Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-18
Fancy and MA squerade Dresses.

Fancy and MA squerade Dresses.
As this is the season for masquerade
and fancy-dress parties, the following
styles of costumes, prepared by fashion
editress, may not be uninteresting to our
lady readers. The descriptions are sim.
pie, and the dresses easily prepared
Winter requires light-gray tulle,
or tarletan dress, dotte all over with bits
of white swans down. The hair should
be left floating, and thickly powdered
with isinglass or dia mond powder. A
! robin perched on a snow-covered twig
ornaments the hair, and another is used
upon the corsage, or 10 loop up the folds
of the dress. i
Butterfly is white tulle dress,
made with three skirts striped with very
narrow green and gold-satin ribbon.
Black and red may also be used to altern.
ate with the others if preferred. Wings,
ornamented to nlateh, are attached to
the back.
Night is always black tulle dress
covered with sta rs, and shadowed by
long, flowing veilt, starred also, and at
tached to silver. crescentworn upon the
head.
Undine" requi Tres q dress of pile
green tarletan over white, caught up with
seaweed, to which Ii tile white shells and
bits Of coral are a ttached. The bodice
should be low, and arranged in Grecian
folds; the sleeves long and open; the
blonde hair floating, and ornamented
with wreath harmc nizing with the de-
coration of the skirt.
"Old Mother Hubba I'd is very easily
managed. The dress consists simply of
skirt and short gown of large pattern,
old-fasbioned chintz; th, skirt very much
bunglsd up, the short 60 wn bolted in a
tall, conical, black velvet hat, the shape
exactly of the blsek feat hat. Only
brought to point at the top is the fea-
ture in the costume. The old lady must
be very much bent, snd walk with
stick.
An Irish dress consists of red wooden
petticost and green overskir t, open in
front, drawn back and pinked together,
a jaunty little cap of white muslin
perched on one side of the head, end
orpamented with sprig Of shamrock.
A very handsome Scotch dress is made
of white alpaca, a genuiRe tartan plaid
ribbon round the skirt, q ia rtsn scsrf fas.
tened to the left shoulder with a Scotch
brooch. and knotted under the right arm,
and Glengarry velve: caI, with plane
of feathers.
The Spanish dress is always made in
pink or maize-colored silk, covered with
two black lace hounces, body low, open,
with a chemisette, and trimmed with
black lace; high comb, with black
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envelop the shoulders. A rose is fss-
tened coquettishly on one side Of the
head. These natural costumes are all
short, and only just long enough to touch
ground.
The Neapolitan dress, like the Spanish,
is very becoming to bru nettes. 1t con-
sists Of wooden petticost trimmed with
two rows of black velvet. (Buf is a
good color) a corslet bo dy of black vel
vet laced over q high white frill one of
white jaconet; a small, clear, white mus
lin apron, striped in Roman colors, with
narrow satin ribbon; square fat head
dress of muslin, striped with narrow rib
bon near the hem, and everal strings OF
gold beads around the n eek
The dress Of Evangeli ne is very simple |
and pretty. 1t consists of blue skirt,
square, black velvet bodice, and high,
white chemsisettee. A large, ,old-fsshioned
cross is suspended from the neck, and the
head is surmounted by high Normandy |
cap of Victoria lava. ia
"Queen Rose" wears alternate skirts
of white and rose-colored tulle, csught |
up with punches of red and white roses. |
A wreath Of roses round her head.
A charming Vatican dress is composed
of petticost Of cerise satin, white silk |
overdrsss, chinee with rose-buds; body |
cut square and sleeves ruffied With lace
at the elbows, and skirt bnnched up with |
roses and red satin. Powdered hsir,with |
a little white satin cap, trimmed with |
cherry-satin ribbons.