Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-23
THE LADIES.
A Few Notes on the Fashions.

The corselet and the corselet tunic ar
the prettiest novelties of the season
Some are made with shoulder-strap
and some have short sleeves, but tn
most fashionable reach only to the arms
sharply defining the waist and bust
Corselet TUNES of silk over muslin
dresses, or eve over silk of a differen
color, are very elegant and becoming.
1t is a melancholy fact, says Scri6ner',
Monthly for July, that street dresses ar,
worn very much longer. AS a result
rich black silks come home heavy witt
dust from ever the shortest promenade
A buff 6GtiSte trimmed with lace the
same color, OF with white clumy, makes
a charming morning dress, and can bt
worn with propriety in the street. A
very pretty suit complete, with paraso.
to match, can be purchased for a few
dollars, which is, perhaps, the cheapest
costume possible.
For robes de chdm6re, the "Watteau'i
and "PTincess" are most charming,
The "Princessr is cut to the figure with
side pieces at the back and plaits in
front, and is left open at the throat; one
made of pink Danish alpaca, and trim
med with black velvet and lace is quite
pretty. The Vatican is made with a
large plat in the back, which flows into
the skirt.
White dresses, richly embroidered
and trimmed with Valenciennes, are
much in vogue. They are made with
basques, sacques, p~olonaises, and round
waists. A plain white muslin dress,
with a blue or pink sash, is thought by
some to be the most charming dress for
summer. But it is not expensive, and
that, with some, is a terrible fault!
The latest steamers have brought
over from Worth some Dolly Vardens
made of Black Satin Foulard, and or
namented with bright figures of roses
and Hlacs. They are very stylish when
trimmed with black velvet and lace.
BOdiceSye worn more open at the
neck, and the throat is outlined and re-
lieved by a muslin ruffle instead of the
trying linen collar. In fact, the whole
tendency of dress is toward softening
and refining effects.
For horseback, the best dressers al
ways prefer a dark habit-yet mouse
color is very proper and becoming to the
sight. The small l~ow-crowned English
mans hat is the most appropriate head
gear.
BOnnets are crowned and laden with
flowers, long streamers of them falling
down the back, and falls of lace and
ribbons hide the spot from which the
chignon is gracefully retiring. The
chignon shrinks from month to month.
Let us hope that by fall a graceful Gre
clan knot, or a bunch of curls, will en-
tirely replace the mOnstrous burden.
Silk stockings of beautiful tints to
match dresses, with highly ornamental
at the ankles, and high-heeled
trimmed with immense rosettes
are very fashionable. But they are ru-
nous in price-a single pair costing
dollars. Ladies' boots cost as high
IS eighteen dollars a pair very frequent
"; slippers from three to ten; and TO-
,ettes-anything. We pay for boots
and shoes exactly what we did during
he war, when gold wa two dollars and
itty cents.
The fashion of wearing watches,
and chains at the belt is
growing. Tiffany has pretty smelling
purses, and watches adapt
d to this fashion. The Nurem-
ladies in the time of Albert
)urer wore their scissors, thimbles, and
'ther implements at the side in this
way, land the goldsmiths and artisans of
he day displayed much ingenuity in
hese chatelaines. These of modern
make are scarcely as ornate and pic
uresque as were those of olden times.
The fashion is a pretty and convenient
ne, and it seems a pity that it is not
Ollowed NOR generally.
For nOte-paper, the prettiest shade is a
ort of sage green with the monogram
n cOlOrs. The street and number, or, if
e~sidingcin the country, the name of
our place, and the town and State,
hOuld be neatly printed in the right
and corner of the first page. A sug-
estiOn we make for the benefitof print
rs, and for girls who write an ugly fist.