, of Bismarck velvet, was
trimmed with wreath of ivy and orna-
ments of jet. Strings Of moire the same
color as the velvet, lined with white moire.
A very pretty Mary Stuart bonnet was
made of white satin worked with beads
and trimmed with white feather, the end
of which fell over the point in front.
Strings Of white satin, and bouquet Of scar
let geranium at the side.
Black velvet bonnets are almost univer-
sally worn for morning dress, with black
strings, and very little trimming. The
same style is also worn for visiting; but
those for visits Of ceremony should be of
colored velvet or satin, trimmed with beads
and feathers or flowers.-Le Follet.