Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-27
French Bridal Trousseans.

lLucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telesraph.l
 I hear that Mile. Greyy (now Mad
 anne Wilson) set a good example to
 brides in general, and to the feminine
 world at large, in the matter for her
 trousseau None of the articles were
 exhibited, but am told that all the
 under-garments were Of the most simple
 description, being only remarkable for
 their fneness Of material, delicate
 stitching and dainty finish of cut and sewing. A narrow bordering or en-
 broidery, or hat-edging Of real but
 narrow Yalenciennes lace, formed all the
 ornamentation bestowed upon the most elaborate of the articles. There were
 no bows of ribbon, or cascades of Mech lin or Nalenciennes. All was simple, re- fined and perfectly tasteful.
 But in the matter of dresses commend
 me to the trousseau of the youngest
 daughter of the Marquise de Guadara,
 the future Princess Delgrado, which I
 was admitted as @ special privilege to
 behold at Worth's the other day, when
 the dresses were arranged in the show
 room to be inspected by the family.
 They numbered twenty-two in all.
 Dresses to ride in. and stand and valk in,
 DreS-as tp dance m. and eat il, and taiA Il,
 Dresses fog dinner, or supper. cor ball.
 Dresses ln which to do nothing at all
 or course each one inspected being
 lovelier than the last. The wedding dress itself was comparatively simple.
 IT. was composed of a corsGge and train
 of white satin, with skirt front of white
 watered silk, lald in two large folds on either side, and finished with g heavy fringe. The cOrsage was bcrdered around the edge with deep double bias fold of satin, and was trimmed as were also the sides of the train, with folds of tulle, held in place with bou- quets made of orange flowers. Next came a ball dress of white tulle, springled with silver, vapOrons, delicate, and poetic-looking, made with a round corsage drawn into folds, the skirt and waist being trimmed with long trails of honeysuckle. It was a dress fit for Queen Iitania herself. "A brilliant toilette, near to this aerial creation, was composed of a corsage and train of sap phire blue velvet, the former cut-away over the skirt-front in a Louis VII square, and the latter drawn back and falling in long yOluminoUs folds, being edged with a pleating of old gold satin set underneath the hem. The under skirt was of rich white Eatiu, en- broidered with gold stars, anE trimmed at the sides with curved ruflds of cream lace, amongs which were set large rosettes formed of inch-wide gold braid. 4 bouquet of pInk roses and white jes- samine was placed at the left side of the corsage, which was eut ope1 eu cpur and half-long sleeves, trimmed with white lace and with a torsade of gold embroidered satin. \ pale-plue velvet ball-dress was made in the genuine Louis XIII style, with deep tabs at each side of the waist, and a wide sash of white satin: 1t was cut low in the neck, and each one of the short sleeves was formed of a single high puff, inside of which was placed half-long sleeves of white lace. Down the front of the skirt and around the hem was placed a wide and beautiful passemeuterie of silver and pearls, the corsage and sleeves be- | ing edged with silver beads. \ boQuet of tea-roses and heliotrope adorned the corsage. \ superb dinner dress had the | corsage and train of pale apple-green | satin, the latter lined with white satin and 1 turned back with full white satin re- vers, over a skirt-frout of white satin, | figured in a large trellls-work pattern of roses in their natural hues in shaded l velvet. The cUrsaGe was high, and was 1 cut open en cnur. The half-iong sleeves | had the upper part formed of ruiiles of | lace put on horizontally, the under part | being of pale green satin. The flowers | to be worn with this dress were rich | pink geraaiums. 4 very lovely evening | dress was composed of pale blue-green l watered silk, and satin of the same hue. l The low-neck cOrsagc and long train | were of the watered silk, the latter part l ing gracefully in front just below the | waist, so as to show two straight panels | of satin, bordered with a narrow band of | embroidery in silver, and edged up the | sides and across the hem with fringe | composed of pink rosebuds and foliage. | Here and there on this skirt front and | on the train was set a large half-blown l pink rose. The front of the corsage was | crossed from shoulder to shoulder with | a massed garland of roses, rosebuds and | foliage, set here and there with the brIl- | liant emerald-green wing cases of trOpi- | cal beetles. Then there was a walking | costume of garnet velvet, with cuffs and | fichu of old FeGGtian lace, and a black | silk dress, trimmed wnh a scarlet satin grounded brocade, and 6tl9T 5iGgSAt | toilets, literally too numerous to men- r tion, for l have already described the richest and most striking of them all.