Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-14

are easily copied by very slight medif-
cations of the princesse dresses now
worn. Among other costumes that are
hired out for most parties is the Magi-
clans dress-a black and scarlet robe,
with applied ornam ents of golden stars,
moons, and serpents. For blondes is
the pretty Morning Star dress, the class
ic Grecian costume, and the Undine
dress. Brunett's choose the dashing
dress of the brigand's wife, in gay
Spanish colors. the dignifed Russian
dress, the rich Turkish costume, or the
Polish dress, with its long polonaise of
black velvet, it's scarlet skirt, and cap
with pointed hood and erect feather.
Romantic Dresses-Ladies who have
the taste and ingenuity to make their
own costumes, copy the dress of famous
beauties from portraits painted by
Gainsborough or Reynolds, or else the
dress of the heroine of some favorite
poem. Thus the Duchess of Devonshire
represented in the stolen picture is q
charming model, and SO simple that it is
easily copied. She wear pale blue
skirt, with white muslin over-skirt, wrin-
killed., ruffled, and tucked up; white cor
age, with long tight sleeves and muslin
fchu; pale blue sash. The powdered hair
is elaborately pulled and curled. The
broad brimmed Gainsborough hat now
in fashion is set decidedly on one side
of her head, instead of being merely
turned up On one side. A rose is in
her corsage and another in her hand.
Longfellow's Evangeline is dressed as
! follows: Short skirt of striped blue
and white, with kitt!e" or over.skirt
of plain light blue; blouse of white
muslin with high neck and long sleeves,
low square bodice of blue like the
skirt, or else of black velvet. The ker-
chief, cross, rosary and Norman cap
complete the dress. The pretty dress
of Maud Muller is easily made in peas
ant fashion of simplest chintz, or else
all white, with broad-brim n ed hat,
flowers, and fancy rake all bright
with ribbons. The prim dress of Pris-
ella, the Puritan maiden, is also readily
fashioned. English girls arrange them
selves la Angelica Kaufman, after
description in Mss Angel, or in imi-
tatiOn of Mrs. Primrose, the wife of the
good Vicar of Wakefield.
Don,iaoes. newest dominoes are
made in princesse shape, and are real
ly long, loose, trained princesse dresses
with hoods. Che handsomest are of
white satin; with the long cores corded
with pale blue; the hood has blue
lining, and there are blue bows down
the front, on the sleeves, and the peck
ct. The Danlcheff domino is also new,
and consists of black MORE frightened
with cardinal lace, bows, hood, and
hounces. The preference, however, is
for elegant black dominoes, either
MORE Or satin, without relief of color.
These are made with 8 Vatican pleat
behind, a slender pointed hood, and
long jabots of lace, with loops of black
ribbon. Cream. colored dominoes are
trimmed with cashmere lace and car
dinal loops. Very rich brocaded DOM
inoes are shown, also the Venetian DOM
inoes, with long sleeves and cape.
Pale rose, green, lavender, or blue
satin dOminoes, with sWan's-dOwn
borders, are not new, but are still pop
ular. Very nice-looking yet inexpen-
slve dominoes are made of thick glazed
muslin, or else silesia, in pale blue or
pink, with pinked muslin founces,
hood, and bows; or in pale gray, with
rose Or blue trimmings; these look
almost as we'll as silk or alpaca at
night, and are made either in princesse
or ip Vatican shapes. Gentlemen
wear black elk or alpaca dominoes.
Caildren's Costumes. The fancy dress
parties for children are the gayest of
the season, as the dear little puppets
are gotten up in the most snowy dresses
at very little expense. Instead of the
stereotyped Shepherdess and Mother
Hubbard costumes, old English styles
are copied, and their ordinary dresses
of to-day are easily altered to copy
those of the Georgian period. The
wide collar, the banged hair, and the
quantities Of Smyrna lace worn by
children make their customary dresses
picturesque. One little fellow in green
velvet and lace. with flowing blonde
hair, announces himself as a Pre-
Raphaelite, while little maiden call
ing herself Bric-a-Brac has her white
muslin dress covered with figures, cut
out OF muslin, representing the tea
| pots, vases, pilgrim bottles, and fans
with which ladies now fill their cab
inets; still another wee little girl, called
Dresden China, and dressed to repre-
sent china figure, wears red quilted
petticoat with blue chintz Vatican
overdress; her hair is powdered, her
clicked stockings are blue, and her
slippers have French heels. The tiny
Queen of Hearts wears sweeping blue
train, opening in front to show a
white petticoat dotted all over. with
hearts. Old Mother Goose wears a
scarlet cloak with goose in each cor
ner, and peaked hat over a frilled
cap. Snow is a blonde girl in a white
tulle dress covered with tufts of swans
down. A brunette Gypsy wears short
dress made of alternate stripes of red
and yellow calico, q red handkerchief
is around her head, and another is
knotted over her shoulders. Grace
Darling wears blue and white striped
cotton dress; a fishing net is hung over
her shoulders, an oar is in her hand, q
lantern hangs from her belt. She has
q broad sailor collar, and her long flow
| mo hair has snrays of coral in It Tho