Year: 1877

A handsome costume is made of blue
gauze unique edged with torchon lace
and braided with O blue and silver
chenille braid, little more than an inch
wide, two rows. This tuniquS buttons
on one side with fancy silver button,
continuing down as far as the first fold
of the skirt, which is looped up three
times. The drapery is caught little
more ON one side than the middle of the
back, opposite the side which buttons
down. The underskirt which goes with
this is of blue faille shade darker than
the gauze tunique, and is trimmed with
seven narrow ruffies with pinked-out
edges. A hat to match this is round, of
white chip trimmed with the blue and
silver chenille braid that is on the
unique, bound with the same and
several loops starting up ON the side,
from the center of which rises blue
aigrette.


A hat of dark brown chip is very pretty
when trimmed with band of straw
colored satin passing around the brim,
headed by a band of Leghorn straw.
Loops of the satin lined with Leghorn
are placed high up on the brim, little
on one side, from which falls over the
brim plume the shade of the hat. At
the back are long ends of the satin, while
the inside is finished with little loops of
narrow satin just passing the brim, and
below ruche. t1 Hgas


A pretty round hat for young girl is
of white chip trimmed with folds of plain
brown gauze nearly covering the sides of
the hat, and brown aigrette standing
high up on the side.


A very stylish white chip is trimmed
with half wreath of wild grass seed ves-
sells, headed high ON top with bunch of
light pink roses and loops of white
chenille faconne ribbon, with a white
satin stripe in the middle, strings of the
same behind each knotted by themselves
fall very long. On one side nearly
around the back falls some dropping fine
white flowers like little stars and ar
ranged on rubber stalks, giving them a
very graceful appearance.


A black chip bonnet is exceedingly
CONNIE u .faut, trimmed with a half
| wreath of large tulips, bow of ribbon
faconne heading the brim, with strings
of the same either to tie or hang loose
behind Red tulle plated inside COM
pletes this hat, which is very stylish
A pretty costume for lady of middle
age is made of an underskirt of plain
brown silk, with founce quarter of a
yard wide, box plated in small box
plaits, the edge of the founce finished
with knife plated ruffie, with space
between. The oversl1irt is of basket
grenadine the same shade as the under
skirt, the drapery is gathered behind
with as little founces as possible, while
the front is plated across in three large
plaits. The sleeve. is of brown silk,
which one sees seldom nowadays. and
finished with double cuff OF greiiadine
edged with narrow knife plating OF
silk. A mixed fringe about finger wide
finishes the overdress. D


An all-black satin stripe grenadine
makes a very suitable dress for an old
lady who desires something handsome
in black, but not so heavy as silk. This
can be made with narrow box plating
on the bottom, headed with putting,
making altogether a trimming about
half yard wide. The overskirt is made
very long and quite full behind; sort
of an apron front is plated in the back,
edged all around with a narrow knife
plating, continued up the sides where
the front joins the back until it reaches
the waist. The basque is plain, quite
long behind, one point longer than the
other, the longest finished with marrow
box plating and trimmed with bow
and ends of black gros-g grain ribbon. A
standing and revers collar is all the
trimming on the basque, sleeves plain
with simple cuff; pocket high up OIL
the left side. This dress can be made
up over the patent Silesia lining that is
SO much in vogue at present instead O
silks for lining.